Boldings report
Boldings Report
An easterly wind and some strong Spring sunshine at Boldings Pools on Sunday failed to put a damper on sport and the top three all beat the 100lbs mark, with Eric Bancroft (Rod & Gun) posting the top weight of the week to beat a big turn-out.
Eric was drawn on Ash peg 7 and plundered a shoal of carp up to 6lbs using shallow fished maggot, offered at 10 metres, to scale 145-1-0.
Runner up Dave Craggs (OB Wolves) was on the point at peg 8 on the Sycamore where caster and maggot, fished to each side of the peg attracted the attention of carp to double figures, but Dave couldn’t match the catch rate of the winner, and had to settle for second with his 111-3-0.
Third man Nick Roberts (Rod & Reel) was to the right of the winner at peg 5 on the Ash, where he netted 103-7-0, and fourth placed Steve Giles (Oakengates Angling Centre) was to the left where he scaled 92-8-0 to complete a great top four.
At the start of the week Mick Jameson (Mid Leisure) took the winners purse on Monday when he put together a 79-15-0 winner at peg 17 on the Chestnut, fishing pellet at 5 metres and close for carp to 7lbs.
Martin Davenport (Dorset Pools) also fished pellet at 5 metres at peg 30 on the same pool, but alternated with maggot, close in for 69-1-0-0 to fill second spot. Gareth Emlyn (Oakengates Ang Cent) picked up third and an Oak Pool top when he scaled 65-2-0 at Oak 22, and a Willows best of 64-2-0 gave Keith Miller (New Willenhall) a close 4th.
Wednesday and Thursday saw big fluctuation in weights, with Wednesday giving much the better catches. Richard Lawson (Maver Midlands) claimed the coin with a 117-5-0 haul at peg 11 on the Stock Pool, the catch coming to shallow fished pellet, and including carp to 6lbs.
Hawthorn peg 3 continued with its good recent form and provided Ian Hughes (Shimano Wales) with 111-1-0 for the runner up prize. Ian had fish from 1lb to 5lbs on caster, fished up in the water. Phil Shaw (Lower Hill) led the way on the Ash Pool to finish third overall with 88-12-0 at peg 16, and Ash peg 9 filled 4th again, this time for John Wild (
A change in the direction of the wind on Thursday brought weights down to half those of the previous day, and 50-1-0 from Sycamore peg 25 gave victory to Dave Barnard (Rod & Gun), who worked with pellet at 12 metres for carp to 7lbs.
Brian Clarke (Maver) was on peg 7 on the Chestnut and switched between maggot at 8 metres and pellet close in, which saw him net 47-9-0for second. Eric Bancroft warmed up for his week-end success with a third placed 36-8-0 at Chestnut 4 and Ed Turner (OBW) finished off the frame with
It stayed cold all day on Saturday when the Ash Pool dominated the frame, giving the top four catches. Best of these came from Mark Stevens (Willis Worms) who put 79-9-0 on the scales at peg 18. Mark had his fish, carp to 7lbs, on caster, fished shallow in open water, and on corn close in.
Along the bank from the winner, Steve Roberts (R&G) fished corn and maggot close in, to net 67-5-0 for second, well ahead of Michael Toole (OBW) who had 45-9-0 on the opposite bank. Mel Kitson (R&G) had a level 45-0-0 at Ash 14 for 4th and Colin Reynolds (Bilston Ang Cent) chipped in a Beech best of 44-12-0 for 5th.
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