14 Mar 2022

Bideford and District Angling Club Monthly Coarse Competition results:

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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.

13 Feb 2022

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

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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.

10 Jan 2022

Bideford Angling Club Monthly Competition

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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 :-
20 Dec 2021

Top Winter Weights at Stafford Moor

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 Stafford Moor’s Christmas Match on Tanners and Woodpecker lake’s, had a continental payout.
 Top weight of the day was 141lb 13oz by Nick Jones fishing peg 11 on Woodpecker Lake.
In 2nd place with 71lb 8oz was Stuart Hathway peg 20 on Tanners Lake.
In 3rd place with 108lb 12oz was Steve Ford peg 9 on Woodpecker Lake.
In 4th place with 70lb 15oz was Zac Newton peg 14 on Tanners Lake.
16 Dec 2021

North Devon Quay Sports AC – Christmas Match Result

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North Devon Quay Sports AC 

Report from Barry Lee

Xmas 🎄 Match Results.
Wooda Lakes. (Lake 3 and 4)
Fished very hard over the both Lakes today for many, but a very good turn out of 14 very happy festive chaps! And some new faces to the bank today which hopefully will be joining us again in 2022 and our new match calendar of events is out now!
Lake 3 top2.
1st Steve Barrell 48lb 12oz.
2nd  Andrew Gratton 29lb 2oz.
Lake 4 top 2
1st Phil Bailey 68lb 7oz.
2nd Kevin Wilton 36lb 2oz.
Full results sheet on the pictures.. very well done to all,great day out Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 and happy new year to you all..and see you all on the bank in 2022 or in the Quay sports shop!
15 Nov 2021

Bideford & District Angling Club – Coarse Match Results

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BDAC Tarka Swims November Monthly Coarse Section Competition
1st Martin Turner 33lb13oz
2nd Steve Johnson 28lb 2oz
3rd Craig Crash Lamey 28lb 1oz
4th Roger Ackroyd  26lb 10oz
5th Stephen Craker  22lb 7oz
6th Keith Mountjoy 16lb 9oz
7th Colin Cherrington  16lb 8oz
18 anglers fished. Another well attended match on Tarka, unfortunately it was a match of two distinct halves, pegs in the deepest water dominated and shallower water struggled for bites.
Top weight on the day was peg 10, maggot over micros on the long pole. Steve drew on peg 5 and put a nice net together mainly on maggot over groundbait just 1oz behind on third was Craig on peg 11 and caught on worm . Fourth spot went to Roger on peg 18.
11 Nov 2021

Stafford Moor – November silvers festival 2021

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Joanne Combe Reports from Stafford Moor
November silvers festival 2021 on Tanners Lake.
Des Shipp (Preston Innovations) and Mark Goddard won the top prize of £1000 as they both had identical weights of 23lb 10oz , they also picked up the 1st in section which was £160 a huge well done to you both sorry you only got a ‘well done’ medal although I thought that was better than half a trophy
Des won from peg 3 and Mark won from peg 5.
Jo would like to thank you to everyone who fished our festival and qualified for today’s final was a great weekend.
5 Oct 2021

North Devon Match Group Latest

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On Sunday the 3rd October North Devon Match Group  had their first match at Higher Shorston Fishing Lakes, near Bude.
Report below from John Forster
“This is a beautiful venue with 3 lakes but hadnt been fished for a long time and with 12 anglers around Lake 1 it was going to be hard
But with the weather set to be wet and windy it was great to see 12 anglers turn up for the match ,
We were made exeptionally welcome with Bbq bacon and sausage baps and tea and coffee , and the new owner Brett being a carp angler was the main cause for the banter lol ,the lakes are stunning and work being done on the middle one to turn into a match lake ,i think this is going to become a very important part in the clubs match diary
Now yes the match was hard not made any easier by the weather and the bloody comorant that settled on the lake and proceeded to take fish out whenever it wanted
Fished in 3 sections
Section 1
1st Bruce Hunt 33lb 4oz
no other weighed in so 2nd place was not paid out
Section 2
1st Keith Mountjoy 45lb 5oz
2nd Martin Crouch 15lb 6oz
Section 3
1st Colin Carolyn Cherrington 18lb 14oz
2nd John Forster 14lb 6oz
overall a great new venue which will only get better the more it is fished ,superb owners that know what they want and are very welcoming as i said i feel this is going to be a very important new addition to the match calendar.
13 Sep 2021

Bideford and District Angling Club Monthly Coarse Section Competition

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Results :
1st Stephen Craker  40lb 13oz
2nd Kevin Shears 40lb 5oz
3rd Nathan Underwood 38lb 14oz
4th Craig Crash Lamey 37lb 11oz
5th David Anstey  37lb 3oz
6th Antony Bentley 29lb 7oz
17 Anglers fished .
Tarka has again produced some excellent weights, the winner on the day put together a great net of carp and bream on peg 19. Stephen has fished soft pellet over micros on the short pole. 9oz behind was Kevin on 17 , using similar tactics but with worm over groundbait and corn in the margin. League leader Nathan has put together another great net of smaller carp and skimmers on peg 11 for 3rd place. Craig also put a big 30lb on the scales off peg 9 for 4th place.