Boldings report
BOLDINGS REPORT
Only one fish separated first and second places on the Wednesday open, with adjacent pegs on the Hawthorn Pool providing the close finish. At peg 3 Phil Shaw (Lower Hill) worked shallow pellet to induce carp to 5lbs to feed, and at the whistle he had slipped the net under a total of 83-11-0.
Last Wednesdays winner Josh Humphries was on peg 5, where pellet and corn at 5 metres, combined with close in tactics found carp to 7lbs, but he was left needing one more fish when the end of the match came, and he saw the scales settle at 81-14-0.
Third went to Joe Brennan (PI Boldings) who had the top weight on the Beech, 71-10-0 from peg 7, and back on the hawthorn, Mick Jameson (Mid Leisure) had 63-2-0 from opposite the winner.
Last Mondays winner Colin Reynolds had more success on Thursday, picking up another win from the Chestnut. This time he was on peg 21, but the same bait combo of pellet and corn, fished close in again, found carp and barbel again, with samples to 8lbs and 3lbs respectively adding up to 125-8-0.
Around the island at peg 27, Paul Evans (PI Bold) had a mix of carp and barbel on maggot, fished down the side, to claim second with 117-5-0. Steve Owen (Mid Leisure) landed 92-10-0 at peg 32 to finish third, ahead of Dave Barnard (Rod & Gun) on 85-6-0 at peg 14.
Top weight of the week on Saturday gave Gareth Emlyn (Oakengates Ang Cent) his second August win, and kept him at the top of the
Gareth drew Wednesdays winning peg, number 3 on the Hawthorn, but didn’t use Wednesdays tactics, opting instead for a close in maggot attack. Carp to 8lbs homed in to give a haul of 155-15-0.
Peg 5 threw up the second weight again, with Andy Kyte (Maver Sonubaits) also opting for close in maggot to net 125-14-0 of carp to 6lbs. At corner peg 1 Jason Benning (Little Dawley) improved a place on last Saturday, to finish third with 57-6-0, while a Larch top weight of 53-0-0 saw Brian Clark (Marukyu Colmic) in to 4th.
Chestnut peg 21 proved a winner again on Sunday, this time for Phil Taylor (Dams & Locks) but it was a close call. Carp and barbel featured at the peg again, which Phil tempted with pellet at 4 metres, to scale 130-6-0.
On the Willows Pool, at peg 16, Scott Doodson (Preston Innov) offered shallow pellet at 12 metres, to finish just 11 ounces short on 129-11-0. Third and fourth also came from the Willows, with Dave Craggs (Maver Midlands) pushing his Preston points score to 15 by finishing third on 123-3-0 at peg 9, and at peg 13, another Maver man, Pete Plant had 116-5-0 to finish 4th.
Oak Pool pegs gave the top two catches on Bank Holiday Monday, with match winner Mark Taylor (Shakespeare) taking advantage of the paddles at peg 13 to top up his catch from the inside line. Carp to 8 lbs were attracted to his corn and pellet for final figures of 80-3-0.
At peg 16 Jason Elwell (Phil’s Tackle) found himself a fish short at the whistle when his paste and corn put 76-10-0 of carp to 7 lbs on the scales. Jason Benning collected another third and a Chestnut best by scaling 67-5-0 at peg 26, and Mick Jameson had another 4th for his 65-1-0 at Chestnut 36.
His win on Saturday pushed Gareth Emlyns Preston Innovations points for August to 22, guaranteeing him the title and the prize for the month.
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