Boldings report
Boldings Report
Visiting Weston Pools rod Jeff Harston finished second on the Wednesday open at Boldings Pools last week, and went one better this week, as he took the top weight of the week at Boldings to win the Wednesday open from peg 7 on the Ash Pool.
Jeff put his shallow pellet expertise to good use to bag a succession of carp in the 1lb to 5lb class, which saw him ease ahead of the opposition, finishing on 107-4-0.
Boldings regular Mick Jameson (Mid Leisure) found carp down the shelf at 5 metres on peg 18 on the Ash, but although he had bigger fish than the winner, with samples to 7lbs, he finished 23 lbs behind on 85-4-0.
Gary Morris (OB Wolves) netted 77-9-0 at Ash 16 for third, and a Beech best of 58-1-0 gave Bob Tromans (Fiery Holes) 4th overall.
Colin Reynolds (Bilston Ang Cent) was another angler to convert a runner up spot to a win as he moved up from second on last Mondays open to add another victory to his list by taking top spot on Monday this week. Drawn on peg 8 on the Oak, he worked with corn and pellet at 4 metres to tempt carp to 8lbs, which added up to 88-5-0.
On the opposite bank, at peg 23 Martin Travis (MS Total Angling) fished open water with shallow pellet, and close in with corn to record 79-12-0 for second. Harry Colley (OBW) was back in the Monday frame with a third best of 65-11-0 at Oak 5 and Mick Williams (
Eric Bancroft (Rod & Gun) didn’t improve on his Thursday placing of last week, but he didn’t need to , as this weeks win was a repeat of last weeks.
This time Eric was on Sycamore 13, having won from peg 49 last time out, and topped the ton again with 104-12-0, taken on pellet and corn, fished to each side of the point.
Kevin Melville (Dorset Pools) had another placing to his credit with 69-4-0 on pellet and corn at Chestnut peg 7 for second. Back on the Sycamore, Mel Kitson (R&G) scaled 63-6-0 at peg 42 for third and Graham Roberts (OBW) had 60-9-0 to take 4th at peg 46.
Peg 13 on the Sycamore came up trumps again on Saturday, with shallow pellet tactics doing the business for Pete Ricketts (New Willenhall). Carp to 8bs responded to the bait, giving Pete a final total of 97-3-0, which gave a 21lb advantage over John Francis (R&G) who finished second for the second Saturday on the trot.
John was on Sycamore peg 2 and fished three lines, taking fish down the shelf, up in the water and in the margins, all on pellet. At the whistle he had a level 76-0-0.
Kevin Melville framed again, taking third with 67-0-0 at Sycamore 33, leaving Ralph Johnson (Bilston Ang Cent) to collect 4th with a Larch best of 49-10-0.
On Sunday exactly 20lbs separated Baggeridge rods Darren Painter and Terry Slater, who both drew on the Willows Pool.
Darren was the winner, netting 87-5-0 at peg 9, by alternating shallow pellet with corn in the margins to contact carp to 6lbs. Terry fished pellet at 6 metres on peg 5, alternating with a close in approach, also with pellet. He found carp to 5lbs and finished on 67-5-0. John Francis picked up again, putting the best weight of the day from the Oak on the scales, to record 66-5-0 at peg 31 for third overall, ahead of Dave Jones (Oswestry) on 64-1-0 at Oak peg 13.
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