Smooth-hounds are dominating catches for shore anglers and the best of the week was caught in Torbay, weighing in at 11lbs4oz it fell to the rod of Lee Smith at Long Quarry, not a mark for the faint hearted and one to be fished with care.
Keith Wheeler landed another double, a fish of 10lbs 12oz, and Adrian Houghton one of 7lbs, a similar-sized fish also fell to Alex Webb. Several were caught also in the Honiton SAC rover competition, won with a superb shore-caught Plaice of 2lbs 9oz by Paul Salmon. Other fish landed included Bass and Smalleyed Rays.
Mark Warwick fished Plymouth Mountbatten Pier for a 29lbs Conger Eel and Aaron Colhoun travelled to Minehead for a Smalleye Ray of 9lbs3oz. Teignmouth SAC report that Paul Hale won their fish of the month competition with a Smoothhound weighing 14lbs 5oz, while Tomos Luther won the juniors with a Smoothhound of 10lbs9oz.
Brixham SAC are running Wednesday evening competitions on the Breakwater from 6.30pm. Charter boats are still reporting Pollack from the wrecks with plenty coming aboard Brixham’s ‘Spot on’. Young angler Freddie Hoare, fishing out of Salcombe, landed one of 5lbs. Bradley Riggs fishing aboard his SIB out of Exmouth landed several Bass with the best falling to a Mackerel head.
Carp are showing in all waters with Newbarn Angling centre producing them both on boillies and floating baits, volunteer clearing work has been undertaken on several of the ponds making the swims more accessible, thanks to all who helped. Simon White fished the specimen pond at Upham Farm near Exeter, landing 16 Carp to 27lbs.
Kennick Flyfishers fished the latest round of the Snowbee Top Rod competition at their home water. Eleven anglers landed 49 fish for a total weight of 94lbs. Fish of the day went to Chris Bolt of Kingsteignton with a Rainbow Trout of 3lbs 3oz. The winner was Alex Venn with a five fish limit for a weight of 12lbs 3oz. Chris Bolt, Mike Steer and John Hern took the next places.
Send your entries in for our fish of the month competition, kindly sponsored by Sidewinder Lures and Newbarn Angling Centre, to johnsherlockfish@gmail.com
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