February meeting cancelled.

Dom and I are very sorry but due to circumstances outside our control the meeting in February has had to be cancelled. Plans are afoot to make the last meeting of the season in March a fish-in on the Grand Western Canal on a Sunday morning followed by a free buffet lunch at the Barge pub afterwards, any thoughts on this would be welcomed if only to get a rough idea of numbers.

Lure Anglers Society Fish-In

I know it is a little way off yet but I was speaking to Paul aka "Shrek" of the Lure Anglers Society today and he has organised the first South West regional fish-in that they have had for a few years.

Here is his post from the LAS forum
"We are having our first fish-in for a few years on Sunday 10th April.
Details are, meet at 7-00 am for 7-30 start at the Lime kilns car park on the Exeter canal. We will fish until 3-00pm
Beginners are welcome and day tickets will be available on the day at £5-00.
All are welcome, and remember the canal has produced Pike over 30lb at this time of year!
We are hoping to give tuition in Pike handling to anyone who would like it as well. "

Sat Nav co-ordinates for the car park are
Latitude 50°41'21.07"N
Longitude 3°29'33.75"W
It would be nice if any of us who are lure fishermen could go along and support this event, everybody is welcome and you do not have to be a member of the LAS or the PAC to attend, I will remind everybody again nearer to the date.

Jim Smith - Enigmatic Ba****d!

A big thank you to Jim for his talk on Zander fishing entitled "Enigmatic Bastards" I am sure we all learnt something about fishing for these elusive predators. I know it certainly made me wish we had some a little closer to us. Also thanks to Dickie for introducing to us the word and technique of "Zarbelling" fishing for both Zander and Barbel in the same swim. I am sure that after their weekend of fishing in the south-west they may begin to appreciate more the fact that they have the river Severn on their doorstep. Thanks again to both of them for an interesting night and also to everyone who attended.

One Week to go!

Just a reminder that the first meet of 2011 is next week Friday January 28th. Doors open at 7.30 with the talk to start at 8.00. Admission on the door PAC members £2.50 Non-members £3.00. We will of course be holding our usual raffle with some fantastic prizes. Please come along and support us, I am sure Jim will give us an interesting and entertaining evening.

Coming to visit us in January is Worcester Angler Mr Jim Smith, who will no doubt be regaling us with tales of predator angling on the mighty River Severn.
Jim Smith, is the current (unofficial) UK record holder for a
lure caught Zander. This 18lb 12oz River Seven fish was caught in February 2008. Jim will give a run down of the tactics, locations and characters that lead to the capture of this fish, and many other double figure Zs.
The meeting is on the 28th January and doors open at 7.30 with the talk to start at 8.00.

Exeter Canal - Set lines found and removed!

Dom and I were told yesterday that the EA have removed set lines from the Double Locks area of the canal. They were set for pike as they had snap tackles baited with dead roach. Anybody who fishes the canal should be on the lookout for anything/anyone suspicious. If you do see anything untoward then please gather as much info as you can. Numbers of people, descriptions etc and report it as soon as possible.
EA 24hr Hotline number = 0800807060
Exeter EA number (not 24 hrs) = 01392444000
Exeter and District AA hotline = 07967251443

Lair of the Water Wolf/Tackle sale

Friday 17th December
Something different this month, we have moved the date of the meeting to the 17th of December as it is Christmas eve or something the following week. Bah Humbug! We are going to screen the excellent underwater film "Lair of the waterwolf" by Dean Burman and also the chance for everybody to unload some of their second hand tackle. We also have a copy of waterwolf very kindly donated by Dean as one of the prizes in our sensational raffle.
Doors open at 7.30 film starts at 8.00 there will be a £2 charge for PAC members and £3 for non-members. Any tackle that is sold 10% of sale price to be donated to club funds.