Melbury Reservoir results – 24/06/18
Winner on the day was Normam “paul” Martin who caught skimmers (mainly) and roach on the tip, placing 29lb 2oz on the scales.
2nd was Kevin Wilton who had 17lb 12oz on the pole.
3rd overall was Dean Vickery with 16lb 9oz on the pole.
Zyggy Gregorek posted this news today as he prepares to head off once again on globe trotting exploits in search of big fish.
“My first 20lb 2oz Mirror Carp this year, caught at our 5’C’S Syndicate match on the Main Lake on the 1st July trying out my new T Shirt which I’m taking to Cape Verde and it’s now been christened with my 1st 20 this year. This T shirt is definitely lucky so all the Sharks, Tuna and Marlin beware in a week’s time. Zyggy will be after you with my new Tshirt which I had specially printed”.
Grey mullet and smoothound dominated results of the weekends sea angling competitions with thck lipped mullet enthusiasts tempting fish from both estuary and harbours on the open coast. There are still a few smoothound showing on the coast though with crystal clear water it is likely that after dark sessions will be more productive.
1st Stephen Found thick lipped mullet 3 lb 11 1/4oz
2nd Andrew Clements thick lipped mullet 3 lb 8 1/2oz
3rd Andrew Clements think lipped mullet 3 lb 7 1/4oz
Appledore Shipbuilders Monthly Rover1st – Kevin Pike smoothound 10lb 11.5oz
2nd – Kevin Pike smoothound 10lb 1oz
3rd – Andrew Atkinson smoothound 9lb 12oz
Junior Winner – Jack Pike with smoothound of 10lb 5/8oz and 7lb 13.5oz
1st – Wayne Thomas – Thick Lipped grey mullet 3lb 14oz
2nd – Callum Gove – thin lipped grey mullet 2lb
1st Neilsen Jeffery 43lb
2nd John Bailey 41lb 4oz
3rd Paul Elworthy 40lb 4oz
4th Martin Turner 29lb 4oz
5th Paul Ware26lb 8oz.
Jennetts Resevoir was the venue for our 4th summer league event. Neilsen amassed a superb net of red fins on the whip on caster at half depth from peg 1 to win , at the other end of the venue ,in the shallow pegs John landed a 10lb carp on the pole after an hour then added another 30lbs of silvers to take second, , Paul chose to fish the waggler with corn over groundbait and also had a fantastic 40lb net ,this time of bream for 3rd spot. The forecast, much needed rain fell for most of the day but cleared for our weigh in .
Elliot Gerard had a cracking brace of carp from Upper Tamar Lake on the Cornwall/Devon border. Justin caught the much sought after ‘The Peach’ at 33lbs and also a backup common of 19lb. Justin waded up the margin a long way and dropped his baits 6 foot from the bank with a couple of hand fulls of solid and crum boilies with a Cell wafter over the top.
The summer of 2018 will be etched upon our memories as one of those rare summers of sunshine and warmth. Those of you old enough may be able to remember that notorious summer of 1976 when the country had many weeks without rain when the grass was parched and beaches packed with tourists. Last week I asked for images of angling in North Devon during mid summer 2018. Below are a few images that illustrate one of the reasons we spend so much time at the waters edge in search of fish. Sometimes catching is just a bonus.
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Hot sun and crystal clear water is not ideal for all species but one fish that will feed well in these conditions is the ballan wrasse that can be caught using king ragworm, crab or prawn. Ollie Passmore landed these two colourful specimens to just over 3lb at a mark near Ilfracombe.
The calm waters are also brilliant for boat anglers with plenty of tope being caught off Ilfracombe on Charter boats and on Private boats. Toby Bassett caught this fine tope of 33lb from his own boat a cracking photo as well!
Its the first time in around a decade that we have seen so little algae (blanket weed) at Exe Valley, despite this summers high temperatures. Check out the pic taken today and note in particular how clear the lake bed is. However the pond weed is now spreading quickly and so next Sunday 8th July we will be closing to clear as much as possible using our very successful weed rakes, boat etc. But we need some help!
Would you like to join us for a weed party?! The deal is we drag as much weed out of the lake as possible and those who help receive 2 x 3 fish permits for their efforts, a BBQ and beer into the bargain plus the satisfaction that they have helped us to keep the fishery open.
Interested? Please message us, comment below or call the fishery on 01398 323008
Andres Endean banked these two fine carp from Lower Slade a 23lb 2oz common and a 16lb 2oz mirror.
