Open Match
Holmedale Lake
Sunday 10/11/13
28 fished
1st Nigel Shipman Subfish peg 39, 182-4-0
2nd Simon Skelton Middy peg 44, 94-9-0
3rd Lee Hassett Gateford Angling Supplies peg 31, 91-8-0
4th Carl Brown Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 4, 89-3-0
5th Lee Plackett Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 11, 88-0-0
6th Matt Skelton Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 49, 86-4-0
A white over frost with ice on the puddles greeted the anglers this morning but that didn’t bother the fish. In top spot Nigel Shipman alternated between the method feeder and pellet cast to the island and the pole and pellet fished 13m fished on two lines landing carp – 7lb putting 182lb 4oz on the scales. In 2nd and what would have been a close match (if Nigel had stopped in bed) Simon fished the pole and pellet out at 13m and 16m to the island he landed 30 carp – 6lb just edging Lee Hassett into 3rd place he fished the pole and pellet shallow over the bore hole.
Wednesday Autumn Fun League
6/11/13
Holmedale Lake 16 fished
1st Andy Lakey Worksop Angling Centre peg 31, 179-0-0
2nd Pete Hodgetts Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 45, 86-0-0
3rd Martin Watson Gateford Angling Supplies peg 33, 83-9-0
4th Mick Langton Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 25, 62-7-0
5th Geoff Mawby Gateford Angling Supplies peg 39, 57-12-0
A poor turnout on this rainy day but it was bright for Worksop’s Andy Lakey drawn on the best winter peg on the complex peg 31, he fished the pole and banded 6mm pellet up in the water landing 60 carp – 5lb weighing in a level 179lb and his day did get better when his peg was drawn out for the golden peg.
Tuesday 5/11/13
Sherwood Lake 12 fished
1st John Wooff Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 41, 80-7-0
2nd Fred Bispham Peg One Angling peg 47, 57-4-0
3rd John Bleakley Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 40, 47-7-0
John fished the pole and corn out at 6m to land 16 carp – 9lb. Fred in 2nd spot had just one carp going 10lb and the other 47lb was made up of skimmers – 1lb on the pole and maggot