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Family Day at Whalesborough
Family Fishing Day - Whalesborough Lake - Saturday 18th August On Saturday 18th August we held a successful family fishing day at Whalesborough Lake. Expert tuition was provided by Rory Palmer and his team Paul and Howard, who had traveled from Exeter, Newton Abbott and Plymouth. Everyone was given a...
Mirror Carp Record Broken
Jordan marsh has broken the Mirror Carp record for Bude Canal with a specimen of 20lbs 15ozs taken in a night time session. Mirror-Carp-August-2018-20lbs-15ozs.jpg BCAA New Record Mirror Carp Jordan-Marsh-with-Lower-Basin-Double.jpg Jordan Marsh with a Lower Basin Double
Summer League R8 2018
BR Autospares Trophy, Sunday 12th August: Expensive poles, fancy flavoured pellets, pop up boilees and groundbait promising the mother of all catches, who needs em? The weights on Sunday show that the humble maggot presented on the waggler can still charm those silvers with 6 double figure bags brought to...
Summer League R7 2018
Falcon Cup, Sunday 5th August: Peter (Tacker) Giles kept the carp debate going as he landed the only one of the match (7lb 11ozs) to bring his total weight to a winning 14lbs 2ozs. Tacker had been perceiving with the tip on the far side of peg 33 under the...
Pairs League R6 2018
Pairs League Round 6 Sunday 29th July - Stu Bell Trophy The dire weather forecast saw the lowest entry for some time with only 8 teams competing the Stu Bell Trophy. Not only was the weather a disappointment the poor fishing in the Stock pond (with three blanks) was also...
Carp and Match Fishing- The Debate
Are you a Blanketeer or Traditionalist? At the Committee Meeting last night (Sunday 29th July) there was considerable debate when the subject of carp in matches came up, and the query as to the potential for re-introducing the 'blanket weight' for carp. There were two main Schools of thought on...
Falling Water Levels at Middle Pound
The Committee have had to close the sections of the canal to fishermen from Rodds bridge Lock to the A39 road bridge following a dramatic fall in the water levels of Middle Pound this week. The Association were aware that work to fix a major leak in the Walesborough Lock...
Summer League R6 2018
Charity Match, Sunday 15th July: Sticking out for the big'uns following a 10lb mirror carp from peg 33 in the opening 15 minutes proved the wrong decision for Paul Braund as Simon Allen off peg 14 slowly amassed 13lbs of silvers through the five hours to win the Charity Shield,...
Eve Pairs League R5 2018
Pairs League Round 5 Tuesday 10th July Carp ace Matt Pepperal followed up his weekend success in the Upper Tamar lake Carp pairs contest by bagging three carp for over 22lbs to win the Lower Basin section, partner Ryan Wiltshire bagged 3lb 6ozs of silvers on the waggler and short...
Rodents - Falcon Bridge
Public Protection at Cornwall Council have brought to our attention that rodents are again populating the banks adjacent to Falcon Bridge (these are the kind of rodents we do not welcome). Due to the water vole population the Council are unable to toxic bait these rodents as with the previous...
Summer League R5 2018
Summer League Round 5, Sunday 8th July: The clever money was on another Second Basin shut out and those drawing green walked off to their pegs in high expectation. As it turned out, a large number of silvers had moved into the Lower Basin and with colour in the water...
Eve Pairs League R4
Pairs League Round 4 Tuesday 26th June Carp or Bust came good with Chris landing a 13lb common and partner Ryan Wiltshire bagging a near 7lb bag of silvers for their first pairs victory. Peter Giles and Adrian Hill bagged a slab each to boost their silvers to finish second...
Summer League R4 2018
Summer League Round 4, Sunday 24th June: With the fine weather continuing everyone was thinking 'green' as they pulled out their peg from the hat, and with the top six coming from the Second Basin it turned out as expected. Adrian Hill fished short on peg 33 and picked 11lbs...
Summer League R3 2018
Summer League Round 3, Sunday 10th June: With the skimmers active in the shallower water it as no surprise that Nick 'Super Emmett' West cruised to victory with a 16lbs net of our slimy friends from the hotly fancied peg 34. Nick had the added bonus of £100 added to...
Pairs League R3 2018
Pairs League Round 3 Tuesday 5th June It was a perfect score for Cosmic Angling with Ian 'Cosmic' Croxton and Pete Horton winning their respective sections. Both anglers banked bonus carp to boost their silver catch. Kevin Hill was only an ounce behind Pete Horton netting a carp and a...