North Devon Tackle Clubs latest Match at Oaktree Fisheries bottom lake saw carp feeding well and providing great sport. Simon Poynter took first place with three fine nets of fish totalling 104lb 7oz. Kevin Wilton was runner up with 56lb 1oz and Pete Seaward third with 41lb 3oz. Simon’s haul is new Match lake record for the bottom lake.
Phil Gilhespy has been among the fish at Upper Tamar Lake recently and proved his skill with both rod and camera sending South West Lakes Trust some fantastic images of fishing, wildlife and Common carp up to 20.02. Phil has had 8 fish in two sessions all caught on homemade boilies over a scattering of the same bait. The images illustrate perfectly the joys of carp fishing.
Andrew Parish used King ragworm purchased at Braunton Bait Box to tempt this handsome ballan wrasse from a mark near Combe Martin. Ballan wrasse were plentiful along the North Devon coast during the 1980’s but catches have not been as good over recent seasons. A contributory factor could be that less anglers target the species these days as they tend to reside in among thick kelp and rock that deters some anglers. It would be great to see some pictures of these fine fish. Crab baits were always favourite for the bigger specimens though king ragworm was always a great bait for numbers of fish. Recent developments have seen wrasse targeted with great success using lures a method that is perhaps underused in North Devon?
Sunday Open – August 7th Tanners lake.
A great weight from Mark Hayman peg 3 with 139lb 14oz fishing 11mm on the lead.
In second place was Paul Tidball peg 32 with 131lb 7oz fishing also 11mm on the lead.
In third place was Lee Thomas peg 1 with 112lb 3oz fishing 8 & 11mm fishing 14mtrs
Silvers winner was Bruce Hunt peg 13 with 31lb 1oz of silvers !
Section winners were:
Dave Stockton peg 25 with 80lb 7oz and also Martin Heard peg 9 with 94lb 9oz
The rain that fell at the beginning of August proved a welcome tonic for the areas salmon and sea trout anglers who enjoyed a hectic few days on both the Taw and Torridge. The day ticket Weir Marsh and Brightly Beats on the Taw saw eleven salmon caught on Friday and four on Saturday. Steve Meach landed six, Nigel Clist and Richard Jewell two and John Kenyon, Edwin Barclay, Michael Martin. Chris Steer and Bob Lewington one each. There were also ten sea trout caught from the beats. Numerous other salmon have been landed from beats on the Taw including a superb salmon to the rod of Emma Tyjas estimated at 12lb. Emma is married to Peter Tyjas who teaches with the Devon School of Fly Fishing based at the Fox and Hounds, Eggesford. http://devonschoolofflyfishing.com/devon-school-fly-fishing-courses/
Graham Snow took the top two places in Combe Martin SAC’s Fish of the month competition with a fine thick-lipped mullet of 4lb 15oz and a thin-lipped mullet of 4lb 1oz. In third place was Kevin Legge with a bass scaling 9lb 2oz. Club member Ross Stanway got August’s competition off to a good start landing a fine specimen rockling of 1lb 13.5oz.
Mark Mead with his 28lb catch from the Dam wall on Beatties lake using mainline cell boilies.
Dave Morrish with his 28lb 8oz catch from the dam wall on Beatties lake using sticky baits krill.
Mark Grinney and Ellie had 8 fish from the inlet swim on beatties lake up to 29lb 3oz using home made chocolate boilies and strawberry pop ups.
Chrissy Waring who was here with hubby Geoff (AKA 2 of the Carp Busters ) had 10 fish out up to 21lb 8 oz on Beatties lake in a day session using mainline cell and dynamite baits monster tiger nut flavour purchased in the on site tackle shop .
Harris Sawyer who fishing Staffords Woodpecker Lake with regular Jason Hammond who had this fab catch from woodpecker lake today.
North Devon Match Group Summer League No4 was an Inter club contest at Upper Tamar Lake with Tiverton AC
Result 1st Martin Turner 33lb 13oz 2nd Wayne Mitchell 28lb 6oz 3rd Ian Brooks 28lb 6oz
Section A Paul Frost 22lb 14oz Section B Eric Priest 27lb 5oz
North Devon Match Group 140lb Tiverton 105lb
David Atkinson won Appledore Shipbuilders Monthly Rover with a fine gilthead bream scaling 4lb 53/8oz. Runner up spot was secured by Steve Ford with a gilthead of 4lb 2.75oz and in third was Josh Atkinson with a smoothound scaling 6lb 15oz. In the Junior section it was Chelsea Babb that took the prizes with a ballan wrasse of 3lb 3.75oz.
Top fish of the week was a stunning bass taken from a local beach scaling 12lb 9.75oz by Paul Downing.
Latest match results from the ever prolific Stafford Moor
Wednesday August 3rd Open match at Stafford Moor on Tanners and Woodpecker lakes. Had 32 fishing with a continental payout . Had 6 main payouts plus 4 X section payouts.
Winner of the day was Andy Boffin Tanners peg 6 with 154lb 15oz fishing the conker & paste.
2nd Kev Walters Woodpecker peg 3 with 104lb 6oz
3rd Herbie Tanners peg 3 with 116lb 5oz
4th Tony Nallie Woodpecker peg 32 with 86lb 8oz
5th Ben Evenden Tanners peg 36 with 110lb 4oz
6th Chris Haines Woodpecker peg 10 with 84lb 13oz
Our section winners were:
Tanners steve Kedge peg 32 with 95lb 15oz and Kev Osbourne peg 27 with 61lb 12oz
Woodpecker Rob Hendrick peg 12 with 34lb and Mick Wheatley peg 26 with 43lb 7oz
Friday August 5th residents match Stafford Moor on Tanners and Woodpecker lakes. Weather was sunny most of the day , had a continental payout today , had a great winning weight from Stephen Crocker peg 36 with 132lb 4oz fishing 11mm on the lead, well done Steve ! (Who won it last year too )
2nd Chris Birch Tanners peg 35 with 122lb 5oz
3rd Keith Simpson Woodpecker peg 10 with 51lb 3oz
4th Rob Hendrick AKA MOS Tanners peg 13 with 90lb 12oz fishing 8mm & paste down the edge
5th Mark Betteridge Woodpecker peg 28 with 49lb 11oz
6th Richard Gere AKA Michael Wheatley 😜 Tanners peg 18 with 79lb 3oz
