17 May 2026

SEA ANGLING RESULTS

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Nathan Clements won Bideford Angling Clubs forty-eight hour rover with a fine tope of 33lb 12oz.

 

Dale Kiff was runner up with a smoothound of 9lb 15oz and Dale Kiff third with a smoothound of 9lb 6oz. Other fish registered included a smoothound scaling 9lb 1oz to the rod of  Tony Gussin and a club record cuckoo ray of 2lb 13oz to Rob Hancock.

16 May 2026

Bideford Angling Club Match Results

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Monthly coarse competition
Tarka Swims.
Results:
1st Nathan Underwood 62lb 2oz
2nd Craig Lamey 53lb 14oz
3rd.Martin Turner 35lb 14oz
4th.Les Polden  33lb 13oz
5th Paul Elworthy 31lb 10oz
6th Keith Copland 23lb 6oz
7th Richard Jefferies 23lb 3oz
19 members fished.
George’s lake was the venue for the May competition, the weather remained dry all day however a cool North Easterly breeze dropped the temperature down , this seems to be the trigger for a bout of spawning activity.
Some carp did feed and our league leader Nathan sat on peg 21 ,fished to the tip of the island on 14 metres of pole with meat and maggot over pellets ,
Despite losing several large fish his winning net was 8lb clear of second place Craig , who drew peg10 and fished close in on luncheon meat .
Match organiser , Martin , fished worm over micros on a long pole off peg 4 to just pip fellow veteran Les who was on peg 22..
Our next competition is the first of our 10 match evening series, commencing on Wednesday 13th May.
Evening series No.1 
Tarka swims. 
Results: 
1st Martin Turner  31lb 
2nd Keith Copland 29lb 4oz 
3rd Nathan Underwood 26lb 10oz 
4th Warren Thornton25lb 12oz
5th Antony Bentley  21lb 1oz 
14 members attended. 
Our first competition in the 10 match series was fished on a cold and blustery evening . 
The winner, Martin, match secretary, drew peg 6 and fished the margins with paste and meat over hemp.
In form , Keith sat on peg 1.,and fished with maggots on the pole , his mixed bag was enough for second place. 
Ever reliable Nathan was third on peg 4.
4 May 2026

SEA ANGLING HOTS UP AS SPRING UNFOLDS

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APPLEDORE SHIPBUILDERS May Rover

9 People fished the May rover today. It was nice to have a calm day although the rain did get a few people wet!

Congratulations must go to Josh Atkinson the winner of the Competition with a Personal best Smoothound of 16lb 14 1/4oz.

Josh also came second with another fantastic Smothound of 15lb 15 3/4ozs. Andrew Atkinson was 3rd with a Specimen Smothound of 11lb 1 1/4ozs.

BIDEFORD ANGLING CLUB – MAY ROVER

 Results

1st Jon Stevens Smoothound 10lb 3 1/2oz 102.187%

2nd Stephen Found Bass 7lb 1 1/4oz 101.115%

3rd Antony Smith Small-eyed Ray 8lb 12 1/2oz

Other fish caught Jon Stevens Bull Huss 9lb 5oz Antony Smith Smalleyed Ray 6lb 13oz Andrew Clements Thornback Ray 6lb 8 1/2oz

ILFRACOMBE BOAT FISHING

Dan Welch took a party of anglers on Predator 2 to wrecks out of Ilfracombe where they employed lure fishing tactics to temps quality pollock and ling.

They are also catching good numbers of stunning wrasse from reefs on lures.

My first lure fishing session of the season proved encouraging with two small bass succumbing to my lure. It was good to be back chasing these silver beauties in the shallow rocky waters of North Devon.

16 Mar 2026

LATEST SEA ANGLING RESULTS

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March is often a slow month for sea angling as the fluctuating seasons impact upon fish migrations. Bull huss and dogfish are dominant species on the open coast. Bass should start to show in the estuary with ray from local beaches. As the climate changes it is worthwhile experimenting as fish adapt to an evolving marine environment.
Stephen Found won Bideford Angling Clubs 48 hour Rover with a thornback ray of 7lb 12oz . Robert Hancock was second and third with a dogfish of 2lb 5oz and a bull huss of 7lb 1.5oz.

