8 Aug 2022

Bideford Angling Club & Appledore Shipbuilders – August Rover

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Bideford August rover results 

13 angler’s fished 3 fish caught 

1st Tony Gussin  – Ballan wrasse 4lb 0 1/2oz 89.582%

2nd Stephen Found –  thick-lipped mullet 3lb 2oz 78.125%

3rd Tony Gussin  -Ballan wrasse 3lb 3oz 70.832%

 

11 people fished Appledore Shipbuilders August rover. “Lots may think that fishing at this time of year is easy but many will know that it’s always a tricky month. Several anglers reported fishing more than one mark to try and locate a fish eligible to be weighed in over 60%”
Winning today was Andrew Atkinson who caught a nice Ballan Wrasse of 4lb 6 3/4 ozs. Josh Atkinson was second with a Smoothound of 8lb 6ozs.  Andrew also secured 3rd with a Bull Huss of 7lb 2ozs.

15 Jul 2022

Bideford and District Angling Club – Evening Match Result

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Hard to believe that the summer evening series has come to an end.
Evening match No.10.
Results:
1st Nathan Underwood  19lb 10oz
2nd Richard Jefferies  17lb 10oz
3rd Keith Mountjoy  16lb 11oz
4th Stephen Craker  13lb 4oz
5t Roger Ackroyd  11lb 10oz
6th Cyril Found 11lb 5oz
19 Fished
Our final Midweek Competition has been won by the league leader Nathan, this concludes a successful campaign, putting him well clear of second placed Martin Turner.
The winning method was paste fished on the pole from peg 24, his net was mainly smaller carp and tench.
Richard’s second place was taken on the method feeder from peg 6 and Keith has pole fished for third place on peg 19.
After a very warm day conditions,for the evening event, were pleasantly cool .
5 Jul 2022

Bideford and District Angling Club. Junior event No. 3

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Bideford and District Angling Club.
Junior event No. 3
Results:
1st Sammy Thornton 11lb 12oz
2nd Brodie Norris 6lb 1oz
3rd Imogen Babb 5lb 3oz
4th RudyJames Nicholas 3lb 3oz
5th Ted Blight 3lb
6th Willow Davies 2lb 3oz
7th Leo Davies 1lb 6oz
The weather was kinder to us ,on Saturday, for our third Junior event this summer .
Our winner,Sammy ,has fished on, the unfancied,peg 3 with a top kit, his net of good roach and skimmers was taken on maggot .
Brodie fished on peg 26,for second place, he has found some nice tench again taken on short pole tactics.
3rd place went to Imogen on the adjacent peg 25,using the long pole with paste .
Rudy James came in 4th on peg 1.
Our prize table was once again supported by the generosity of local shops.
A big thanks to our helpers on the day .
4 Jul 2022

Bideford Angling Club – Monthly Rover

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Bideford – July Rover results 

13 fished 5 fish registered

1st Richard Jefferies  smoothhound 12lb 5oz 123.125%

2nd Andrew Clements smoothhound 11lb 6oz 113.750%

3rd Andrew Clements thicklipped mullet 4lb 1 1/2oz 102.344%

4th Terry Dymond smoothhound 9lb 11oz 96.875%

5th Antony Smith thicklipped mullet 3lb 5 1/2oz 83.594%

Appledore Shipbuilders JULY ROVER

12 Anglers fished the July Rover today.
Several Smoothounds were caught, weighed and released with the photos and weights presented at the weigh in. In fact only Smoothounds were recorded at the weigh in!
Many anglers reported large catches of Smoothounds today with a lot of fish around the 6lb mark.
First place went to Terry Dymond with one of 9lb 11ozs.
Martyn John was second with another of 9lb 9ozs and Andrew Atkinson 3rd with his best one weighing 9lb 6 1/2ozs.

 

23 Jun 2022

Bideford and District Angling Club Evening Competition No 7 .:

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Bideford and District Angling Club Evening Competition No 7 .:
Results :
1st  Les Polden 29lb
2nd Cyril Found  26lb 7oz
3rd Nathan Underwood  19lb 15oz
4th Richard Jefferies  18lb 9oz
5th Keith Copland 16lb
6th Kevin Shears 14lb 14oz
19 Fished
A hot evening, the day after the summer equinox, saw club members gather for the 7th round of the series. Les continues his good form with a winning catch of bream ,tench and carp of peg 21 long pole worm over groundbait tactics.
Cyril came in second on peg 14 , feeder to the cage and pole and paste, caught a nice bag of mainly decent carp. Nathan, who now leads the league, landed a mainly tench and carp net on paste and worm baits,
Richard’s all carp 4th place was taken on meat.
12 Jun 2022

Bideford and District Angling Club Coarse Section Monthly Competition

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Bideford and District Angling Club

Coarse Section monthly competition

Results :
1st Richard Jefferies  30lb 4oz
2nd Roger Ackroyd  17lb 8oz
3td Craig Crash Lamey 16lb 4oz
4tb Mick Farron 15lb 9oz
5th Steve Ashton  14lb 15oz
6th Les Polden  14lb 8oz
7th Stephen Craker  13lb 13oz
19 Fished.
Club members enjoyed another warm summer day on George’s lake Tarka Swims, with a light westerly breeze.
Richard has taken the honours with a cracking net of carp from peg 15, his catch fell mainly to bread fished on his infamous hit and hold carp tactics also to pole and paste. He scooped the golden peg bonus. Well done Rich.
The next 12 nets were all very close.
Roger came out best of the rest off peg 26 with a nice mixed catch, closely followed by Craig on peg 17 . Fourth place went to Mick Farron .
11 Jun 2022

Bideford and District Angling Club Midweek evening competition No. 5 Results:

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Bideford and District Angling Club Midweek evening competition No. 5
Results:
1st Nathan Underwood  26lb 7oz
2nd Cyril Found  25lb 5oz
3rd Keith Mountjoy  22lb 4oz
4th Craig Crash Lamey  20lb 8oz
5th Martin Turner 20lb 5oz
6th Richard Jefferies 14lb 11oz
15 anglers.
This evening’s competition was fished in a brisk Northwesterly breeze, blowing up towards the shallower end of George’s lake.
Paste fishing has been the most successful method , Nathan’s winning catch came off peg 19 , the next three places have also been on the paste . Cyril’s second spot was taken on peg 15 and included several decent carp..