Lure Weekend – Full Report from Zenia

Anglers Paradise just held their annual Lure Weekend which was a great success. Full report from Zenia.  The weather was testing, rain, wind and hail but every Angler still stuck it out till the end of the Competition!

 

There were 20 Lure Anglers that took part and the 4 Teams were Captained by Nathan Edgell from Fladen, David Watkin-Smith from Quantum, Kevin Cox from Fox Rage and David Drake from Drennan. The Competition ran over 2 days of fishing on 4 different Lakes that consisted of our Predator Lake Valhalla, the Specimen Cat Lake, the Trout Lake and the Bottom Cat and Carp Lake at Eldorado of which all Teams fished each Lake in rotation.

In total, there were 11 Pike, 14 Perch, 2 Trout and the 1st ever Anglers Paradise Lure caught Koi and Golden Orfe to come out in the annual Competition, there was also a big Catfish lost, so no Cats were landed this year!

The Winner of the whole Competition was Damon Braxton who caught 3 different Species at a combined length of 108cm, Damon caught a 39.5cm Koi (which is the 1st ever Koi to be caught on a Lure here!) a 10.5cm Rudd and a 58cm Pike. Fladen and Anglers Paradise Sponsored this Event meaning Damon Won a Week’s Holiday for 2 at Anglers Paradise and a huge range of Fladen Predator Tackle, including a Rod, Reel, Lures and Clothing. Damon’s Team Captain was Fladen’s very own Pike King – Nathan Edgell, who was very proud of his Team Member to Win the Competition!

The Runner Up was Lee Paynton who had a Perch and a Pike at a combined length of 92cm, Sponsored by Quantum. Third Place was Tom Wilson who also had a Perch and a Pike with a combined length of 80.5cm, Sponsored by Fladen.

Tom Wilson took the Crown for the Biggest Pike with a respectable 68.5cm Pike from the Specimen Cat Lake, although Nathan Edgell actually caught the Biggest Pike measuring 86cm but as he’s a Team Captain – it doesn’t count!! Tom was in Team Quantum with Captain David Watkin-Smith leading him to Victory! Tom won some pretty special prizes from Quantum including a Spinning Rod, a Spinning Reel, a Specialist Bag, a Rod Guard and other goodies – Thank you so much to Quantum for the amazing Prizes.

Ben Taylor Won the Biggest Trout Category with a lovely 45cm Rainbow Trout, it was hard going on the Trout Lake all weekend but in the end he and Joe Drury were the only 2 to catch Trout on the last day of fishing!! Ben was in Team Fox with Kevin Cox from Fox as Captain (and Joe Drury as stand in Captain on Sunday) who both gave Ben plenty of tips and inspiration to help him win this title! Ben won a Fox Rage set up of a Rod, a Reel and some Lures – Thank you to Fox Rage for the great prizes and for sponsoring this Category.

Lee Paynton caught the biggest Perch measuring 33cm from the Specimen Cat Lake. Lee was in Team Drennan with the wonderful Dave Drake as his Team Captain, Lee won an absolute superb selection of Drennan Lures – he could start up a new Lure Shop with them!! Special thanks to Drennan for the amazing prizes and for sponsoring this category. This was Lee’s 1st ever Lure Weekend with us, and we are so happy that not only did he win but he also shared with us that he loved every minute and will be back for next year’s Anglers Paradise Lure Weekend!

The Winning Team was Team Fox – which consisted of Jim Williams, Ben Taylor, Bex Nelson and Father and Son Dominic and Dylan Cooke, Captained by Kevin Cox, (with help from Joe Drury as stand in on Sunday) knocking Team Fladen’s Nathan Edgell off his Thrown!! They won with 5 species, Pike, Perch, Rudd, Trout and the winning/deciding fish was a Golden Orfe caught by young Dylan Cooke just 10 minutes before the end of last session!!

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Autumn Carp Sport at Stafford Moor

 

Rob Kendall and his daughter Brooke enjoyed  2 days on the beach swim on Beattie’s lake. Rob had a top weight of 21lb 4oz and Brooke had a new personal best of 20lb all caught on Robs home made bait.

