Daniel Welch of Predator 2 is opening anglers eyes to the fantastic lure fishing to be enjoyed off the North Devon coast with bass, wrasse and pollock.
SEA ANGLING HOTS UP AS SPRING UNFOLDS
APPLEDORE SHIPBUILDERS May Rover
9 People fished the May rover today. It was nice to have a calm day although the rain did get a few people wet!
Congratulations must go to Josh Atkinson the winner of the Competition with a Personal best Smoothound of 16lb 14 1/4oz.
Josh also came second with another fantastic Smothound of 15lb 15 3/4ozs. Andrew Atkinson was 3rd with a Specimen Smothound of 11lb 1 1/4ozs.
BIDEFORD ANGLING CLUB – MAY ROVER
Results
1st Jon Stevens Smoothound 10lb 3 1/2oz 102.187%
2nd Stephen Found Bass 7lb 1 1/4oz 101.115%
3rd Antony Smith Small-eyed Ray 8lb 12 1/2oz
Other fish caught Jon Stevens Bull Huss 9lb 5oz Antony Smith Smalleyed Ray 6lb 13oz Andrew Clements Thornback Ray 6lb 8 1/2oz
ILFRACOMBE BOAT FISHING
Dan Welch took a party of anglers on Predator 2 to wrecks out of Ilfracombe where they employed lure fishing tactics to temps quality pollock and ling.
They are also catching good numbers of stunning wrasse from reefs on lures.
My first lure fishing session of the season proved encouraging with two small bass succumbing to my lure. It was good to be back chasing these silver beauties in the shallow rocky waters of North Devon.
CMSAC – LURE LEAGUE – BASS OFF THE MARK
Jamie Steward is off the mark in Combe Martin SAC’s Lure Fishing League with a fine 71cm bass.
PREDATOR 2 – BACK IN ACTION – LURING WAYS
Predator 2 Charters are back out of Ilfracombe taking anglers to enjoy great early season sport in the clear waters at the mouth of the Bristol Channel.
“At last we’re back at it, it’s been a long winter and it was fantastic to get back out on the lures, mix of slow jigs and soft plastics delivering plenty of pollack and wrasse and a stunning coloured cuckoo all taken on the lures. Weather prevented us pushing out to the deep water wrecks as planned so we focused on the reefs the stamp of fish seemed smaller but still great sport.” Daniel Welch
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Combe Martin SAC – LURE LEAGUE – Members Only
Anglers Paradise 2025 – Lure Weekend Results
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The 2025 Anglers Paradise Lure Fishing Weekend once again proved to be an enjoyable and productive event that proved that awide range of species can be tempted using artificial lures. Lure Fishing is perhaps the fastest growing aspect of UK angling. Congratulations to all the winners below and credit to Anglers Paradise for being creative in running the event across their many lakes.
The event was generously sponsored by Capital Angling, Rapala, Fortis Eyewear, Fox Rage, Okuma Europe, Devon Baits and Okuma Freshwater UK.
THE WINNER OF THE 2025 LURE WEEKEND
The Champion catching 7 different species was HARRISON WOODHAM! Not only was this Harrison’s first ever Lure Weekend with his Dad, but he’s the youngest to have ever won it at 16 years of age!!
Harrison caught – Pike, Rudd, Mirror Carp, Common Carp, Perch, Brown Trout and Rainbow Trout.
Absolutely amazing angling Harrison, massive congratulations from us all!! What an achievement beating 35 other anglers!!
Harrison has won a week’s holiday for two to Anglers Paradise, 3 rods (from Okuma and Fox Rage), a £200 voucher from Capital Angling, a pair of Fortis Finseeker sunglasses, a reel from Fox Rage, LOTS of Lures from Rapala, and LOTS of other goodies from our other amazing sponsors!!
WELL DONE HARRISON – OUR YOUNGEST EVER WINNER
THE 2025 LURE WEEKEND WINNING TEAM & CHAMPION OF THE CAPTAINS Was…Team FOX RAGE and the Champion of the Captains was BEN HUMBER!
The Team won with 9 species caught between them which consisted of – Pike, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Perch, Rudd, Mirror Carp, Common Carp, Catfish and Chub!
That is some amazing angling, massive congratulations and well done to you all, very well deserved.
