June rover results
1st Julien Stainer smoothhound 8lb 13 88.125%
2nd Paul Ackland smoothound 8ln 7 1/2 84.687%
3rd Terry Dymond smoothound 7lb 14 78.750%
4th Terry Dymond smoothound 7lb 5 73.125%
Dan Spearman had a pleasant surprise when this 5lb 4oz bass seized his baited spinner intended for thin lipped grey mullet. Big bass move surprisingly high up local estuaries venturing right up to the tidal limits in search of prey.
Kevin Legge secured first prize in Combe Martin SAC First Casts Out Of Lockdown competition with a fine bull huss scaling 10lb 15oz. Runner up was David Brooke with a huss of 9lb 12oz.
Third was Wayne Thomas with a thick lipped grey mullet of 3lb 1oz and forth Nick Phillips with a thick lip of 2lb 6oz.
Combe Martin SAC member Jamie Steward enjoyed Spring ray action from a Bristol Channel Mark landing a personal best blonde ray scaling 13lb 9oz.
Jon Stevens landed a fine brace of double figure smoothound fishing a North Devon mark over the recent big spring tides the best hound scaling 11lb 2oz.
Combe Martin SAC Member Mark Jones took a trip up channel in search of Spring ray and landed a stunning brace of small eyed ray scaling 13lb 15oz and 12lb 1oz both fish were “caught on a flooding tide both rods went at the same time the first rod I played and landed a lovely male small eyed at 12lb 1oz. Was really hectic for 20 minutes caught on Braunton Bait Box dirty squid and ammo sandeel! “.
The larger of the two fish sets a new club record for Combe Martin SAC.
Liam Loveday tempted this stunning 13lb bass from a North Devon surf beach. The fish took a peeler crab bait presented on a 4/0 Chinu hook cast 30yards into the surf an hour before high water. The fish gave a strong account for close to ten minutes before being beached safely.The fish measured 87cm.
This is an encouraging catch from the surf early in the season.
Combe Martin SAC member David Brooke caught this 11lb 8oz specimen bull huss on a recent trip to the shoreline.
Combe Martin SAC Member Shane Hookway fished a North Devon Rock mark to tempt this smoothound of 9lb 7oz.
Combe Martin SAC members Ollie Passmore and Kody Chugg fished the Somerset coastline to tempt ray and smoothound. A smoothound scaling 13lb 5oz a new personal best for Ollie.
