1 Jul 2018

North Devon Match Group Summer League No 4 Results

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1st Neilsen Jeffery 43lb

2nd John Bailey 41lb 4oz

3rd  Paul Elworthy 40lb 4oz

4th  Martin Turner 29lb 4oz

5th Paul Ware26lb 8oz.

Jennetts Resevoir was the venue for our 4th summer league event. Neilsen amassed a superb net of red fins on the whip on caster at half depth from peg 1 to win , at the other end of the venue ,in the shallow pegs John landed a 10lb carp on the pole after an hour then added another 30lbs of silvers to take second, , Paul chose to fish the waggler with corn over groundbait and also had a fantastic 40lb net ,this time of bream for 3rd spot. The forecast, much needed rain fell for most of the day but cleared for our weigh in .

1 Jul 2018

Upper Tamar Brace

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Elliot Gerard had a cracking brace of carp from Upper Tamar Lake on the Cornwall/Devon border. Justin caught the much sought after ‘The Peach’ at 33lbs and also a backup common of 19lb. Justin waded up the margin a long way and dropped his baits 6 foot from the bank with a couple of hand fulls of solid and crum boilies with a Cell wafter over the top.

1 Jul 2018

Summer Images 2018

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The summer of 2018 will be etched upon our memories as one of those rare summers of sunshine and warmth. Those of you old enough may be able to remember that notorious summer of 1976 when the country had many weeks without rain when the grass was parched and beaches packed with tourists. Last week I asked for images of angling in North Devon during mid summer 2018. Below are a few images that illustrate one of the reasons we spend so much time at the waters edge in search of fish. Sometimes catching is just a bonus.

 

Roger Ackroyd – Misty Dawn at Lower Tamar Lake

Estuary Sunset

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Jeff Pearce – Summer at Blakewell Fishery – Trout on!
Just another couple of casts!
Fly Fishing on the beach for the elusive grey mullet – Jeff Pearce

 

Taw Marsh source of the Taw

Danny Watson – Sun and lures
30 Jun 2018

Ilfracombe shore and boat sport – Summer Sun Fishing

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Hot sun and crystal clear water is not ideal for all species but one fish that will feed well in these conditions is the ballan wrasse that can be caught using king ragworm, crab or prawn. Ollie Passmore landed these two colourful specimens to just over 3lb at a mark near Ilfracombe.

 

 

The calm waters are also brilliant for boat anglers with plenty of tope being caught off Ilfracombe on Charter boats and on Private boats. Toby Bassett  caught this fine tope of 33lb from his own boat a cracking photo as well!

 

29 Jun 2018

Exe Valley Weed Party!

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Nick Hart at Exe Valley is seeking help in an innovative project where anglers get the chance to join in with the fishery in maintaining the quality fishing they love.

Its the first time in around a decade that we have seen so little algae (blanket weed) at Exe Valley, despite this summers high temperatures. Check out the pic taken today and note in particular how clear the lake bed is. However the pond weed is now spreading quickly and so next Sunday 8th July we will be closing to clear as much as possible using our very successful weed rakes, boat etc. But we need some help!

Would you like to join us for a weed party?! The deal is we drag as much weed out of the lake as possible and those who help receive 2 x 3 fish permits for their efforts, a BBQ and beer into the bargain plus the satisfaction that they have helped us to keep the fishery open.

Interested? Please message us, comment below or call the fishery on 01398 323008

28 Jun 2018

Peninsula Classic Report From Ben Smeeth

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Gooding wins Peninsula Classic for second year
running
Andrew Gooding has won the Peninsula Classic at Kennick for the second year running.
It was a really challenging days fishing at Kennick in hot, bright conditions. There were lots of fish showing all over the
lake throughout the day coming clean out of the water trying to catch damsels and dragon flies which were visible in huge
numbers. The majority of those were browns but there were some Rainbows and Blues in amongst them.
Despite all the surface activity, tempting a fish on a dry was really difficult.
The stocking from the dam last week meant some fish had stayed in the deeper, cooler water by the dam and this was
the most productive area during the day. Andrew caught his fish in the last hour of the day at 4pm and bagged his 8 fish
limit very quickly once he found the right method. A Di-3 line with a cats whisker retrieved roly-poly style proving the most popular for Andrew.
Andrew wins a season ticket for 2019 for a lake of his choice. Dave Perks who finished second won a £100 voucher for
Fly fishing Tackle of Crediton. Rob Gale finished third and won a £50 fly fishing tackle voucher and a day permit for Kennick. Darren Penfold won a boat ticket for Kennick and a £25 voucher for Fly Fishing Tackle and Barry Ware Senior won a £25 voucher for Fly Fishing Tackle.
1st: Andy Gooding 8 fish for 12lbs
2nd:Dave Perks 3 fish for 4lb 9oz
3rd: Rob Gale 3 fish for 4lbs 5oz
4th: Darren Penfold
2 fish for 2lb 15oz
5th: Barry Ware Snr 2 fish for 2lb 11oz
Best of the Best Qualifiers: Alan Brown 1lb 8oz and Ray Butler 1lb 6oz
Joint 6th: Nik Tompkins and Alan Brown1 fish for 1lb 8oz
Joint 8th: Mike Boston and Ray Butler 1 fish for 1lb 6oz
10th: Chris Bolt 1 fish for 1lb 4oz Total fish caught: 24 for 16 anglers
Rod average:
1.5
Congratulations to Andy Gooding and well done to everyone for taking part and sticking at it in very hot weather.
My thanks to Howard Thresher from Fly Fishing Tackle Crediton for sponsoring the competition and to Mark Baxendale,
Countryside and Angling warden at Kennick, for doing a cracking BBQ for everyone.
https://www.fly-fishing-tackle.co.uk/
Ben Smeeth
Headof Angling
Pictured from left are: Rob Gale, Andy Gooding, Dave Perks and Howard Thresher

27 Jun 2018

Thin Lips giving great sport

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Thin lipped grey mullet are giving some superb sport in the Taw and Torridge Estuary with good numbers of mullet tempted on baited Mepp’s style spinners. There is speculation that the recent ban on netting in the estuary has resulted in an upsurge in catches. The settled weather conditions have also played a part I would imagine. John Shapland has banked three thin lipps over four pound in the past month.

(Below) John Shapland with a 4lb 2oz thin lipped grey mullet

(Below) Dan Welch also enjoyed success spinning for mullet landing several during a session with CMSAC member Ross Stanway.