Julien Stainer won Bideford Angling Clubs forty eight hour rover with a smoothound of 11lb 10.5oz. Runner up was Antony Smith with a smoothound of 8lb 10oz and Paul Ackland third with a smoothound scaling 8lb 1.5oz 
Braunton Baits – June Specimen Competition
Craig announces Braunton Baits June Specimen Competition
Right guys and girls
Sorry it’s been a manic couple days but this months….
Fish Of The Month Competition (June)
Target species :- Any Specimen Fish From The South West Coast
To enter – All you have to do is purchase your bait from the shop and you’ll receive a sticker for June simples
Winner will receive a £20 gift voucher for the shop and a box of bakes from Bake and Brew Bakery
Please share away people
Rules:-
*You must pop in the shop to register
*to enter- the fish must be caught on bait bought from our shop
*you must send in a photo of you holding the fish along with a photo of the scales weight and the bait sticker
*have a great time
*please take your litter home
Happy fishing
QUAY SPORTS ANNUAL CHARITY DAY
Quay Sports have announced that their annual charity day will be held on Saturday June 24th in association with Bull Dog Carp Lakes.
PUTSBOROUGH OPEN 2023
Combe Martin SAC hope you enjoy this open competition with kind permission of the landowner.
The club is very grateful to local tackle shops and Sakuma for supporting the event.
SAKUMA, , Quay Sports and Braunton Baits.
The prize table for 2023 is the best yet for the Putsborough competition.
The weather this year holds no concern light North East Winds forecast that will be right over our heads.
Outlook for Saturday to Monday: Met Office
Staying dry with high pressure remaining dominant. Plenty of strong sunshine but some cloud bubbling up at times. Warm days, albeit cool overnight. Breezy along the southern coasts.
Fishing is for single best specimen, with £100 for first place and £50 second plus pick of the prize table and so on. There is an optional £1 pool for the best specimen. There will be prizes for the top fifteen fish!
Small-eyed ray are the principal target and can show up anywhere — so pick your spot.
Sandeel is generally best but fish can be tempted at times with a whole squid or mackerel bait. Bass will show if there is some surf, the obliging dogfish is usually around — along with the odd small turbot, conger, smoothound and occasional blonde ray.
Low water is 00:24am and the best period to fish is usually two hours either side, with the last hour-and-a-half of the ebb and first hour of the flood often proving the most productive. There are some small pits and sandbanks along this beach, so if you can spy one out it might be worth heading for…
For the purpose of this competition two rods and four hooks may be used, with a pennell rig counting as two hooks. Combe Martin Competition size limits apply.
Please leave a space of approximately 20 yards between yourself and the next angler — it’s a large beach!
When you catch a fish, please check it against the sizes overleaf and complete the capture form, before showing it to another competitor and asking them to witness it.
[Witnesses: Please also print name so you can be identified if need be!]
Steward’s decision is final. All complaints must be issued in writing to organisers before the scales close.
Please do not bring fish to the scales in water, unless the intention is to release them alive. Each angler is limited to two fish per species, but we would ask you to minimise killing of fish and endeavour to keep only your single best specimen.
Please respect the beach and do not leave litter, discarded line or old tackle behind and do not start fires.
If possible, please ensure your vehicle is parked at the bottom of the car park to the far right.
https://www.putsborough.com/surf-cams/
Big Ballan Wrasse
Combe Martin SAC member Shane Pavio Hookway caught this stunning ballan wrasse of 4lb 7oz as a local rock mark.
GILTHEAD
Combe Martin SAC Member Jamie Steward fished a North Devon mark to land several gilthead bream topped by a specimen of 4lb 4oz. He also had brace of 3lb 6oz and 3lb 4oz. These hard fighting fish have become established across the South West and it is perhaps helped by the estaury netting ban that has been in place for several years. To ensure this ban continues it might be a an idea to let DSIFCA know your thoughts.
Estuary Gilthead
Paul Chamberlain enjoyed an evening fishing session with his son Ethan and caught his first gilthead bream scaling 3lb from the Taw estuary .Paul thought the evening was over before it started as first cast he realised that the spool end cap on his Abu 6500 was missing but Paul persevered and two hours into the flood his Century ultralight hooped right over and after a short but spirited battle and wading out to my waist it was landed.Nice to know they are established in our river system and not just in Cornwall.
BIg Blonde For Ali
Combe Martin SAC member Ali Laird tempted this fine blonde ray of 12lb 10oz on a recent shore fishing excursion.
Biggest bass so far in Lure Competition
Mark Tossel tempted this fine bass of 69cm to end an enjoyable evenings boat fishing. The fish is the biggest registred so far in Combe Martin SACs members only bass lure competition.
Latest Entry in Combe Martin SAC – Lure Competition
Combe Martin SAC member Mark Jones tempted this fine bass of of 63cm on his latest visit to the coast. There is plenty of time in the clubs members only bass competition that runs until the end of October.
At the end of June the club are hosting an Open Lure competition in conjunction with High Street Tackle Ilfracombe.
( Above )Note the club members competition is boat or shore
Present standings : –
1st – Reece Woolgar 2 bass – 116cm
2nd – Mark Jones 1 bass – 63cm
( Above) Note the Open competition is shore only