Boldings report
Boldings report
There were plenty of big weights at Boldings Pools this week, with six different pools producing catches in excess of 100lbs.
First up was the Beech on Monday when peg 7 responded to a paste approach by Richard Duke [Middle Severn Angling]. Carp to 8 lbs put in an appearance to give Richard 162-15-0 for a comfortable win.
Runner up Colin Reynolds [Bilston Ang Cent] worked corn and pellet at 4 metres and close to the bank for 124-4-0 at Beech 18. The Hawthorn also came up with ton bags, the best of which was recorded by Clive Wynn [Tricast Weston] who took third overall by scaling 115-4-0 at peg 5, and two pegs away at number 3 Keith Powell [PI Boldings] netted 107-11-0 for 4th.
Peg 36 on the Chestnut yielded 116-6-0 to hand victory to Josh Humphreys [ABC] on Wednesday. Carp to 8lbs and bream to 2lbs snapped up his corn, fished close in to the side.
The Sycamore Pool provided Mick Keene [Tri West] with a runner up 102-4-0 of carp to 7lbs and barbel to 3lbs, which homed in on pellet and corn, fished into the corner and at 4 metres at peg 3.
Last weeks double winner Dave Matson [Rod & Gun] had the first of two third places for this week when he scaled 88-9-0 at Sycamore 25, and at Chestnut 18 Andy Williams [Colmic Vespe] had the first of three placings by weighing 72-14-0.
Howard Williams [Tri West] decided on a different approach on Thursday, offering dog biscuit, up in the water at peg 8 on the Sycamore. Carp to 8lbs liked the change, giving a return of 103-7-0, which put Howard top of the list.
Eric Bancroft [Rod & Gun] worked maggot and pellet at Oak 29 to take fish from the 5 metre line as well as close, to finish just short of the ton on 99-7-0. On the same pool, at peg 24, Ken Humphreys [Oswestry] was just under 4lbs off second with his 95-9-0. Andy Williams had another 4th, but had to share it with Tony Foster [PI Bold] when they both weighed 89-2-0 on the Sycamore.
Paul Wheeler [PI Bold] had the fish at Beech peg 11 in a feeding frenzy on Saturday, with a lot of fish in 1lb to 4lbs range snapping up his shallow fished pelletto give the weeks best total of 193-7-0 and a 70lb advantage over second placed Les Thompson [Matrix].
Les was on Beech 20 and fished shallow pellet, combined with close in tactics to land 123-4-0 of carp to 6lbs. Dave Matson had another third placing, this time with a Hawthorn best of 112-15-0 from peg 3. Tony Foster was also in the frame again, his 100-7-0 for fourth coming from Beech 23.
After a few near misses recently Dave Craggs [Maver Midlands] clinched a win on Sunday with a shallow caster attack at Willows peg 11. Carp to 5lbs and barbel to 3lbs competed for the bait, and at the finish, Dave had slipped 141-1-0 in the net.
Last Sundays winner Dave Hailey took second from Larch peg 24, where shallow pellet put 120-14-0 of carp to 6lbs on the scales. Andy Williams had his third pick up of the week by weighing 117-3-0 at Willows 5, and at peg 22 Kev Melville [Matrix TA] completed the final frame with 91-5-0.
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