25-07-10

Whilst the Lakes are all in excellent form, local match angler and former National Champion Steve Ellis is overshadowing everyone else’s catches.

Apart from various near misses, Steve has won 3 matches recently with over 100lbs of fish from three separate waters.

 Although this would not raise too many eyebrows were the catches entirely of Carp,

Steve has adapted his favourite pole and paste method to target Skimmer Bream with immense success.

He won the recent Charity event on Tripp Lake and included around 100lbs of Skimmers in his 135lb net,

 Merry,s Lake saw another winning mixed bag of 105lbs containing a majority of Silver Fish and he followed up this weekend with a win on Hollywood Lake with another mixture of Carp and Skimmers totalling 144lbs.

Just to keep his hand in he also had a third place at the weekend on Islands Lake with 101lbs which included 76lbs of Skimmers and 25lbs of Carp.

With the Swan Pond producing huge weights of Carp almost every match Steve probably wouldn,t consider it a viable proposition to attempt to win with Silverfish on this water during summer, although Doncaster angler Geoff Lawton framed in his recent club event from peg 51 with an excellent 57lbs of Perch with fish from 3ozs to 10ozs taking his caster hookbait with relish.

Another notable catch was taken this week when well known Grimsby angler Nev Fisher won the Wednesday open with 170lbs of Carp.

Nev honed his methods on the River Witham back in the days when it was a good match water and used his waggler fishing skills to good effect to land a string of fish up in the water on 11mm pellet.

The Day Ticket Ponds are all in great form for Carp with fish to 18lbs from both the North and South ponds, Lee Jones from Barnsley had a 15 .8 Mirror from Merry’s Pool and Grimsby’s Roland Sparkes had over 60 Carp on Pole fished Floating biscuit on the Oak Tree.

Mery’s Pool Sat Open

1 Steve Ellis Scunthorpe 105-14

2 Jamie Wild Goldthorpe 94-00

3 Les Rogers Goole 88-8

Swan Pond Sat

1 John Palmer Goole 143-5

2 Geoff Wild Goldthorpe 108-4

3 Don Hudson Scunthorpe 107-5

Lincolnshire House Charity Open Tripp Lake

1 Steve Ellis Scunthorpe 135-4

2 Mark Lidgard Barnetby 112-00

3 Carl Sweatman Kiveton Hall Farm 89-10

Swan Pond Sunday Open

1 Geoff Wild Goldthorpe 159-08

2 Owen Campbell Grimsby 97-1

3 John Palmer Goole 92-00

Wed Open Swan Pond  21 fished

1 Nev Fisher Grimsby 170-08

2 John Palmer Goole 137-00

3 Michael Chadwick Hull 135-07

Fri Open Swan Pond 26 fished

1 John Palmer Goole 126-9

2 Steve Ellis Scunthorpe 96-14

3 Jamie Wild Goldthorpe 92-04

19-07-10

Ideal weather conditions for fishing have helped to maintain a really high level of catches on all of the lakes.

Merry’s Lake has fished particularly well for all species, one angler landing over 20 Carp from 2lbs to 6lbs on Luncheon Meat in one hour whilst practicing for an upcoming match.

Up in the water tactics , whether on maggot and caster on the pole for Silverfish or large pellet on the waggler for Carp, are dominating at the moment.

The Syndicate lakes have fished well for Carp and Catfish, although some of the Bream have now reached what the Carp anglers call nuisance size in that they are able to eat baits intended for much larger quarry.

The Charity Open in aid of Lincolnshire House produced some bumper catches topped by Steve Ellis with 135lbs of Carp and Skimmer Bream on paste. Plenty of Carp were caught and Crucian Carp catches to over 80lbs were also taken.

Steve Bingham targeted Carp on peg 53 on the Islands Lake by fishing 11mm pellet on the waggler but found an amazing number of Green and Golden Tench winning the race to grab his hookbait and they formed the bulk of his winning 107lbs catch

Wed Open Islands Lake 30 fished

1 Steve BinghamGainsborough 107-15

2 Dave Parkes Rotherham 101-15

3 Garry Chadwick Hull 67-7

Friday Open Islands lake 17 fished 

1 Mark Deans Fishing Republic 103-7

2 Don Hudson Scunthorpe 94-12

3 Steve Bingham Gainsborough 70-03

11-7-10

Sport remains at a very high level on all lakes.

The match record was broken on Hollywood Lake this week with a mixed catch of Carp and Skimmers on margin fished corn.

Kiveton Park angler Andrew Morley weighed in a hefty 174 -1 from peg 7 in his clubs weekend match.

