28 Aug 2022

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

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Tarka Swims, George’s lake.
Results :
1st Colin Cherrington  33lb 4oz
2nd Richard Jefferies  30lb 15oz
3rd Christopher Morris  30lb 1oz
4th Keith Mountjoy  23lb 12oz
5th Nathan Underwood  22lb 11oz
6th Bill Crossman 21lb 6oz .
Today’s totals
Bideford 199lb 13oz Plymouth 113lb 1oz
Overall, home plus away total
Bideford 555lb Plymouth 407lb
20 fished
The home team ,of 10, filled the top 2spots . Colin has fished the margins on peg 14 with maggot for the winning net, Richard,BDAC , has fished his favourite method, paste in the weedbed on 12, for his all carp second place net.
Chris representing PDCAC came a close third on his first visit to Tarka pole tactics on peg 22.
The venue has fished quite hard for some, the weather has remained dry and warm.
We , BDAC ,hope everyone enjoyed the day and hope to continue the fixture into next year’s calendar.
27 Aug 2022

Mike Squires Memorial Competition Results.

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Mike Squires Memorial Competition Results.

Bass competition 

Nathan Clements took top spot in this Open match fished on Westward Ho! beach in memory of popular club member Mike Squires.

1st Nathan Clements 4lb

2nd Nathan Clements 3lb 2 1/2oz

3rd Antony Smith 2lb 14oz 

£35.05 was collected in donations for cancer research.

Mike Squires centre on a trip to Sark with fellow members of the Combe Martin SAC.

22 Aug 2022

Bideford & District Angling Club Feeder Match

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Bideford & District Angling Club 5th feeder match results date 21st August.  Tarka Swims 11 anglers fished and the weights were good again.

First place with a nice net of fish went to Nigel Spurr on peg 6 with 19lbs 1oz he fished corn over micros to the island 2nd place was Keith Copland with 18lbs 14oz on peg 9 fishing maggots over micros 3rd place was Stephen Paul Sheller on peg 2 with 18lbs 13oz fishing wafters over micros 4th place was Richard Jefferies  on peg 19 with 18lbs 4oz fishing maggots with ground bait next feeder match is on 18th September.

16 Aug 2022

Bideford and District Angling Club Coarse Section Monthly Competition

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Bideford and District Angling Club
Coarse section monthly competition
Tarka Swims
Results,:
1st Richard Jefferies  61lb 5oz
2nd Nathan Underwood 46lb 11oz
3rd Craig Crash Lamey  37lb 11oz
4th Kevin Shears  35lb 3oz
5th Mike Snudden   23lb 7oz
6th Colin Cherrington 20lb 2oz
7th John Lisle  18lb
8th Les Polden 16lb 4oz
20 anglers fished.
Although conditions were absolutely scorching again, the lake has fished very well.
Richard, our pest controller, has made full use of the weedbed on peg 16. He has extracted a fantastic net of larger carp on running line tactics using paste bait.
This is currently our best weight of the season.
Nathan continues his great run of results, this time 2nd on peg 6.
Craig, our current league leader, finish 3rd beating next door Kevin into fourth on pegs 26 and 1.
9 Aug 2022

Bideford Angling Club – Final Junior event of our summer series:

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Final Junior event of our summer series:
Results:
1st Hope Polden 18lb 10oz
2nd Ted Blight 6lb 4oz
3rd Imogen Babb 3lb 3oz
4th Cruise Eigins 2lb 14oz
5th Willow Davies 2lb 5oz
6th Leon Davies 1lb 15oz
7th Fletcher. 1lb 14oz
8th Alby Clements 1lb 7oz
9th Kash. 1lb 1oz
10th Sammy Thornton retired early.
Hope, one of our youngest competitors , has put many a senior member to shame ! , with a terrific winning net of tench and skimmers in just 3 hours.
Hope has fished on peg 21 with worm baits on a short pole,
Ted ,on peg 19 , has come second using luncheon meat on the pole.
3rd spot has gone to Imogen on peg 23 , and has thus secure the victory in the league.
Our junior summer series has been well supported and a huge thanks must go to all who have helped on the days.
The terrific prize table was made possible by the generosity of Quay sports, Summerlands, Bait-tech, Tom Downing , Martin Cocks , huge thank you to them.
8 Aug 2022

Bideford Angling Club & Appledore Shipbuilders – August Rover

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Bideford August rover results 

13 angler’s fished 3 fish caught 

1st Tony Gussin  – Ballan wrasse 4lb 0 1/2oz 89.582%

2nd Stephen Found –  thick-lipped mullet 3lb 2oz 78.125%

3rd Tony Gussin  -Ballan wrasse 3lb 3oz 70.832%

 

11 people fished Appledore Shipbuilders August rover. “Lots may think that fishing at this time of year is easy but many will know that it’s always a tricky month. Several anglers reported fishing more than one mark to try and locate a fish eligible to be weighed in over 60%”
Winning today was Andrew Atkinson who caught a nice Ballan Wrasse of 4lb 6 3/4 ozs. Josh Atkinson was second with a Smoothound of 8lb 6ozs.  Andrew also secured 3rd with a Bull Huss of 7lb 2ozs.