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.

10 Mar 2025

Bideford and District Angling Club Coarse section monthly competition

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Bideford and District Angling Club

Coarse section monthly competition

Results:

1st Martin Turner 33 lb 7oz

2nd Warren Thornton 27lb 3oz

3rd Kevin Shears 23lb 2oz

4th Richatrd Jefferies 18lb 10oz

5th Nathan Underwood 17lb 8oz

6th Stephen Sheller 16lb 12oz

7th Les Polden 15lb 14oz

24 members fished.

Almost every peg was taken for this 6 hour event, bright sunshine and a stiff South Easterly breeze has kept the weights modest.

Match organiser Martin has drawn the last peg in the bag ,number 16, a straight lead with pellet or meat , fished out to the cage has accounted for the bulk of his winning catch. , backed up with some good fish on caster on the short pole.

Warren’s second place from peg 9 consisted of larger carp on the pole to maggot over pellets.

Third place was our current league leader Kevin on peg 6 , he’s caught a nice mixed bag on pole fished maggot .

Richard has landed 5 carp for 4th place off of peg 13.

Once again the shallower section has proved tricky, Roger Ackroyd took the honours with 2lb 5oz on peg 2..