Boldings report
SPORTS DESK.
‘TONS’ OF FISH AT BOLDINGS.
Four out of the five opens at Boldings this week were won with ‘ton’ weights, with Thursday providing the top four in the match with more than a hundred pounds apiece.
Steve Roberts (Rod & Gun) starred at the top of the big catch list, with the biggest weight of the week, 130-3-0. Having pulled peg 26 on the Chestnut Pool from the bag, Steve went to work with corn and pellet, fishing to the island for carp to 11lbs and bream to 2lbs.
John Wild (Team Cudmore) chose caster and pellet, fished up in the water at peg 33 on the Sycamore and found carp to 10lbs on his way to 124-2-0, which was only good enough for second on the day. Over at corner peg 1 on the Sycamore Paul Cartwright (OB Wolves) netted 113-10-0 to finish third, and Matt Stobbs (Rod & Gun) also topped the ‘ton’ with 100-4-0 in 4th. Top rod on the Chestnut was Brian Clarke (BCUL) who was just short on the ton with 98-13-0 at peg 16.
Wednesday had seen a tight frame headed by last weeks big winner Mel Kitson (Rod & Gun) who took advantage of point peg 8 on the Sycamore to take carp to 9lbs and bream to 3lbs, close in on corn and maggot for 88-11-0.
Bob Tromans (Fiery Holes) added a second place to his growing list by narrowly beating Harry Colley (OB Wolves). Both were on the Chestnut, Bob at peg 26, where he scaled 81-7-0, while Harry was round the corner at peg 36, and was only 6 ounces behind on 81-1-0. Fourth man Ted Ecclestone (Maver Wolves) was opposite Harry, at peg 4, and weighed 68-9-0.
Good Friday was especially good for Adam Slade (Daiwa Dorking) as he won by 36lbs. Pegged just off the point on peg 30 on the Chestnut, Adam went out to 12 metres with shallow fished caster to build a 102-0-0 net, with carp up to 7 lbs.
Kevin Melville (Phoenix Tackle) led the way on the Oak Pool with an even 66lbs, which included carp to 5lbs and roach to a pound, taken on maggot, fished up in the water at 13 metres. Dave Brown (Maver Tipton) was a close third with 65-6-0 from peg 21 on the Chestnut, and Paul Evans (Storeys) was fourth on 62-2-0 from Oak 22.
On Saturday Paul Cartwright converted his mid-week third to a first, and beat the 100lb mark again, this time from peg 33 on the long bank of the Sycamore. Shallow fished caster and maggot brought in carp to 11lbs from the 12 metre line for a 120-2-0 total.
On the opposite bank from the winner Martin Davenport (
Caster was king on Sunday when Simon Richardson (Maver Tipton) won with another ton weight ahead of a tie for second. Simon was on peg 30 on the Sycamore and tempted 109-15-0 of carp to 9lbs on caster, up in the water at 13 metres. Fellow Tipton rod Dave Brown framed for the third time, sharing second with Tony Faulkener (OB Wolves). They also fished up in the water with caster for their 90-9-0 each, Dave at Willows peg 17 and Tony at Sycamore 33. Neil Russell made it three Maver Tipton men in the frame with a fourth best 85-7-0 from Sycamore 35, to round off a bumper Easter week.
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