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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...
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?
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...
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...
Winter League R3 2018
Winter League Round 3, Sunday 11th November: A new pegging system was trialed using pegs 9 to 22 in hope everyone would catch, and it appears to have worked! If it had not been for Braunders and Sailor landing on a shed load of skimmer bream and dog roach, it...
Winter League R2 2018
Winter League Round 2, Sunday 28th October: Everyone was away from the draw first time but those drawing green need not have hurried, with five blanks being returned from the Second Basin. However, the winner did come from the Second Basin as Steve Whitehouse bagged a 10lb mirror on the...
Winter League R1 2018
Winter League Round 1, Sunday 15th October: No one saw that one coming with the top four places landed from the Second Basin, not least the four anglers who originally drew red and then drew green in the now customary re-start! Tony Hillas smashed it on the 13 meter pole...