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Sunday 10th November - Winter League Round 1 The car park 'knowledge' that you would need a Lower Basin Draw following heavy overnight rain to frame later in the day proved correct.  Duncan Edwards on peg 17 got off to a flyer using the 11 metre pole with  dead…

Pairs League Final Round (6) This had to be the closest to fishing in a hurricane as you can get.  The gale force winds saw Duncan Edwards start on the tip and the method paid dividends with two carp (best 13lbs) and some skimmer bream to win the Second Basin Section with 24lbs. …

Sunday 13th  October - Summer League Round 9  This was a contest decided by big carp rather than the predicted slabs.  Kevin Hill netted a string of carp to 11lbs from end peg 34 to take his first victory for the year, the fish fell to pole fished paste. …

Sunday 15th  September - Summer League Round 8  (Reg Howard Trophy) The forecast of increasingly worsening weather proved correct with the match ending in torrential rain and gale force winds.  On the day you really needed to be pegged in the Lower Basin to feature…

Pairs League Round 5 The first half of the match was hit by torrential downpours that saw the level of the water rise over an inch in an hour and gave everyone a good soaking!  The Bude Bay Pirates continued thier run of form with two good bags of silvers from Adrian Hill and Peter Giles…

Sunday 1st September - Summer League Round 7 (Bude Autospares Trophy) With an average weight of 10lbs 6ozs and few 'bonus fish', it was a day for the silvers in the annual wag 'n' mag only match.  In the end bonus fish did make the difference with Nathan Underwood tipping the balance with…

Sunday 25th August - Summer League Round 6 (Phyllis Turner Trophy) With the Phyllis Turner Trophy a rudd and roach only contest Adrian Hill put the old school hemp and tares tactics to good use amassing over 9lbs from the Lower Basin, a bag that included a number of quality silver bars. …

The annual charity match raised £164, the Associatioin does not yet have a nominated cause to support this year and the Committee, who will be meeting in early September, would like to hear your suggestions as to what the cause(s) may be.  As for the match itself the big fish failed to…

Sunday 11th August - Summer League Round 5 (Falcon Cup) Even with the hangover from hell Simon Allen managed to make it 3 wins from 5, landing a 10lb carp early doors to secure the Falcon Cup.  Fishing the Bird Hide section Simon picked up a number of other 'bits' to…

Stu Bell Trophy The Pairs League reached the half way stage on a day you could fry an egg on the towpath and so unsurprisingly the fishing was not as fast and furious as in recent contests.  With two hours to go Paul Braund's carp swim on peg 35 came to life and four carp and a bream later he…

Sunday 7th July - Summer League Round 4 (Martin Group Services) Simon Allen                    17lb 5oz  Dave Allen           …

In what were excellent conditions it was the Second Basin that produced the best results with bags of silvers in what was a tight (slabless) encounter on Tuesday evening. Dick Turner had the heaviest bag of the contest, just shy of 7lbs of silvers including a 1lb 9oz perch, but partner Duncan…

 Free introduction to coarse fishing day at Whalesborough Lake Friday 9th August 2013 – The year of family fishing fun… After the resounding success of last year’s events the Environment Agency are once again running some family introduction to coarse fishing days and will be including…

Sunday 23rd June - Summer League Round 3 The match was fished in gale force winds of pole breaking strength (ask Sailor Hill!) and single carp early on was enough to give Duncan Edwards his first ever vistory on the canal from unfancied peg 13.  As the slabs did not show in…

Sunday 16th June - Summer League Round 2 With a forecast of torrential rain from start to finish it was a low turnout for round 2, and unfortunately the weatherman was correct with everyone getting a good soaking!  Simon Allen completed the double with a fine haul of silvers to win…