Monday, 23 October 2017
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
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Boldings report 11-10-17.
The first winner's purse of the week at Boldings Pools went to Darren Warden [PI Boldings] when he put together a top score of 109-12-0 at Chestnut peg 7. Targeting carp and bream with pellet and maggot did the trick for Darren, bringing carp to 7lbs and bream to 3lbs to the net.
Eric Bancroft [PI Bold] finished just shy of 100lbs with his top weight form the Beech, 99-5-0 from peg 7. Eric fished pellet and paste in the side for carp to 6lbs. Phil Shaw PI Boldings put a level 87-0-0 on the scales at Chestnut 21 to pick up third, and Les Willis made a full house of PI Boldings rods in the frame with 84-10-0 from Chestnut 32.
With autumn making itself felt on Wednesday weights were down on the Willows and Larch Pools. The Willows produced the winner for Stuart Aston [Swan] in the form of carp to 6lbs and barbel to 3lbs at peg 13. Stu worked corn and pellet to the paddles and down the side to pick off 66-9-0.
Graham Palmer [Fitters] put himself into the runner up spot with a pellet and maggot approach at Larch peg 8, where he banked carp to 6lbs from the 6 metre line as well as close in. Pete Sawyer [Bronx] was less than 3lbs adrift at Larch 26, where he scaled 53-11-0, and close behind him was Dave Brown [Maver] on 52-0-0 at Larch 22.
Dan Lee [Ludlow] topped the list on Thursday after he drew peg 33 on the Sycamore. Presenting pellet at 7 metres put him in contact with carp to 8lbs and bream to 3lbs, which he used to build a 105-6-0 winning bag.
Brian Travis [Shrewsbury] topped the Chestnut Pool catches to fill second place, he had carp and bream to 7lbs and 2lbs respectively on pellet and corn in the side and at 7 metres to record 87-8-0 at peg 39. Eric Bancroft made the list again, finishing third this time by scaling 79-4-0 at Sycamore 13, and Dave Brown had another fourth thanks to 78-12-0 from Sycamore 48.
Saturday saw Alun Jones [Wrexham] take a turn at the top when his corn bait just put him ahead of Matt Stobbs [Oakengates Angling Centre]. Alun was on Beech peg 5 and had carp to 7lbs from the margins to weigh 90-3-0.
Matt drew Oak peg 5 where caster fished shallow and in the side gave a catch of carp to 5lbs totaling 87-11-0. At Oak 16, Harry Colley [PI Bold] booked in 59-14-0 for third, which was closely followed by 57-6-0 from Steve Owen [Monkhall] at Oak 31.
Harry Colley moved up to first spot on Sunday when the Beech Pool again bettered the Oak. Harry Drew Beech 32 where he put corn to work at 4 metres and in the side to attract carp to 7lbs and a final tally of 79-2-0.
Jack O'Sullivan [Oak Ang Cent] filled second with the best Oak Pool weight, 65-8-0, which consisted of carp to 5lbs, which were caught on pellet and maggot at 6 metres and close in at peg 29. Steve Owen had another pay out when he scaled 60-8-0 for third at Beech 3, and Dave Brown had another fourth, when he weighed 51-9-0 at Oak 16.
The dates of the matches for the Boldings Winter League are Dec 2nd & 16th, Jan 13th & 27th, and Feb 10th. Anyone wishing to enter please contact Rob Hancox, Dave Craggs or Boldings Pools.
Posted by Boldings Pools at 11:47
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
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On Saturday last week at Boldings Pools Scott Harding established himself as a comfortable winner of the open by finishing 30lbs clear with a level 100-0-0. He was pegged number 8 on the Larch Pool and caught on maggot, bagging carp to 8lbs and bream to 2lbs, by alternating between the 6 metre line and close in.
Chris Newbrook [Oakengates Ang Cent] had all carp to 6lbs at Larch peg 1, taking his fish on maggot and pellet at 8 metres and close in to record 71-11-0 for second. In between the top two, at peg 4 Richard Davenport [Oswestry] filled third spot with 60-7-0, with fourth going to a Chestnut top weight of 57-6-0 by Gary Hick [Oswestry] at peg 10.
Weights shot up on Sunday when Harry Colley put in a blistering performance with his pellet, corn and meat bait combination at peg 4 on the Sycamore, drawing in carp to 9lbs as well as barbel and bream to 3lbs to the close in line. By the time the finishing horn sounded, Harry had an impressive 201-5-0 to hand over to the scales.
On the end of the pool, at peg 47, Eric Bancroft [PI Boldings] was also catching well with his pellet and paste approach, but gradually fell behind, ending the match with 131-12-0 of carp to 9lbs and barbel to 4lbs. Third came from the Oak Pool, where Gareth Emlyn [Oak Ang Cent] was top man, his third overall 104-130 coming from peg 22. Back on the Sycamore, Steve Roberts [Oak Ang Cent] scaled 96-12-0 at peg 22 to take fourth.
Phil Shaw [PI Bold] finished some way ahead on Monday by adopting a shallow approach to present his pellet and maggot bait duo at Sycamore peg 8. Carp to 8lbs responded to give Phil a return of 158-5-0.
Eric Bancroft picked up another runner up pay-out when his pellet and paste accounted for 85-14-0 of carp to 7lbs at peg 16. Bronx grouped Dave Cole earned third with a level 54-0-0 at peg 25.
The first of two wins for Dave Brown [Maver] came on Wednesday after he drew peg 3 on the Ash Pool, which he tackled with maggot to fish at 6 metres as well as down the side to bag 124-12-0 of carp to 8lbs.
Runner up Ron Clarke {PI Bold] offered pellet and corn at Beech peg 7 for a net of carp to 7lbs weighing 74-5-0, and at Ash peg 20 Scott Harding put himself in the frame again by scaling 65-3-0.
Dave Brown took complete charge of the Thursday open to record his second win of the week, and it was maggot which did the business again. This time Dave worked his bait shallow, alternated with presenting it at depth, and picked off carp to 8lbs and bream to 2lbs all through the match to end the day on 201-9-0 at Chestnut peg 39.
At Chestnut 10 Mick Keene [Tricast Weston] combined pellet and maggot to fish at 5 metres and close in to net 115-8-0 of carp to 7lbs to claim second. Scott Harding paid his third visit to the prize table, courtesy of a Larch Pool top weight of 106-2-0 from peg 16, and also on the Larch was Steve Roberts, who collected his second fourth prize of the week thanks to 102-15-0 from peg 22.
The dates of the matches for the Boldings Winter League are Dec 2nd & 16th, Jan 13th & 27th, and Feb 10th. Anyone wishing to enter please contact Rob Hancox, Dave Craggs or Boldings Pools.
Posted by Boldings Pools at 12:14