Holmedale Lake
Sunday 23/10/16
24 fished
1st Craig Brazier Gateford Angling Supplies peg 54, 128-11-0
2nd Ryan Martin KPC peg 17, 103-3-0
3rd Matt Stanhope Gateford Angling Supplies peg 49, 93-15-0
4th Nigel Shipman Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 13, 92-4-0
5th Rich Allen KPC peg 27, 89-12-0
6th Sean Sheldon Kinky Pellet Club peg 28, 83-11-0
Making the most of the end peg draw Craig alternated between the pole and pellet fished at 14m and the waggler and maggot cast to the submerged island at peg 54, landing 24 carp – 8lb and winning with 128lb 11oz. In 2nd place Ryan fished the pole and pellet out on 3 lines for 103lb of carp – 5lb.
Wednesday Open 19/10/16
Holmedale Lake 18 fished
1st Nigel Shipman Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 13, 145-9-0
2nd Daz Hall Gateford Angling Supplies peg 39, 113-11-0
3rd Wayne Chapman KPC peg 17, 73-7-0
4th Geoff Mawby Gateford Angling Supplies peg 32, 72-14-0
5th Lee Hassett Gateford Angling Supplies peg 36, 56-15-0
6th Pete Hodgetts Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 24, 52-7-0
Unlucky peg 13 was the draw for Nigel fishing his usual banded 6mm hard pellet out at 14m and two lines at 6m for 61 carp – 7lb in his total of 145lb 9oz. The only other ton weight came from peg 39 were Daz fished the pole and soft pellet on two lines out at 12m and boosting his catch in the last hour netting carp -8lb on the pole and maggot from the margins.
Tuesday open 18/10/16
Sherwood Lake 14 fished
1st Steve Richards Woodhouse Angling Centre peg 15, 46-15-0
2nd Russ Brookes Rivendell AC peg 20, 41-15-0
3rd Fred Bispham Peg One Angling peg 18, 22-4-0
4th Mick Lysaght Rivendell AC peg 12, 21-10-0
A change to the field side for the winter matches, but the winner didn’t change winning his third Tuesday match in a row Steve fished the pole with maggot and corn for 26lb of silvers and 4 carp making up the rest of his 46lb 15oz. But the catch of the day went to 2nd placed Russ Brookes fishing maggot over ground bait for 41lb 15oz of skimmers and Ide – 12oz.