Boldings report
BOLDINGS REPORT
First place on the Monday open at Boldings Pools fell to Godfrey Wood (Maver Total Angling) when he weighed in 41-5-0 at Chestnut peg 38. Carp to 7lbs featured in Godfrey's catch, which he took on pellet at 12 metres and maggot in the margins.
Oswestry rod Russ Allen operated with similar tactics at peg 34 where smaller carp, with samples to 5lbs gave him 37-13-0 for second.
Round at the back of the island, on peg 23, Gerry Powell (Oakengates Ang Cent) netted 32-0-0 for third and at peg 10 Keith Powell (Preston Innov Boldings) had 28-14-0 to complete the frame.
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At peg 39 on the long bank of the Sycamore Rino Stanko (Oak Ang Cent) worked the 8 metre line as well as close in to the side with maggot and pellet to pick off carp to 5lbs and barbel to 2lbs for his second placed 38-0-0.
Last weeks double winner Mick Jameson (Mid Leisure) scaled 33-15-0 for third at Sycamore 36 and a Beech top score of 32-5-0 gave Neil Mansfield (Wem) 4th.
Having picked up a second and a third last week Pete Ricketts (New Willenhall) moved up to take a first on Thursday when the weights held up despite the onset of wintry weather. Fishing across to the far bank from peg 2 on the Stock Pool, Pete had carp in the 1lb to 4lb bracket to build his 44-4-0 winner.
Darren Frost (Drennan NW) fished close in and at 10 metres at Stock peg 4 for a net of carp to 3lbs which gave a total of 41-8-0 for second. At Stock 11 Eric Bancroft (Rod & Gun) scaled 39-7-0 in third with Ian Hughes (Drennan NW) just behind with a Hawthorn best of 38-8-0.
Dave Brown (Maver) made the Willows a winner after drawing peg 5 on the pool and working it with maggot at 16 metres to find carp to 5lbs. After a slow start on a cold day, Dave caught well in the second half of the match to finish on 56-12-0, which gave him maximum
Danny Boden (Oak Ang Cent) was on peg 21 on the Chestnut where maggot, fished to the island brought in carp to 6lbs and kept him in touch with the winner for most of the day, but he was left needing one more fish at the whistle when his net scaled 51-8-0.
Steve Millward (MTA) led the way on the Sycamore Pool to take third overall, his 46-12-0 coming from peg 44, while at peg 8 Jamie Langford (Maver) had 45-6-0 for 4th.
Weights held up well on Sunday despite the icy conditions and Dave Emlyn (Oak Ang Cent) needed every one of his fish to stay ahead of the opposition. He was on Ash peg 9 and fed maggot at 8 metres and down the side to attract carp to 6lbs on his way to 53-3-0.
At Beech peg 23 John Wild (Stafford) fed pellet at 5 metres and maggot close in, and matched the winner fish for fish, but smaller samples, fish to 5lbs, left him a couple of pounds short on 51-4-0.
Dave Brown added three more
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