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South West Fisheries Forum Invite
South West Fisheries Forum In association with the Environment Agency 24th, June, 2017 Carvynick Country Club Summercourt, Newquay, Cornwall, TR8 5AF Tea and Coffee served from 6.40pm, Meeting begins 7:00pm This meeting is open to all anglers and fishery owners and is free to attend. If anybody would like to...
Summer League R3 2017
Sunday 18th June 2017 With blue skies and temperatures in the high twenties it was a day for chasing the fish to quietly build your bag. Ian 'Cosmic' Croxton managed to bring a succession of skimmers to the bank for the five hour duration and won with a 12lb haul...
Summer League R2 2017
Tom King Trophy - Sunday 4th June 2017 The two hours of rain (not forcast!) at the start of the match dampened a few spirits, as did the slowness of the silver fishing that only 24 hours had been good. An early doors 9lb carp taken on tip fished bread...
Pairs League (Eve) R3
Pairs League Round 3 Tuesday 30th May 2017 Nathan Underwood bagged 'a lucky slab' (quote from Si Allen) that won the Lower Basin section and kept the Halwill Hustlers championship charge alive, finishing joint first with New Team Faint Heart. As Gary Player stated,' the more I practice , the...
Summer League R1 2017
Summer League Round 1, Monica Jones Cup, Sunday 21st May: This was not the result the pre-match practice sessions were suggesting with decent bags of skimmers and a few carp showing during the week. In the end it was a struggle for most anglers to find any fish with consistency,...
Pairs League R2 2017
Pairs League Round 2 Sunday 30th April 2017 Everyone got a right soaking as the rain started on cue at 9.15am and then stopped at 2.30pm. The contest saw the Halwill Hustlers reverse last weeks result with a victory over Me and My Boy to take a share at the...
Pairs League R1 2017
Pairs League Round 1 Sunday 23rd April 2017 Whalesborough Lake and the Hele Bridge Stock Pond again provided the two sections for this opening competition of the new season. And once again the large predicted bags of carp did not materialise from the lake with each section producing only one...
Last Chance Match 2017
Pos: Angler Lbs ozs Peg No. 1 Dick Turner 10lbs 13oz 18 (Bream 6lb 2oz) 2 Paul Braund 5lbs 5oz 10 3 Peter Giles 4lbs 5ozs 13 4 Wayne Burnard 3lbs 15oz 19 5 Ady Larkins 3lbs 12oz 20 6 Len Hancock 3lbs 6oz 14 7 Simon Hockady 3lbs 3oz 17 8 Mike Bowden 1lbs 14oz 12 9 Jean Bowden 1lbs 10oz 11 10 Derek Foster 1lb 5oz 15
Winter League Final Round 10
Winter League Round 10, Sunday 26th March: The two title challengers drew next to each other and whilst Simon Allen Beat Adrian Hill by 6ozs, Sailor Hill was close enough to secure the Winter League title. It was a case of first casts for first and second place! Ian Gray...
Winter League R9 2017
Winter League Round 9, Sunday 12th March: Pos: Angler Lbs ozs Peg No. Pts 1 Peter Slade 3lbs 6oz 15 21 2 Adrian Hill 3lbs 5oz 17 20 3 Mark Gratton 2lbs 29 19 4 Peter Giles 1lb 13oz 13 18 =5 Rob Fuller 1lbs 10oz 16 16.5 =5 Simon...
Help Required at Whalesborough Lake
On Tuesday 7th March work will begin to extend the hardcore pathway to the last two remaining platforms beneath the Weir Cafe. Thankfully the heavy lifting work is covered in the morning with a Digger driver, Simon Hockaday and Steve Whitehouse helping (Matt Sampson is also providing the membrane), so...
Winter League R8 2017
Winter League Round 8, Sunday 26th February: Another tough gigg for the brave 16 anglers who took their chances at the draw. It was decided to give the second basin a miss and split the section between the Bird Hide and the deeper narrows with most people catching this time...
Winter League R7 2017
Winter League Round 7, Sunday 12th February: It was a re-run of the 27th November with the Lower Basin the only section to produce any fish, it was so bad in the Second Basin no one even had a bite (I blame the Chairman!). Rob Fuller managed to put a...
Fish Stocking 16-01-17
Fish Stocking on Main Canal - Monday 16th January A big thank (especially Sally Gallop) and Calverton Fish Farm who delivered a consignment of fish to replenish the the stocks in the Main Canal on Monday. The fish count was 1000 roach, 200 rudd, 200 crucians, 300 tench and 500...
Winter League R6 2017
Winter League Round 6, Sunday 15th January: Pos: Angler Lbs ozs Peg No. Pts 1 Trevor Vernalls 3lbs 10oz 20 19 2 Simon Allen 2lbs 10oz 15 18 3 Len Hancock 1lbs 10oz 12 17 4 Dave Allen 1lbs 5oz 29 16 5 Adrian Hill 1lbs 3oz 28 15 =6...