Appledore Shipbuilders April rover was won by Jake Moule with a Specimen Small Eyed Ray of 9lb.
Andrew Atkinson was 2nd with another Small Eyed of 7lb.
LATEST SEA ANGLING RESULTS
March is often a slow month for sea angling as the fluctuating seasons impact upon fish migrations. Bull huss and dogfish are dominant species on the open coast. Bass should start to show in the estuary with ray from local beaches. As the climate changes it is worthwhile experimenting as fish adapt to an evolving marine environment.
Stephen Found won Bideford Angling Clubs 48 hour Rover with a thornback ray of 7lb 12oz . Robert Hancock was second and third with a dogfish of 2lb 5oz and a bull huss of 7lb 1.5oz.
Appledore Shipbuilders held the last leg of their Winter league which saw Andrew Atkinson secure victory with a bull huss scaling 8lb 9.5oz. Jake Moule was second and third with thornback ray of 7lb 5oz and 6lb 14oz.
Sea Angling News –
Combe Martin SAC’s Christmas Rover was won by David Brooke with a bass of 5lb 13oz. Kevin Legge was runner up with a smoothound of 6lb 15oz and Wayne Thomas third with a bull huss of 6lb 3oz. Members caught dogfish, spurdog and conger.
Michael Hammett secured top spot in Appledore Shipbuilders monthly Rover with a bull huss of 9lb 9.5oz. Josh Atkinson was second with a huss of 8lb 3oz and Chris Slade third with a huss of 8lb 2oz.
LATEST SEA ANGLING RESULTS – SEPTEMBER 25
BIDEFORD ANGLING CLUB – September Rover
Results
1st Stephen Found – Smoothhound 14lb 10oz 146.250%
2nd Andrew Clements – Thornback Ray 9lb 2oz 103.388%
3rd Dale Kiff – Smoothhound 9lb 11 96.876%
4th Jenson kiff – Smoothhound 9lb 9 95.625%
5th Dale Kiff- Smoothhound 8lb 1oz 80.625%
6th Jenson kiff – Smoothhound 7lb 4oz 72.5%
APPLEDORE SHIPBUILDERS –
SEPTEMBER ROVER
Michael Hammett won Appledore Shipbuilders Rover with a bass of 4lb 5oz.
Combe Martin SAC – SEPTEMBER ROVER
1st Kevin Legge – Triggerfish 3lb 15oz – 131.25%
2nd – Wayne Thomas – thick lipped grey mullet 4lb 14oz
3rd Wayne Thomas – thick lipped grey mullet 4lb 1oz
SEA ANGLING RESULTS – August Rovers
Bideford Angling Clubs Monthly sea rover was dominated by smoothound with Richard Jefferies heading the field with a specimen of 11lb 9oz. Tony Gussin was runner up with a hound of 10lb 10oz and Dale Kiff third with a hound of 10lb 4oz.
Appledore Shipbuilders monthly rover was also dominated by smoothound with Andrew Atkinson taking first and second with hounds of 12lb 4.25oz and 9lb 3.75oz. Third was Michael Hammett with a hound of 8lb 12oz.
SEA ANGLING RESULTS
July’s Rover results
1st Stephen Found – Thicklipped Mullet 4lb 4oz 107.812%
2nd Andrew Clements Thicklipped Mullet 4lb 100%
3rd Dale Kiff Smoothhound 8lb 11oz 86.875%
4th Tony Gussin Smoothound 8lb 0oz 1/2 80.312%
5th Dale Kiff Bass 5lb 3 74.107%
6th Tony Gussin Smoothound 7lb 1 70.652%
APPLEDORE MONTHLY ROVER
Challenging conditions for the July rover today with the fresh WNW wind.
Josh Atkinson took top spot with a Smoothound of 10lb 15ozs. Michael Hammett had the next best fish with another Smoothound 9lb 15ozs. Josh also picked up 3rd place with another hound of 9lb 3ozs.
SEA ANGLING RESULTS
Bideford Angling Club
Graham Snow secured top spot in Bideford Angling Clubs monthly sea rover with a specimen thick lipped grey mullet of 5lb 1.5oz. Jon Stevens was runner up with a smoothound scaling 9lb 3.5oz and Jazzer John third with a smoothound of 8lb 3oz.
APPLEDORE SHIPBUILDERS
Jake Moule secured victory in Appledore Shipbuilders June Rover with a smoothound of 13lb. Graham Snow was runner up with his thick lipped grey mullet of 5lb 1.5oz and Andrew Atkinson third with a specimen hound of 12lb 6.5oz.
Appledore Shipbuilders Boat Competition
Three boats took part in Appledore Shipbuilders the May Boat competitions.
Weather was lovelly with calm seas.
Andrew Atkinson won with a lovely Huss of 13lb 8ozs. Kevin Pike was 2nd with another Huss of 13lb 7ozs and Andrew 3rd with another specimen Huss of 13lb 4ozs.
A few small Tope and Smothound were also caught.
Sea Angling May Rover – Results.
Andrew Clements won Bideford Angling Clubs May Rover with a fine thick lipped grey mullet of 4lb. Phil Vanstone was runner up with a wrasse of 4lb 2oz and Antony Smith third with a thornback ray of 7lb 7.5oz.
Jake Moule won Appledore Shipbuilders monthly rover with a specimen smoothound scaling 11lb. Michael Hammett was runner up with hound of 10lb 2.25oz. Third place was shared by Michael and Jake with hounds weighing 7lb 3oz.
SEA ANGLING RESULTS
Fishing has been hard going on the Open Coast for sea anglers as the latest results from Bideford & Appledore reflect. With stormy conditions forecast I expect a flurry of action through Late January and early February with Bull Huss, spurdog and conger likely.
Bidefords Angling Club 48-hour results
1st Paul Ackland – Rockling 1lb 3 79.167%
Appledore Shipbuilders
Claudio Pinto managed a sizeable small eyed at 4lb 15ozs to secure the win in Appledore Shipbuilders Winter League Match.
FLOUNDER COMP UPDATE Sunday January 26th
Still plenty of flounders about, as proved by Ted and his dad this week! (Backgrounds obscured for obvious reasons, after all there is a comp coming up
). Well done guys!
). Well done guys!Anyway, on to the comp.
FISHING BOUNDARIES:
We have decided to widen next Sunday’s flounder comp to anywhere on the Taw, as long as you are at the Ebberley Arms for the weigh in from 3.30 – 4.30…..comp starts at 10am
WEIGH IN LIMIT:
We are only accepting 1 fish per angler for the weigh in. A good idea is to keep your fish alive in a bucket of water so that it can be released safely if you then catch a bigger one.
ENTRY:
The entry form is on our counter. £5 for adults and £3 for children
We are building up a good head of participants and a great selection of prizes so look forward to seeing you all on the day to raise as much as possible for a great cause!!
BBT