Boldings report
SPORTS DESK.
HIGH AVERAGES AGAIN AT BOLDINGS POOLS.
With the fish in feeding mode, average frame weights were high again at Boldings, and the lowest weight to make a top four place wasn’t far off 60lbs.
Best catch of the week came on the Wednesday open, which Tony Foster (OB Wolves won with 132-8-0. he was on point peg 8 on the Sycamore, and caught his fish, carp to 10lbs, on shallow fished pellet, and corn in the side.
Steve Roberts (Rod & Gun) led the way on the Chestnut with 94-9-0 on corn, pellet and maggot, fished to each side of peg 7. Behind Steve, and also on the Chestnut, was Dave Barnard (Maver Wolves) on 80-13-0 at peg 19, and in 4th was Pete Moss Rod & Gun) with 57-12-0 from corner peg 4 on the Sycamore.
On the Sycamore on Thursday it was peg 33 which produced a winner for David James (Storeys) who only had to go out to three metres with pellet to find carp to 9lbs and bream to 3lbs to put together a 102-11-0 net.
The point on the opposite end of the spit, number 13, gave Adam Slade (Diawa Dorking) runner up spot with a shallow fished caster catch of 86-8-0, taken at 12 metres. Andy Williams (Rod & Gun) had the first of two frame places with 82-9-0 for third at peg 27, and 4th went to Jason Elwell (Wednesbury) on 68-13-0 at peg 46.
On Saturday Phoenix rod Kevin Melville headed a line of 50 with a level 93-0-0 at Sycamore 48, the catch, which consisted of carp and tench, came to maggot in the margins. Second placed Mick Jameson (Middy ML) took his 82-9-0 on pellet, fished shallow at 10 metres and in the side at Chestnut 18. Only three ounces separated 3rd and 4th, with Neil Mansfield (Wem) scaling 77-9-0 and Andy Williams 77-6-0.
Fifty two rods lined the banks on Sunday when Sycamore 8 came up trumps again, this time for Dave Brown (Maver Tipton) . Dave combined caster and maggot, up in the water and close in for 101-12-0 of carp to 9lbs. Only one decent fish behind the winner was Paul Cartwright (OB Wolves) on 96-13-0. he took his fish on corn and pellet, fished into the corner at Sycamore 18. the only frame weight to come from the Chestnut was recorded by Colin Reynolds, who took third overall with 69-4-0 at peg 28, and close behind him was graham Roberts (OB Wolves) on 68-10-0 at Sycamore 6.
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