All of the match lakes have produced several winning weights over the 100lbs mark this week, the best being from the Swan pond where Garry Hansford fell just  one fish short of 200lbs with a waggler caught 196lbs of Carp from peg 36.

An all Crucian Carp catch of 107lbs won a midweek match for Leeds angler Derrick Lawson to head a string of good weights.

The popular Lincolnshire House Charity Match is to be held on Tripp Lake this coming Saturday  17^th July Tel Steve Ellis on 01724 782741.

The day ticket lakes are all in exceptional form for all species and another 30lbs plus Catfish was landed this week, this time from the North Pond.

Silverfish Catches from the South Pond have been really good with good sized Skimmer Bream and Roach falling to pole tactics. Carp are also feeding well on most baits with evenings and early mornings particularly productive.

Tripp Pond  Sat Open 12 fished

1 Steve Ellis Scunthorpe 92-9

2 Malc Thompson Sheffield 79-12

3 Carl Sweatman Kiveton Hall Farm 54-14

Swan Pond Sunday Open 18 fished

1 Gary Hansford Grimsby 196-02

2 Walt Smith Scunthorpe 124-11

3 Di Smith Scunthorpe 124-02

Wed Open Swan pond 28 fished

1 T Howley Hull 112-01

2 M. Chadwick Hull 109-9

3 G Stead Hull 105-06

4 N.vessey Scunthorpe 103-08

Fri Open Swan Pond 23 fished

1 John Willoughby Hull 109-05

2 Walt Smithy Scunthorpe 101-00

3 Steve Ellis Scunthorpe 99-14

4 Nev fisher Grimsby 96-10

4-7-10

Match Results reflect the great level of sport on all of the lakes at the moment.

The Wednesday Open on the Swan Pond saw the top 10 weigh in over 1000lbs of fish with a tremendous winning total of 206lbs 6ozs from peg 3 for Mark Deans.

Mark fished pellet on Waggler up in the water and on a Small Method Feeder, swapping between the two methods.

The following day, Grimsby angler had an almost identical winning weight in his club match with 206-10 from peg 12 on the Swan Pond with all of the fish falling to 8mm pellet fished up in the water on a 6gm waggler.

The Oak Tree pond remains in tremendous form with floating baits particularly effective for Carp to 12lbs

Scunthorpe angler Mark Fergurson fished Boilie in the South Day Ticket pond to catch a Catfish weighing 28lbs 8ozs and Messingham’s Chris Kendall landed a Cat of 25lbs, again on boilie from the main syndicated lake.

Merry’s pool is responding well to most methods although floating baits seem to sort out some of the better fish. Scunthorpe angler Dave Nicklen used surface fished bread to land Carp of 15lbs, 16.5lbs and 17lbs this week.

Wednesday Open Swan Pond  32 fished

1 Mark Deans Fishing Republic 206-6

2 Neil Vessey Scunthorpe 148-11

3 Paul Stanton Sheffield 135-09

4 Simon Drayton Scotter 117-1

5 John Crompton Scotton 114-09

6 John Hicks Sheffield  113-01

Friday open Islands lake 17 fished

1 Steve Bingham Gainsborough 102-12

2 Nev Fisher Grimsby 87-13

3 Simon Drayton Scotter 60-11

Sat Open Islands Lake 14 fished

1 Don Hudson Scunthorpe 102-10

2 Andy Chipchase  Grimsby 65-06

3 Jamie Wilde Goldthorpe 50-12

Sunday Open Hollywood 7 fished

1 Jamie Wild 130-04

2 Steve Ellis Scunthorpe 96-12

3 Garry Hansford Grimsby 70-06

Sat Open Tripp lake 12 fished

1 Steve Ellis Scunthorpe 92-09

2 Martin Thompson Grimsby 79-12

3 Carl Sweatman  Kiveton Hall Farm 54-10

28/6/10

Wed matches

Rolies League wed 9/6/10  25 pegs Islands lake

1 Ken Pacey Gainsborough 98-14

2 Mark Deans Fishing Republic 81-14

3 Dave parkes Rotherham 76-14

4  Todd Carruthers Bradford 64-1

Rolies League wed 16 /6/10 26 pegs Islands Lake

1 Mark Deans Fishing republic 97-15

2 ken Pacey Gainsborough 89-12

3 John Gunn Sheffield 71-02

4 Neil Vernon Gainsborough 69-05

Final league Placings

1 Mark Deans

2 Ken Pacey

3 John Gunn

Wed Open 23/6/10

Swan Pond 27 fished

1 Michael Chadwick Hull 219-12

2 Bill Roper Rotherham 130-10

3 Steve Bingham Gainsborough 119-2

Sat Open Merry’s Pool 18 fished

1 Andy Bryant Grimsby 68-9

2 Jamie Wilde Goldthorpe 67-3

3 Steve Ellis Scunthorpe 65-14

4 Tommy Grice Doncaster 60-14

All of the Lakes are in top form at the moment as spawning activity seems to be coming to an end and the fish turn back to feeding.

