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Winter League R6 2019
Winter League Round 6, - Sunday 13th January: It was a bold decision to leave out the Second Basin in preference of the Bird Hide but as it turned out the result was more balanced between the sections than in previous contests. The wind was an issue in the Lower...
New Mirror Carp Record?
Callum Renton bagged what could be a new mirror carp record, beating the old one by 3ozs. Callum will have to wait for his scales to be checked for the record to be verified but it certainly the second 20lb+ fish banked this season. 21lb-Mirror-Callum-Renton.jpg 21lb 2oz Record Mirror?
Cormorant Update
Update from the Chairman Cormorant predation on Bude Canal and Whalesborough Lake has been a major issue for our members. Concerns have increased as a result of the sharp rise in the number of cormorants sighted, particularly during the winter months, and the growing number of conflicts with anglers. As...
Winter League R5 Dec 2018
Winter League Round 5, Fur and Feather - Sunday 16th December : Expectations that the results would all be on the draw proved correct with the top 10 places all coming from pegs 11 to 20, and only two fish being weighed in (well sort of weighed in) from 25...
Winter League R4 2018
Winter League Round 4, Sunday 25th November : Fears regarding the recent cold snap were confirmed with only four anglers managing to bank any fish during a difficult 5 hour match. That is not to say other anglers did not have their chances with Simon Allen and Keven Hill both...
Winter League R3 2018
Winter League Round 3, Sunday 11th November: A new pegging system was trialed using pegs 9 to 22 in hope everyone would catch, and it appears to have worked! If it had not been for Braunders and Sailor landing on a shed load of skimmer bream and dog roach, it...
Winter League R2 2018
Winter League Round 2, Sunday 28th October: Everyone was away from the draw first time but those drawing green need not have hurried, with five blanks being returned from the Second Basin. However, the winner did come from the Second Basin as Steve Whitehouse bagged a 10lb mirror on the...
Winter League R1 2018
Winter League Round 1, Sunday 15th October: No one saw that one coming with the top four places landed from the Second Basin, not least the four anglers who originally drew red and then drew green in the now customary re-start! Tony Hillas smashed it on the 13 meter pole...
Pairs League R8 (Final) 2018
Pairs League Round 8 The final match of the season saw the heavyweights slug it out with Me and My Boy delivering victory over the Halwill Hustlers on the day. However it was the Halwill Hustlers who won the league by a 1 point margin. It turned into the Lower...
Summer :League R10 (Final)
Reg Howard Trophy, Sunday 23rd September: Ian Gray finished off a fine season with a win, bagging 10lbs of skimmers from peg 16 to finish runner up in the BCAA Summer league. League winner, Simon Allen, could only find a brace of skimmers but battered the roach for a 9lb...
Pairs League R7 2018
Pairs League Round 7 Those fishing the Second Basin section were disappointed as it it proved hard to get any consistency, especially with two cormorants working up and down the swims all day! Dick Turner on end peg 26 persisted on the pole and found the best section weight with...
Summer League R9 2018
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...
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...