Winter League No2 Oaktree
1st Paul Morris 53lb 12oz 2nd Nathan Underwood 30lb 5oz 3rd John Forster 18lb 12oz 4th Kevin Shears 13lb 14oz
11 hardy soles turned out in freezing conditions , Paul Morris scored a resounding victory after a break from match fishing, Paul caught a dozen carp on long pole and maggot tactics, Nathan took his bag on similar tactics.
Thanks to Martin Turner for the results and write up.
(Above) Paul Morris
(Above) Nathan Underwood
(Above) John Forster
Clawford Fisheries open on Sunday November 27th was fished on Fletchers Lake and Edwards Lake, good weights on Edwards but hard work on Fletchers for most! Winner on the day was John Forster with 56lb 8oz from peg 8 on Edwards, Neilsen Jeffery finished second from peg 17 on Fletchers with 50lb 8oz and Chris Boulton was third with 37lb 1oz from peg 6 on Edwards, Chris was closely followed by Kier Durrant with 36lb 10oz and Steve Hayman with 35lb 14oz.
This open is run simultaneous with the Clawford winter league and the third league match will be on Sunday January 22nd as the fourth Sunday in December is not suitable for some!!
Also note we are running a open match at Clawford Fisheries with a optional stay the night deal on December 29th.
Oak Lake – Stafford Moor Results
1st Nielsen Jeffery 85lb 6oz 2nd Tom Downing 79lb 9oz 3rd Kevin Shears 44lb 4th Nathan Underwood 32lb 10oz 5th Phil Watters 24lb 13oz
Well done chaps , Nielsen caught 25 carp on corn over micros on the 13m pole , Tom had a similar bag on same tactics with some late edge fish on bread. Conditions ,after heavy over night rain from Storm Angus were cold ,still and bright.
Clawford Fisheries latest Open was held on the Complex’s Fletchers lake, it fished tough for most but the winner on the day was Zac Newton with 65lb 5oz, second was Steve Hayman with 29lb 8oz and in third was Kevin Shears with 24lb 13oz.
Many thanks to Martin Turner for his weekly Match result update
Tarka Swims
Craig Lamey
Results 1st Craig Crash Lamey 22lb 9oz 2nd Antony Bentley 9lb 13oz 3rd Ian Owen 8lb 11oz 4th John Lisle 2lb 2oz
Antony Bentley
Ian Owen
John Lisle
Lovely weather for mid November; despite this the fishing was hard work. Craig landed 2 carp and 2 big bream on pole fished maggot to secure victory. Tony’s single carp of nearly 10lb narrowly pipped Ian’s 2 fish . The silvers pool was won by John Lisle with a single bream of 2lb 2oz .Next club comp will be the Christmas match at Tarka on Dec 11th.
Here are the results from Stafford Moor’s Silver Manic Festival 2016. The winner was Mr Andy Griffiths with 10lb 5oz from peg 36 well done Andy ! Who picked up £1000.The competitors battled against a bitter cold wind throughout the day. The fishery had 3 x 1st in section winners who each won £200 and 3 x 2nd in section winners who all won £100 each these are:
1st Chris Davis
2nd Dave smith
1st Bradley Gibbons (MAVER)
2nd Chris Bailey
1st Peter Randle
2nd Mark Warren
I have fond memories of Mill Pond near Berrynarbour as it was the venue from which I caught my first coarse fish over forty years ago. It is great to see the fishery returning to its former glory. I love the picture of Martins bulging net of silver among the carpet of crisp Autumn leaves. Well done Martin a great haul of silvers!
North Devon Match Groups Winter League No 1 at Mill Park
1st Martin Turner 28lb 5oz 2nd Nathan Underwood 16lb 14oz 3rd Pete Slade 14lb 1oz 4th Christopher Morris 12lb 8oz 5th Ben Hathaway 8lb 14oz
Martin’s Match Summary –
Fished a bit strange, the pegs on the road side were very tough , those of us on the boathouse area found some roach willing to feed.I caught some better quality roach on caster over hemp at 10 metres, Nathan had smaller roach over groundbait, whilst Pete had skimmers on soft pellet, and Chris fished a small cage feeder. The only carp caught was on bread by new member Ben Hathaway.
Members please do not forget AGM at The Barn Bickington on Thursday
Match 1 on JRS a horrible windy day
just a couple of pictures from it courtesy of of John Forster. Very good weights from all around the lake considering the bitter cold east wind.
