New members welcome; a good opportunity to mix and mingle with local sea anglers.
SNOWBEE OPEN DAY
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Snowbee, Mercator House, 22 Brest Road, Derriford, Plymouth, Devon. PL6 5XP |
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Bideford End Of Season Result
Andrew Clements won Bideford Angling Clubs End Of Season competition with a small eyed ray of 9lb 9oz. Tony Gussin was runner up with a rockling of 1lb 2oz.
Family Flounder Bash 2025
GREAT DAY!
Well, despite some appalling conditions,Barnstaple Bait & Tackles FAMILY FLOUNDER BASH went ahead with a good turnout of hardy (or mad) anglers braving the elements.
Plenty of fish were weighed in, plenty of raffle tickets were sold and over £200 was raised for the Children’s Hospice South West! We must say a big thanks to The Ebberley Arms for their hospitality and of course to David Jenkins for his help in running the event.
Big congrats to all the winners which were as follows:
JUNIORS:
1st – Max Chapple
2nd – Jack Chapple
3rd – Kayden Wolton
SENIORS:
1st – Richard Chapple
2nd – Taz Wolton
3rd – Scott Bowden
4th – Dave Bowden
COMBINED FAMILY:
‘The Chapples’
Thanks to everyone that took part and we look forward to seeing you on the next one in the Autumn! In the mean time, enjoy these pics of the day and a nice shot of some of the flounders before being returned safely back to the estuary.
BLUEFIN – BACK IN THE WATER – Spurdog Season!
Bluefin back in water february 1st – available for bookings from the 2nd call john 07968419897
SEA ANGLING RESULTS
Fishing has been hard going on the Open Coast for sea anglers as the latest results from Bideford & Appledore reflect. With stormy conditions forecast I expect a flurry of action through Late January and early February with Bull Huss, spurdog and conger likely.
Bidefords Angling Club 48-hour results
1st Paul Ackland – Rockling 1lb 3 79.167%
Appledore Shipbuilders
Claudio Pinto managed a sizeable small eyed at 4lb 15ozs to secure the win in Appledore Shipbuilders Winter League Match.
FLOUNDER COMP UPDATE Sunday January 26th
Still plenty of flounders about, as proved by Ted and his dad this week! (Backgrounds obscured for obvious reasons, after all there is a comp coming up
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). Well done guys!Anyway, on to the comp.
FISHING BOUNDARIES:
We have decided to widen next Sunday’s flounder comp to anywhere on the Taw, as long as you are at the Ebberley Arms for the weigh in from 3.30 – 4.30…..comp starts at 10am
WEIGH IN LIMIT:
We are only accepting 1 fish per angler for the weigh in. A good idea is to keep your fish alive in a bucket of water so that it can be released safely if you then catch a bigger one.
ENTRY:
The entry form is on our counter. £5 for adults and £3 for children
We are building up a good head of participants and a great selection of prizes so look forward to seeing you all on the day to raise as much as possible for a great cause!!
BBT
Angling Trust – Marine – Wyvern Region Open Shore Slapton, South Devon,
Angling Trust – Marine – Wyvern Region
Open Shore Slapton, South Devon,
On the 5th Jan 2025.
The South West’s first major event in 2025 attracted 104 anglers, along with 20 teams to the South Hams to fish the annual Angling Trust Wyvern Open Festival, with some competitors traveling from South Wales, Hastings & Bradford the weather conditions on the day saw a Strong to almost gale South Westerly with heavy rain, Small Eyed Ray, Bull Huss, Pouting, Whiting & Lesser spotted Dogfish were caught during the event, 56 competitors returned to the scales with fish to record. The results were announced within half an hour of the close of scales at the Festival Headquarters at the Stokeley Farm Shop.
The main sponsor was Julian Shambrook of Anyfish Anywhere Ltd, a major fishing tackle manufacturer, based in Torquay. All of the sponsors for the day were thanked for their continuing support each year, also a big thank you to Stokeley for their hospitality & providing an excellent venue.
