Stafford Moors latest Open match on Tanners, Woodpecker & Oak lakes had an incredible top weight of 264lb 2oz to the rod of Craig Edmunds!
1st Colin Cherrington 33lb 11oz
2nd Keith Mountjoy 23lb 10oz
3rd Steve Bailey 19lb 4oz
4th Keith Copland 18lb 10oz
5th Richard Jefferies 16lb 13oz
6th Martin Turner 13lb 8oz
7th John Lisle 9lb 7oz
8th Tyler Scott 9lb 4oz ,
20 fished , Hot sunny conditions proved to be just perfect for Colin’s winning tactics on peg 18, he has had half his catch on the pole using meat and several good carp on the pellet waggler. Second spot was a super net of mainly smaller carp and skimmers on soft pellets on the pole by consistent Keith on peg 6. Secretary , Steve was 3rd of peg 8 with some larger specimens on the pole.
North Devon Match Group Summer league No. 4 Highampton lakes Results :
1st
59lb 2oz
2nd
39 lb 14oz
3rd
38lb 12oz
4th
37lb 14oz .
Fished by 16 anglers, very windy conditions , Tom has fished the method feeder and pole in the margins for a convincing victory on peg 8, the next 3places were much closer Graham came out best on peg 10 using similar tactics, Nathan just behind from peg 1 , top weight on the smaller lake was section winner
with 30lb 7oz.
Bideford Angling Clubs Midweek Evening Match
Results:
1st David Bailey 19lb 9oz
2nd Keith Mountjoy 14lb 4oz
3rd Matt Cross 13lb 8oz
4th Martin Turner 12lb 3oz
5th Kevin Shears 11lb15oz
6th David Anstey 9lb 1oz
After a fine hot day 17 club members enjoyed a pleasant evening on George’s lake in the 3rd round of our evening series, good nets were brought to the scales the best was David on peg 19 almost 20lb of skimmers, carp and tench on the method feeder with banded pellets, Keith finished 2nd with a pole caught net of smaller skimmers and a single carp on soft pellet from the un-fancied peg 3. Matt had a late carp on peg 9 to secure 3rd place, Keith Mountjoy now leads the league with 27 points,
Matt Cross won Bideford Angling Clubs midweek evening match at Tarka Swims with 17lb 8oz. In runner up spot was Keith Mountjoy with 15lb 2oz and third Keith Copland with 15lb 1oz. Fourth was Martin Turner with 13lb 2oz and fifth Adam Wheeler with 13lb 1oz. Most fish were caught using pole and pellet tactics.
North Devon Match Groups Match at Oaktree was won convincingly by Tom Downing with 88lb 14oz. In runner up spot was Nathan Underwood with 42lb 13oz and in third Tim Brown with 40lb 6oz and fourth Martin Turner with 39lb 10oz.
The latest Open match at Stafford Moor saw Chris Davis secure victory with an impressive haul of 238lb. In runner up place was Des Shipp with 194lb 11oz and third James Cooper with 182lb 13oz.
Results: BDAC Coarse Section Monthly Competition.
1st Keith Mountjoy 20lb 10oz
2nd Tyler Scott 19lb 3oz
3rd Matt Cross 12lb 10oz
4th Martin Turner 11lb 12oz
5th Martin Rushton 10lb 3oz
6th Steve Bailey 9lb 1oz
17 anglers fished , Tarka Swims , George’s lake was used for this months match, the forecast rain held off but humid conditions led to a tough day . Keith drew peg 16 and had a nice net of mainly bream and skimmers, on soft pellet on 11metre pole for victory over the consistent Tyler on peg 18, Matt managed to land 5 carp and lose 5 on peg 2 for 3rd spot.
Midweek Evening Series No.1
Tarka Swims Results
1st Keith Copland 14lb 9oz
2nd Tyler Scott 13lb 8oz
3rd Stuart Sharp 13lb 7oz
4th Richard Jefferies 12lb 4oz
5th Martin Turner 9lb 13oz
6th Steve Ashton 8lb 7oz
13 fished . Keith takes an early lead in the summer league with a pole caught carp net on corn off peg 24, Junior member Tyler’s 2nd place bag was mostly of bream , pole on peg 16. Stuart’s 3rd place net fell to pole and running line tactics on peg 19, conditions were extremely wet although mild. Lets hope for better weather in future rounds,
Competitors in Stafford Moors March Silvers festival 2020 had to endure some atrocious wetware conditions but had some cracking weights despite the inclement conditions.
The worthy winner with just 4 points and a total weight of 114lb 4oz was the legend Des Shipp (Preston innovations ) who also celebrated his 50th Birthday!
In second place with also just 4 points and a total weight of 102lb 9oz was Des’s nephew Ryan Shipp.
In third place was just 5 points and a total weight of 95lb 14oz was Mark Goddard.
Match results @ Wooda Lakes,
1st Martin Turner 55lb 6oz
2nd Thomas Scott 32lb 8oz
3rd Steve Bailey 31lb 15oz
4th Keith Copland 25lb 4oz
5th David Bailey 23lb 9oz
6th Colin Gorman 19lb 11oz
7th Ian Owen 15lb 7 oz
8th John Lisle 14lb 11oz ,
14 keen members endured another Sunday of wind and rain. The prolific Wooda Lakes produced the goods again! Martin Turner fished on lake 4, alternating between feeder and margin pole , a 20 carp net sealed victory, Second place and top weight on lake 3 was another pole caught 11 carp net for up and coming Junior member Thomas Scott , Our Secretary Steve also on lake 3 found some nice edge dwelling carp in the closing stages of the event for third spot. April’s monthly match see’s us back at Tarka Swims.
Report from North Devon Tackle Club.
MATCH 2 (Wooda Lakes) 1/3/20
Results:
A really good turn out, for our 2nd match of the year held at Wooda Lakes (on lake 3 & lake 4)
Winner on the day was Wayne Mitchell who put 21 carp on the scales for 52lb 9oz.
Norman Martin also had 21 carp & even tried weighing in a duck to move off 2nd spot!!!
(Move over Bazza the 4th, Norm the 2nd is now in town!)
TOP 5 on day:
1st Wayne Mitchell – 52lb 9oz
2nd Norman Martin – 50lb 7oz
3rd Stephen Barrell – 44lb 10oz
4th Kevin Wilton – 44lb 9oz
5th Andrew Gratton – 19lb 9oz
Lake 3
Wayne Mitchell 52lb 9oz
Norman Martin 50lb 7oz
Lake 4 Kevin Wilton 44lb 9oz
Andrew Gratton 19lb 9oz
A HUGE Happy Birthday to Kevin Wilton who probably wont thank me for saying he turned 60 this weekend, also premature congratulations to Michael Seward who also reaches the same milestone in just over a week.
Hope you guys all had a great weekend, sorry I could not make the celebrations.
A quick well done also to Peter Sward who won the Birthday Saturday knock up with 43lb 4oz.
Thank you to Stuart Sharp for taking the attached photos of you guys & sending them over.
NEXT MATCH – Jennetts Reservoir 5th April.
