10.02.07

Daiwa Hallcroft Open (Saturday)

Bridge (21 pegs)

1 S Gray, Worksop, 19-14-0; peg outer 52 Stu Gray won for the second Saturday in a row.  Following a week of snow and hard frosts conditions proved harder than more recent matches. Stuart caught carp to 4lbs using the long pole with pellet and a total weight of 19-14-0.

2 G Wilde, Fishing Republic, 18-6-0;  peg outer 46 Geoff was just over  1lb behind with a second place weight of 18-6-0 of carp caught on both pole and bomb.

3 R Vaughan, Handsworth, 14-12-0; peg island 5 Richard caught carp and skimmers on the pole using pellet. He also lost 3 carp which probably would have won him the match

4 A Sellars, Bankside Tackle, 9-1-0;       5 P Bagshaw, Maver Barnsley, 7-12-0

11.02.07

Daiwa Hallcroft Open (Sunday)

Moat/Reed  (48 pegs)

1 M Edgcombe, Hallcroft, 65-8-0; peg Moat outer 110 Although the water temperature was still below 4 degrees Mal Edgecombe still managed to get the carp feeding. He fished the pole at 12m using pellet to catch carp up to 6lbs in a total weight of 65-8-0 and a comfortable win.

2 A Newbury, Hallcroft,  39-14-0; peg Reed 24 Andy caught carp to 8lbs fishing 11m on the pole and alternating between corn and pellet on the hook.  He landed at total weight of 39-14-0 of carp for second overall.

3 A Payling, Peg One, 33-6-0; peg Reed 38 Arnie fished pellet on the pole at 9m and caught a mixed net of skimmers and carp for 33-6-0

4 Franco Pezzulo, Middy Dons, 31-4-0;              5 S Spurr, Ultimate

Anglers, 26-12-0;              

12.02.07

Daiwa Hallcroft Tournament League (Monday) Reed (14 Pegs)

1 N Speed, Dynamite Baits, 57-0-0; peg 24 Nick Speed won this Reed match with 57-0-0 and with a comfortable margin.

Fishing pole and pellet at 12m from peg 24 Nick caught carp to 7lb along with skimmer bream to 2lb

2 S Gray, Worksop, 39-15-0; peg 31

Stuart Gray used similar tactics but included a bigger net of skimmers for his weight of 39-15-0

3 S Crompton, Triana, 36-4-0; peg 37

Shane Crompton alternated bomb and corn with pole and pellet for carp to 6lb

4 J Masson, Maver BCUK, 32-14-0;          5 G Bennett, Peg One, 31-6-0

13.02.07

Daiwa Hallcroft Tournament League (Tuesday) Croft (10 Pegs)

1 J Simms, Hallcroft, 42-6-0; peg 8

Venue regular Joe Simms blitzed this Tuesday field with a pellet and pole attack from peg 8. Joe caught carp to 3lb for 42-6-0

2 C Owen, Tigra Tackle, 24-15-0; peg 6

On adjacent peg 6 Craig Owen also fished pole and pellet for small carp

3 A Favill, Sun Inn, 19-15-0; peg 2

Third was Andy Favill fishing similar tactics

14.02.07

Daiwa Hallcroft Tournament League (Wednesday) Bridge/Reed  (22 Pegs)

1 I Temple, Hallcroft, 52-4-0; peg Bridge island 1 This Wednesday open was split between Bridge and Reed and with only 5lb separating the top three it was a close fought match. Fishing from Bridge island peg 1, Ian Temple came out the winner with 12 carp to 5lb taken on pole and pellet at 10m for 52-4-0.

2 S Robbins, Leegem, 47-15-0; peg Bridge island 10 Steve Robbins also drawn on Bridge fished pole, pellet and corn for 10 carp and 10lb of skimmer bream

3 G Bennett, Peg One, 47-12-0; peg Reed 36 Geoff Bennet caught carp to 8lb alternating bomb and corn with pole and pellet

4 M Edgecombe, Hallcroft, 39-8-0;      5 P Wright, Leegem, 36-2-0

15.02.07

Daiwa Hallcroft Veterans League (Thursday) Moat  (39 Pegs)

1 D Boswell, Retford, 41-2-0; peg island 73 Drawn on favoured peg 73 Dave Boswell won this latest Veterans’ match with 41-2-0. Dave fished pole and pellet at 10m for 11 carp

2 M Taylor, Mansfield, 24-18-0; peg island 47 Mick Taylor fished groundbait feeder and maggot for 8 carp and second place

3 A Payling, Peg One, 22-11-0; peg outer 52 Arnie Payling was third with 22-11-0 of small carp and skimmers caught on pole and pellet at 8m

4 D Clegg, Britannia, 20-8-0

16.02.07

Daiwa Hallcroft Tournament League (Friday) Bridge  (11 Pegs)

1 A Reeve, Rod and Line Ripley, 39-7-0; peg island 10 Fishing from the island peg 10, Alan Reeve bagged a mixed net of carp to 4lb and skimmers taken on pole and pellet for 39-7-0

2 S Crompton, Triana, 22-8-0; peg outer 52 Shane Crompton, pegged on the outer, also fished pole and pellet for 22-8-0

3 P Massey, Sheffield, 20-10-0; peg island 4 Paul Massey took third spot with 20-10-0, again to pole and pellet

4 J Dye, Sheffield, 19-3-0;        5 J Hobson, Hallcroft, 19-0-0

Pleasure Fishing

Moat – pleasure anglers continue to have good sport on Moat using the bomb with meat or corn. Pole with pellet is still catching carp and skimmers.

Bridge – new carp are showing well with pleasure nets of up to 40lb being reported

Reed – plenty of bites on the pole using pellet or maggot. Good nets of skimmers showing with catches of over 20 lb reported

Croft – despite the carp shoaling up in areas pleasure days of up to 50lb are still regular. The main tactic is long pole using pellet.

For further info and advice ask on arrival at the fishery.