Bideford and District Angling Club Coarse section monthly competition Results 1st Keith Copland 59 lb 13oz 2nd Nathan Underwood 32lb 6oz 3r Darren Polden 28lb 15oz 4th Stephen Sheller 27lb 8oz 5th Martin Turner 25lb 2oz 6th Rhys Eyles 24lb 10oz 21 members fished. George’s lake was the venue for our April competition, the sun shone and the birds sang ! Spring has finally sprung after a very wet period. Committee member, Keith sat on peg 12 and fished the pole with corn over micros and caught a great net of mainly carp Second spot went to, league leader, Nathan on peg 9 with another net of c ..read more

 Winner of Stafford Moors first Open of the New season was Colin Horwood who bagged 241lb 3oz from peg 1 on Tanners. In 2nd place was Steve Hayman with 209lb 6oz from peg 12 on Woodpecker lake In 3rd place was Steve Shaw with 167lb 1oz from peg 16 on Tanners lake In 4th place was lodge guest Paul Golding with 198lb 14oz from peg 11 on Woodpecker lake. The post Stafford Moor Match Fishing Latest appeared first on North Devon & Exmoor Angling News - The latest up to date information ..read more

North Devon’s anglers will be shocked and saddened by the closure of Quay Sports. The shop has been a real boon to angling in North Devon over the past three years and its closure will certainly have a detrimental impact. I wish all at the Quay Sports the best for the future. Due to rising costs and diminishing brand supplier margins the Quay Sports Fishing Tackle store will be closing permanently on Friday 5th July 2024. The import, retail and wholesale side of the business will continue as normal as we have done for many years and we will look to expand this side of the business. Gift cards ..read more

March Silvers Festival 2024 worthy winner at Stafford Moor winner was Ryan Shipp who scored a perfect 4 with a total weight of 178lb 6oz a huge well done to you Ryan. In 2nd place was Geoff Vallence with a score of just 5 points and totall weight of 118lb 1oz. In 3rd place was John Fuidge with 6 points and a total weight of 168lb 15oz. Also John Fuidge won the largest weight of the week with 67lb 2oz from peg 11 on Woodpecker on day one. The post Stafford Moor Silvers Festival 2024 appeared first on North Devon & Exmoor Angling News - The latest up to date information ..read more

Bideford and District Angling Club held their presentation night at Bideford Conservative Club  Friday February 23rd with close to forty members attending. I was privileged to join in presenting several awards along with Simon McCarthy from Summerlands Tackle. The evening was very enjoyable and a very positive vibe was apparent as members cheered the winners and added the occasional good natured banter to proceedings. It was very encouraging to hear of a very healthy number of Junior anglers taking part during the summer Coarse series. Many thanks to Adam Wheeler for taking some excellent ..read more

Bideford and District Angling Club Coarse section monthly competition Results: 1st Kevin Shears 39lb 2oz 2nd Nathan Underwood  31lb 9oz 3rd John Lisle 22lb 1oz 4th Martin Turner 19lb 14oz 5th Colin Cherrington 17lb 6oz 6th Richard Dennis 12lb 13oz 22 members fished. A cold north westerly breeze blowing up towards the shallows greeted the competitors for this, the second match of our year-long league. The old order was restored with the Kevin and Nathan show.! Kev’s drawn peg 15 , one of the more sheltered spots , and pole fished maggots and sweetcorn hookbaits for a clear victory, Nathan ..read more

Bideford and District Angling Club Coarse section monthly competition Results: 1st Stephen Paul  Sheller 44lb 11oz 2nd Martin Turner 31lb 10oz 3rd Paul Elworthy   25lb 13oz 4th Craig Crash Lamey 22lb 12oz 5th Keith Mountjoy 21lb 7oz 6th Colin Cherrington 14lb 10oz Bideford Club members welcomed in the new season with their first competition on George’s lake, Tarka Swims. Typical winter conditions prevailed, cold and sleety showers, greeted the 20 members who booked in and braved the elements. The winner, Stephen  found some large carp on peg 10 on the pole, pegging back the ea ..read more

Bideford and District Angling Club Coarse section Final Monthly, and Xmas competition. Results: 1st kevin Shears 37lb 8oz 2nd Warren Thornton 34lb 15oz 3rd Colin Cherrington 30lb 14oz 4th Stephen Paul Sheller 29lb 12oz 5th Roger Ackroyd  28lb 15oz 6th Les Polden 17lb 12oz 15 members fished. George’s lake Tarka Swims was the venue for our final competition for 2023 . It has ,once again , produced a good close finish, despite the strong gusting South Westerly winds and heavy showers. Kevin has led the field with a pole and corn approach on peg 14, Warren has fished in a similar fashion o ..read more

Bideford and District Angling Club Coarse section monthly competition . November 12th Results: 1st Martin Turner 48lb 5oz 2nd Keith Copland 26lb12oz 3rd Colin Cherrington 26lb 5oz 4th Craig lamey 25lb 6oz 5th Les Polden 24lb 13oz 6th Stephen Paul Sheller 24lb 4oz 15 members fished. Remembrance Sunday produced another close match on George’s lake , Tarka Swims. Match organiser Martin made use of an empty peg next door, his all carp catch was made using bomb and pellet and short pole tactics on peg number 18. The rest of the field was very close , with 2lb separating the next 5 places. Keith ..read more

B.D.A.C Rod and reel match results at Tarka date 22.10.23 . Today was the first of a 3 match series, the weather today was some what mixed with some rain and some sunshine at times. Fishing was hard at times, but still some good weights was weighed in. 1st place today went to Keith Copland on peg 9 with a good net of fish for 25lbs 13oz on the feeder, 2nd place went to Richard Jefferies on peg 14 with 23lbs 10oz fishing a pellet waggler, 3rd place was Stephen Paul Sheller on peg 21 with 23lbs 4oz and 4th place went to Martin Turner on peg 16 with 22lbs 9oz. The next Rod and Reel match will be ..read more