(Below)Keith Green and Matt Bennett who had 17 fish out in a 48 hour session on the inlet swim on Beattie’s lake using a combination of Sticky Baits pineapple & Butyric pop ups , Uber crab & nut boilies & cc Moore equinox boilies.

(Below) Nikki Danielle Parker and partner Karl Hutchison who had 10 fish out between them up to 24lb (which was Nikkis new PB ) on the double swim on Lodge lake dam wall using home made boilies .

Triple Hook Flounder Open – Result

Mark Hancock won Triple Hook Clubs first flounder Open of the season with a flounder scaling 1lb 43/4oz. In runner up spot was Dave Mock with a flattie of 1lb 1oz and in third Dennis Toleman with a flounder of 151/2oz.

  • Triple Hook Fishing Club 2017

    Open Flounder Competitions

     

    Sunday 26th November

    Sunday 3rd December

    Sunday 17th December

     

    8am – 1pm

    £5 each event

     

    Book in at the Ex-Service and Social Club (formerly Royal British Legion) St.Georges Road, Barnstaple from 8pm on Friday or Saturday evenings before each event or with Dennis Toleman tel.07815009260 or any committee member together with the entry fee before the event

    Please note there will be no booking in on the day

    Must be back and present fish at weigh in by 2pm at rear of Ex-Serviceman and Social Club (formerly Royal British Legion), St.Georges Road, Barnstaple

     

    Boundaries – Iron Bridge at Rock Park, Barnstaple to The White House, Crow on either side of the River Taw

    Flounder must be at least 12” with prizes for the heaviest fish weighed in, only heaviest fish per angler counts

    Maximum 2 rods per angler with total of 3 hooks. Juniors (6 – 16 years) must be accompanied by an adult

    Decision of the Weighmaster is final

    Please call Mark Beer 01271 344440 if you have any queries

 

 

 

CMSAC – Lyn Fish Open Competition Result.

A fine specimen grey mullet scaling 5lb 1oz took top spot in Combe Martin SAC’s and Lynton C of E Primary School PTFA Open Fishing Competition. The event fished between Minehead Harbour and Clovelly Harbour resulted in success for several anglers who landed a variety of specimens from both boat and shore over the two days. The event and the raffle held at The Rising Sun, Lynmouth raised over £120 for Lynton Primary School Funds. The competition received generous sponsorship from Sakuma Tackle.

Full Results –

1st – Dan Welch – thick Lipped grey Mullet – 5lb 1oz

2nd- Ross Stanway – smoothound – 11lb 2oz

3rd -James Gubb Fradgley – conger (boat) 32lb 4oz

4th – James Gubb Fradgley – conger (boat) 29lb 1oz

5th – Wayne Thomas – thick lipped grey mullet – 3lb 7oz

6th – Matt Jeffery – bass -6lb 7oz

7th – Nick Phillips – thick lipped grey mullet – 3lb

8th – Rob Scoines – thick lipped grey mullet – 2lb 10oz

9th – Ross Stanway – ballan wrasse – 3lb 3.5oz

10th – Wayne Thomas – thick lipped grey mullet – 2lb 9oz

The competition was fished on a catch and release basis with witnesses and photographs submitted at the end of the day.

(Above) Ross Stanway smoothound 11lb 2oz

(Above) James Gubb Fradgley – conger (boat) 32lb 4oz

(Above) Wayne Thomas – Thick lipped grey mullet 3lb 7oz

(Above) Rob Scoines – thick lipped grey mullet 2lb 10oz

(Above)The top three outside of The Rising Sun.

Many thanks to Tony and all at the Rising Sun for a delicious buffet at the presentation and raffle following the competition.

Special thanks also to those who generously donated raffle prizes.

Persistence pays off for big cat

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NEVER GIVE UP…
PB CAT FOR 1 LUCKY AND VERY HAPPY ANGLER!

Tony Trenerry 47 from Launceston, normally fishes Eldorado as he has blanked on Nirvana’s Specimen Cat Lake in the past BUT he finally decided to give it another try…

Good job he did as he managed to catch a Personal Best 51lb Cat!!

Tony caught the Cat on Krill Luncheon Meat with Pellets using a simple running lead set up, 30lb hook link and size 6 barbless hook.

SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS – IF AT FIRST YOU DON’T SUCCEED – TRY AGAIN!

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