Plentiful ponds for Newton Abbot anglers

Newton Abbot Fishing Association waters at their Rackerhayes complex are fishing their socks off at the moment with all ponds producing good weights in matches.

Island and linhay ponds are producing plenty of good Tench for the early risers and the waters that hold Carp are giving up plenty of fish in the 20lb -30lb range.

The latest round of the Tackle Trader evening league fished on Wheel pond was won by Sam Powell with exactly 60lbs, Ethan Gilpin second with 51lbs 2oz and Dean Bradford third with 29lbs 10oz.

There has also been the third round of the Dave Brailey all night series with the victor being Mark Cousins with 81lbs 120z, Nigel Jeffrey and mike Hadley taking the next two spots with weights of 43lbs and 28lbs 10oz respectively.

Another fishery that is fishing very well at present is Spring ponds at Rocombe, where some fantastic sport can be had with small to mid-size carp on light or match gear. It can also throw up a few surprises, as there are a few Chub stocked and the Perch have grown on to 5lbs+.

The latest match produced a phenomenal weight of 98lbs 12oz for the winner Steve Barrel, with second spot going to Jason Fay with 81lbs 10oz and third to Ethan Gilpin with 55lbs 4oz. This is a day-ticket water, where the cost is just £10 per day payable in cash on site.

Kennick Flyfishers tried their hands at something a bit different and fished the upper Teign near Fingle bridge for wild brown trout as a change from their usual still waters. Great sport was had by all, where nine anglers caught around 60 fish with the best going 1lb and falling to the rod of Andy Watson.

Sea anglers have been a bit quieter this week with Teignmouth SAC reporting that their latest video and release match was won by Andrew Collett with a Dover Sole of 2lbs 8oz, some good Wrasse were also reported.

Chris Wagstaff has been amongst the fish again with a cracking double figure Smoothhound and lure angler Tony White has been fishing the open sea and finding plenty of Bass.

On the boats, members of Honiton SAC have been busy with plenty of Rays, Smoothounds and Bull Huss boated from the Bristol Channel. The south coast has proved a bit of a harder area to catch, although Ivor Moon found plenty of species to win the latest match topping it with a beautiful Red Gurnard.

There is still time to enter our Fish of the month competition kindly sponsored by Newbarn Angling Centre and Sidewinder Lures so please send your pictures and catch reports to johnsherlockfish@gmail.com