14 Mar 2022

Bideford and District Angling Club Monthly Coarse Competition results:

by Wayne Thomas | posted in: Coarse Fishing, Match Fishing, Sidebar | 0

Tarka Swims 23 fished

1st Keith Mountjoy 21lb 4oz

2nd Martin Turner 17lb 10oz

3rd Stephen Craker 15lb 6oz

4rd Colin Gorman 14lb 9oz

5th Les Polden 14lb 1oz

6th Kevin Shears 13lb 7oz

A fantastic turn out , just 3 short of a full house, enjoyed an interesting day on our club lake. The forecast poor weather didn’t materialize and reasonable conditions prevailed.

The deeper pegs have once again dominant the main prize list. Last month’s winner Keith has made few mistakes to put another winning catch together on peg 9 , long pole tactics soft pellet over ground bait.

Martin , 2 pegs away on peg 11 , had a good carp, late, shallow to boost him into 2nd spot. 3rd place Stephen almost took the golden peg prize, fishing a long pole on peg 15. Committee member ,Colin had 3 good carp on peg 10 for 4th.

The next competition on Tarka will be on April 10th booking on will be required.

28 Feb 2022

Sea Angling Results

by Wayne Thomas | posted in: Sea Angling, Sidebar | 0

Bideford Angling Clubs twenty-four rover resulted in just one fish being registered at the end of the match. A dogfish scaling 1lb 15.75oz to the rod of Nathan Clements.

Appledore Shipbuilders February Rover was equally uninspiring with Josh Atkinson registering the winning fish a dogfish of 2lb.

Spring is often a lean time for the sea angler with winter species departing and fish of the warmer months yet to arrive. Early bass and ray could be worth targeting with bull huss likely from rock marks.

13 Feb 2022

Bideford & District Angling Club -February monthly Coarse Section Competition,

by Wayne Thomas | posted in: Match Fishing, Sidebar | 0

Tarka Swims Results:

1st Keith Mountjoy 13lb 10oz

2nd Nathan Underwood 10lb

3rd Antony Bentley 9lb 4oz

4th Les Polden 9lb 3oz

5th Kevin Shears 9lb 2oz

6th Craig Crash Lamey 8lb 7oz

16 anglers fished. Those that braved the wet and windy conditions, fished a close match, Keith’s winning catch from peg 8 included a decent carp and bream, he has caught on soft pellet over fishmeal groudbait on a long pole. Nathan’s second place net also included a nice carp off peg 11. The next 3 places all sat consecutive pegs 16 to 18 and were separated by 2oz. Benny came out on top with a lovely net of small carp and tench, Craig’s 6th place was the section winner from the shallower end and ensures that he remains top of the league. Hopefully the cormorant ropes will be off for our next competition in March, allowing more methods.

7 Feb 2022

Sea Angling Weekend Competition Round up

by Wayne Thomas | posted in: Sea Angling, Sidebar | 0

Sea anglers faced a stormy weekend that impacted heavily upon local shore competitions. Bideford Angling Club and Appledore Shipbuilders both had fixtures on Sunday where members braved the strong winds and heavy rain to no avail with nil fish registered in either competition.

Combe Martin SAC members fished a weekend long competition that enabled members to embrace Saturdays more favourable conditions. Kevin Legge took the top two places in the match with bull huss of 9lb 12oz and 8lb 10oz. I took third place with a winter mullet of 2lb 12oz.

It is clear that thick lipped grey mullet are present in waters around the South-West throughout the year. When I first started fishing for mullet over forty years ago these fish were considered to be a fish of the warmer months. It is now apparent that they can be caught in every month of the year throughout the South-West.

*Targeting winter mullet in the cold light of dawn.*

17 Jan 2022

Sea Angling News

by Wayne Thomas | posted in: Sea Angling, Sidebar | 0

Sea angling seems to have entered the doldrums with calm conditions resulting in quiet fishing on the open coast. A good storm is undoubtedly required to stir things up a bit. The results of local shore competitions speak for themselves. It might pay to experiment a little during these conditions and scale down the tackle in search of dabs and smaller species that can get overlooked.

It’s always interesting to take a look at whats on the shoreline as there can be clues as to the species that can be found beneath the waves.

Bideford Angling Club – Twenty Four Hour Competition Result

Many thank’s to Nathan Clements for the report.

24 hour results

12 angler’s fished

3 fish caught

1st Antony Smith Dog 2lb 1oz 68.750%

2nd Andrew Clements Dog 2lb 0 1/2oz 67.708%

3rd Stephen Found Pouting 1lb 66.666%

Fishing didn’t exactly meet expectations but well done to the 3 that caught something big enough to weigh in.

Fingers crossed things pick up

Next competition

Codling comp 29th/30th Jan

Appledore Shipbuilders monthly Rover Result

Many thanks to Andrew Atkinson for the report.

6 members fished the January heat of the winter league .

Only one fish of size was caught.

Winning with a Whiting of 1lb 2 1/4ozs was Josh Atkinson. Anglers reported catching Small codling Congers other Whitings and Poutings.

