Sea Anglers are catching some good fish from the North Devon shore line with huss, spurdog and conger amongst catches.
Prospects for the coming month are excellent if the Westerly winds persist.
Combe Martin SAC member Ross Stanway enjoyed a session at a local shore mark to land several ray including three small eyed ray of 8lb 8oz and a brace of spotted ray.
Bideford Angling Club Monthly Sea Rover
January Rover results
9 angler’s fished
1 fished weighed
1st Stephen Found Dog 2lb 3 1/2oz
Combe Martin SAC member Jamie Steward banked a fine brace of specimen bull huss scaling 11lb 4oz and 11lb 13oz.
Combe Martin Sea Angling Clubs Get some Fresh Air Festive Fish saw members fish marks across North Devon with a wide variety of species registered. Whilst no 100% plus species were caught several good fish were registered. Species caught included rockling, dogfish, spotted ray, small eyed ray, conger, thick lipped grey mullet, Bull Huss, pollock, spurdog and tope.
Results : –
1st Wayne Thomas – Thick lipped grey mullet 4lb 2oz 97.059%
2nd Kevin Legge – Conger – 18lb 90%
3rd Kevin Legge – Tope – 26lb 14oz – 89.583%
4th John Avery – Thick Lipped grey mullet – 83.824%
5th – Daniel Welch – dogfish – 2lb 7oz – 81.250%
6th – Kevin Legge – Spurdog – 7lb 14oz – 78.750%
7th – Ross Stanway – Bull Huss – 7lb 13oz – 78.125%
8th – Wayne Thomas – Thick Lipped Grey Mullet 3lb 2oz – 73.529%
9th – Jonathon Stanway – conger – 13lb 11oz – 68.437%
Combe Martin SAC member Ross Stanway enjoyed a short session at a North Devon mark where he landed four ray the best a small eyed ray of 9lb 1oz. He also caught dogfish and whiting.
Combe Martin SAC member Kyle Bishop continues to find specimen fish from along the North Devon Coast with conger, huss and spotted ray among his recent successes.
Above – Specimen Conger of 25lb 11oz and 20lb
Late Autumn is flounder time in the Taw and Torridge Estuaries with the competition season fully underway. I joined fellow CMSAC members in search of the humble flounder. Despite plenty of floodwater pushing down fishing proved to be good with pleasing numbers of flounder tempted. The average size was lower than recent seasons but some good fish were found. One of the joys of flounder fishing is that it is great leveller. Eight year old Solly Welch trumped all the clubs senior entrants tempting several flounder including a superb specimen of 2lb. Solly also took runner up spot with a flounder of 1lb 10oz.
Full results :-
1st – Solly Welch – flounder 2lb
2nd – Solly Welch – flounder – 1lb 10oz
3rd = Solly Welch & Nick Phillips – flounder – 1lb 8oz
4th – James Thomas – flounder- 1lb 7oz
5th – Nick Phillips – flounder – 1lb 6oz
The estaury has a special appeal as the sunlight and cloud sweeps across the ever moving landscape and ebbing and flowing waters.
Many thanks to club members, Jack Phillips, James Thomas and Daniel Welch for sharing their images.
1st -Nick Phillips 1lb 8oz
2nd – Andy Henderson 14oz
Joint third Jeremy Long and Jack Phillips flounder 12oz.
David Brooke won £75 cash in Combe Martin Sea Angling Clubs November Open Competition with a fine specimen smoothound scaling 13lb 6oz.
His fishing partner for the day Shane Hookway secured second, third and forth place in the event winning a £30 voucher from Quay Sports, a superb base layer from Chillcheater and a box of chocolates to celebrate his win.
Shanes fish were a specimen bull huss of 11lb, smoothound 8lb 4oz and Bull Huss 7lb 14oz.
Full results :-
David Brooke – smoothound 13lb 6oz – 133.750%
Shane Hookway – Bull Huss – 11lb – 110%
Shane Hookway – smoothound – 8lb 4oz – 82.5%
Shane Hookway – Bull Huss – 7lb 14oz 78.750%
Solly Welch – flounder – 1lb 8oz 75%
Solly Welch – flounder – 1lb 6oz 68.750%
Antony Smith – flounder – 1lb 4.5oz 64.063%
Antony Smith – flounder – 1lb 4oz 62.5%
Nathan Clements – blonde ray – 6lb 5.5oz 52.865%
Wayne Thomas – pollock – 2lb 6oz – 47.5%
A variety of fish were landed during the competition reflecting the changing seasons with smoothound once thought a summer species bringing rewards. David Brooke and Shane Hookway tempted their smoothound on Teign Baits squid baits. Whilst the bull huss were tempted using Teign Baits joey mackerel.https://m.facebook.com/people/Teign-Baits/100080212568197/
Competitors tempted a wide range of species including, bull Huss, dogfish, pollock, codling, flounder, pouting, conger and blonde ray. Combe Martin SAC would like to thank their generous sponsors Quay Sports and Chillcheater. Special thanks also to Danny Watson at High Street Tackle for providing a booking in location.
Shane Hookway – bull huss 11lb & 7lb 14oz
Shore Fishing reports have been few and far between recently so its great to see a few fish starting to show. Combe Martin SAC member Ali Laird caught this specimen bull huss of 12lb 9oz from a local rock mark.
Combe Martin SAC are hosting an Open Competition on November 12th. The boundaries are in line with the clubs boundaries. Old Severn Bridge to Lands End. The competition is catch and release with a photo of catch required along with a witness to the capture. Booking in is via the clubs facebook page, via phone or in person via High Street Tackle Ilfracombe.
See Combe Martin SAC Website for relevant specimen sizes ( Note for the competition dogfish specimen size is 3lb 8oz)
Entry fee is £5