Boldings report
Boldings report
Boldings Pools maintained its good winter form this week to give a frame average weight of well over 50lbs per angler.
Mick Jameson [PI Boldings] got things off to fine start with the top weight of the week when he took the Monday honours with an even 70-0-0. Drawn peg 11 on the Beech Pool, Mick had a busy day with carp in the 1lb to 4lbs range, which he found on the 8 metre line using pellet.
Paul Hemmings [Monkhall] was on the Hawthorn Pool at peg 7 and offered maggot at 10 metres as well as down the side, to contact some better carp, with samples to 9lbs giving a runner up 46-7-0. Last Mondays winner Mick Foan [Oakengates Angling Centre] picked up third at Beech peg 7 by scaling 39-10-0, while fourth came from Hawthorn 11 when Eric Bancroft [Rod & Gun] weighed 37-5-0.
The Wednesday winners purse went to Mick Keene [ABC] at peg 5 on the Sycamore, not a peg which wins many of the opens, but it responded to pellet this time. C Carp to 6lbs and bream to 2lbs were ready for the bait, which Mick presented at 14 metres to net 64-14-0.
Facing Mick, at peg 49 was Tony Foster [PI Bold] who also caught carp and bream, with fish of 7lbs and 2lbs coming from the 12 metre line to give a total of 54-9-0. Howard Williams [Weston Pools] was only three ounces behind second with 54-6-0 at peg 8, and Mick Jameson had another ‘framer’ by weighing 52-1-0 at peg 24.
Howard Williams swapped third for first on Thursday when his haul of carp to 6lbs with bream to 2lbs took the scales to 59-3-0. Pegged 35 on the Chestnut, Howard worked with maggot at 12 metres to record his win.
Mick Foan had another prize pick up when he posted a Sycamore to score of 50-12-0. His net of carp to 5lbs was taken on pellet at 8 metres from corner peg 50. Over in the opposite corner, at peg 4 Chris Holmes [Middle Severn Angling] put his name on third by handing over 42-11-0 to the scalesman, which left Paul Evans [PI Bold] to claim fourth with his 40-15-0 at peg 48.
Things were a bit slower on Saturday and 46-11-0 from Beech peg 20 was enough to hand victory to Kel Emlyn [Oak Ang Cent]. His catch consisted of carp to 5lbs, and fell to maggot at 5 metres.
Oak peg 22 gave second to Steve Hall [Oswestry] who finished just over 4lbs short of the target when his net of carp to 4lbs added up to 42-6-0. He also caught on maggot, which he presented at 10 metres and close in to the bank. Up at Oak peg 1 Colin Reynolds [Bilston Ang Cent] scaled 38-15-0 to pip Dave Brown [Maver] to third. Dave was on Beech peg 5 and had one 38-14-0.
The Boldings Fur & Feather attracted an entry of 70 on Sunday when the Chestnut Pool proved best, after a peg to peg battle for the main prize. Simon Mottram [Brennan NW/ABC] was the man who took home the main share of the goodies, after his 14 metre maggot attack at Chestnut peg 16 put 66-8-0 of carp to 5lbs in the weigh net.
Next to Simon at peg 18 Dave Craggs [Maver] used similar tactics and netted carp to 7lbs, but not enough of them, and he ended the match on 60-4-0.
Third went to a Sycamore Pool best weight of 59-1-0 by Shane Rogers [Oak Ang Cent] at peg 50. A Willows best of 52-13-0 gave Mick Keene his second frame of the week, fifth placed Mark Skelton {Oak Ang Cent] had his 51-10-0 from Chestnut peg 38 and a Larch best of 51-5-0 saw Simon Richardson [Maver] complete the frame.
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