Christmas Match yesterday at Wooda Lakes in horrible wet and windy conditions. The match was spread over two lakes, lakes 3 and 4. The winner on lake 3 was Simon Poynter with 73lb 2oz and runner up was Kevin Wilton with 61lb 2oz. The winner on lake 4 was Barry Lee with 61lb 12oz and runner up was Dean Vickery with 58lb 6oz. Overall winner on the day was Simon Poynter.
North Devon Match Group Winter League No 3 @ Oaktree Fishery Results
1st Kevin Shears 41lb 8oz
2nd Tom Downing 38lb 5oz
4th Ken Cocks 25lb 8oz
5th Martin Turner 24lb 14oz
6th Stuartshelley Burridge 20lb 4oz
The 20 anglers that attended this event were pegged on both top and bottom ponds . The fishing proved tricky in the wet blustery conditions, Kevin has once again come out on top with a 7 fish catch, from an un-fancied peg on the top pond dam ,to pole and corn . Tom Downing has drawn on the bottom on peg 19 and landed a similar catch on feeder and pole for 2nd. John Forster fished the feeder on peg 7 casting to the island for 3rd. 4th spot was Ken Cocks also on the top pond on peg 7.
The third match of the Winter Teams league at Stafford Moor was a cold one yet Mark Cullerton still managed a stunning bag of carp totalling 141lb 11oz.
Team Baittech won the event with 6 points and a total weight of 326lb 2oz.
Nick Jones, Mark Cullerton, Tom Downing and Ben Evenden
Joanne Combes thanks all who fished the Match with the next winter league match on December 9th.
The fisheries Christmas match is on on Sunday 23rd December including some complementary nibbles.
North Devon Match Group Championship No.11 @ Stafford Moor.
Results
1st Kevin Shears 54lb 13oz
2nd Dave Downton 48lb 3oz
3rd Paul Morris 44lb 9oz
4th Martin Turner 41lb 11oz
5th Peter Slade 41lb 7oz
6th John Forster 41lb 3oz
7th Simon John Allen 40lb 6oz
8th John Bailey 33lb 8oz
31 anglers fished. Cold bright frosty conditions did not deter the venues carp from feeding in, what turned out to be a closely fought contest.The match was one of the best attended that we have organised . Kevin Shears won the event from unfancied peg 19 on Oak lake with an 18 fish net taken on the bomb and bread.Venue regular Dave landed 9 larger fish on the method feeder and maggot from peg 14 on Woodies for 2nd. Paul Morris took 3rd spot from peg 16 on Oak with feeder and pole tactics . Martin Turner also on Oak, peg 11 ,managed to secure 4th place with a 16 fish pole and maggot caught net.
North Devon Match Group enjoyed a day fishing for the silver fish for which this venue has gained a reputation for some stunning nets.
1st Martin Turner 17lb 15oz
2nd Martin Crouch 15lb 14oz
3rd Richard Jefferies 13lb 6oz
4th Paul Elworthy 9lb 15oz
5th Neilsen Jeffery 9lb 14oz.
Twelve fished Conditions in near perfect although light rain dampened the competitors at the weigh in. The larger roach which normally dominate the the frame proved more difficult to tempt Martin Turner managed to land a decent net of them on peg 2 for 1st place , using long pole with hemp ,casters and tares . Martin Crouch’s first visit to the venue was rewarded with a waggler caught net for 2nd place , which included a fine near double common carp, landed on the stream side peg 10. Richard Jefferies on the adjacent peg 9 also landed a carp and some skimmers on the tip for 3rd spot. Paul Elworthy alternated between tip and pole on peg 1 for 4th place.
An impressive win for Tom Downing at Darracott not often there is such a large winning margin! Well done Tom!
1st Tom Downing 20lb 1oz
2nd Martin Crouch 3lb 15oz
3rd Martin Turner 3lb 6oz
4th Michael Blake 3lb 0oz
5th StuartShelly Burridge 2lb 3oz
16 fished
Tom Downing drew peg 11 in the middle of the dam wall and totally dominated the match with a lovely net of whip caught rudd on maggot. The rest of the field were left in the wake on a cold ,hard, clear venue. Martin Crouch managed to scratch around on the feeder with fluoro pinkies of peg 8 for 2nd , Martin Turner drew opposite on peg 17 and managed a few small roach on a sliding float for 3rd . With very few fish caught on the pole line Michael Blake ,opted for the feeder and despite losing a large carp early , took enough for 4th spot.
Tarka Swims Bideford & District AC Coarse Section monthly competition.
1st Martin Turner 9lb 13oz
2nd Pete Slade 4lb 15 1/2oz
3rd Richard Jefferies 4lb 15 1/4oz
4th Steve Bailey 4lb 4oz .
Sunday’s 5 hour match was fished by 9 members in damp,cooler conditions. Martin Turner anded a good carp after 40 mins on peg P this fish, along with 2 skimmer bream on 6mm pellet on the bomb gave him victory. Pete Slade on peg H landed a good net of silver fish to beat Richard Jefferies by a mere quarter ounce for 2nd place.
Results
1st Neilsen Jeffery 84lb 1oz
2nd Paul Morris 73lb 11oz
3rd Shaun Stenton 65lb 4oz
4th Christopher Morris 63lb 8oz
5th Martin Turner 48lb 4oz
6th Mark Richard 45lb 11oz .
15 fished.We used the 2 lower match lakes on the prolific complex and enjoyed a dry still autumnal day. Neilsen Jeffery got his winter league campaign off to a great start with a net of pole caught carp from the roadside bank on the bottom lake , Paul Morris was next peg and landed his 2nd place catch on both method feeder and pole. Shaun Stenton used similar tactics on the first lake for 3rd place Christopher Morris was 4th from the opposite bank.
Bideford hosted this inter-club match – report from Martin Turner
Bideford 48lb 12oz Plymouth 32lb 15oz Bideford win over 2 legs 152lb 11oz to 101lb 9oz.
Individuals
1st Martin Turner 20lb 9oz
2nd Ian Sedgewick 10lb 11oz
3rd John Moore 9lb 13oz
4th Dell Colman 9lb 9oz
5th Steve Bailey 8lb 12oz
6th Martin Rushton 7lb 10oz
Tarka fished very hard and the 18 competitors struggled for bites, Martin Turner only caught a few roach on the pole but managed to find 3 carp on the banded pellet on a straight lead on peg I for 1st place .A single late carp and a bream on the pole on peg M was enough for 2nd spot for Ian, 3rd and 4th places were also single carp on the pole for Plymouth members John and Dell. We hope to make this an annual fixture.
