Combe Martin SAC member Chay Boggis caught a fine specimen smoothound 0f 15lb 11oz whilst fishing a local rock mark.
(Below)Andrew McKenna followed up success with a gilt head bream with this lure caught bass of 6lb 2oz.
PUTSBOROUGH COMPETITION 2019
Combe Martin SAC’s annual Open competition at Putsborough sands is a popular event in the local angling calendar. The weather is looking ideally set for a good nights fishing. Small eyed ray are top of the agenda and with the amended dogfish specimen size anyone catching ray or bass will be well rewarded with a splendid array of prizes on the prize table from the clubs sponsors Sakuma, High Street Tackle and Chillcheaters.
This is a catch and release competition with all fish weighed and witnessed before being released. Remember that only one bass can now be retained per day for the table.
Please send your pictures taken on the night to me at North Devon Angling News either via facebook or on my email – [email protected]
Combe Martin Sea Angling Club
Presents Our
Putsborough Sands
Open Fishing Competition 2019
Saturday June 1st
Fishing From 10.00pm to 2.00am
Book In From 8.30pm to 9.30pm
Weigh In By 2.30am
Cash Prizes Of £100 & £50
Sakuma, High Street Tackle, Chillcheater
And Many Other Donated Prizes
2 Rods, 4 Hooks, Specimen Sizes
Entry £5 plus £1 Pool Best Brace
Phone Nick 814703 Or Wayne 850586
For More Details Please Check www.cmsac.co.uk Or Our Facebook Page
Please Respect Putsborough & Remove All Litter
Shore Catches
Dan Carder has been enjoying success from North Devon’s shoreline catching a spotted ray and a good smoothound during his latest excursions.
Spotted Ray from Ilfracombe
Chay Boggis fished a popular Ilfracombe shore mark to land this stunning looking spotted ray.
Huss wins spring rover – Club record turbot
Kevin Legge took top spot in Combe Martin SAC’s Spring Rover landing a specimen bull huss of 10lb 15oz. Mark Jones took the runner up spot with a new club shore record turbot scaling 4lb 4oz.Mark also took third place with a bass of 5lb 2oz. Members also landed numerous dogfish and several pollock fishing on a boat off Ilfracombe.
Smoothound are hunting the shoreline
Summer fishing has starting to take off with smoothound showing in good numbers from many North Devon marks. Whilst peeler crab is undoubtedly the top bait hardbacks can work just as well and have the advantage that they discourage the dogfish that seem to be about in plague proportions.
(Below) Kyle Blackmore has been enjoying some top rate sport from the North Devon Coast landing numerous smoothound to just under 10lb, a stunning bull huss and several codling and bass.
(Above) Ian Hooper and Nick Job have also been getting amongst the hounds!
Kane lands a fine spring ray
Kane Redmore aged 15 beached a fine specimen 11lb 4.5oz small eyed ray whilst fishing with his father Dan Miles Redmore.
Early Smoothound is an encouraging sign!
Paul Hutchings enjoyed a short after work session at a local rock mark and landed his first smoothound of the season weighing 6lb 9oz. This is very early for the first hound to show with May generally considered to be the normal start of the smoothie season.
A Rare North Devon Codling
Codling have been scarce this winter so Paul Hutchings was delighted to tempt this 4lb beauty from a North Devon rock mark using spider crab.
Big Rockling as Storm surges in
Opportunities are often short lived and at times a short session is all thats required. I joined Rob Scoines for short after work session hoping to get a couple of hours fishing over high water before the forecast rain and wind moved in. Arriving an hour before the top of the tide there was a slow surging ground swell that is often the precursor to an approaching storm. We cast out our baits and proceeded to catch the inevitable dogfish. Rob dropped a squid and black lug bait close in and a rattle on the rod tip was rewarded with a fine rockling that pulled the scales to 1lb 10.5oz.
As the tide began to ebb the wind started to increase and the unnerving swell surged ever stronger. As the rain started to fall it was a unanimous decision to call it a night. On retrieving I felt a weight on the end of the line and was pleased to swing in a dogfish attached to a rig I had lost earlier in the evening. Heavy rain beat against the car window as we drove home pleased to have grabbed a couple of hours on the shoreline.
