Bull huss have to be one of sea angling s most photogenic fish with their Leopard like spots. Chay Boggis landed this beauty from a local rock mark. It pulled the scales down to 9lb 5oz.
Quality fish like this are out there to be caught but there are also plenty of small eels and dogfish about that tend to get to the baits first as I found out on a session at a local rock mark last night, Its good to get out though and with settled conditions its good to just be there waiting.
Triple Hook Clubs Ladies and Junior Open on Sunday October 29th saw several flounder brought to the scales with calm conditions and blue skies prevailing throughout the morning.
Ian Cairns won the event with a flounder of 1lb 31/2oz and topped the club members section.
In runner up spot was Max Chapple with a flounder of 1lb 33/8oz and third Levi Beer with a flounder of 1lb 31/4oz
The Ladies Event was won by Levi Beer with her flounder of 1lb 31/4oz and Joan Cairns was runner up with a flounder of 145/8oz
Mark Hill with one of his catches from Lodge Lake a fine mirror of 20lb tempted using Mainline essential IB boilies.
Its all systems go for Reel Deal Obession 2 on route to Watchet with the first trip planned for Friday spaces available with 7.00am Sailing. There is also availability on Sunday aboard the Jay Jay 8.30 sail 8 hour trips bait and rods can be provided sailing from Watchet marina and the cod comp will be started call 07850984933 or message Dan Hawkins on Facebook.
There are already a few decent cod showing for anglers fishing from boats above Minehead.
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The annual netting has been taking place at Anglers Paradise and the weights of the venues biggest cats should be revealed later this week!! Something for those catfish anglers to dream about over the cold winter months as they wait for next summer when the catfish will once again go on the prowl.
Steve Pinn landed this stunning 25lb 10oz mirror carp from Stafford Moor using Uber-krab boilies fished tight to the lake margin.
Well done to Bideford’s ‘A’ team who won the latest North Devon League competition this weekend
1st Graham Snow – grey mullet 4lb10 1/4oz
2nd Graham Snow – grey mullet 3lb 14 1/4oz
3rd Antony Smith – flounder 1lb 8 1/4oz
Lottie Ava Kinnear aged 8 caught her first brown trout on a cats whiskers lure from Bratton Water. Her parents say that she really enjoyed herself and can’t wait to go again.
Bratton Water will start to fish well now as the cooler waters of late autumn and winter arrive. Last winter saw some stunning brown trout caught from the fishery with several over 5lb. (Below) Danny Ford with one of last winters stunning brown trout caught at Bratton Water.
Wistlandpound Fly Fishing Club fished the last day of the season at Wessex Water’s Clatworthy Reservoir where the rainbow trout that the fishery is renowned for played hard to get. Only three of the ten members taking part in the event fishing for the Secretary’s Shield managed to land trout. This was despite the lake being well stocked with good numbers of trout that were times visible in the clear water.
David Rudman was the winner with a rainbow trout scaling 1lb 151/2oz. Dave Mock and Danny Ford tied in runner up spot both landing rainbows of 1lb 15oz. (Below) The three successful anglers.
Despite the lack of fish members enjoyed a day in beautiful countryside with trees surrounding the reservoir in splendid autumn colours.
As members gathered at the Fishing Lodge reflecting upon the past season they were treated to a delicious offering of Lemon Drizzle Cake from the local Clatworthy Fly Fishing Club. We all hope be to back at Clatworthy in the spring when it generally offers superb sport with some of the West Country’s hardest fighting rainbow trout.
With the reservoir trout fishing season at an end it is time to turn to the small still waters where sport is at its best through the colder months.
Autumn is a prime time for the sea angler with a wide variety of species to target. The past week has seen local anglers enjoy success along North Devon’s rocky coast. Dan Spearman (Below) was among these anglers landing a bull huss of 9lb 3oz and a conger of 18lb.
Fellow Combe Martin SAC member James Thomas landed good pollock of 2lb 13oz along with numerous conger whilst fishing a rock mark near Ilfracombe. (Below)
Kody Chugg landed a small eyed ray (Below)
I targetted grey mullet that are one of my favourite sea fish and tempted a specimen of 4lb 13oz using quiver-tipped bread flake.
Rob Kendall and his daughter Brooke enjoyed 2 days on the beach swim on Beattie’s lake. Rob had a top weight of 21lb 4oz and Brooke had a new personal best of 20lb all caught on Robs home made bait.
(Below)Keith Green and Matt Bennett who had 17 fish out in a 48 hour session on the inlet swim on Beattie’s lake using a combination of Sticky Baits pineapple & B
utyric pop ups , Uber crab & nut boilies & cc Moore equinox boilies.
(Below) Nikki Danielle Parker and partner Karl Hutchison who had 10 fish out between them up to 24lb (which was Nikkis new PB ) on the double swim on Lodge lake dam wall using home made boilies .
