report
Boldings report 8-11-17.
Winter made itself felt in the Monday open at Boldings Pools, with temperatures below zero, and clear sunny skies.
Conditions didn't affect Stephan Davies [Shrewsbury too much at peg 5 on the Willows though and he established himself as top man on the by presenting the scales with a net of 82-4-0. The catch consisted of carp to 7lbs and barbel to 4lbs, which Steph attracted with pellet at 10 metres, and in the margins.
Around at peg 12 Mick Keene [Shrewsbury] worked between the 5 metre and 8 metre lines to net carp to 6lbs on his way to 65-2-0 and the runner up spot. Mick Jameson [PI Boldings] had the best weight from the Chestnut Pool, 62-1-0 to pick up third, with Colin Reynolds [Bilston Ang Cent] fourth with 55-8-0 at Willows 7.
Oak Pool peg 16 also produced an 82lb winner in the Wednesday open when Dave Brown [Maver] worked pellet at 10 metres and down the side to bag a level 82-0-0 of carp to 6lbs.
Paul Evans [PI Bold] offered caster and maggot on the 5 metre line at peg 8 to finish second with 49-4-0 of carp to 5lbs. Over on peg 29 Ron Clarke [PI Bold] was a close third on 47-12-0, and along at peg 26 Kevin Melville [Dorset Pools] scaled 38-13-0 in fourth.
Carp to 9lbs and bream to 2lbs helped Steve Owen [Monkhall] to a 90-6-0 winning total at Sycamore peg 21 on Thursday. Steve took his fish at 10 metres and in the side by combining maggot and corn.
Colin Reynolds made the list again with a runner up 60-6-0 at peg 31, where the carp were of a lesser stamp at 6lbs, but the bream were on the same size as those of the winner, at 2lbs apiece. Colin caught on pellet at 7 metres and close. Scott Doodson [Maver] took third with 45-4-0 from peg 16, just beating the 43-8-0 from Graham Roberts [PI Bold] at peg 18.
The trip down from Wrexham was well worthwhile for Alun Jones on Saturday as he notched up a 92-11-0 best bag. Having pulled Willows peg 7 from the bag, Alun opted to fish shallow with waggler and maggot and was rewarded with a net of carp in the 7lb range.
Steve Owen made the second of three visits to the prize list by adding a second place to his first of Thursday. He was on Sycamore peg 4 and fished maggot and corn close in and at 12 metres for 80-5-0 of carp to 8lbs and bream to 2lbs. Matt Stobbs [Oakengates Ang Cent] just squeezed out Les Thompson [Matrix] in the race for third by scaling 69-6-0 at Willows 16, while Les had 69-3-0 at Sycamore 22.
Maggot and pellet found the fish for Andy Bishop [PI Bold] on Sunday to give a winning return of 98-6-0. The catch came from peg 32 on the Chestnut, where Andy presented his bait at 5 metres and close in to pick off carp 6lbs and bream to 2lbs.
Dave Emlyn [Oak Ang Cent] caught on maggot at Sycamore 21, hooking carp to 7lbs and bream to 2lbs at 5 metres and close. He was left needing just one more carp when the scales stopped at 93-1-0. Steve Owen collected for the third time by weighing 81-2-0 at Chestnut 30, with Steve Lane [PI Bold] finishing things off with 66-13-0 at Sycamore 34.
