Report

Boldings report    29-3-16.

 

 

Steve Owen [Monkhall] got the week off to a flying start at Boldings Pools by heaving in 105-7-0 to claim the spoils in the Monday open. Pegged on Oak 31 Steve operated with corn to fish at 8 metres interspersed with periods of offering caster down the side, both approaches resulting in carp 5lbs barbel 3lbs being netted.

Phil Shaw [Preston Inno Boldings] fished shallow, and to the sides of the point with caster at Beech peg 7 to finish second with 74-15-0 of carp to 5lbs. Third also came from the Beech when Owen Boswell [PI Bold] slid 69-6-0 onto the scales directly opposite the runner up, at peg 23. Peg 29 on the Oak provided Richard Duke [Middle Severn Angling] with a level 65-00 for fourth.

 

          Jason Andrews [Tricast Weston] has been compiling quite a list of wins at Boldings Pools during March, and extended it on Wednesday with victory on the Chestnut Pool, which is the fourth different pool he has won from. Peg 14 was the peg from which Jason bagged 84-13-0 to notch up this success.

          Back round at peg 7 Harry Colley [PI Bold] tried to stay with the winner but fell 23lbs behind to finish on 61-2-0. At peg 30 Alun Jones [Drennan] weighed in 55-1-0 to claim third, and at peg 36 Paul Evans [PI Bold] had 51-1-0 in fourth.

           

          Waggler and maggot tactics put Nomads rod Steve Forest at the head of the field on Thursday, helping to net 84-13-0 at Willows peg 16.

          Steve Owen tagged a second place onto his first of Monday, his runner up 68-12-0 being the top weight from the Chestnut, and came from peg 36. Tony Foster [PI Bold] wasn't far behind at Chestnut peg 14, where he scaled 64-1-0. Back on the Willows Dave Brown [Maver] completed the frame with 59-14-0 from peg 5.    

 

          Good Friday turned out to be just that for Simon Christian [Sedgley] when he found carp to 8lbs lining up to have a go at his bread punch bait at peg 16 on the Larch Pool. Fishing up in the water at 16 metres saw Simon hammer out a superb cold weather weight of 163-3-0.

          Steve Roberts [Oakengates Ang Cent] was busy too, at peg 13 on the Sycamore, where he also went for a bread punch approach, to fish to each side of the point. Steve included carp to 9lbs in a runner up total of 108-13-0. Last week's top weight winner Mick Jameson [PI Bold] collected third by weighing 74-11-0 at Sycamore 33 leaving Jamie Langford [PI Bold] on 61-11-0 to pocket fourth prize.

 

          Strong winds and heavy rain tested the resolve of the anglers in the Saturday open, but catch rates on the Hawthorn Pool were relatively high, with Nige Clarke [Monkhall] needing all of his fish to claim the top spot. He was on peg 13 and caught on corn, fished to each side of the peg, with carp to 6lbs adding up to 88-12-0.

          Simon Christian was close to scoring an Easter double, finishing one fish short on 84-11-0 at peg 7, having caught on punched bread again. Third, at peg 13 was Jason Atwell [Kingswinford] with a weight of 73-13-0 and at peg 5 Colin Reynolds [Bilston Ang Cent] had 65-12-0 to take fourth.