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Boldings report    5-10-16.

 

Eric Bancroft [Rod & Gun] had a fruitful week at Boldings Pools this week, with two wins, one of which he made with the top weight of week.

          Victory number one came on the Monday open took a 38lb lead by topping the frame with 119-11-0. Close in maggot tactics accounted for a net of carp to 7lbs and barbel to 3lbs at Chestnut peg 21.

          Two anglers opposite each other shared second place, each netting 82-13-0. Graham Roberts [PI Boldings] made his catch at Chestnut peg 32, and on the other side of the pool, Phil Shaw [PI Boldings] had the same weight from peg 9. Close behind in forth was Tony Foster [PI Bold] with an Oak Pool top weight of 80-15-0.

 

          Phil Shaw moved up to first place on Wednesday, just edging out Jason Andrews. Phil used shallow caster at Willows peg 4 to attract carp to 6lbs to the 8 metre line, for a final weight of 104-4-0.

          Jason was on the Sycamore, at peg 13, where maggot and corn at 5 metres, as well as close to each side of the point, brought in carp to 7lbs and barbel to 3lbs for 102-5-0. Back on the Willows, at the next peg to the winner, Jason Atwell [Kingswinford] picked up third with his 96-8-0, and over on peg 16 Paul Hemmings [Monkhall] had 88-11-0 in fourth.     

                                     

                                     

           Bancroft was best again on Thursday, turning Willows peg 5 into a winner with 139-6-0. Carp to 8lbs and barbel to 5lbs responded to his maggot and corn combo, which had the fish feeding at 5 metres and in the margins.

Runner up Colin Reynolds [Bilston Ang Cent] had a mix of carp and bream at peg 21 on the Chestnut, with fish to 7lbs and 5lbs respectively giving a total of 112-11-0. Third man Alan Naylor [ Oakengates Ang Cent] scaled 93-7-0 at Willows peg 7 and Willows 16 gave fourth again, this time for Rob Hancox [Kings].

                                                

          Steve Owen [Monkhall] topped a Sycamore frame on Saturday with a net of carp to 7lbs and bream to 3lbs weighing 97-6-0. The fish came to maggot and corn at 10 metres, and close in to each side of peg 8.

          At peg 34 on the long bank, Harry Colley [PI Bold] used his pellet, meat and corn combination to tempt 93-4-0 of carp to 8lbs and barbel to 4lbs. At peg 13 Bob Tromans [Fiery Holes] weighed in 81-12-0 to take third, and at peg 21 Richie Woodhall [Oak Ang Cent] finished things off with 69-11-0.      

                                     

          Sycamore peg 13 was in the frame again on Sunday, coming up with the winning catch for Dave Pritchard [PI Bold]. Maggot at 6 metres and close in resulted in 125-1-0 of carp to 8lbs and barbel to 3lbs being slipped onto the scales.

          Gary Morris [PI Bold] finished two fish short of the target at Oak peg8, scaling 118-10-0, which consisted of carp in the 7lbs bracket, caught on pellet at 5metres and down the side. Gareth Emlyn [Oak Ang Cent] claimed third at Oak peg 31, where he weighed 113-14-0 to hold off Colin Reynolds, who framed again with 106-12-0 at Sycamore peg 8.