Some really good quality fish have been landed recently topped by a 35lbs Catfish on luncheon meat from the South Day Ticket pond. Ray Blendell from Scunthorpe was the successful angler.

A number of Large Cats have also been landed from the syndicate lakes, the best a 34 lbs fish taken on boilie by Nick Girdhan and Wayne Ferguson lande a 23lb Cat and a 20-04 Carp in the same session.

Two 4lb plus Perch have been taken in Matches this week, one from the Swan pond and One from the Islands Lake which has also seen Roach to 2lbs in recent days.

Merry.s Pool  is fishing well for all species with some decent Carp falling to surface baits, including a 16-10 Common for Ken Dannatt of Grimsby

31-05-10

Bank Holiday Monday Pairs

Swan and Islands lakes 46 pegs

1 Paul Stanton Sheffield 86-02

2 Mark Storey Louth 81-15

3 Don Hudson Scunthorpe 78-12

4 Jamie Wilde Goldthorpe 64-02

5 Steve Bingham Gainsborough 61-10

6 Ken Pacey Gainsborough 55-10

7 Nathan Williams Grimsby 55-00

8 Garry Hansford Grimsby 53-02

Pairs

1 Mark Storey & Paul Jacklin 9pts

2 Paul Stanton & John Gunn 10 pts (weight)

3 Chris Day & Andy Bailey 10 pts

30-05-10

Spawning activity has gone on hold as water temperatures have fallen steadily and species such as Bream, Tench and most of the Carp population have yet to complete their annual indulgencies.

Despite this sport remains at a high level on all lakes although consistency is not high and some species seem to feed really well for a few days and then seemingly disappear for a day, this seems particularly to be the case for Carp.

Sat Islands Lake 15 pegs

1 John Palmer Goole 103-05

2 Shane Blades Grimsby 102-09

3 Don Hudson Scunthorpe 72-08

Sun Merry’s Pool 20 pegs

1 Garry Hansford Grimsby 77-15

2 John Palmer Goole 67-06

3 Tony Hardcastle Doncaster 59-11

Wed Open Rolies League Islands lake 28 pegs

1 Neil Vernon Gainsborough 102-10

2 Paul Stanton Sheffield 72-13

3 Ken Pacey Gainsborough  65-5

Friday Open Swan pond 23 pegs

1 Jamie Wilde Goldthorpe 126-02

2 Steve Ellis Scunthorpe 119-02

3 Mark Deans Fishing Republic 96-03

23-05-10

The long awaited warm weather has resulted in some spectacular catches on many of the lakes but the inevitable increase in spawning activity has led to a day to day level of unpredictability, especially with regard to match results.

Two anglers who scored really well both took advantage of the fact that Carp were in the margins munching their way Roach and Bream spawn, Walt Smith from Scunthorpe won the Friday open on the Swan Pond with an incredible 19 fish on the pole and paste totalling197lbs 7ozs andCrowle’s Luke Harrison fished with corn, pellet and meat on the Hollywood match lake for a much smaller stamp of Carp around the 1lb to 3lb mark for a new lake record of 146lbs in Saturdays Open.

The Day ticket lakes are in exceptional form and Oak Tree Lake rgular Roland Sparks from Grimsby showed his expertise at surface fishing with a total of 122 Carp in one session for a 500lbs plus catch. Surface baits are proving to be deadly as would be expected with such high water temperatures.

The Carp on Tripp lake have been conspicuous by their absence this week and catches of Crucians and Skimmers have dominated.

The main syndicate lake continues to fish well for carp to over 20lbs and Catfish to 32lbs.

