24 Dec 2018

Shore Fishing Opportunities for the festive angler

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The festive holiday will give many anglers the opportunity to visit the shoreline where there is a variety of species worth targeting. Bull huss,. spurdog and tope will be top of the wish list for many with codling also worth targeting epiecially up channel around Minehead and beyond. Harbours are well worth a try using light tackle tactics for grey mullet a species that are now present all year around.

(Above) Shuan Quartly landed this bull huss of 11lb 6oz on recent trip to a North Devon Rock Mark.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Above) Mark Jones visited a beach in the Minehead area to land five codling to 4lb in a short session over low water.

(Above) John Shapland targetted grey mullet with success landing this sliver flanked specimen from a North Devon harbour.

 

(Above) James Grigg with an 11lb 1oz spurdog caught from a local rock mark on a whole whiting bait.

 

 

25 Mar 2018

Biggest spur of the season on Bluefin _ It’s a club record!

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 Kevin Pike boated the biggest spurdog of the season weighing a massive 21 lb 6oz whilst fishing off Ilfracombe aboard John Barbeary’s Bluefin. The party also boated a bull huss and dogfish.
Andrew Atkinson updated my earlier report _
” The fishes official weight is 21lb 6oz. The fish was kept alive and weighed ashore and returned to the water where it swam away. strongly
The fish sets a new Appledore Shipbuilders Boat record for the species.” Andrew commented further that up until the capture of the spurdog it had been “one of the worst days fishing they had participated in. After Kevin caught the specimen it was far from their worst day ever.” Illustrating the fact that its not over until the last line has been reels in.
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4 Feb 2018

Sea Angling Results

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A good weigh in for both Bideford Angling Club and Appledore Shipbuilders. A bitter North East Wind is never promising but if the fish are there it proves they can be tempted.

Bideford Rover and the End of Season competition

End of season results

1st Tarrant Wotton bull huss 11 lb 11oz

2nd Dan Redmore spur 10 lb 15oz

Rover results

1st Tarrant Wotton bull huss 11 lb 11oz

2nd Phil Vanstone rockling 1lb 8oz

3rd Steve found rockling 1lb 4oz

4th graham snow mullet 3 lb

5th Nathan Clements dogfish 2lb 0 1/2oz

6th Dick Talbot rockling 1lb

APPLEDORE SHIPBUILDERS ROVER RESULTS

1st – Jazzer John – Flounder 1lb 9oz

2nd – Graham Snow – Grey Mullet 3lb

3rd – Jazzer John – Flounder 1lb 6oz

31 Jan 2018

Bluefin – Trip Extra

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Steve Dawe is on a mission to catch 52 species in 52 weeks and is doing it to raise money for The Stroke Association following a massive stroke that impacted upon a close angling friend of Steve’s. Steve has agreed to write about his aims on NDAN in a feature that will follow soon. In the mean time above is a picture of the huge 19lb spurdog Steve boated on Tuesday January 30th whilst fishing on John Barbeary’s boat Bluefin.

A link to Steves blog follows :- https://stevedawe189.wixsite.com/fishtytwochallenge

Pete Gregory was also on the trip and enjoyed sport with spurdog and bull huss.  ( Below)

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28 Jan 2018

Combe Martin SAC Winter Rover

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Dan Welch secured victory in Combe Martin SAC’s Winter Rover landing a specimen spurdog of 12lb 3oz ( Above)

In runner up spot was Matt Jeffery with a specimen bull huss of 10lb 13oz(Below). Matt also took third place with a spurdog of 8lb 4oz.

Several conger were also landed to 15lb along with rockling and dogfish.

 

 

 

A double figure conger (Above)

The end of competition meeting was held at Cook Island and proved to be a great venue with friendly banter and in depth discussion on the weekends fishing and tactics.