Holmedale Lake
Sunday 29/4/12
21 Fished
1st Simon Skelton Middy (Leicester) peg 17, 71-6-0
2nd Pete Ellis Sherwood Forest Fishery (Notts) peg 14, 64-9-0
3rd Mark Bower Baggin Floats (Derbys) peg 39, 61-12-0
4th Carl Brown Sherwood Forest Fishery (Notts) peg 42, 56-11-0
5th Stuart Grey Gateford Angling Supplies (Notts) peg 36, 50-12-0
6th Carl Hatton Eastwood Angling (Notts) peg 22, 46-11-0
Despite the horrible windy and wet conditions the lake fished well with weights coming from all over the lake. In top stop Simon Skelton alternated between a pellet feeder and pellet cast to the island and 8mm soft pellet fished on the pole at 6m landing 25carp – 6lb for 71lb 6oz. 2nd placed fishery regular Pete Ellis fished the pole and pellet at 6m for carp – 9lb and a total of 64lb 9oz.
Sherwood Lake
Tuesday 24/4/12
19 fished
John fished the pole and maggot for 15lb of silvers, a change to the pole and corn fished down the margin brought him 3 carp the biggest going 16lb. Best net of the day was from 2nd placed Mick Burrell drawn at peg 61 he fished the pole and caster all match for 43lb of skimmers and Ide -1lb
1st John Wooff Mansfield peg 44, 56-7-0
2nd Mick Burrell Gateford Angling Supplies peg 61, 43-0-0
3rd Ian Boyd Woodhouse Angling Centre peg 59, 41-0-0
4th John Holmes Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 41,39-4-0
5th Fred Bispham Peg One Angling Centre peg 38, 35-12-0
Wednesday 25/4/12
Holmedale lake
23 fished
None stop heavy rain all day didn’t dampen the anglers spirits with lots of carp caught from all round the lake, in top spot Carl Brown alternated between the pole and paste sort and pole and pellet long at 13m landing carp – 8lb steady all day finishing with 21 carp for 87lb 2oz. In second place Chesterfield’s Phil Carline fished the pole and paste sort at 6m landing carp – 6lb in his total of 69lb 15oz.
1st Carl Brown Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 24, 87-2-0
2nd Phil Carline Used Tackle peg 41, 69-15-0
3rd Colin Spencer Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 4, 69-8-0
4th Simon Skelton Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 17, 64-3-0
5th Mick Langton Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 35, 62-0-0
6th Pete Ellis Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 19, 48-5-0