1st Chris Morris 47 .13
2nd Steve Barrell 35.08
3rd Steve Hayman 35. 07
4th John Forster 32 00
5th Tom Downing 31 10
6th Gary Thornton 20 01
7th Nielsen Jeffery 16, 03
8th John Lisle 12 08
Match Report No 3
Date: 12-10-2016
Venue: High Hampton Lake 2
Match number three was at the fine venue of High Hampton although it was a strange one as it was on lake 2 which is a lake that fishermen never fish.
It was well under way and with an early push from Mathew Cross who in the first two hours had netted 10 carp, this was much to the surprise of other anglers as they were sitting staring in amazement and wondering what was happening.
Until Thomas Owen had a surge and caught four Carp back to back, a great effort from Tom on the day who won Man off the match as he has transferred over from Carp tackle to pole fishing and showed he was improving weekly.
John Lovell also started to catch, having caught some nice skimmers and a fair size bream on the feeder, we also saw last weeks winner netting some nice carp in an attempt to catch up with Cross who was now standing still as his swim had died
Other fisherman on the lake had also been catching and a wide size and variety of fish was being caught to make the match a close one, Cross had obviously capitalized on that early lead and wasn’t to be caught.
The results:
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1st place Matt Cross – 28lbs 5oz
2nd place John Lovell – 16lb 8oz
3rd place Tom Owen – 14lb .7oz
A total of 12 competed on the day.
Great fishing well done boys off to Stafford next week.
October 10th – Day 1
Day one of the October Festival at Stafford Moor. A fabulous weight from Ricky Johnston who fished on peg 8 on Woodpecker lake bagged himself 116lb 10oz fishing 8mm pellet
1st RICKY JOHNSTON Peg 8 Woodpecker: 116lbs 10oz
2nd LEE WERRETT Peg 5 Oak: 115lbs 14oz
3rd PETER UPPERTON Peg 20 Oak: 103lbs 6oz
4th RICHARD WYLIE Peg 22 Tanners: 103lbs 3oz
October 11th – Day 2
Day two of the October Festival 2016. Weather bitter cold with bright sunshine which made the fishing extra hard today! Had a top weight from Craig Edmonds peg 20 on Woodpecker Lake with a weight of 139lb
1st CRAIG EDMONDS Peg 20 Woodpecker: 139lbs 0oz
2nd STEVE SHAW Peg 24 Woodpecker: 96lbs 12oz
3rd IAN PRETTY Peg 36 Woodpecker: 96lbs 12oz
4th CHRIS BISHOP Peg 12 Woodpecker: 71lbs 15oz
NATHAN UNDERWOOD Peg 25 Tanners: 62lbs 14oz(Above)
October 12th – Day 3
1st ZAC NEWTON Peg 30 Tanners: 127lbs 5oz
2nd CRAIG EDMONDS Peg 1 Oak: 104lbs 12oz
3rd ANDY GRIFFITHS Peg 22 Woodpecker: 89lbs 9oz
4th CHRIS DAVIS Peg 18 Tanners: 78lbs 6oz
(Below) Pete Upperton with a nice net of Silvers from Pines Lake
Day 4 –
1st CRAIG EDMONDS Peg 30 Tanners: 186lbs 2oz
2nd PETER UPPERTON Peg 6 Woodpecker: 126lbs 1oz
3rd TERRY STONE Peg 3 Woodpecker: 104lbs 15oz
4th MARTIN HEARD Peg 12 Woodpecker: 94lbs 11oz
Final Day
1st PETE UPPERTON Peg 34 Woodpecker: 81lbs 1oz
2nd NEIL STONES Peg 3 Woodpecker: 72lbs 7oz
3rd RICKY JOHNSTON Peg 8 Woodpecker: 72lbs 6oz
4th CHRIS DAVIS Peg 27 Tanners: 71lbs 11oz
Report from Joanne Combes :-
Winner of the October Festival 2016 Craig Edmunds ! Who won with a perfect score of just 4 points and a total weight of 500lb 12 oz “well done considering he has never fished a festival here before what can I say not often I’m speechless”. In second place was Brian Shanks with only 4 points total weight of 230lb 4oz well done Brian ! In third place was Peter Upperton with 5 points and a total weight of 343lb 15oz.
