10 Oct 2018

Big Cats on the prowl as autumn descends

by Wayne Thomas | posted in: Carp Fishing, Coarse Fishing, Sidebar | 0

Above) Paul Baker recently took his son to Anglers Eldorado to show him what a real Catfish looked like up close and they caught this 30lb Wels Catfish from the Bottom Cat and Carp Lake 2 caught on double halibut pellets.

Lovely to see Families on the bank sharing their passion of fishing with siblings – what it’s all about!

(Above)

*PB CATFISH FROM NIRVANA**

David Poolman fished Nirvana’s Day Ticket Specimen Cat Lake and managed to catch a personal best 56lb 8oz Catfish in the early hours.

David caught his PB on a soaked halibut pellet/squid pop up combination.

(Above)Angling Guide Julian Chidgey organised a Cat and Carp Camp weekend at Nirvana. The conditions were tough to say the least, they lost a few but Morgan Lloyd from Oxfordshire saved the weekend by catching his 1st ever Catfish at a whopping 60lbs 3oz and a 15lb Common both from the Specimen Cat Lake.

Julian shared –

‘Well what a weekend that was! Winds that threatened to launch bivvies into the lake, and rain that had me contemplating building an ark! The anglers who attended the Carp and Cat Camp stuck at it despite the weather, knowing that it would only take 1 bite to make the session a success. Morgan Lloyd had the first breakthrough after we spotted a 30-40lb carp top between the waves and a single hookbait cast close by soon gave a bite. Unfortunately the fish dropped off before we got to see it.

Richard and Tony also both had big fish top in front of them and the tension was clear as it felt a bite was on the cards. Morgan was the lucky one again as a single hookbait (Tor baits Squido pop up) produced a bite as darkness fell. A modest mid double common was the result but with the temperature falling and the wind having turned to a bitter North-Easterly it was good to see a fish on the bank. As first light came this morning the keen anglers stood over the rods counting down the final minutes of the session. An alarm sounded and Morgan was again the lucky angler, from the outset it was clear this was a special fish and I soon paddling out with my landing net to scoop up a very long catfish.

It was great to see the teamwork and camaraderie as we weighed and photographed the 60lb 3oz monster. As we packed away our wet gear and headed our separate ways it was great to think of the new friendships formed through a great weekend. I will definitely be organising another event for next Spring so please get in touch to reserve your place for a shot at the fish of a lifetime.’

10 Oct 2018

Upper Tamar Carp are on the feed

by Wayne Thomas | posted in: Carp Fishing, Sidebar, Uncategorised | 0

(Above)Ryan Willshire from Bude landed this cracking 21lb 4oz scaley Mirror carp from Upper Tamar lake, near Bude on the Cornwall and Devon border. The fish was stocked in September 2017 as part of the lakes re-stocking policy which included 3 fish over 30lbs and lots of fish over 20lbs. The next stocking is in mid October this year.

(Above) Ashley Bunning had a great session on Upper Tamar Lake, on the Cornwall and Devon border. The venue regular banked 8 carp in his 48 hour session including 2 fish over 20lbs. All the fish were caught on Nashbait scopex squid boilies with the largest being a 22lb 8oz mirror.

9 Oct 2018

PERKS WINS £1000 AT BEST OF THE BEST TROUT FISHING FINAL!

by Wayne Thomas | posted in: Game Fishing, Sidebar | 0

PERKS WINS £1000 AT BEST OF THE BEST TROUT FISHING FINAL!

Dave Perks from Newquay has won the annual Best of the Best competition at Kennick reservoir near Bovey Tracey in Devon. Dave caught 6 Rainbow Trout for 12lbs 10oz to scoop the £1000 top prize.

The competition which is now in its fifth year is run by South West Lakes Trust, the largest provider of trout fishing in Cornwall and Devon. Snowbee, based in Plympton, who are a leading brand within the trout fishing industry were once again the sole sponsor of the competition.

The competition was held on 7th October at the stunning 50 acre venue which is heavily stocked with Rainbow and Blue trout. Dave’s bag of fish included a fine 4lb 7oz Rainbow. Dave finished runner up in the 2017 final and went one better this time holding off the challenge of Paul Jones from Wadebridge who was runner up for the second successive year. Paul caught 7 Rainbows for 10lb 4oz and collected £400 for his efforts.

Third place, winning £250, was Graham Watts from Bodmin who caught 6 fish for 10lb 3oz.

In total 97 Rainbows were caught by the 35 finalists for a rod average of 2.8 fish per person. There were also some cracking Brown trout caught and released with Chris Bolt managing the largest at 3lb 8oz. Fish were caught by a variety of fly patterns throughout the day.

Ben Smeeth, Head of Angling for South West Lakes Trust commented ‘it was a cracking final and many congratulations to Dave Perks on the win but well done to all anglers on qualifying for the final and a huge thankyou to Snowbee for sponsoring the event. Our Rainbow trout fisheries will be open for everyone to enjoy until the end of November’

8 Oct 2018

North Devon Match Group Winter League No.1 Wooda Fishery

by Wayne Thomas | posted in: Match Fishing, Sidebar | 0

Results

1st Neilsen Jeffery 84lb 1oz

2nd Paul Morris 73lb 11oz

3rd Shaun Stenton 65lb 4oz

4th Christopher Morris 63lb 8oz

5th Martin Turner 48lb 4oz

6th Mark Richard 45lb 11oz .

