16 Mar 2026

LATEST SEA ANGLING RESULTS

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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.

14 Dec 2025

Bidefords Christmas Flounder Competition Results

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Bidefords Christmas Competition Results

Ninety Nine anglers entered this year Christmas Competition on the Torridge Estuary.

Top 20 Flounder
1st Adam Coley 879g
2nd Steve Folland 818g
3rd Paul Burslem 798g
4th Scott Bowden 790g
5th Lance Garrett 790g
6th Jake Parsons 788g
7th Mathew Druce 778g
8th Stuart Taylor 796g
9th Isaac Eastman 672g junior
10th Preston Kersey 672g junior
11th Daniel Buttler 654g junior
12th Mathew Druce 650g
13th Martin Standon 646g
14th Andrew Clements 634g
15th Steve Folland 632g
16th Stephen Found 624g
17th Ricki Eavis 596g
18th Stephen Found 588g
19th Tyler Short
20th Tony Gooch

47 fish were weighed

Thank you ever so much to all the sponsors we couldn’t do the competition without you.
DS Electrical
Anglers Heaven
Clawford Lakes
Leeda
Devon Baits
Barnstaple Bait and Tackle
James Grigg
Gabby Pillows
We have raised a fantastic £650 for “CRY Cardiac Risk In The Young”
14 Dec 2025

Bideford and District Angling Club. Coarse section monthly and Christmas match

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Results:

1st Nathan Underwood 47lb 3oz

2nd John Lisle 25lb 14oz
3rd Martin Turner 18lb 6oz
4th. Keith Mountjoy 17lb 2oz
5th Stace N Dazza Polden 16lb 6oz
6th Steve Johnson 12lb
7th Colin OHagan 10lb 12oz.

19 members fished.

Although conditions were mild and dry, the fishing proved challenging for most, with the exception of Nathan ,our winner who found some willing feeders on peg 13. His net of carp and skimmers was taken at short range on maggots over groundbait.
John picked up second place on pole with bread and maggot on peg 19.
Martin finished 3rd off of peg 4 , on pole fished caster.
The league has proved very popular and Nathan secured a resounding win on 122 points, with Kevin Shears running in second with 105 points
Keith Mountjoy 3rd on 101. Craig Crash Lamey 4th on 93.
31 Oct 2025

Bude canal angling club V Bideford and District Angling Club

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Bude canal angling club V Bideford and District Angling Club

Bideford’s team of 15 ventured across the border to take on the Cornish on their canal and the outcome was very close. Bude scored 234 points to Bidefords 230,.
Our club carried a 30 point lead from the first leg on Tarka swims therefore won overall by 26 points
Conditions on the canal were cold and windy with North Westerly squally showers.
The Bude captain led his team home with a terrific bag of 20lb of bream and skimmers on the second basin.
Our top performance was Keith Copland on the bottom basin.
Big thanks to the lads representing Bideford and a special thank you to Tom Wade Anglers Heaven for supporting the team with a generous bait sponsorships and the Brendon Arms for a great breakfast and a fine after match spread.
28 Oct 2025

SEA ANGLING RESULTS

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Stormy conditions may have deterred some anglers from venturing forth but the turbulant waters often stir up food close in encouraging fish to feast upon the proceeds.If you can wade through the dogfish a specimen fish could be the reward.
Kevin Legge took first and second place in Combe Martin SAC’s October Rover with  small eyed ray weighing 8lb 12oz and 6lb 13oz. Third place was taken by Nick Phillips with a bull huss of 6lb 4oz.

Bideford Angling Clubs forty eight hour sea rover was won by Paul Ackland with a dogfish scaling 2lb 2oz.

10 Sep 2025

Plymouth and District Coarse Angling Club. Versus Bideford and District Angling Club.

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Plymouth and District Coarse Angling Club. Versus Bideford and District Angling Club.
Second leg away at Bakelakes.
Overall team result:
PADCAC 35lb 14oz
BDAC 147lb 6oz
Bakelakes near Saltash prove a difficult but interesting venue for the second leg of our annual 10 a side interclub match.
The weather has played its part , although relatively mild a number of very heavy downpours have certainly kept weights lower than expected.
Bideford filled the top six individual places, our winner on the day was the on-form Craig Lamey with a 7 carp haul for 38lb from peg 12 , he has fished with the pole and meat in the margins.
Darren Polden has had some larger carp on paste on peg 2 for the second spot with 24lb 6oz.
Plymouth’s top scorer with 7lb 4oz was Paul White on peg 6.
We thank Keith Escott for arranging the away leg, and look forward to next year’s event
After both legs BDAC 447lb 15oz
PADCAC. 150lb 12oz.
25 Aug 2025

Bideford & District Angling Club – Rod and Reel match results date 24.8.25 at Tarka

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B.D.A.C.Rod and Reel match results date 24.8.25 at Tarka All anglers caught fish with some very good weights weighed in today weather was lovely with a light wind blowing. The winner was Nathan Underwood on peg 6 with a fantastic weight of 96lbs 3oz mainly carp with some lovely silvers mixed in as well 2nd place went to Martin Turner on peg 10 with a nice mixed bag of fish for 40lbs 7oz, 3rd place went to Kevin Shears on peg 9 with 37lbs 14oz and 4th place went to Keith Copland on peg 17 with 32lbs 1oz. Next Rod and Reel match will be on the 21.9.25 at Tarka. Congratulations to Nathan Underwood on your win today and congratulations on getting the highest weight of fish caught in a club match. New record now stand at 96lbs 3oz.