Well done to all that fished.

10 Jan 2022

Bideford Angling Club Monthly Competition

by Wayne Thomas | posted in: Match Fishing, Sidebar | 0

BDAC Monthly Competition Tarka Swims –

Results :

1st Craig Crash Lamey 21lb 15oz

2nd graham Currington 11lb 14oz

3rd Steve Ashton 6lb 7oz

4th Roger Ackroyd 6lb 2oz

5th Martin Turner 5lb 3oz

6th Steve Johnson 4lb 11oz .

18 fished

Craig has set the early pace in this year’s league, he found half a dozen carp prepared to nibble on his double red maggot , pole fished on peg 9.

Graham ,on peg 10 ,caught 3 carp also on the pole for second. Next two places , Steve and Roger ,both had late carp to ensure section wins. Best silver net was Martin on peg 15 .

The cool conditions, heavy rain throughout the preceding days and clear water led to a very tough match.

Worth taking a look at the new club website :-

https://www.bidefordanddistrictanglingclub.com/

19 Dec 2021

SEA ANGLING – Christmas Competition Round Up

by Wayne Thomas | posted in: Sea Angling, Sidebar | 0

Triple Hook Turkey flounder Open

Joan Cairns won Triple Hook Clubs Christmas Turkey Open with a fine flounder scaling 2lb 1.75oz. The competition attracted 42 competitors. The top ten competitors listed below all took home a turkey.

1st – Joan Cairns – flounder 2lb 1.75oz

2nd – Dennis Toleman – flounder 1lb 10.75oz

3rd – Mark Beer – flounder 1lb 8.2oz

4th – Martin T – flounder 1lb 7.75oz

5th – Peter Squires -flounder 1lb 7oz

6th – Damien Babb – flounder 1lb 6.75oz

7th- Steve Luxton – flounder 1lb 6.5oz

8th – John Passmore – flounder – 1lb 6oz

9th – Robbie Hancock – flounder 1lb 2.25oz

10th – Nigel Gullon – flounder 1lb 2.2oz

Bideford Angling Club 24 hour Rover

December 24hour results

1st Tony Gussin Whiting 1lb 10 108.333%

2nd Tony Gussin Whiting 1lb 10 108.333%

3rd Andrew Clements Whiting 1lb 6 3/4 94.791%

That’s the clubs angling calendar done and dusted for the year.

Fingers crossed we have a better start to 2022 than we did 2021……

Congratulations to all the winners throughout the year and hopefully we can hit the ground running next year.

All the best…. 🎉 from Nathan Clements.

Appledore Shipbuilder’s Christmas Competition

Report from Andrew Atkinson

21 members fished the Christmas comp today. Fishing was tough for most. 7 members catching just the one fish and 9 not catching at all!

A few members did managed to find better areas with multiple catches.

Jazza John won the competition with a Flounder of 1lb 8oz 14dr. He was also 2nd with another one of 1lb 6ozs and Richard Boon 3rd with a 1lb 4oz 4dr fish

Many thanks to all that fished today.

Thanks also to Franky Heards, Quay sports, Riot Baits and Summerlands Tackle for donating Prizes

What was nice today was that everyone who fished today went a way with a prize from the table!

We also had the 24hr winter league heat this weekend.

7 people fished, with many opting to fish the Christmas comp.

Winner was David Atkinson with a Flounder of 1lb 3oz 8dr. 2nd was James Atkinson with another Flounder of 1lb 3oz 6drs

Wishing all members a good Christmas.

Stay safe and see you in the New Year!

Combe Martin SAC Christmas Competition

Kevin Legge won Combe Martin SAC’s Christmas Competition with a specimen bull huss of 11lb 7oz. Dave Brooke was runner up with a conger of 18lb 5oz and Wayne Thomas third with a bull huss of 7lb 15oz.

13 Dec 2021

Bideford Angling Club – Christmas Coarse Match Result

by Wayne Thomas | posted in: Match Fishing, Sidebar | 0

Coarse Section Christmas Match Results:

1st Stephen Craker 33lb 14oz

2nd RogerAckroyd 28lb 12oz

3rd John Lisle 16lb 15oz

4th Keith Copland 12lb 1oz

5th Keith Mountjoy 10lb 14oz

6th Nathan Underwood 10lb 2oz

7th Adam Wheeler 9lb 1oz

18 anglers fished. This was also our final match of the season, Stephen’s third victory of the series moved him into 3rd place in the league, Nathan’s 6th spot was enough to ensure top spot and win our matchman of the year. Kevin Shears settled for runner up 5 points behind the winner.

Stephen drew on peg 17 and landed a great net of carp on pole fished red maggot over micro pellets, Roger ,on the peg nextdoor ,also had carp plus a good bream on similar tactics. 3rd placed ,John fished on peg 12 . Once again the deepest pegs dominated the overall results, although this match we paid 4 sections which ensured that the shallower end had something to fish for.

Thanks to you all who have supported our competitions, stay safe have a good Christmas and see you all next match ,on January 9th. 2022