Boldings report
Boldings report 25-6-14.
Top weight of the week at Boldings Pools came on the Monday open and fell to Colin Wozek [Matrix Total Angling] who established a 73lbs winning advantage by scaling 194-3-0. He was on Ash peg 7 and worked shallow caster keep a constant supply of carp from 1lb to 5lbs coming to the net.
Over at peg 20 Scott Harding [PI Boldings] fished paste to attract carp to 8lbs for his second placed 121-4-0. Opposite the winner, on peg 14, Phil Shaw [PI Bold] put his name on third by weighing 111-6-0, with Dave Matson [Rod & Gun] close behind on 109-8-0.
Peg 2 on the Willows Pool proved a winner on Wednesday for Paul Evans [PI Bold] when it responded to his caster and maggot feed. Working the bait at 5 metres, combined with close in tactics found carp to 4lbs and barbel to 3lbs which gave a final tally of 80-6-0.
Over on peg 17 Mark Mountford [Shifnal] used paste at 5 metres to finish second with a net of carp to 6lbs totalling 58-3-0. Phil Shaw finished third again, he scaled 54-6-0 at peg 19, leaving Steph Davies [Weston Pools] to pick up 4th with his 43-3-0 at peg 9.
Thursday saw another all ton frame, this time on the Sycamore, where Phil Foster [PI Bold] led the way from peg 22. Carp to 8lbs homed in on the corn and pellet fed at 5 metres as well as in the margins, and they were joined by bream to 3lbs, which helped the total weight to 159-7-0.
Up at corner peg 4 Dave Hailey [PI Bold] opted for a shallow pellet approach, and had mostly carp from 1lb to 4lbs, but also included some tench of 4lbs in a net of 128-1-0.
Last Sundays winner Gareth Emlyn [Oakengates Ang Cent] made it two Thursday thirds on the trot when he recorded a level 121-0-0 at peg 25, with last Wednesdays winner Bob Tromans [Fiery Holes] completing the frame with 117-2-0 at peg 13.
Steve Roberts [Oak Ang Cent] was back to winning ways on Saturday when his was the only frame weight to come from the Larch Pool. Drawn on peg 6 he used maggot and pellet, close in to pick off 106-3-0 of carp to 7lbs to claim his win.
Maggot and pellet also worked for Shane Rogers [Oak Ang Cent] when he fished it to each side of peg 13 on the Sycamore, where carp to 8lbs with barbel to 3lbs added up to 101-9-0.
Shakespeare’s Mark Taylor collected third from Sycamore 35 where he had 94-10-0 to finish ahead of Colin Reynolds [Bilston Ang Cent] on 90-11-0 at peg 24.
Dave Hailey [PI Bold] swapped his mid-week second for a week-end first on Sunday, when he made the most of island peg 23 on the Chestnut. Fishing shallow pellet again, Dave contacted carp to 7lbs on his way to his 131-1-0 winner.
Round at peg 30 Andy Kyte [Maver Sonubaits] worked pellet and maggot, shallow and down the edge, to nick second by just over a pound. His net of 120-12-0 included carp to 8lbs, and held off a challenge from Mark Taylor, who had to settle for third again when he was credited with a Sycamore best of 119-10-0 at peg 18. Steve Roberts added a fourth to his win of the previous day by weighing 103-2-0 at Chestnut 28.
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