30 Jun 2025

Bideford Angling Club – Coarse ~Fishing Results

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Midweek evening competition No 7
Results:
1st Craig Crash Lamey 49lb 10oz
2nd Kevin Shears 37lb 7oz
3rd Keith Copland 35lb 6oz
4th Keith Mountjoy 30lb 2oz
5th Les Polden 26lb
14 members fished.
Light drizzle and still muggy conditions seemed to switch the carp off, but the bream certainly had a good feed .
There appears to be no stopping Craig,who chalked up his 4th victory in a row. This is quite remarkable, as he has done this from all areas around the lake.
This time off of peg 10 , again on luncheon meat.
Kevin’s bag of mainly good sized skimmer bream was taken on corn fished in the margins on peg 6.
Keith has come third on peg 17.

B.D.A.C Rod and Reel match results date 22.6.25 at Tarka.
Today was a bit windy with some light rain at times making fishing a bit awkward at times for some. All anglers caught fish and some good weights weighed in. First place today went to Martin Turner on peg 19 with an excellent catch of silvers and some fine carp for a great weight of 50lbs 14oz ,2nd place was Paul Whitehead on peg 24 with 43lbs 3oz, 3rd place was Richard Jefferies on peg 16 with 41lbs 1oz and 4th place went to Dave wilkins on peg 14 with 29lbs 3oz next Rod and Reel match will be on the 27.7.25 at Tarka. Well done to Martin Turner on your great catch and your win today.
22 Jun 2025

Bideford and District Angling Club – News

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Bideford and District Angling Club
Junior Competition No.2
Results :
1st Jenson Kiff 8 kilo 315 grams
2nd Hallie Osborne 4 kg. 615 g
3rd Leo Davies 4. 215
4th George Btten  3.170
5th Bailey Bramley 2735
6th Elis Evans 2 390
7th Amelia Bell 2 210
8th Joe Passmore 2 180
9th William Butler 2 155.
Another fabulous afternoon on George’s lake, Tarka Swims . 18 young members lined the banks on , this , our second 3 hour match in the 5 match summer league
Hot muggy conditions meant a slowish start , but towards the 5 o’clock finish the resident carp decided to have chew .
Jenson took full advantage and landed several decent specimens in the closing stages to secure victory off peg 19 mainly on a feeder to the island.
Hallie has put a lovely mixed catch together on peg 11
for a well deserved 2nd place.
Leo drew peg 4 and managed a very credible 3rd place.
Many thanks again to our helpers, without them these events would not be possible.
Richard Jefferies, Keith Mountjoy, Paul Elworthy
your help was essential.
The prize table was possible with help from Bait Tek.
Midweek evening competition No. 6
Results:
1st Craig Lamey  50lb 8oz
2nd Darren Polden 30lb
3rd Les Polden 28lb 15oz
4th Ian Croxton 21lb 15oz
5th Keith Copland 18lb 15oz
6th Keith Mountjoy 18lb 5oz
19 members fished.
Just pass the half way point in the league, Craigs convincing victory on peg 24 pushes him into 2nd place in the league, father and son ,Les and Darren,
took second and third places Darren on peg 6 and Les on 12.
The conditions were warm with a brisk wind mainly emanating from peg 16, where our new league leader took 4th place.
Meat corn pellet and paste have all featured in the mixed catches.
5 Jun 2025

Bideford Club – Midweek Competition

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Midweek evening competition No.3

Results:
1st Craig Crash Lamey 33lb 4oz
2nd Kevin Shears 32lb 4oz
3rd Nathan Underwood 29lb 10oz
4th Ian Croxton 22lb 8oz
5th Reg Sutton 16lb 3oz
17 members fished.
George’s lake produced another interesting competition, the weather remained dry although cooler than recently.
Craig our youngest competitor, made no mistakes on peg 22 and had almost equal amounts of carp and silvers, for a well deserved victory on the long pole with meat.
Despite a dislocated shoulder Kevin has been able to catch a decent net of mainly silvers and tench on the pole with corn hookbait for second spot off of peg 17.
Third spot went to Nathan on peg 19, with a fabulous all tench catch on paste bait.
1 Jun 2025

Bideford Angling Club – Midweek Competition Result

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Midweek evening competition No.2
Results, :
1st Nathan Underwood   52lb 13oz
2nd Steve Johnson 27lb 12oz
3rd Ian Croxton 23lb 6oz
4th Kevin Shears 22lb 13oz
5th Keith Mountjoy 22lb 1oz
6th Richard Jefferies 21lb 3oz
20 members enjoyed another pleasant evening on George’s lake.
Nathan, last year’s midweek series winner, drew on what’s now becoming the infamous, peg 4.
He has made no mistakes and fished the long pole for a clear victory. Luncheon meat over micros was his choice of tactics. Steve and Kevin have had a next peg battle on 21 and 22 , Steve has added 4 carp to his silvers bag to secure 2nd spot .
Ian has taken 3rd spot on peg 6 using both pole and feeder tactics.
Kevin’s mainly slivers net was taken on the pole on corn for 4th place overall.
31 May 2025

Horwood Match report and Fishery update

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Horwood’s regular Friday match turned up some cracking weights this week, using both lakes with the fish finally feeding after a difficult spawning period.