Appledore Shipbuilders held the last leg of their Winter league which saw Andrew Atkinson secure victory with a bull huss scaling 8lb 9.5oz. Jake Moule was second and third with thornback ray of 7lb 5oz and 6lb 14oz.

14 Dec 2025

Bidefords Christmas Flounder Competition Results

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Bidefords Christmas Competition Results

Ninety Nine anglers entered this year Christmas Competition on the Torridge Estuary.

Top 20 Flounder
1st Adam Coley 879g
2nd Steve Folland 818g
3rd Paul Burslem 798g
4th Scott Bowden 790g
5th Lance Garrett 790g
6th Jake Parsons 788g
7th Mathew Druce 778g
8th Stuart Taylor 796g
9th Isaac Eastman 672g junior
10th Preston Kersey 672g junior
11th Daniel Buttler 654g junior
12th Mathew Druce 650g
13th Martin Standon 646g
14th Andrew Clements 634g
15th Steve Folland 632g
16th Stephen Found 624g
17th Ricki Eavis 596g
18th Stephen Found 588g
19th Tyler Short
20th Tony Gooch

47 fish were weighed

Thank you ever so much to all the sponsors we couldn’t do the competition without you.
DS Electrical
Anglers Heaven
Clawford Lakes
Leeda
Devon Baits
Barnstaple Bait and Tackle
James Grigg
Gabby Pillows
We have raised a fantastic £650 for “CRY Cardiac Risk In The Young”
14 Dec 2025

Bideford and District Angling Club. Coarse section monthly and Christmas match

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Results:

1st Nathan Underwood 47lb 3oz

2nd John Lisle 25lb 14oz
3rd Martin Turner 18lb 6oz
4th. Keith Mountjoy 17lb 2oz
5th Stace N Dazza Polden 16lb 6oz
6th Steve Johnson 12lb
7th Colin OHagan 10lb 12oz.

19 members fished.

Although conditions were mild and dry, the fishing proved challenging for most, with the exception of Nathan ,our winner who found some willing feeders on peg 13. His net of carp and skimmers was taken at short range on maggots over groundbait.
John picked up second place on pole with bread and maggot on peg 19.
Martin finished 3rd off of peg 4 , on pole fished caster.
The league has proved very popular and Nathan secured a resounding win on 122 points, with Kevin Shears running in second with 105 points
Keith Mountjoy 3rd on 101. Craig Crash Lamey 4th on 93.
31 Oct 2025

Bude canal angling club V Bideford and District Angling Club

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Bude canal angling club V Bideford and District Angling Club

Bideford’s team of 15 ventured across the border to take on the Cornish on their canal and the outcome was very close. Bude scored 234 points to Bidefords 230,.
Our club carried a 30 point lead from the first leg on Tarka swims therefore won overall by 26 points
Conditions on the canal were cold and windy with North Westerly squally showers.
The Bude captain led his team home with a terrific bag of 20lb of bream and skimmers on the second basin.
Our top performance was Keith Copland on the bottom basin.
Big thanks to the lads representing Bideford and a special thank you to Tom Wade Anglers Heaven for supporting the team with a generous bait sponsorships and the Brendon Arms for a great breakfast and a fine after match spread.
28 Oct 2025

SEA ANGLING RESULTS

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Stormy conditions may have deterred some anglers from venturing forth but the turbulant waters often stir up food close in encouraging fish to feast upon the proceeds.If you can wade through the dogfish a specimen fish could be the reward.
Kevin Legge took first and second place in Combe Martin SAC’s October Rover with  small eyed ray weighing 8lb 12oz and 6lb 13oz. Third place was taken by Nick Phillips with a bull huss of 6lb 4oz.

Bideford Angling Clubs forty eight hour sea rover was won by Paul Ackland with a dogfish scaling 2lb 2oz.