Report
Boldings report 20-4-16.
Spring arrived in style at Boldings Pools this week, and all of the opens were won with 100lb plus weights. Star of the week was Dave Brown [Maver] who included top weight of the week as he collected two firsts and a second place, all with over 100lbs.
Dave began the week with a big win on Monday from peg 6 on the Sycamore where carp to 5lbs homed in on his bread punch, presented in the margins. A steady stream of fish came to the net for figures of 130-7-0.
Colin Reynolds [Bilston Ang Cent] demonstrated the fact that the barbel at Boldings continue to grow by including samples to 5lbs, with carp to 7lbs, in his runner up 80-8-0. Colin caught on pellet and maggot fished to each side of peg 8. Tony Foster [PI Boldings] put a level 68-0-0 on the scales for third at peg 21, with Pete Ricketts [New Willenhall] close behind on 66-13-0 at peg 48.
The fish in the Oak Pool joined in the feeding spree on Wednesday and bread again proved to be the top bait, when Andy Williams [Colmic Vespe] used it to good effect at peg 24. Andy worked his bread at 8 metres, and close in to pick off carp to 8lbs on his way to 154-14-0.
Nathan Spain [Tricast Weston] opted for maggot at peg 22, to fish shallow in open water as well as dropping in down the edge for 120-12-0 of carp to 6lbs. Opposite the winner, at peg 16, Paul Evans [PI Bold] picked up third for his 73-10-0, leaving Bob Tromans [Fiery Holes] to finish things off with his 61-9-0 from peg 13.
The second win of the week for Dave Brown came on Thursday when he combined maggot and bread at peg 8 on the Sycamore to attract the attention of carp, bream and barbel by fishing to each side of the point. Carp to 8lbs with bream and barbel to 3lbs obliged to give top catch of the week, 162-11-0.
Eric Bancroft [Rod & Gun] was on the Chestnut Pool, fishing corn and maggot to the island and into the corner at peg 23 to snare carp to 6lbs and barbel to 4lbs, which gave a runner up 122-10-0. Andy Williams framed again with another ton, 113-8-0, which put him into third at Sycamore peg 39. Colin Reynolds also framed again, taking fourth this time with 89-1-0 from Sycamore 13.
There was snow and ice early in the day on Saturday but Paul Wheeler [PI Bold] still managed a big ton, 133-12-0, to win with. Shallow fished maggot and caster got the fish, carp to 7lbs, feeding at peg 30 on the Sycamore, to put Paul in command of the match. At the finish he had 133-12-0 to hand over to the scales.
The remaining frame weights all came from the Willows Pool, but fell well short of the standard set by the winner. Dan Ashington [Sensas] offered maggot at 13 metres on peg 16 to net 78-13-0 of carp to 6lbs and barbel to 5lbs. Steve Forest [Nomads] was next door at peg 17 and had 58-6-0 for third and at peg 22 Alun Jones [Drennan] was fourth on 53-8-0.
Sunday saw a big turn out and a big frame despite the overnight low temperatures, with over 100lbs needed to take 4th.
Shane Rogers [Oakengates Ang Cent] kept just ahead of the chasing pack by using maggot, bread and corn to hold the interest of the fish at Beech peg 14, where carp to 8lbs, with bream to 2lbs, added up to 138-9-0.
Dave Brown was one fish short of a hat trick of wins when his Oak pool best came out at 134-2-0, which consisted of carp to 7lbs. Dave Emlyn [Oak Ang Cent] made it three different pools in the frame by recording a Larch best of 126-7-0 at peg 8 to take third, ahead of Les Thompson [Matrix] who had 109-6-0 at Beech 23.