Lakes are looked after by Neilsen Jeffery and with good help from members both lakes are now looking fantastic, with all 16 pegs having great inside features and shelves to fish on. You can literally catch double figure carp from under your feet.

The hundreds of willows that have been planted help create good protection now and obviously being able to drive and park next to your peg is a great bonus.

Please contact Neilsen if you wish to have a look around and are interested in possibly joining the friendly group of fishers.

Contact Neilsen 0n 07484325343

Best weights from Fridays match below.

Bottom Lake

1st

Graham Curnow with 125.14lb 2nd 

Stuart Russell with 114.0lb 

3rd 

Mark Lynch with 99.15lb

Top lake

1st 

Gary Sullivan with 81.03lb

2nd 

Mario Manley with 34.07lb

26 May 2025

Latest Match Results from :- Bideford Angling Club

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B.D.A.C.Rod and Reel match results date 25.5.25 at Tarka.  The weather was dry and sunny but quite windy all anglers caught fish with some good weights weighed in. First place today went to Martin Turner on peg 12 with a nice mixed bag of fish for 35lbs 15oz, second place was Nigel spurr on peg 19 with 31lbs 1oz with another nice mixed bag of fish, third place was Richard Jefferies on peg 11 with 29lbs and forth place was Stefan Clarke on peg 25 with 26lbs 12oz. Next Rod and Reel match will be on the 22.6.25 at Tarka.

Midweek Evening Competition

Tarka Swims. Results:
1st Rhys Eyles  60lb 7oz
2nd Craig Lamey 50lb 5oz
3rd Richard Jefferies 35lb 5oz
4th Ian Croxton 32lb.
12 fished.
Fantastic weights for our first evening competition of the summer.
Rhys has fished a blinder on peg 4 to put a terrific net of carp and tench on the scales.
His winning catch was taken on the long pole on meat.
Craig had a similar catch to take second place on peg 26, also using luncheon meat on the pole.
Richard stuck to his favourite pellet waggler for 3rd place on peg 14.

20 Apr 2025

Match results: Bideford and District Angling Club Versus Bude Canal Angling Club

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Match results:
Bideford and District Angling Club
Versus Bude Canal Angling Club
Tarka Swims, George’s lake.
Individuals:
1st Adrian Hill        Bude. 44lb 8oz
2nd Richard Jefferies Bideford 40lb 5oz
3rd Craig Lamey          Bideford. 36lb 5oz
4th Simon Allen     Bude 22lb 7oz
5th Keith Mountjoy      Bideford. 22lb 1oz
6th Martin Turner        Bideford 19lb 1oz
Overall team total Bideford 120pts
Bude. 90pts
This Sunday we proudly played host to our friends from Bude on Tarka Swims the weather has been kind and the Pollyfield centre has provided a fantastic breakfast and a superb after match spread.
The fixture is fished as a 10 aside home and away match
The lake has proved tricky although Adrian from Bude on peg 13 has put together a very decent bag of mainly carp on pole fished meat, closely followed by Bidefords assistant match secretary Richard on peg 16, his catch of all carp were taken on the pellet waggler.
Bidefords , Craig fished on peg 14 , and finished 3rd,
Simon from Bude was best of the rest , in 4th on peg.
19.
We have a 30 point lead to take into the return leg on the Cornish canal in October.
15 Apr 2025

Bideford and District Club Coarse Section Monthly competition – April

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Bideford and District Club
Coarse Section Monthly competition
Results:
1st Kevin Shears 48lb 2oz
2nd Keith Mountjoy 46lb 9oz
3rd Colin O’Hagan 36lb 5oz
4th Richard Jefferies 29lb 11oz
5th Darren Polden 28lb 13oz
6th Antony Bentley  26lb 13oz
7th Paul Elworthy   19lb 12oz
23 members fished.
Kevin, our league leader, has further extended his lead to 8 points , with the match win on peg 13 ,he fished the pole with maggot over groundbait.
Second in the league and second on the day was Keith
with another pole caught net on peg 19 , using soft pellets.
Third of off peg 10 was Colin, he has fished the straight lead and hard pellets.
Richard has fished the pellet waggler for the fourth.
spot.
5 Apr 2025

Barnstaple Bait & Tackle – Doubles its size !

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Chris Connaugton his son Alfie Joe (AJ) and Steve Pinn are the Barnstaple Bait and Tackle team giving a friendly welcome to anglers at the extenstion of the shop in Queen Street, Barnstaple just a short cast from Barnstaple Central Car Park. The shop has a wide range of tackle for all disiplines of angling. The team offer  comprehensive advice on all aspects of angling. The shop has now doubled in size giving more stock and more room to browse and of course chat with fellow anglers.