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Pairs League R2 2019
Pairs League Round 1 Sunday 5th May . Team Angler 1 Weight 1 Peg Angler 2 Weight 2 Peg Pts 1 Me and My Boy D Allen 4lb 7oz 14 S Allen 12lb 4oz 55 13 2 Lager Louts A Larkins 10lb 8oz 15 K Hill 1lbs 13oz 67 11...
Pairs League R1 2019
Pairs League Round 1 Sunday 28th April . Team Angler 1 Weight 1 Peg Angler 2 Weight 2 Peg Pts 1 Tiscott Boys PBraund 2lb 9oz 9 M Gratton 5lb 6oz 67 13 2 Bude Bay Pirates P Giles 1lb 8oz 6 A Hill 5lbs 13oz 65 12 3 Me...
Last Chance Match 2019
Two more anglers can now claim a 'victory' during the 2018-19 season as Ady Larkins and Dick Turner both banked 3lbs 15ozs to share 1st place in Sunday's last chance match. Each had a net full of skimmers with the odd roach, mainly taken on the long pole. For both...
23llb 4oz Mirror Carp
The Mirror Carp continue to grow with a third 20lb+ fish reported this year. Callum Renton banked this well conditioned mirror from the canal at the weekend. Comparing the photo's of the other 20lb Mirrors this looks to be a different fish again. Mirror-Carp-23lbs.jpg 23lbs 4oz Bude Canal Mirror
Winter League R10 2019
Winter League Round 10, - Sunday 24th March: Matt Sampson was on familiar territory drawing peg 12 and he soon had a 7lb carp on the bank, falling to a pop up boilee on the tip. He went on to net a slab and number of other skimmers to easily...
Winter League R9 2019
Winter League Round 9, - Sunday 10th March: The first two hours were fished in full on gale, and moving the sections to the 30's and the Bird Hide did little to keep the wind off. At the end of the day Simon Hockaday and Dave Allen had lost pole...
Winter League R8 2019
Winter League Round 8, - Sunday 24th February: It was a close run thing in the Lower Basin with Len Hancock bagging the skimmers on pole and tip whilst Steve Whitehouse was consistently catching redfins on the short pole. At the whistle Steve's 12lb 5oz bag of roach was enough...
Winter League R7 2019
Winter League Round 7, - Sunday 1oth February: With a full on westerly gale and the Lock Gate paddles wide open, it made for difficult conditions for those venturing out on the basis of an improving weather forecast. Two hours in to the contest the paddles were closed, which did...
Stocking Upper Basin
Delivery of Roach - Thursday 31st January 2019 The Environment Agency came up trumps and were able to let us have a further 3000 roach for the Main Canal. The fish were of a good size, in prime condition and all swam off with no casualties. Thanks to Guy Pessell,...
Stocking Middle Pound
Tuesday 22nd January - Middle pound. The Environment Agency (EA) have been true to their word when they promised to provide the Association with fish to replace those lost when they were mistakenly let out of the Middle Pound by contractors repairing the Lock Gate. The EA Team (Richard and...
Winter League R6 2019
Winter League Round 6, - Sunday 13th January: It was a bold decision to leave out the Second Basin in preference of the Bird Hide but as it turned out the result was more balanced between the sections than in previous contests. The wind was an issue in the Lower...
Cormorant Update
Update from the Chairman Cormorant predation on Bude Canal and Whalesborough Lake has been a major issue for our members. Concerns have increased as a result of the sharp rise in the number of cormorants sighted, particularly during the winter months, and the growing number of conflicts with anglers. As...
New Mirror Carp Record?
Callum Renton bagged what could be a new mirror carp record, beating the old one by 3ozs. Callum will have to wait for his scales to be checked for the record to be verified but it certainly the second 20lb+ fish banked this season. 21lb-Mirror-Callum-Renton.jpg 21lb 2oz Record Mirror?
Winter League R5 Dec 2018
Winter League Round 5, Fur and Feather - Sunday 16th December : Expectations that the results would all be on the draw proved correct with the top 10 places all coming from pegs 11 to 20, and only two fish being weighed in (well sort of weighed in) from 25...
Winter League R4 2018
Winter League Round 4, Sunday 25th November : Fears regarding the recent cold snap were confirmed with only four anglers managing to bank any fish during a difficult 5 hour match. That is not to say other anglers did not have their chances with Simon Allen and Keven Hill both...