Boldings report
BOLDINGS REPORT
They did manage to complete a full programme of opens at Boldings, using selected areas near to the paddles on Sunday, but with temperatures down to minus 5c on Saturday and minus 10c on Sunday, weights were also correspondingly down on mid-week levels.
Andy Williams (Vespe) got things rolling with the best catch of the week at the complex to win the Monday open. He was on Stock Pool peg 7 where pellet and maggot aroused the interest of carp to 4lbs, which saw Andy pull a long way clear of the field, finishing the day on 86-14-0.
Scott Jones (Myucya) collected second with a maggot based 48-10-0 at Stock peg 4, finishing one fish ahead of Danny Boden (Oakengates Ang Cent) who scaled 45-9-0 at Stock 11 to take third. Fourth went to a Hawthorn Pool best of 44-7-0 from Dave Craggs (Maver).
Pete Ricketts (New Willenhall) edged ahead of a scramble for the remaining places on Wednesday when he employed pellet feeder tactics at peg 5 on the Ash Pool to net 44-3-0 of carp to 4lbs.
Runner up Rick Tymuscuk (Mid Leisure) could have done with one more fish at Beech peg 7, as his catch of carp to 6lbs on pellet and maggot came to 40-14-0.
Back on the Ash, Ian Hughes (Drennan NW) was only a whisker behind second with his 40-12-0 at peg 14, and only a whisker behind him was Mick Jameson (Mid Leisure) 0n 40-10-0.
There was another close finish on Thursday when Ken Humphries (ABC) just got the better of Brian Clarke (Maver).
They were almost opposite each other on the Middle Pool, with Ken on peg 9 and Brian on 3. Both caught on pellet and maggot and each had carp to 4lbs, Ken recording 37-13-0 and Brian seeing the scales settle at 37-6-0.
Kevin Melville (Maver Total Angling) had a Hawthorn best of
The paddles were working hard on Saturday as the thermometer dropped, and kept most pools free of ice, but the water was very cold. Even so, the catch rates held up well and gave a fairly even frame. Dave Brown (Maver)led the way with a level 48-0-0 from Deepdale peg 14. Fishing maggot to the paddles, Dave picked up carp to 4lbs on his way to victory.
Ash peg 5 featured again, coming up with 46-14-0 for Simon Jukes (OBW) who caught carp to 5lbs on pellet and maggot, fished at 10 metres and close in.
Last weeks top scorer Matt Stobbs (OAC) finished third with a Middle Pool best of 46-4-0 from peg 3 and Ash peg 7 gave a return of 41-9-0 for 4th to Ian Hodson (Kings).
Sundays line up was boosted by anglers from the cancelled Winter League and was hard going for some of the 49 strong field, as the water froze in front of them.
Ian Ward (Total Angling) picked up the main prize for his
Runner up Jamie Langford (OBW) fished maggot and pellet, alternated between the 5metre and 12 metre lines for
Over at Beech peg 29 Steve Roberts (OAC) had
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