Richard Jefferies first and second places Bideford Angling Clubs 48 hour rover landing smoothound of 12lb 8oz and 11lb 13oz.
This is a very encouraging indication that Spring is on its way as these members of the shark family normally trat to show in numbers in late April or early May.
Almost every peg was taken for this 6 hour event, bright sunshine and a stiff South Easterly breeze has kept the weights modest.
Match organiser Martin has drawn the last peg in the bag ,number 16, a straight lead with pellet or meat , fished out to the cage has accounted for the bulk of his winning catch. , backed up with some good fish on caster on the short pole.
Warren’s second place from peg 9 consisted of larger carp on the pole to maggot over pellets.
Third place was our current league leader Kevin on peg 6 , he’s caught a nice mixed bag on pole fished maggot .
Richard has landed 5 carp for 4th place off of peg 13.
Once again the shallower section has proved tricky, Roger Ackroyd took the honours with 2lb 5oz on peg 2..
Andrew Clements won Bideford Angling Clubs forty eight hour Rover with a specimen dogfish weighing 3lb 9oz. This is one of the biggest dogfish recorded in recent years with the species seldom caught above 3lb.
B.D.A.C.Rod and Reel match results date 26.1.25. Today the weather was terrible very wet and very windy,10 anglers fished the match today and fishing was hard going. Today’s winner was Darren polden on peg 17 fishing to the cage with a nice bag on carp for
24lbs 2nd place was Keith Mountjoy on peg 14 with 19lbs 12oz fishing in the margins on the tip and 3rd place went to Keith Copland on peg 8 with 5lbs 7oz. The next Rod and Reel match will be on the 23.2.25 at Tarka.
Andrew Clements won Bideford Angling Clubs End Of Season competition with a small eyed ray of 9lb 9oz. Tony Gussin was runner up with a rockling of 1lb 2oz.
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!
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!!
Thank to the pollyfield and the Reds for letting us use their facilities for the sign in and the weigh-in.
Thanks to pollyfield for providing burgers at the weighing I think they went down very well.
Thank you ever so much to all are sponsors we couldn’t do it without you.
D S Electrical, Clawford Lakes Resort and Spa, Devon Baits, Tom Wade Anglers Heaven, Barnstaple Bait and Tackle, Gaby Fish Pillows, James Grigg, Honeys of Parkham, The Bell Inn Parkham, Parkham Cheese and Crusher.
Final amount given to Pollyfield for the play park was £289
B.D.A.C Rod and Reel match results date 29.12.24 at Tarka. Today was the final Rod and Reel match of the year,12 anglers fished and the weather was calm with some misty rain at time. Fishing today was hard with the fish not wanting to feed much but all anglers caught fish.1st place today went to Keith Mountjoy on peg 17 with a nice net of carp for 23lbs 7oz 2nd place went to Darren polden on peg 10 with a mixed bag of 19lbs 6oz 3rd place went to Keith Copland on peg 18 with 19lbs 3oz and 4th place was Martin Turner on peg 19 with 11lbs 2oz. The overall winner of the Rod and Reel matches for 2024 went to Richard Jefferies with 128 points and 2nd place went to Darren polden with 112 points and 3rd place was Stephen Paul Sheller on 107.
Well done today Keith Mountjoy on your win and well done to Richard Jefferies on winner the league, I would like to thank everyone who as taken part in this year’s Rod and Reel league and I wish you all a Happy New Year.