August 24 hour results 13 angler’s fished 8 fish caught
1st Tony Gussin smoothound 13lb 14oz 138.750%
2nd Andrew Clements thick lipped mullet – 4lb 8.25oz 112.890%
3rd Tony Gussin smoothhound – 10lb 4oz 102.500%
Braunton Bait Box – Competition Winner
Aaron Brooker has won Braunton bait Boxes June Competition with both species on the fishes of the month list his pb’s just kept getting better!!
Great effort bud
Aaron receives a £25 bait voucher and box of bakes!
Andy is delighted with double figure smoothound
Many thanks to Andy Sanders who sent me this stunning image of his first double figure smoothound scaling 10lb 3oz. Really sums up summer beach fishing.
Bideford Angling Club & Appledore Shipbuilders- June Rover Results
June rover results
1st Julien Stainer smoothhound 8lb 13 88.125%
2nd Paul Ackland smoothound 8ln 7 1/2 84.687%
3rd Terry Dymond smoothound 7lb 14 78.750%
4th Terry Dymond smoothound 7lb 5 73.125%
APPLEDORE SHIPBUILDERS ROVER
13 members fished The June rover.
Richard Boon took the victory with a Smoothound exactly 10lb.
Second was Steve Ford with a Gilthead Bream of 3lb 13ozs and 3rd was Terry Dymond with a Smoothound of 7lb 14ozs.
Double Figure smoothound
Jon Stevens landed a fine brace of double figure smoothound fishing a North Devon mark over the recent big spring tides the best hound scaling 11lb 2oz.
North Devon Smoothound
Combe Martin SAC Member Shane Hookway fished a North Devon Rock mark to tempt this smoothound of 9lb 7oz.
Specimen Smoothound from the Somerset Coast
Combe Martin SAC members Ollie Passmore and Kody Chugg fished the Somerset coastline to tempt ray and smoothound. A smoothound scaling 13lb 5oz a new personal best for Ollie.
Jamie tempts an Early Hound ?
Combe Martin SAC member Jamie Steward caught this specimen smoothound of 11lb 3oz from a North Devon Rock mark. This is a promising sign with Spring just around the corner as smoothound were once considered a fish of the spring and summer. Recent seasons have seen them caught throughout the year.
The early bird catches……………….the
Combe Martin SAC member Ross Stanway set his alarm for the early hours of 2021 and embraced the icy conditions to get his angling year underway. Fishing from a local rock mark spurdog, bull huss, conger or cod were the expected catch. The first fish to rattle the rod was small conger of around 6lb. Then Ross hooked into a good fish that fought hard and swam deep in the water. Ross was hopeful that he had hooked a rare double figure cod. To his surprise the culprit was a specimen smoothound scaling 12lb 9.5oz a fish more often associated with the spring, summer and autumn!
Autumn hound 15lb
Combe Martin SAC member Dale Kiff tempted this personal best smoothound scaling 15lb whilst fishing a North Devon rock mark with peeler crab. Smoothound have been a regular feature of Autumn fishing in recent season with fish caught right into the winter months.
