Boldings report
BOLDINGS REPORT
Tony Foster [PI Boldings] was the first winner of the week when some decent Spring weather finally arrived at Boldings Pools, although on the Monday when Tony took his victory there was little sign of the higher temperatures to come.
He was pegged on Beech 29 and fished towards the point with pellet at 14 metres to make contact with carp to 6lbs, which helped him to figures of 72-13-0.
Around in the corner at peg 3 on the Beech Eric Bancroft proved the only threat to the winner, finishing just under 7lbs behind on 65-12-0.
A Hawthorn Pool best of less than half Bancroft’s weight, 30-1-0, gave third to last Mondays winner Matt Stockton [Maver] who was just one ounce ahead of the level 30-0-0 recorded by Rob Hancox [Kings] at Beech peg 18.
On the Oak Pool on Wednesday Howard Williams [Tricast Weston] claimed the coin by fishing maggot and pellet at 10 metres from peg 16 for a catch of carp to 4lbs totaling 52-13-0,. Darren Cook [PI Bold] had 44-11-0 from corner peg 31 to finish second with Dave Cook [PI Bold] third on 41-5-0 at peg 22.
In the build up to Saturdays big Fish O’ Mania qualifier Brian Clarke [Colmic Marukyu] helped himself to the Thursday winners pot after drawing an island peg on the Chestnut. Fishing pellet and maggot at 14 metres found carp and bream, with samples to 4lbs building a 70-2-0 top score of the day.
Matt Stobbs [Oakengates Ang Cent] to a level 63-0-0 at corner peg 4 on the Sycamore to put his name on second prize. Eric Bancroft was in the mix again, picking up a third this time when he scaled 59-0-0 at Sycamore peg 8, and at peg 49 on the same pool Dave Barnard [Rod & Gun] kept the frame weights over the 50lbs mark by weighing 57-2-0 to take 4th.
There were 130 hopefuls lining the banks for the Fish O’ on Saturday, all with the knowledge that at the end of the day 129 of them would be disappointed.
The one who was celebrating after the weigh in was Darren Cox [Kamasan Starlets] who booked his place in the big money final thanks to a net of 82-7-0 from corner peg 6 on the Sycamore. Darren picked off F1s with shallow pellet, fished at 14 metres, which he backed up with bonus bigger carp, up to 10lbs, which fell to close in tactics.
Andy Moors [Maver Pickering’s] finished an agonizing one fish short of the mark at peg 5 on the Larch, where carp to 4lbs, taken shallow pellet, came to 78-11-0.
Jonathan Trivett [Rose & Crown] was opposite the winner on Sycamore peg 48, and had 70-4-0 of carp to 4lbs on shallow pellet and maggot to fill third spot, while an Ash Pool best of 60-1-0 gave Sean Barber [Maver Sonubaits] fourth.
The warm weather of Sunday brought the fish onto the feed and the top two beat the hundred pound mark, with only a pound and half separating them.
Simon Christian [Old Ghost] was the one who edged ahead, catching carp, including ghosties to 5lbs together with barbel, on pellet at peg 17 on the Willows. When the scales had done their work, Simon had figures of 107-2-0.
At Sycamore peg 4 Jamie Longford [Maver Midlands] had carp to 6lbs on shallow pellet and maggot, and from the margins to finish on 105-10-0. Back on the Willows Richard Duke [
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