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Pairs League Round 4 Tuesday 25th June It was a 'full house' for the Brendon All Stars as they maxed out the points to win Tuesday's evening pairs league.  Matt Sampson bagged 7lbs 11oz of silvers off end peg 12 to win the Lower Basin whilst partner London Tone Hillas also bagged the silvers…

Summer League Round 4,  Sunday 23rd June: There was a distinct lack of big fish as the match was characterised by nets of roach perch and small skimmers.  Steve Whitehouse fished the short pole to bag just short of 8lbs of redfins and perch off peg 15 for the win.  Adrian Hill…

Summer League Round 3,  Sunday 9th June: In the first three matches Tony Hillas has dropped only a single point from the maximum 59 available.  He continued his hot streak with a double figure haul of skimmers from peg 30 using pole and waggler tactics to win.  Bude's favourite…

Pairs League Round 3 Tuesday 4th June Team Carp or Bust won the first evening pairs league of the season without landing a single carp!  However, Matt Peperell bagged three slabs using his favoured carp tactics carp tactics to dominate the Lower Basin section whilst partner Ryan Willshire…

Summer League Round 2,  Tom King Memorial Trophy, Sunday 2nd June: If Tony Hillas had not missed the keepnet with a 1lb skimmer then he would have topped 20lbs, lucky for him he had plenty in hand.  Fishing end peg 47 he kept a succession of skimmers coming using the pole and tip, he also…

  Some Photo's from the evening.  Big thanks to Helen for the excellent photography under difficult circumstances!

Summer League Round 1,  Monica Jones Cup, Sunday 19th May: For the record, 24 anglers fished the corresponding competition in 2017 and banked 58lbs 4ozs of fish, two less fished last year and banked 84lbs 8ozs, and one less fished this year and banked 119lbs. Even if you take the carp weights…

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 and My Boy D Allen 12oz 2 S Allen 9lb 7oz 69 11 4 Crystal Abbot C…

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 =3 Tiscott Boys P Braund 1lb 1oz 2 T Johns 2lb 9oz 69 8 =3 Crystal Abbot C…

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 anglers, those bumped fish…

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. 23lbs 4oz Bude Canal Mirror…

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 win the final match of the regular…

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 sections blown into the canal and Rob…

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 to…

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…