Teamwork makes the dream work and you guys all fished your socks off and certainly worked as a Team!
Massive thank you to our sponsors for the amazing prizes!
BIGGEST CATFISH
The Winner was…NAT WORSFOLD! Nat caught a 78cm Wels Catfish from the Easy Cat Lake after losing one.
Congratulations Nat and WELL DONE! Great angling!
This was a close one with just 1cm between the 2 Catfish that were caught by participants, shortly after Nat caught hers, fellow team member Tom Wass also landed a Cat but his was 77cms!!
Certainly an action packed Lure Weekend that’s for sure!
BIGGEST PIKE
The Winner was…NIKKI WILLIAMS, who caught a 89cm Pike from Valhalla!
Congratulations and well done Nikki! There were plenty of Pike caught and you caught the biggest!! Great angling!
BIGGEST PERCH
The Winner was…MATTHEW COLEGATE who caught the biggest Perch measuring 35cms from the Specimen Tench & Orfe Lake!
This was the 1st Fish caught in the competition too, Matthew had all the anglers trying to beat it but they just couldn’t quite beat 35cms!!
Congratulations and well done Matthew!! Amazing angling and an awesome Perch to win this category!!
FISH OF THE WEEKEND
The Winner was…THOMAS WILSON who caught a CHUB from the Mystery Lake!
This is the first ever time that a Chub has been caught during the Lure Weekend and was without a doubt the Winner for the Fish of the Weekend Category!
Congratulations and well done Tom!! Amazing angling and you have now made Lure Weekend history in being the first angler to catch a Chub
Jamie Steward Wins Combe Martin SAC – Lure League
Jamie Steward has secured top spot in Combe Martin SAC’s Lure Fishing League sponsored by High Street Tackle Ilfracombe. Jamie will be presented with his prize at a date to be arranged with Danny Watson at High Street Tackle.
Jamies five bass were : – 72cm ,71cm , 71cm, 70cm, 70cm
1st Jamie Steward – Five bass – 354cm
2nd – Mark Drewer – Five bass – 351cm
3rd – Seth Tuson – Five Bass – 347.5cm
4th – Wayne Thomas – Five bass – 318cm
5th – Daniel Welch – Five bass – 302cm
Biggest Bass registered – Mark Drewer 77cm
BASS LURE LEAGUE UPDATE
Jamie Steward has reinforced his lead in Combe Martin SAC’s Lure Fishing bass league with a fine bass of 71cm his sixth bass over 70cm this season. Jamie has focussed on lure fishing this season and his efforts reveal the potential of local marks even this late in the season. It is likely that bass can be taken on lures all year round.
1st Jamie Steward – Five bass – 354cm
2nd – Mark Drewer – Five bass – 351cm
3rd – Seth Tuson – Five Bass – 347.5cm
4th Wayne Thomas – Five bass – 318cm
5th – Daniel Welch – Five bass – 302cm
Biggest Bass registered – Mark Drewer 77cm
The lure fishing league sponsored by High Street Tackle ends on Friday 31st October
NORTH DEVON – AUTUMN BASS
Many thanks to Jason Hayes for sending me this exciting report….
🎣 What an afternoon on the North Devon coast!
I headed out for a quick bass session with a mate who’s just getting into fishing, targeting sea bass along our local marks. Not long in, his rod bent over and after an awesome fight, he landed a stunning 72cm bass! The excitement on his face said it all — his first real specimen fish, and what a one to start with!
He had to head off shortly after, absolutely buzzing… I stayed on for another half hour, and unbelievably, my rod went solid too — another beautiful 72cm fish!
Two cracking bass, same mark, within half an hour. Couldn’t have scripted it better.
North Devon doing what it does best. 🌊🐟
Combe Martin SAC Lure Fishing League latest
Combe Martin SAC member Jamie Steward caught this stunning 71cm bass to take him into pole position in the clubs Lure Fushing league sponsored by High Street Tackle Ilfracombe.
Current standings are :-
1st – Jamie Steward – Five bass – 353 cm
2nd – Mark Drewer – Five bass – 351 cm
3rd – Seth Tuson – Five bass – 347.5 cm
4th – Wayne Thomas – Five bass – five bass – 318 cm
5th – Daniel Welch – Five bass -302cm
