The latest match results at Stafford Moor show that the carp are now feeding hard as temperatures start to climb.
Dave Stockton took top spot in the Latest Stafford Moor Open bagging a creditable 222lb 3oz from Tanners Lake using pellet waggler tactics. Andy Dare was runner up with159lb 2oz and Robert Coombs third with 132lb 2oz.
Tanners Top 4 & Silvers winner
1. Christopher John Lovell 105lb 2oz
2. Tom Downing 89lb 1oz
3. Paul Heywood 68lb 12oz
4. Adam Toomey 55lb 10oz
Silvers Winner – Simon John Allen 15lb 10oz
Woodpecker
1. Rob Dixon 84lb 11oz
2. Andy Dare 81lb 15oz
3. Nigel Rhodes 67lb 11oz
4. Dave Stockton 67lb 1oz
Many Thanks to Martin Turner for the North Devon Match Group report from Jennetts Reservoir where they enjoyed to fabulous silver fish sport.
1st Martin Turner 28lb 9oz
2nd Christopher Morris 25lb 11oz
3rd Kevin Shears 18lb 11oz
4th John Lacy 18lb 6oz
5th Peter Slade 17lb 9oz ,
A mild spring day with April showers , made for good sport on the South West Lake Trusts Jennetts Reservoir in Bideford. The bream failed to show in numbers but the roach fed well. Martin Turner landed quality fish on hemp and caster on the pole and whip from peg 8 , beside the elderberry bush , Christopher Morris had a similar net from peg 12 near the point also on the pole. Kevin drew end peg on the far bank for 3rd just pipping John Lacy who drew peg 4 near the dam.
Jennetts Reservoir
Top 4
1st Simon Poynter 27lb 10oz
2nd Kevin Wilton 22lb 15oz
3rd Andy Gratton 22lb 6oz
4th Steve Maynard 6lb 1oz
Nice to see the top 4 weights spread across the lake yesterday, also on varying methods…..
Simon caught on the long pole targeting larger fish, Kev was 2nd fishing for roach shallow on the pole, a close 3rd was Andy who fished the whip, with two bream and a perch included in his total, 4th place went to Steve who fished long pole for roach & skimmers.
The pictures below sum up the Spring so far. Many thanks to Martin Turner for his new report from the enduring North Devon Match Group!
1st Kevin Shears 57lb 12oz
2nd Christopher Morris 52lb 13oz
3rd Martin Turner 42lb 13oz
4th Tom Downing 41lb 11oz
5th Paul Morris 41lb 6oz
6th Nathan Underwood 31lb 2oz .
Silvers James Grogan 7lb 1oz .
Despite our efforts that man Shears has secured yet another victory! Kevin drew on the road side on lake 4 and landed 20 carp on corn on the pole in the margins. Christopher drew on one of the reed beds on lake 3 for second also on corn on the pole. Martin was next peg to him , and caught on bread and maggots. The spring day started well for the 17 competitors but deteriorated in to sleet by the time we weighed in .Thanks to Start Sharp for allowing us to use both lakes and providing breakfast rolls.
Winner of Stafford Moors March Silvers Festival 2018 is Mark Goddard who won with just 5 points and a total weight of 98lb 8oz ! Mark also won the Largest bag of 37lb 9oz from peg 10 on Pines. In second place was Des Shipp who had also 5 points with a total weight of 85lb 6oz. In third place was Dave Smith with 9 points and a total weight of 82lb 15oz. Jo at Stafford Moor said “Thank you all so much for a fantastic week, really enjoyed seeing you all again and meeting some new faces. Thank you for your amazing support.
North Devon Match Group Championship No. 2 Millpark Results
Many thanks to Martin once again for his report on the North Devon Match Groups match at Mill Pond. Some stunning nets of roach in this close run event. This has to be one of the best silver fish waters in the area! A venue I have many fond memories of as I caught my first coarse fish there almost fifty years ago!
1st Kevin Shears 29lb 6oz
2nd Pete Slade 27lb 4oz
3rd Martin Turner 27lb
4th Nathan Underwood 26lb 10oz
10 of our members enjoyed a rare mild early spring day on Millpark Berrynarbor, but try as we might we cannot put an end to Kevin’s remarkable run of wins!! He drew on the platform below the car park and amassed a super net of quality roach on caster on a short pole, Pete Slade drew on the stream side and took second spot with a 9lb carp and a nice net of skimmers and roach all on the pole and soft pellet, Martin came in third with an all roach net, Nathan’s bag included a nice chub.
(Above)Nathan Underwoods net included a fine chub a fish more often associated with running water!
Monthly Coarse Section Match Results Lakeview Morchard Rd.
1st Martin Turner 42lb 8oz
2nd Steve Bailey 28lb 8oz
3rd John Lisle 27lb 12oz
4th David Bailey 13lb 7oz
5th Keith Copland 12lb 5oz
Sunday’s competitors were faced with a strong, and very cold North Westerly wind and flurry’s of sleet and snow .Martin Turner took the top weight on peg 5 ,using double red maggots on a 9 metre pole, his first bite came nearly 2 hours into the comp. Steve adopted similar tactics and a feeder on peg 4 to catch 17 small carp for second spot. John caught 11 carp on peg 11,late into the match for 3rd spot. Next Comp March 11th at Highampton Fishery.
Many Thanks to Martin Turner for the Fortnightly NDMG Report
1st Kevin Shears 55lb 8oz
2nd John Lacy 43lb 2oz
3rd John Forster 34lb 6oz
4th Nathan Underwood 31lb 4oz
5th Martin Turner 24lb
6th John Lisle 22lb 8oz .,
20 anglers turn up on a very cold but dry day, in the vain hope of beating Kevin .He drew peg 17 on the top lake and once again showed us all how its done !! Kevin fished the pole with maggot for an all carp net, John Lacy also on the top lake caught his net of carp on sweetcorn on the pole, Top weight of the 10 anglers on the bottom pool was John Forster with a pole catch of small carp on ,corn and maggot. from unfancied peg 11, Nathan Underwood was on peg 7 on the bottom lake and took 4th spot with some nice carp on the pole ,all on red maggot.
Results: NDMG 1st Round Championship and Champion of Champions.
1st Overall and champ of champ John Lisle 79lb 8oz
2nd Dave Downton 53lb 13oz
3rd Nathan Underwood 44lb 15oz
4th John Lacy 26lb 6oz
5th Kevin Shears 25lb 1oz
6th Andy Gray 17lb 6oz.
Many thanks to Martin Turner for the report and write up:-
Stafford Moor Fishery hosted our January Championship competition , the gale force winds and driving rain ,meant that fishing was less than comfortable for most! Despite this John fished a great match on the pole and sweetcorn on peg 18 on Oak lake, he landed 27 carp for a convincing victory over second placed Dave who landed 53lb of carp from peg 18 on Woodys lake ,Nathan took 3rd spot also from Woody’s peg 20. John 4th from peg 9 Woodys.Second best weight on Oak and 5th overall was Kevin on peg 14.
