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Phyllis Turner Trophy, Sunday 2nd September: With the colour in the water dropping out and the added pressure of a match the roach were a lot harder to find than anticipated with the larger silver bars not showing.  Whilst the Lower Basin did not produce anything like the 10lbs predicted it…

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. …

Jordan marsh has broken the Mirror Carp record for Bude Canal with a specimen of 20lbs 15ozs taken in a night time session. BCAA New Record Mirror Carp Jordan Marsh with a Lower Basin Double  

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…

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 brambles and he had to wait  a few…

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 of concern. The…

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…

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 was to start on…

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, relegating…

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 pole from peg 32…

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 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 and the sun shining brightly,…

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 and fourth respectively…

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 of silvers on the…

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 the payout as peg 34 was…