The worthy winner, of the event was Ben Bradstock from Honiton SAC, he recorded a L.S.D. of 2.095lb & a Whiting of 1.175lb giving him a total of (162.13%), he was presented with the top prize of £200 cash and the Brixham Bowl, other tackle prizes were awarded down to 13th place, these were announced by the Chairman of the Wyvern Region Alex Parker and presented by Julian Shambrook.
The Region promotes the Angling Trust “Take Five” anti litter campaign and encourages all anglers to leave the beaches cleaner than they found them.
The first Thirteen Places are as follows:-
First : £200 Brixham Bowl
Ben Bradstock Honiton SAC Whiting 1.175 lb
L.S.D. 2.095 lb Total: 162.13%
Second: Pick of the Prize table & Bideford Cup Cup
Archie Sweetland Honiton SAC L.S.D. 2.135 lb
Whiting 1.13 lb“ Total: 160.73 %
Third Pick of the Prize table & Appledore Cup
Damien Close Outcasts L.S.D. 1.98 lb
Whiting 1.16 lb
Total: 156.53 %
Fourth Pick of the Prize table & Sidmouth Cup
James Madsen Outcasts L.S.D. 1.665 lb
Bull Huss 7.875 lb
Total: 145.35 %
Fifth Pick of the Prize table
Lee Hemmings T.S.A.S.
Whiting 0.940 lb
S.E. Ray 7.3125. lb Total: 143.92 %
Sixth Pick of the Prize table
Tom Stebbens Kingsbridge
Whiting 0.960 lb
L.S.D. 1.830. lb Total: 137.20 %
Seventh Pick of the Prize table
Dave Bowering Caerau Whiting 1.180 lb
L.S.D. 1.445 lb Total: 136.47 %
Eighth Pick of the Prize table
Till Hall Outcast Whiting 1.075 lb
L.S.D. 1.585 lb Total: 135.07 %
Ninth Pick of the Prize table
Jeff Fisk Wareham Whiting 0.860 lb
L.S.D. 1.900 lb
Total: 133.33 %
Tenth Pick of the Prize table
Dave Nicholls Blackdown
Whiting 0.755 lb
L.S.D. 2.070 lb Total: 133.13 %
Eleventh: Pick of the Prize table
Joe Walton T.S.A.S.
Whiting 0.895 lb
L.S.D. 1.650. lb Total: 125.67 %
Twelfth Pick of the Prize table
Andy Kershaw Bradford
Whiting 0.715 lb
L.S.D. 1.795. lb Total: 119.47 %
Thirteenth Pick of the Prize table
Joe Plumstead Hastings
Whiting 1.005 lb
L.S.D. 1.275. lb Total: 118.00 %
Best Team Team Shield: ( Team of four anglers, Best fish by each angler)
Team: Weston Outcast 1
James Madsen
Jason Brown
Damien Close
Till Hall
Total 290.22%.
Kindly donated by Steve Puckey from Plymouth, an additional 2 prizes were awarded for best Junior & second best junior.
These were awarded as follows:
Harvey Plumstead, Hastings, Whiting 49.07%
Chris Stokes, Weston Outcasts Whiting 43.33%
Ends:- Press Officer : Mike Spiller [email protected]
Appledore Shipbuilders January Rover
Appledore Shipbuilders January Rover was fished by only a few members with a terrible forecast dettering many.
Andrew Atkinson was first and second with a superb Whiting of 2lb 3 1/4ozs and the second one at 1lb 7ozs. Josh Atkinson was 3rd with another Whiting of 1lb 4ozs.
COMBE MARTIN SAC FESTIVE FISH RESULT
Fifteen club members fished in Combe Martin SAC’s ten day long Festive Fish and the winning anglers found some exceptional fish. Shane Pavio Hookway secured first and second places tempting a fine tope of 43lb 6oz ( 144%) and a specimen pouting of 2lb 2oz (141%). Kyle Bishop was third with a conger of 26lb 1oz ( 130%) and Ollie Passmore forth with a bull huss of 10lb 9oz.
Members also caught rockling, bass, dogfish and turbot.
FAMILY FLOUNDER BASH
It will be very interesting to see what is caught during this friendly competition outside of the traditional flounder season.