15 fished.We used the 2 lower match lakes on the prolific complex and enjoyed a dry still autumnal day. Neilsen Jeffery got his winter league campaign off to a great start with a net of pole caught carp from the roadside bank on the bottom lake , Paul Morris was next peg and landed his 2nd place catch on both method feeder and pole. Shaun Stenton used similar tactics on the first lake for 3rd place Christopher Morris was 4th from the opposite bank.

8 Oct 2018

Sea Angling Results

by Wayne Thomas | posted in: Sea Angling, Sidebar, Uncategorised | 0

Bideford Angling Club and Appledore Shipbuilders hold their monthly sea rovers on the first Sunday of each month and both clubs allow competitors to fish over a very wide area of the South West including Devon, Dorset and Cornwall. Their results highlight the vast the vast range of species available to anglers in the South West.

Bideford Monthly Rover results

1st – Antony Smith garfish 15 1/2 oz 77.5% (Above)

2nd -Andrew Clements dogfish 1 lb 13 60.416%

Appledore Shipbuilders Monthly Rover Results

1st- Josh Atkinson – black bream 2lb 7.5oz

2nd – Michael Hammett – garfish 1lb 2oz

3rd – James Mayhew – small eyed ray 7lb 1/8oz

Junior section – Jack Pike – ballan wrasse 4lb 3oz

Triple Hook Club – WYCO EWB – Club Flounder

1st – Mark Hancock – flounder 1lb 1/4oz

2nd – Kevin Hancock – flounder 15oz

8 Oct 2018

Combe Martin SAC Lyn Fish 2018

by Wayne Thomas | posted in: Sea Angling, Sidebar | 0

Combe Martin SAC’s Lyn Fish Competition saw competitors fishing between Hartland Point and Watchet with some fine fish registered from both boat and shore.

The winner of the event was Jack Phillips (above) with a fine thick lipped grey mullet of 4lb.

Runner up was Alex Mcleish with a stunning boat caught pollock of 10lb 10oz

3rd – Dan Miles Redmore – Blonde ray 10lb 6.5oz

4th – Nick Phillips – Thick Lipped grey mullet 3lb 2oz

5th – Mark Jones – small eyed ray – 7lb 5oz

6th – Matt Jeffery – dogfish – 2lb 1oz

The event was sponsored by Sakuma Tackle and Ardosia Slate

The after competition meet up and presentation was held at the Rising Sun Lynmouth where competitors enjoyed a fine platter of delicious food.

*(Above)Alex Mcleish – Pollock 10lb 10oz*

*(Above) Dan Miles Redmore – blonde ray 10lb 6.5oz*

*(Above) Nick Phillips – 3lb 2oz thick lipped grey mullet*

*(Above) Mark Jones – small eyed ray 7lb 5oz*

(Above) A grey mullet caught bu myself on the Saturday of the competition when a strong North East Wind made fishing difficult.

(Above) First light bass fishing with the lures.

7 Oct 2018

Superb Autumn Carp at Furzebray

by Wayne Thomas | posted in: Carp Fishing, Sidebar | 0

Some stunning autumn carp from Furzebray Carp Fishery with several thirty plus fish. The carp always lookstunning at this time of year there colours reflecting the autumn hues on the surrounding trees.

(Below)Adam Short had successful trip on the island lake landing 3 fish, including the Rudd mouth at 30lb 4oz plus superb fish of 29lb 8oz and a 26lb 8oz

(Above) Brian Ford banked the carp known as Star at a massive 39lb 12oz.

(Above) Jamie Moxey landed Pearly at a new top weight of 32lb

4 Oct 2018

Autumn Carp at Stafford Moor

by Wayne Thomas | posted in: Carp Fishing, Sidebar | 0

There have been some stunning carp catches at Stafford Moor below are just a few caught recently as autumn descends.

(Below) John Jobson banked this personal best mirror carp of 28lb 1oz using Sticky Krill tipped off with sweetcorn.

(Below)Rich Powell who fished on the beach swim on Beatties lake with Andy and had 12 fish out between them up to 26lb 8oz caught out in the middle on single Sticky baits krill hook bait.

(Below)Russ Bending who fished on the summer hut swim on Beatties lake and had 4 fish out up to 28lb all caught on Sticky baits Manilla boilies well done Russ!

(Below) Michael Collyer who had this 25lb Beauty out from Swim 13 on the spit up on Lodge lake at the weekend caught on Cell boilies.

(Below) Alex Charlton fished a quick overnight session on the inlet swim on Beatties lake he had 2 out a 21lb 9oz and 17lb 11pz caught baitwork.

(Below)Mark Downing had 15 fish out up to 26lb 12oz from the inlet swim on Beatties lake all caught on C C Moore live system boilies

4 Oct 2018

Sea Angling Prospects

by Wayne Thomas | posted in: Sea Angling, Sidebar | 0

Prospects for the coming weekend are looking good with a wide range of species available to target. Weather wise Sunday is the best looking day with light winds and sunshine. Fish don’t always worry about the weather though and night sessions could be profitable for bass, huss, conger and ray.

Combe Martin SAC are holding an Open competition over the weekend so this will encourage a few anglers to get out and see whats about. Might even win a prize from the sponsors Sakuma and Ardosia slate.