Boldings report
BOLDINGS REPORT
Clive Wynn Tricast Weston) was back on the winning trail at Boldings Pools where he picked up the top prize in the Bank Holiday Monday match. Working the 8 metre and 10 metre lines at peg 17 on the Willows Pool, Clive attracted carp to 7lbs and ghosties to 5lbs to put together a 117-12-0 winning total.
At peg 4 on the same pool Bob Tromans (Fiery Holes) mixed barbel to 2lbs with carp to 8lbs in his runner up 101-10-0, which came to pellet at 8 metres and down the edge. Best on the Sycamore was Ed Turner (PI Boldings) who was third overall with 91-8-0 from peg 50 and fourth placed Danny Boden (Oakengates Angling Centre) had a Chestnut top score of 89-3-0 from peg 30.
Ian Hughes (Drennan NW) struggled to find any sizeable carp at peg 5 on the Ash on Wednesday, but his pellet bait, fished shallow on the 12 metre line found plenty of smaller samples, and between the starting and finishing whistles, he had popped no less than 114 fish into his net, to record the first double century of the year, his catch totaling 212-10-0.
Keith Miller (New Willenhall) must have found it hard to believe that his 120-2-0 at Beech peg 11 had been eclipsed by almost 100lbs, after he had been involved in a close battle with Harry Colley (PI Boldings) at Beech 16. Harry ended the day less than 2lbs behind Keith on 118-7-0. Fourth came from the Ash When Alan Jones (Deggys) weighed 97-6-0 at peg 12.
They had some very windy conditions to contend with on Thursday, but weights held up well and the top two, who were both pegged on the leeward bank of the Willows Pool, both weighed over 100lbs.
Ed Turner PI Boldings) took advantage of corner peg 9 to build a 123-10-0 winner with carp to 6lbs and tench to 2lbs, all caught on pellet fished close in to each side of the peg.
Along the bank in the other corner, at peg 13, Howard Williams (Weston Pools) also offered pellet in the margins and he had a mixture of carp to 4lbs and barbel to 2lbs, which gave a runner up total of 102-3-0. Best weight from the Oak was 87-0-0 and the best from the Chestnut was also 87-0-0 which meant that Sean Barber (Maver Sonubaits) and Tony Armitage (
Chestnut pegs filled the frame on Saturday with pegs on each side of the island giving the top two catches. Steve Owen (Mid Leisure) put shallow caster tactics to work at peg 21, combined with pellet to the island and close in to ease ahead of the opposition with carp to 7lbs helping him to 96-9-0.
Matt Stobbs (Oakengates Ang Cent) used pellet to the island and corn down the side at peg 28, where the carp ran a bit smaller, with samples to 6lbs coming to 83-15-0. Mick Jameson (Mid Leisure) kept his recent run going and added to his
With shallow caster tactics coming into play as the weather warms up, ‘caster master’ Pete Plant (Maver) established himself at the top of the frame on Sunday when his favourite method put 140-1-0 in the weigh net at Oak peg 31. Carp to 5lbs made up the catch.
Up at peg 22 on the Oak Nige Clarke (PI Bold) had a weight which varied from his winning bag of Thursday last week by only 5 ounces. This time his 123-12-0 left him in second place. Nige had carp to 8lbs and skimmers to 1lb on corn and pellet on the close in line.
Saturdays winner Steve Owen picked up third thanks to a Willows best weight of 114-1-0 from peg 8 and last weeks double winner Richard Duke (Bridgnorth AS) topped the Chestnut list with 93-6-0 to finish 4th.
Boldings are running a Queens Jubilee two day Preston Innovations festival on June 4th and 5th. For details and entry contact the fishery on 01746 763255.
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