12 Aug 2024

COMBE MARTIN SAC – FUN FISHING 2024

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Combe Martin SAC are hosting their annual fun fishing event on Ilfracombe Pier on Sunday September 1st. This annual event coincides with the Sea-Ilfracombe Festival and is always fun  promoting fishing for young anglers accompanied by parents or guardians. Special guests to be confirmed mingle with the public to discuss issues that relate to the sea angling community.  The fun fishing is for most species caught with prizes provided by sponsors High Street Tackle, Barnstaple Bait and Tackle and Ilfracombe Aquarium.

12 Aug 2024

Stafford Moor Carp Catches

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Barry Smyth & Steve banked 14 carp between them  on Lodge Lake swims 2 & 3.  Barry landing new pb 31lb! All caught on Sticky baits Manilla boilies over a bed of house pellets.

(below) Ryan Turner & friends fished up on Lodge lake for 48 hrs lots of fish between them biggest being 31lb 14oz from swim 1 , 3 & 5 all caught on a mixture of Mainline baits & Sticky baits.

(Below) Jack Burrett who travelled all the way from Norfolk to fish Beatties Lake, Jack had 33 Carp from the Inlet Swim over 4 nights, with the biggest being 31lb 2oz.

 

12 Aug 2024

Bulldog Carp

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 Rob Hancock enjoyed a successful session on Bulldogs carp lake.
Rob tempted the lake’s nicest mirror (first pic) he has also managed to bag the lake’s biggest mirror! (Second pic 30lb10oz) Alongside multiple other fish!
Rob tempted these chunks using Bulldogs infamous ‘sfp’ bait!
12 Aug 2024

Bideford and District Angling Club Coarse Section Monthly Competition

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Bideford and District Angling Club
Coarse section monthly competition
Tarka Swims
Results:
1st Roger Ackroyd   51lb 11oz
2nd Craig Lamey 51lb 8oz
3rd Richard Jefferies 48lb 7oz
4th Antony Bentley 41lb 9oz
5th Les Polden 40lb
6th Colin Cherrington 36lb 15oz
19 members fished.
George’s lake was the venue for our regular monthly competition, the weather was hot with a blustery southerly wind blowing down into the bottom,dam head.
Roger ,our regular scales man , weighed in an impressive mixed net for victory on peg 13.
Corn, and meat pole fished over micros.
Craig, who now leads the points table, finished in second place fishing on peg 18 using similar tactics.
Richard finished a very credible 3rd place fishing paste on peg 9.
Antony took 4th place on peg 6.
After a slow start the lake has fished very well in most areas.
8 Aug 2024

TREVOR TELLING MEMORIAL COMPETITION

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New date arranged for our Trevor Telling Memorial Fishing Competition…
Wimbleball Lake, Sunday the 8th September 2024…
2 Fishing competitions in 1, from the boat and the bank, trophy & prizes for each.
Normal price for fishing plus £5 donation to charity.
The charities being supported are the South West Fishing for Life and the Exeter Hospicecare team.
For those that knew Trevor, and for those that didn’t, we are holding this match to commemorate a man who simply loved all fishing but especially fly fishing. His local knowledge of Wimbleball, Trout feeding habits and what flies and line to use and when, were readily shared with fellow anglers, he was much respected and a “one of a kind”.
The day will start with registration at the gazebo by the boat ramp between 8:00 and 9:00. The Fishing Competition will start from 9:30 with a weigh in at the end to be determined.
Entries on the day can be paid either by cash or cheque, boats should be booked in advance as normal, bank fishers can book online or turn up on the day & pay in the hut.
Some of Trevor’s “recommended” and favourite flies will be on sale on the day, all monies raised will also go to the charities.
2 shields are awarded, one for boat fishing and one for bank fishing. The winner keeps the shield for the year and is asked to ensure it is returned ready for the competition next year.
Karen, Charlotte, Matthew and Arthur thank you for supporting these 2 charities which meant so much to them during Trevor’s illness and hospice care and Trevor of course supported the South West fishing for life charity, teaching ladies to cast and enjoy the peace and tranquility of fishing after their own personal experiences of cancer.
Please share and get as many anglers who knew Trevor to come along, enjoy a fish and pay their respects…

5 Aug 2024

ILFRACOMBE OFF-SHORE LURE FISHING

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Boat anglers off Ilfracombe are enjoying some superb boat sport with bass and pollock caught over wrecks and reefs. Reel Deal Charters targeted bass with the anglers on board tempting numerous good fish topped by a 69cm specimen to the rod of Danny Watson of High Street Tackle. Danny has done a great deal to promote lure fishing in North Devon with his shop stocking a vast range of lures.

On the same day I was on board Predator 2 last Sunday on a trip with friends of the Skipper Dan Welch. We set out with the intention of fishing for shark but the conditions prevented us from reaching the prime sharking grounds. Fortunately we were able to shift our attention to other species and enjoyed great sport with bass and pollock. The best bass boated was a good fish of 67cm to the rod of Callum Gove.

       Lure fishing is a growing sector of sea angling. This is in part I feel because it suits the modern sea anglers life style. The light tackle employed enables great sport with the bass, pollock and wrasse giving exciting accounts. There is no bait collection, no unpleasant odours and less pre trip preparation. Shore anglers can grab a rod reel and a bag of lures and enjoy a short session at the prime time.

 

 

5 Aug 2024

SEA ANGLING COMPETITION RESULTS

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 Andrew Clements won Bideford Anglings Clubs August Rover with a specimen thick lipped grey mullet of 4lb 6oz. Dale Kiff was runner up with a bass of 5lb 4oz. Jenson Kiff was third with a smoothound of 7lb 6oz and Graham Snow forth with a thin lipped grey mullet of 2lb 14.5oz.

       Josh Atkinson was first and second and third in Appledore Shipbuilders sea rover with black bream of 2lb 4.25oz and 2lb3.5oz. A ballan wrasse of 4lb 12.25oz completing his domination of the scoreboard.