Boldings report
BOLDINGS REPORT 31-7-13.
The Thursday open at Boldings this week turned out to be a tremendous event, with no less than 11 weights of over 100lbs being taken to the scales.
Shane Rogers [Oakengates Angling Centre] built on his top weight of last week to head a match in which the average weight topped the ton mark. He was on peg 33 on the Sycamore and went for a maggot attack, feeding to each side of the peg at short range. The reward was a succession of carp up to 10lbs, interspersed with barbel to 3lbs, and by the time the finishing whistle sounded Shane had 163-6-0 to weigh for victory.
Over at Chestnut peg 23, last Thursdays winner John Wild [
Josh Humphries [ABC] has become a frame regular at Boldings, and added two placings this week to the two he recorded last week. He took third on this match by recording 121-4-0 at Chestnut peg 4. Mick Jameson [PI Boldings] filled fourth spot by weighing 110-11-0 at Chestnut 32.
At the start of the week Dave Matson [Rod & Gun] extended his run of form with a win on the Monday open. Drawn on the point at Sycamore 13, he employed corn and pellet to attract carp and barbel to each side of the peg, with samples to 8lbs and 3lbs giving a tally of 107-14-0.
Chestnut peg 23 gave the runner up weight again, this time for John Clarke [Old Mill] who chose a close in approach with pellet and maggot, which brought 94-6-0 of carp to 7lbs to the net. Russ Allen [Oswestry] grabbed third from Chestnut 18 when his 79-6-0 put him just ahead of last Saturdays winner Colin Reynolds [Bilston Ang Cent] whose 79-2-0 came from Sycamore 47.
Top weight of the week came from the Larch Pool on Wednesday and was recorded by Colin Wozek [Matrix Total Angling]. He worked hard for the honour with a shallow pellet tactics at corner peg 1, where it took a lot of carp in the 1lb to 4lb range to give a total weight of 178-5-0.
Josh Humphries featured again, claiming second this time with a Willows Pool top weight of 119-10-0, mainly ghosties , taken on shallow pellet from peg 4.
Back on the Larch a level 116-0-0 at peg 6 saw Tony Foster [PI Bold] edge out Dave Matson on 115-11-0 at peg 24.
Ton up bags continued to be the norm when the week-end arrived, and Chestnut peg 23 made its third appearance in the frame. This time, Dave Craggs [Maver Midlands] made the peg a winner by offering caster, up in the water, and with regular forays down the side. Carp to 7lbs and barbel to 3lbs homed in to give figures of 118-10-0.
Next to the winner at peg 21, Steve Owen [Wolves] corn and maggot close, and to the island, for carp to 6lbs, but was a couple of fish short at the end, finishing with 111-9-0.
Shane Rogers was in the prize list again, picking up third thanks to 106-2-0 from Chestnut 13, and Colin Reynolds had another 4th when he scaled 100-15-0 at peg 30.
It took 100lbs to make the frame again on Sunday when Scott Doodson [Preston Innov] led the way from peg 24 on the Larch. Shallow pellet did the trick for Scott, putting 140-4-0 on the scales, which was made up with carp to 6lbs.
Shallow pellet also worked for Andy Kyte [Maver Sonubaits] at Chestnut peg 8. He landed carp to 8lbs and bream to 2lbs totaling 128-7-0. 109-6-0 from Chestnut 15 handed third to Paul Evans [PI Bold] and at Chestnut 26 Gareth Emlyn [Oak Ang Cent] had 102-1-0 for fourth.
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