Bideford – December Rover results
1st Andrew Clements Flounder 1lb 8 1/2oz 76.562%
Next competition Bidefords Christmas open the prize table is looking brilliant, there’s a huge prize draw also.
Flounder Competition
Bideford & District Angling Club
B.D.A.C. 2nd Rod and Reel match results date 20th November 2022. 6 anglers fished the second match and all caught fish. The weather was very challenging at times with heavy rain and strong winds and a bit of sun at times fishing was hard for all with the fish not wanting to feed.
1st place today went to Keith Copland with 17lbs 11oz with several carp on peg 9 using maggot and micro pellets on the feeder. 2nd place went to Cyril Found with 6lbs 3oz on peg 10 on the feeder and 3rd place went to Anthony Bentley with 5lbs 13oz.
Bideford Angling Club – November 48-hour results
November 48-hour results
1st Jon Stevens Spotted Ray 4lb 7oz 98.610%
2nd Jon Stevens Spotted Ray 3lb 13 1/2oz 85.416%
3rd Andrew Clements Dog 2lb 8 1/4oz 83.854%
Bideford – Coarse Section Monthly Competition. Results:
Coarse Section monthly competition. Results:
Tarka Swims.
1st Darren Polten 31lb 8oz
2nd Stephen Cracker 24lb 10oz
3rd Keith Mountjoy 22lb 7oz
4th Colin Cherrington 21lb 13oz
5th Sheilat Found 20lb 3oz
6th Les Polden 20lb 2oz
7th Warren Thornton 19lb 13oz
17 fished .
Club members met up at George’s lake, for our penultimate match, in our year-long series.
The unseasonably mild weather led to some very close weights. Darren scored his first victory with a great mixed bag from peg 14, the moderate Southerly wind encouraged him to fish the margins using maggot hookbait .
Second place went to Stephen on peg 16 , another net taken on maggot on the pole. Keith took third on peg 13.
Our next , and final , match of 2022 will also be the Christmas competition.
SEA ANGLING – Competition Results
Eight club members braved heavy showers and strong winds to fish in Appledore Shipbuilders November Rover.
Michael Hammett won with a beautiful Bass of 8lb 13ozs. Second was David Langbridge with a Flounder of 1lb 11 3/4ozs and Steve Ford was third with a Flounder of 1lb 9 1/2ozs.
No fish were registered in Bideford Angling Clubs monthly Rover where a 70% qualifying rule applies.
Combe Martin SAC are hosting an Open Sea competition this coming Saturday and with improving weather forecast there should be some good fish registered. Several specimen conger have been tempted from the Open coast in recent weeks and could feature in the competition result with bass, ray, huss, flounder and grey mullet all worth targetting.
Bideford & District Angling Club – Rod N Reel match Result
B.D.A.C 1st Rod and Reel match results date 23/10/22. 8 anglers fished the first match and all caught fish. The weather was fine with a bit of wind every now and then and the sun was shining from time to time with fishing slow at times. 1st place went to Richard jefferies on peg 12 with 17lbs 11oz he fished a feeder in the margins one of his carp was 10lbs 2oz. 2nd place went to Sheila Found on peg 9 with 14lbs 6oz on the feeder and 3rd place was Colin Gorman on peg 18 with 13lbs 2oz.
Bideford and District Angling Club Coarse Section Monthly Competition
Bideford Angling Club Coarse Fishing Results
Results:
1st Nathan Underwood 33lb 2oz
2nd Warren Thornton 24lb 4oz
3rd Martin Turner 23lb 4oz
4th Les Polden 19lb 11oz
5th Colin Cherrington 17lb 11oz
6th Keith Mountjoy 17lb 10oz
7th Craig Crash Lamey 14lb 11oz
20 fished
October’s comp definitely had an autumnal feel, with a brisk South Easterly and a cool start.
Nathan’s winning streak continues , with a resounding victory on peg 21,fishing a long pole to the point of the island, worm baits over groundbait accounted for his mixed bag.
Second and third place came off consecutive pegs 12 and 13 . A pound separated Warren and Martin, both had nets of mainly carp on pole tactics.
Les came in fourth with a mixed bag on peg 10.
Nathan now leads the points table 107 to Craig’s 102
with 2 matches remaining.
Bideford Angling Club Sea Rover
Bideford Sea Rover October rover results
1st Antony Smith Thornback Ray 12lb 8oz 138.888%
2nd Nathan Clements Bull Huss 8lb 14 1/2oz 89.062%
3rd Andrew Clements Thornback Ray 7lb 10oz 84.722%
Appledore Shipbuilders Rover
Only 10 Anglers turned out today for the last competition of the season.
Weather was awful to start the day but it fined away nice through the day.
Winner today was Andrew Atkinson with a fine Trigger Fish of 2lb 14ozs. The only other fish weighed in was a 14oz Mackerel also caught by Andrew
Appledore Shipbuilders AGM will be held on Friday 21st October at The Royal In Appledore 7:30 start.
Bideford & District Angling Club – Feeder match Results
BDAC 6th course feeder match results date 18th September. 12 anglers fished and fishing was very hard with the colder nights now coming in and the fish not wanting to feed much. The weights was not so good with some not weighing in this month. First place today went to Nigel spurr on peg 6 with a mixed net of fish for 11lbs 3oz 2nd place was Colin Gorman on peg 16 with 9lbs 15oz 3rd place was Keith copland on peg 11 with 9lbs 13oz and 4th place was Richard Jefferies on peg 19 with 8lbs 12oz this was the last of the 6 feeder matches in this series. Well done on your win today Nigel spurr. The winner of the 6 matches on points was John Lisle with 60 points and second place went to Keith Copland with 56 points.
