18 Dec 2017

NDMG Championship No12 and Christmas competition

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Once again many thanks to Martin Turner for his excellent and much appreciated reports from North Devon Match Group.

North Devon Match Groups Christmas Competition was held at Oaktree top and bottom lakes.

1st Kevin Shears 70lb 2oz

2nd Neilsen Jeffery 52lb 8oz

3rd Paul Elworthy 49lb 3oz

4th Peter Slade 39lb 6oz

5th Keith Copland 34lb 13oz

6th Phil Watters 29lb 5oz.

15 anglers turned up for our final match of the year , Kevin continued his tremendous form with a convincing victory from the outlet peg on the bottom pond his all carp catch fell to maggot over micros , Neilsen drew on the top lake and his with corn on the pole for 2nd spot ,which also ensured that he wins Matchman of the Year , Paul’s 3rd place catch from the bottom lake means that he finished 2nd in the Championship.Despite the damp blustery conditions most people managed a few fish and all left with a prize, Thanks to everyone for attending the matches this year ,Happy , Christmas and lets do it all again next year, may your elastics stretch far!!

4 Dec 2017

North Devon Match Group Result – Near 100lb despite winter chill

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North Devon Match Group Winter League No.3 Oaktree .

1st Kevin Shears 98lb 7oz

2nd Paul Morris 68lb 8oz

3rd Paul Elworthy 53lb 1oz

4th Richard Ogilvy 37lb

5th John Lisle 36lb 14oz

6th Christopher Morris 35lb 15oz

16 anglers fished the match and both lakes were used , Kevin won the match with a convincing near 100lb on peg 16 on the top lake, Kevin used corn over micros on the long pole, Paul Morris also used corn on the pole but with ground bait on top lake peg 10 . Paul Elworthy continues his good form with the top weight on the bottom pool for 3rd, pole again but maggot over ground bait, Richard made a welcome come back to match fishing, and took 4th spot.. 5th and 6th also came from the top lake.

5 Jun 2017

North Devon Match Group summer league No2 Oaktree top

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NDMG summer league No2 Oaktree top

1st Paul Morris 63lb 2oz

2nd John Lovell 43lb 5oz

3rd Martin Turner 40lb 2oz

4th Christopher Morris 39lb 15oz

6th John Forster 39lb 1oz

Well done to Paul who fished a very tidy match starting on banded pellet fished shallow on the long pole and later switching to maggot in the margins over groundbait, John fished meat and corn on the pole to finish 2nd ,Martin had 7 carp on meat over hemp for 3rd, Paul Elworthy took the silvers pool with 21lb 1oz of skimmers, conditions were warm and wet, this did not stop half the field landing nets of more than 30lb.

6 Feb 2017

North Devon Match Group Winter League No4 Oaktree Lakes

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1st Andy Gray 56lb 13oz

2nd John Lisle 41lb 3rd

3rd Tom Downing 18lb 9oz

4th James Grogan 17lb 1oz

5th John Lovell 12lb 6oz

6th Ian Owen 10lb 12oz

Martin Turner reports :- Interesting event using both top and bottom lakes , 7 anglers on each, cold easterly conditions ensured that fishing proved quite tough, Andy Gray found a dozen carp willing to take his pole fished maggot on the bottom of the near shelf , John Lisle took second with a similar bag from the margins on the bottom lake, Tom Downings near 20lb of skimmers on the top lake was taken on the long pole.

18 Dec 2016

North Devon Match Group Christmas competition and final Championship results ;

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1st Andy Gray 43lb 5oz

2nd Paul Ware 30lb 11oz

3rd Andy Brayley 30lb 7oz

4th Martin Turner 29lb 4oz

5th James Grogan 22lb 13oz

Good match , 16 anglers turned out,both top and bottom lakes were used, slight frost and still conditions proved challenging, The winner Andy Gray has caught on pole fished maggot Paul Ware used similar tactics for second ,Final League Table 1st Martin Turner 290pts 2nd Thomas Downing 270pts 3rd Neilsen Jeffery 235pts

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John Forster caught this fine brace of perch totalling 4lb 4oz on red maggot.

25 Sep 2016

NDMG – September Championship No9 OAKTREE BOTTOM LAKE

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Results

1st Neilsen Jeffery 35lb 5oz

2nd Christopher Morris 31lb 12oz

3rd Martin Turner 28ib 4oz 4th John Forster 22lb 5oz

5th Andy Bayleyy 19lb 14oz

Well done to Neilsen Jeffery landing a large carp in overtime with 2mins to spare to pip Christopher Morris , Neilsen took odd carp throughout the day on pole fished corn, Chris’s net included a fine perch of almost 3lb.

Martin Turner ( Above)

10 Aug 2016

NORTH DEVON TACKLE MATCH RESULT

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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.