Boldings report
Boldings report
The Monday open at Boldings Pools delivered a scramble for first place between three anglers on the Oak Pool, with Graham Roberts scraping home by a margin of just 10 ounces. Drawn on corner peg 31, Graham caught carp to 4lbs, but had the worry of seeing Bob Tromans [Fiery Holes] landing fish of a little better stamp, just to his right on peg 29.Roberts stuck to feeding and presenting maggot, at 7 metres distance, alternated with forays into the corner. When the scales arrived at the end of the match, he was credited with 39-7-0.
Along at peg 29 Tromans found himself needing another fish when he was awarded 38-13-0. On the opposite side of the pool Jason Atwell [Kingswinford] finished only one ounce behind Tromans when his card was marked with 38-12-0 at peg 10. Fourth came from the dam wall when Phil Rhodes [PI Bold] recorded 32-0-0 at peg 4.
Andy Williams [Colmic Vespe] drew the same peg on two consecutive days in the week, and won from it both times. Sycamore peg 13 was the peg, which Andy first drew on Wednesday to register the first leg of his double by working with maggot on the pole at 5 metres, which he rotated with fishing at 10 metres. Carp and barbel homed in on the bait, with samples to 5lbs and 3lbs respectively making up a total catch of 65-4-0.
Runner up Carl Foster [PI Bold] was on peg 32 on the Chestnut Pool, where combining maggot and corn close in, and at 10 metres, saw him finish less than a pound behind the winner with 64-7-0 of carp to 5lbs. Bob Tromans was in the prize list again, filling third place thanks to 57-8-0 from Sycamore peg 45. That left Clive Wynn [Tricast Weston] to pick up fourth for his 45-5-0 from Sycamore 8.
On Thursday the barbel had moved out of peg 13, to be replaced by bream in the 2lb bracket joining in with the carp to 5lbs in snapping up William’s bait. Staying with the tactics which had given victory on Wednesday worked perfectly and this time the fish were more eager to grab the bait, helping Andy to record the best weight of week, 105-9-0, which put him over 40lbs clear of the field.
Second place was keenly contested between Mick Jameson [PI Bold] and Dave Brown [Maver] with only 6 ounces separating them at end of five hours. Jameson just held the advantage, helped by barbel to 4lbs joining the carp in his net at peg 39 to give figures of 62-6-0, while Dave had bream to 2lbs with his carp for a level 62-0-0 at peg 39. Corner peg 6 came up with 49-13-0 to give 4th to Rob Brennan [PI Bold].
Winning weights held up well going into the week-end when Chestnut peg 30 yielded 88-3-0 to hand the top prize to Steve Owen [Monkhall] on Saturday. Maggot continued as the dominant bait, and Steve worked it on the 12 metre pole as well as in the margins to pick off carp to 6lbs as well as barbel to 3lbs.
Sycamore peg 39 produced the runner up catch again, with a very similar weight to that of Thursday, this time for Colin Reynolds [Bilston Ang Cent]. Carp and bream on pellet and maggot at 5 metres saw Colin net 62-1-0. Matt Stobbs [Oak Ang Cent] won a close battle for third by scaling 51-4-0 at Chestnut 18, finishing ahead of Mick Jameson who had his second frame of the week with 49-9-0 from Sycamore peg 47.
Dave Brown moved up the ratings on Sunday to add a first place to his mid-week third when Chestnut peg 13 responded well to maggot at 13 metres, with carp, barbel and bream all featuring in the winning net of 97-5-0.
The Larch Pool gave second and third, with Andy Kyte [Middle Severn Angling] finishing exactly 20lbs behind the winner on 77-5-0 at Larch 25. Mitch Davidson [OAC] followed with 68-14-0 from Larch 23, while fourth went to a Willows Pool top weight of 51-12-0 from Dave Hailey [PI Bold].
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