Danny Ford and James Wiggleworth had a great days fishing at Bratton Water banking these stunning fish. The pictures really say it all!
Bratton Water Qaulity Browns
MILD WEATHER CARP AT STAFFORD MOOR
Kyle Rundle landed a fine 29 lb catch from the Dam wall on beatties lake using sticky baits 12mm boilies tipped with pink sweetcorn.
(Below) Adrian Stockton and friend James Cooney with a couple of there 8 catches using Sticky Baits Manila boilies from the dam wall on the new swims on Lodge lake.
Bideford Angling Club Result – Rover
Bideford And District Angling Club Monthly Rover
Looks like the Bideford Club competitors got out on the open coast today!
1st Nathan Clements- dogfish 2lb 10 1/2 88.541%
2nd Nathan Clements -dogfish 2lb 9 1/4 85.937%
3rd Antony smith – rockling 1lb 2 1/2 77.683%
4th Antony smith – rockling 1lb 1/4 69.791%
5th Nathan Clements- pollack 2lb 10 65.625%
Appledore Shipbuilders – January Rover Result
Twenty four anglers fished this months flounder dominated competition with Andrew Atkinson securing top spot with a 1lb 9oz flounder. In runner up spot was Stephen Peake with flounder of 1lb 8.5oz and third Jazza John with a flounder of 1lb 7oz.
Next week is the clubs twenty four hour rover.
VARIETY ON THE PIER – PLUS OUT OF SEASON VISITORS!!!
George Stavrakopoulos is a keen species enthusiast and enjoys trips to Ilfracombe Pier. Their latest venture saw them land whiting, pouting, poor cod, pollack, shanny smelt, rock goby, 3 bearded rockling, shore rockling, conger, tadpole fish and a cling fish it was non stop action. A big surprise was the sight of four big mackerel trapped alive in the pool behind the pier. These out of season visitors were soon caught and dispatched by local anglers who either enjoyed a tasty meal some quality bait for the freezer.
Bideford and District Coarse Section Monthly Competition
Bideford and District Coarse Section Monthly Competition.
Martin Turner reports –
11 anglers turned out for our January Comp at Harepie, conditions were mild and damp. Winner Paul Morris found a shoal of carp and caught 9 fish on corn at 14 metres . John Lisle had 3 carp on maggot for 2nd he maintains his lead in the overall league.
Harepie Fishery Results :
1st Paul Morris 43lb 12oz
2nd John Lisle 20lb 1oz
3rd Matt Cross 14lb 4oz
4th Martin Turner 14lb 1oz
An ugly surprise!
One of the delights of sea angling is the unexpected and Kody Chugg had a surprise when this ugly fish grabbed his bait. The fish is a tadpole fish occasionally caught along the North Devon Coast with the biggest I have heard of locally weighing just over 1lb. The Combe Martin SAC club record for tadpole fish is 1lb 1oz caught by Paul Blake the boat record is 1lb 1oz caught by James Fradgely Gubb
The British Record for the species is boat caught 1lb 6oz and shore caught 1lb 12oz.
GUY BAGS A BRACE OF BLONDES
Combe Martin SAC Member and shore caught stingray record holder Guy Spriggs ended 2016 in style landed a fine brace of blonde ray scaling 12lb 4oz and 16lb. The fish were landed on 30th 31st December.
Lodge Lake success for the Bivvy Tramp!
Steve Pinn affectionately known by his mates as the bivvy tramp enjoyed more success on Stafford Moor’s Lodge Lake.
Best of 3 – !8Ib 1oz, the evening after the big thaw on Lodge lake. Used a piece of pepperami ‘firestick’ balanced with half a 12mm pop up and a PVA bag of dead reds in hemp oil.
Globe Trotting Zyg reaches another milestone
Zyg Gregorek continues his globetrotting adventures achieving yet another milestone as he describes below!
Well done Zyg looking forward to meeting up at the lure fishing weekend at the end of February.
Hi All
Having recently returned from North Carolina, on my latest quest to catch a Roundscale / Hatchet Spearfish. This was my fifth attempt in the last four years.
I decided to try North Carolina, after contacting several skippers, I picked Dan Rooks on Tuna Duck. Dan has fished the area for nearly 20 years and was very knowledgeable on the necessary identification patterns. He was very willing and wanted to help our expedition. Despite adverse weather conditions surrounding Hurricane Ermine, of the many Marlin caught during the four days only two of the fish were positively identified by Dan as Roundscale Spearfish. Thank God. Mission accomplished.
All fish were photographed and released.
Following the skippers report to the IGFA and photographic evidence. I can now confirm and am very proud to say I finally caught the Roundscale Spearfish and have now caught all the known Spearfish species, Long Billed, Short Billed, Mediterranean the elusive Roundscale. I believe I am the only person to have achieved this feat.
In addition following the capture of the Roundscale Spearfish I have achieved the coveted IGFA Royal Billfish Slam with 12 different species.
If you try hard enough you will achieve.
Best Fishes
Zyg
