7 Aug 2017

SEA ANGLING ROUND UP

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Graham Snow secured first and second in Bideford Angling Clubs Monthly Rover landing a fine brace of mullet. A thick lip of 5lb 21/4oz and a thin lip of 4lb 53/8oz. He also took first in Appledore Shipbuilders Monthly Rover with the thick lipped mullet of 5lb 21/4oz  Jazza John took runner up spot in Appledore Shipbuilders Rover with a smoothound scaling 11lb 15/8oz and Graham took third with his thin lipped mullet of 4lb 53/8oz.. Jack Pike dominated the Junior section with ballan wrasse scaling 3lb 13oz, 3lb 8oz and 2lb 14oz.

Combe Martin SAC members continue to compete in their two month long species competition. John Shapland is currently leading with 31 species with Dan Welch very close behind of 30 species.

I have had a couple of visits to the coast to try and add a couple of species to my own tally but have struggled to catch a fish let alone species and those that I have caught tended to be those few I have already caught. Bit of a reality check after a week in Norway catching big fish!

Ross Stanway got among the spotted ray at Ilfracombe landing five in a short session.

Combe Martin SAC’s Fun Fishing Event has been rescheduled to Saturday September 2nd as a result of boat landings on the Sunday. Full details of this event will follow shortly.

 

 

 

 

 

31 Jul 2017

Smoothound and thin lipped mullet

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Stuart Taylor was targetting bass when this specimen Smoothound weighing 11lb 12ozs Saved a blank session.

Graham Snow won Bideford Angling Clubs 24 hour rover with a thin-lipped grey mullet of 3lb 151/4oz. Antony Smith was runner up with a mackerel scaling 1lb 21/2oz and third Andy Clements with a wrasse of 3lb 103/4oz.

Graham followed this win up landing a brace of thin lipped mullet weighing 4lb 7oz and 3lb 81/2oz.

30 Jul 2017

Bideford’s Clive Baddick Joins winning Team

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Bideford based Clive Baddick qualified for the finals,of the civil service sports competition where they  fished the 6th of July.  The south West team won,3 boats 12 areas so 12 on a boat,simple the winner on a boat scored 1 point they had two boat winners and i come 4th so they scored 6 points, the second team had 11 points,the boats fished were supernova,skippered by Lyle Stantiford,top cat 2 ,and wild frontier 2 .The South West Team was Vernon Allen who won the individual competio. ,Mike Patton who one time was England manager, and Clive Baddick.

Mike Patten,Lyle Stantiford skipper supanova 11.Clive Baddick, and Vernon Allen.

30 Jul 2017

Sea Angling Round Up – Shore

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(Above)John Shapland -Thin Lipped grey mullet 3lb 10oz

Sea Anglers have been enjoying varied sport along the coast with thin lipped mullet providing top sport in the estuaries. On the open coast  bass and smoothound are giving good sport with spider crab among the best baits. Ali Laird landed a bass of 7lb 10oz and Ross Stanway a bass of 7lb 12oz.

Paul Hutchings landed a brace of smoothound on dirty squid from a local beach the best 10lb 3oz.

Thick Lipped grey mullet can offer superb sport for specialist anglers in local harbours and rock marks.

Ross Stanway – 7lb 12oz bass

16 Jul 2017

CMSAC Species Hunt 2017 – Its getting harder!

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John Shapland has a narrow lead in Combe Martin SAC’s Species Hunt with 25 species but concedes that its getting harder to add to the tally.

The thin lipped grey mullet above is a new PB for John.

Among Johns catches was this strange looking clingfish, his first of the species.

Daniel Welch is in runner up spot with 24 species.

In third place is Ross Stanway with 17 species

 

Fourth Rob Scoines with 12 species

(Above)  Lee Holden with a spotted ray – Lee is currently fifth in the species Hunt with 11 species!

11 Jul 2017

Bass sport – Prospects good

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Kody Chugg tempted this bass of 4lb 6oz from a local rock mark using a whole squid presented on a pulley rig. The next couple of months should see plenty of bass caught along the coast to anglers using a wide variety of tactics. In recent seasons the number of bass tempted on lures has increased with double figure fish amongst them. There was a time when the general consensus was that big bass generally fell to bait this no longer holds true. Bass can be found over a huge range of venues with large specimens often moving into unsuspected areas under the cover of darkness. In these areas a degree of stealth can certainly pay dividends.

7 Jul 2017

Combe Martin SAC Species Hunt – Week 1

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Combe Martin SAC are holding a species Hunt between July 1st and September 3rd with the prizes to be presented at the clubs annual Fun Fishing Event. The event is sponsored by High Street Tackle Ilfracombe.

After the first week of the event numerous species have been caught from both boat and shore. The leader after one week is Daniel Welch with 11 species.

1st – Daniel Welch – 11 Species

2nd = John Shapland – 8 species  Rob Scoines – 8 species

3rd – Louis Rooke – 6 species

4th – Ross Stanway – 5 species

5th -Wayne Thomas – 4 species

6th  Lee Holden  – 3 species

7th = Ali Laird – 2 species  James Thomas – 2 species

Of course getting out fishing on these summer nights is a pleasure in itself with an extra incentive to hunt down the many species that swim off our coast. Image above courtesy of James Thomas.

3 Jul 2017

Sea Angling Results

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APPLEDORE SHIPBUILDERS

Paul Downing won Appledore Shipbuilders monthly Rover with a  fine undulate ray scaling 11lb 121/8oz.

Graham Snow took second and third with thin lipped grey mullet scaling 3lb 145/8oz and 2lb 143/8oz

The junior prize was won by Jack Pike with a smoothound of 6lb 121/2oz.

Appledore Shipbuilders annual away trip fishing for the Gordon Harrower Trophy was held on Plymouth Breakwater where the fishing proved more challenging than expected. James Atkinson secured top spot with a thick lipped grey mullet scaling 3lb 8oz. Runner up was Chris Slade with a conger of 15lb 8oz and third Michael Hammett with a dogfish of 2lb 61/2oz.

Dan Redmore took first in Bideford’s monthly Rover with a plaice of 3lb 6oz. In runner up spot was Paul Downing with an undulate ray of 11lb 121/8oz and Graham Snow was third with a thin-lipped mullet of 3lb 145/8oz and third was Andrew Clements with a grey mullet of 3lb 6oz. Forth went to Graham Snow with a mullet of 2lb 143/4oz and fifth to Steven Found with a mullet of 2lb 61/4oz.

 

COMBE MARTIN SAC’s Fish of the month competition was won by Dan Spearman with a smoothound scaling 12lb 14oz. Runner up was Ollie Passmore with a hound of 12lb 6oz and James Hunter third with a thin lipped mullet of 4lb 1oz.

22 Jun 2017

Take Care there is a sting!

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I received this message from Matt Pengelly a friend of mine from deepest Cornwall. Don’t think I have ever seen a greater weaver caught from the North Devon shoreline. Your bound to tell me differently. CMSAC have not got a record for them. Take care when handling as these fish have a venomous sting similar to that of an adder bite!

 Something that might interest you as a bit of an angling connoisseur! We’ve had a cracking run of big Weevers on the north coast over the last few days, a mate had a few to 1-7-8 last night and I sneaked a couple of hours tonight and had 4, with 2 of 1-6-12 and 1-8-4. Wanted one for many,many years. Great scrap on a bass rod!