30 Jun 2020

Combe Martin SAC Lure Fishing Competition

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July 1st until September 6th Lure Fishing competition – Kindly sponsored by High Street Tackle, Ilfracombe, who have donated a top quality lure fishing rod for the winner. The runner up will receive a £25.00 Gift Voucher. Club members only. Club membership is £12.00 seniors. Visit www.cmsac.co.uk for contact details or pay your subs to Danny Watson at High Street tackle and leave your Name, email, Mobile number and address. All fish are to measured from nose to fork of tail. The longest bass is the winner. Please supply good quality photo with captor and measurement. New members must provide witness to capture. Enter via CMSAC facebook page or send details to [email protected]

29 Jun 2020

Bass on the lures

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Ross Stanway enjoyed a successful lure fishing session last week landing five fish with some reasonable ones amongst them. 44cm, 45cm, 53cm and 55cm. It was a fairly wild night with some crazy squally showers with thunder and lightning mixed in! The catch bodes well for Combe Martin SAC’s  Lure fishing competition for club members that casts off on July 1st and is sponsored by High Street Tackle of Ilfracombe.

( Below) Fellow club member Mark Jones banked this beautiful bass of 65cm.

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24 Jun 2020

Sea Angling Update

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Several colourful wrasse have been caught by anglers fishing the rocky coastline near Ilfracombe with Paul Lorrimore landing a beautiful fish of 3lb 15oz.

Antony Smith took the top two spots in Bideford Angling Clubs twenty four hour sea rover with smoothound scaling 9lb 12.5oz and 9lb 9oz. In third place was Tarrant Wotton with a bass of 6lb 7oz.

24 Jun 2020

Calm Summer weather = Tope

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Boat anglers are enjoying great sport off Ilfracombe as tope move following the arrival of mackerel.

( Above) Dan Welch – tope 40lb 8oz
Rex Bassett with a fine 50lb tope

Toby Bassett and his father Rex Bassett enjoyed an amazing evening out on their boat , “we bagged up on a few dozen mackerel nice and quick ,then handed out a little way and started the tope fishing ..only 2 caught mine going about 15lb so no need to weigh it then after a little wait dad’s rod screamed off and a lovely conditioned 50lb fish graced the deck she behaved very well and swam off nice and strong new boat p.b and dad’s p.b! Bring on the next trip!

14 Jun 2020

Boat Sport Off Ilfracombe

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Anglers are enjoying some great sport off Ilfracombe from both Charter Boats and private boats. Bass, pollock and mackerel are being tempted on lures with bottom baits tempting tope and Huss.

Tope caught on Reel Deal

Bull Huss on Bluefin

 

 

Pollock – Bluefin

Tope – Reel Deal
bass – Bluefin

Dave Welch – 6lb +Pollock Private Boat off Ilfracombe

14 Jun 2020

Massive tope brace off North Devon Coast

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Kevin Pike – 70lb tope

Kevin Pike has set a new Appledore Shipbuilders Angling Club record boating a huge tope of 70lb  whilst fishing off the North Devon Coast. Kevin was fishing from his own private boat with fellow club member Mike Toogood who also enjoyed success boating another huge tope of 68lb 8oz. The capture of two tope of this size in one session is an amazing feat that will be remembered for years to come as a red letter day proving the oft said saying that it’s all about being in the right place at the right time.

 

Mick Toogood – 68lb 8oz tope