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..
18 Feb 2025

North Devon Match Group at Stafford Moor

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The match this weekend was at Stafford Moor Fishery. A bitter easterly wind was the main foe of the day mainly.
Winners on the day were
Woodpecker
1st Graham Currington 155lb 08oz
2nd Ian Croxton 149lb 13oz
Section A. Tom Downing 143lb
Section B. Mark Lynch 85lb 12oz
Oak
1st Roger Ackroyd 129lb 14oz
2nd Paul Whitehead 90lb
Section A. Darren Polden 86lb 13oz
Section B. Daniel Underwood 75lb 14oz.
27 Jan 2025

Bideford & District A.C Rod and Reel Match results date 26.1.25.

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B.D.A.C.Rod and Reel match results date 26.1.25. Today the weather was terrible very wet and very windy,10 anglers fished the match today and fishing was hard going. Today’s winner was Darren polden on peg 17 fishing to the cage with a nice bag on carp for
24lbs 2nd place was Keith Mountjoy on peg 14 with 19lbs 12oz fishing in the margins on the tip and 3rd place went to Keith Copland on peg 8 with 5lbs 7oz. The next Rod and Reel match will be on the 23.2.25 at Tarka.
30 Dec 2024

Bideford Angling Club Rod N Reel Match Result

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Report from Bideford Clubs Richard Jefferies

B.D.A.C Rod and Reel match results date 29.12.24 at Tarka. Today was the final Rod and Reel match of the year,12 anglers fished and the weather was calm with some misty rain at time. Fishing today was hard with the fish not wanting to feed much but all anglers caught fish.1st place today went to Keith Mountjoy on peg 17 with a nice net of carp for 23lbs 7oz 2nd place went to Darren polden on peg 10 with a mixed bag of 19lbs 6oz 3rd place went to Keith Copland on peg 18 with 19lbs 3oz and 4th place was Martin Turner on peg 19 with 11lbs 2oz. The overall winner of the Rod and Reel matches for 2024 went to Richard Jefferies with 128 points and 2nd place went to Darren polden with 112 points and 3rd place was Stephen Paul Sheller on 107.
Well done today Keith Mountjoy on your win and well done to Richard Jefferies on winner the league, I would like to thank everyone who as taken part in this year’s Rod and Reel league and I wish you all a Happy New Year.
Bideford Club Member ship renewals are now due via club mate . See club website – https://www.bidefordanddistrictanglingclub.com
19 Dec 2024

ANGLING NEWS CATCH UP –

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I lost Internet connection for over a week following Storm Darragh hence a lack of reports on the website. Please see a brief round up of news. A Merry Christmas to all readers and all the best fishes for 2025

Bideford and District Angling Clubs Christmas Competition

Keith Mountjoy secured top spot in Bideford and District Angling Clubs Christmas Competition held on their home water Tarka Swims with a fine net of 31lb 6oz. Martin Turner was runner up with 25lb 2oz and Craig Lamey third with 21lb 13oz. Nineteen members braved the tail end of Storm Darragh that decimated fixtures that weekend.

SEA RESULTS

Jon Stevens won Bideford Angling Club 48 hour Sea Rover with thornback ray weighing 11lb 10.5oz

Combe Martin SAC

Ollie Passmore won Combe Martin SAC’s Christmas competition with a bass of 4lb 11oz.

 

Several quality bass have been caught by Combe Martin SAC members over recent weeks with Kyle Bishop tempting a fine bass of 9lb 9oz and Ollie Passmore a bass of 8lb 4oz.

Shane Hookway fished a rock mark to tempt a fine bull huss of 11lb 12oz.

Appledore Shipbuilders

Only 14 fish came to the scales with the majority released after weigh in swimming away strong.

Winning was Toby Evans with a Flounder of 1lb 7 1/4ozs. Nikki Atkinson was second with another flounder of 1lb 6 3/4ozs and Andrew Atkinson was 3rd with a Flounder of 1lb 5 3/4ozs. Everyone who entered walked away with a Christmas fare prize as there were more prizes than fish caught!

It was also the December winter league this weekend.

Andrew Atkinson took all 3 places with Poutings of 2lb 0 1/4ozs, 1lb 6ozs and a whiting of 1lb 3 1/4ozs.