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A strong northerly wind made conditions very difficult and a number of anglers failed to catch in a contest that had everyone scratching around to find fish in the first three hours.   Fishing the Lower Basin, Adrian 'Sailor' Hill swithed from fishing the quiver tip on the far bank to the near…

The Committee has decided that we should retain the close season for one more year despite an almost unanimous vote at the last AGM to open all year round.  The reason the Committee have reluctantly decided to retain the close season was the insistance of Cornwall Council on revising our…

Sunday 13th February The fishing on Bude Canal is still by no means fast and furious but the end of winter is in sight with some' double figure bags' appearing in Sundays contest.  Fishing the Lower Basin and switching between the pole and the quivver tip throughout, Simon Hockerday out…

The 43rd running of the Monica Jones Cup opened the Sunday Summer League on Bude Canal.  It was the Upper Wharf that produced the best catches with all top three finishers coming from this section.  Nathan Underwood clinched the win with 5lbs 13ozs of roach, rudd and a large bream taken…

Defending their title the Bude Bay Pirates were leading the pack with less than an hour to go of the opening contest of the season.  Paul Willshire waggler fished for 2lb 8ozs of roach and partner Adrian ‘Sailor’ Hill backed him up with over 1lb of silver fish.  However, the last 40…

The long walk towards Truscot’s Bridge in order to find pegs 60 and 58, did not hamper retirees Jim Elscott and Dennis Chapman who finished the day 1st and 2nd respectively.  Jim, who holidays in Bude every summer, fished squats over ground bait to take over 12lbs of bream to round off a…

We've just added a new table to the website, clearly showing the current record catch and match weights for each specicies of fish. Just click on the link at the top of the website to take a look at the results and see who & what you've got to beat! Good luck and happy fishing.