Wed Open Rolies League 33 pegs Islands lake

1 Dave Parkes Rotherham 120-13

2 Walt Smith Scunthorpe 101-12

3 Mark Deans Fishing Republic 92-09

Friday Open Swan Pond 26 pegs

1 Walt Smith Scunthorpe 197-07

2 Geoff Wilde Goldthorpe 139-05

3 Simon Gayle Grimsby 77-03

Sat Open Hollywood Lake 17 pegs

1 Luke Harrison Crowle 146-10

2 Neil Vessey Scunthorpe 97-05

3 Tommy Grice Doncaster 87-15

Sun Open Tripp Lake 20 pegs

1 Neil Vessey Scunthorpe 49-08

2 Paul Seed Grimsby 47-15

3 Nigel Lowrie  Barnetby 33-12

 16-05-10

Wed   Rolies League Islands lake 27 fished

1 Steve Bingham Gainsborough 97-11

2 John Gunn Sheffield 71-00

3 Carl Ashton Scunthorpe 69-06

Friday Open Islands Lake 15 fished

1 Steve Burns Grimsby 102-07

2 Col Brunnin Skipton 93-01

3 Andy Bryant Grimsby 70-12

Sat Open Tripp 20 fished

1 Neil Vessey Scunthorpe 53-08

2 Shaun Harrison Crowle 41-05

3 Ray Woodhall Doncaster 38-03

Sun Open Swan pond 20 fished

1 Darryl Pidd Scunthorpe 60-00

2 Neil Vessey Scunthorpe 46-01

3 Geoff Mason Grimsby 31-03

Sport has generally been a bit flat this week as falling water temperatures seem to have taken their toll.

Although some good weights have been taken, there is a lack of consistency with some anglers struggling for a few fish, especially those targeting Carp.

Merry’s Pool provided some reasonable weights of Silverfish and Small Carp in the weekends Club matches with 43lbs of Skimmers winning on Saturday and a 60lbs

mixed bag on Sunday.

The South day ticket lake also provided some memorable fish, including a 6lbs+ Chub taken on floatfished luncheon meat by Scunthorpe angler Pete Hyde.

The catches on the Syndicate lakes have seen Catfish to 30lbs dominate as Carp seem harder to tempt with the falling temperatures.

9-05-10

The Bank Holiday Pairs Match on the Swan Pond and the Islands Lake saw Grimsby duo Steve Burns and Tim Chapman cruise to an easy victory with an impressive 3 point score.

Tim won the Islands Lake with 79-10 and Steve was runner up on the Swan Pond with 57-05.

Top weight on the day came from peg 9 on the Swan Pond, in-form Shane Blades also from Grimsby landed a superb 121-02 on waggler fished pellet.

This impressive weight however was put in the shade when Shane fished peg 36 in the Friday Open on the Swan and put over 200lbs on the scales.

Last year he recorded two 199lbs weights but managed to push the scales just that bit further on this occasion..

Shane swapped between waggler and method feeder with pellet the main bait.

The Oak Tree Pond is in great form with plenty of 100lbs plus catches taken this week and the North and South Ponds are producing some really good fish, the North Pond saw Catfish of 28lbs and 30lbs fall to luncheon meat for Scunthorpe angler Mat Tomkinson.

Bank holiday Pairs

Swan and Islands 56 fished

1 Shane Blades Grimsby 121-02

2 Tim Chapman Grimsby 79-10

3 Les Rodgers Goole 61-7

4 Steve Burns Grimsby 57-05

5 Richard Shiel Rotherham 57-03

6 Walt Smith Scunthorpe 55-14

7 Dale Merton Doncaster 52-04

8 Steve Ellis Scunthorpe 50-05

1 Tim Chapman & Steve Burns 3pts

2 Richard Shiel & Dave Parkes  8pts

3 Shane Blades & R.Seward 9pts

Wed Open Islands Lake 23 fished

1 Rob Seward Blackrow International Grimsby 78-12

2 Mark deans Fishing republic 70-13

3 Paul Stanton Sheffield 51-08

Friday Open  Swan Pond 18 fished

1 Shane Blades Grimsby 204-15

2 John Palmer Goole 86-04

3 Carl Ashton Scunthorpe 85-03

Sat Open Swan Pond 17 fished

1 John Palmer Goole 141-08

2 Don Hudson Scunthorpe 109-15

3 Kev McCullough Scunthorpe 51-08

Sun Open Tripp Lake 19 fished

1 Tommy Grice Doncaster 40-09

2 Andy Bryant Grimsby 40-01

3 Walt Smith Scunthorpe 23-08

3 Gary Hansford Grimsby 23-08

02-05-10

Last weeks warm weather really brought the fish on the feed with terrific sport on all lakes.

The day ticket ponds all fished really well with the North and South ponds proving particularly good with a mixture of quality fish showing up in the form of Roach to 2lbs, Chub to 4lbs, Barbel to 5lbs, lots of good sized Skimmer Bream as well as plenty of Carp to mid double figures.

Merry’s Pool is good for Skimmer Bream, Tench, Ide, Crucians and Carp of all sizes.

Wally Holden of Gainsborough fished floating bread for a common of 15.5lbs and Keith Whittam from Sheffield landed a 17.5lbs fish on legered maggots.

The Islands Lake is giving fantastic mixed catches with Carp nets to 115lbs and silver fish nets to 60lbs.

Hull Mid Week angler  Brian Peck fished Caster up in the water for an all Roach net of 58lbs-12ozs from peg 56 in a recent club match and although it wasn’t enough to win it earned him the plaudits of the other competitors.

Sundays Charity fund raiser in aid of Sheffield Children’s Hospital proved a great success, not only did it produce a near photo finish, with Andy Bryant’s 121lbs of Carp only 7ozs in front of second placed Gary Hansford, thanks to the generosity of all of the section winners who handed their prize money back to the organisers as well as donations from the main pools winners but provided a healthy and much needed pot of funds for The Childrens Hospital.

Sunday Charity Open 61 fished

Swan and Islands

1 A Bryant Grimsby 121-4

2 G. Hansford Grimsby 120-13

3 C.Sweatman Kiveton Hall Farm 79-5

3 M. Stainsby Goldthorpe 79-1

5 R.Seward Grimsby 77-6

D. Merton Doncaster 66-15

Sat open Islands 17 fished

1 J.Palmer Goole 99-12

2 R. Sparkes Grimsby 86-15

3 D. Hudson Scunthorpe 75-6

Fri Open Islands Lake 24 fished

1 Simon Drayton Scotter 116-2

2 Rob Seward Grimsby 91-9

3 John Mager Grimsby 90-00

Wed Open Swan Pond 26 fished

1 John Christ Grimsby 110-04

2 P, Stanton Sheffield 104-3

3 Derrick Chadwick Hull 85-15

26-04-10

All of the lakes are in excellent form at the moment as reflected in the recent match results. The Swan Pond is approaching its normal summer form already with plenty of weights around the 100lbs mark as Carp now begin to dominate. John Palmer from Goole top scored recently with 186 lbs on waggler fished pellet from peg 37.

The Islands Lake is also in cracking form, again weights around the 100lbs being the target. Although carp are normally needed to win, the silverfish weights which have been taken to around the 60 to 70 lbs mark and have included plenty of quality skimmers, roach and tench, have been making the frame.

Winning weights on the Tripp lake have been around the 50-70 lbs mark and anglers have found quality crucians, skimmers and plenty of carp feeding well up the near shelf.

Steve Ellis found paste to be effective on Hollywood lake taking the win with 75lbs of carp and skimmers

Merry’s Pool is providing great sport for the pleasure angler with  Carp Skimmers, Ide and Crucians the mainstay.

As always the Oak Tree pond is in superb form with most methods and baits effective.

The North and South ponds continue to provide excellent silver fish sport with really good quality fish and Carp are now feeding well with plenty of double figure fish showing.

The Syndicate Ponds have begun the new season well and in one night 6 catfish weighing up to 29lbs were landed as well as carp to over 20lbs.

Wed Open Swan Pond  19 fished

1 Martin day Goldthorpe 114-11

2 Nev Fisher Grimsby 95-00

3 John Palmer Goole 93-6

Friday Open  Islands Lake 21 fished

1 Rob Seward Grimsby 115 13

2 Andy Bryant Grimsby 68-10

3 A Jerrard Sheffield 57-1

Sun Open Swan Pond 21 fished

1 Mark Stainsby Goldthorpe 92-12

2 Paul Allen Gainsborough 88-4

3 Glen Mason Grimsby 82-8

EASTER MONDAY PAIRS MATCH

Swan Pond &Islands Lake 74 fished

A cold South East wind put paid to any bumper weights and Carp dominated the event, with Islands Lake providing the top four individuals.

Brandon Fowler from Pennistone led the way with 74lbs from peg 5 to push Team Daiwa angler Martin Leck on 65lbs into second place from peg 35.

Pellet and meat on straight lead or a small feeder beat the conditions for the top scorers on a tough day.

An excellent score of 7 points gave the Grimsby duo of Garry Hansford and Andy Bryant

a comfortable win with Doncaster’s Chris Day and Andy Bailey in second on 10  points and Goldthorpe’s Geoff and Jamie Wild third on 14 points.

Individuals

1 Brandon Fowler Pennistone 74-3

2 Martin Leck Team Daiwa 65-1

3 Peter Stainforth Grimsby 61-14

4 Dale Merton Doncaster 60-6

5 John Palmer Goole 56-2

6 Gary Hansford Grimsby 55-8

Pairs

1 Garry Hansford & Andy Bryant Grimsby 7 pts

2 Chris Day & Andy Bailey 10 pts

3 Geoff Wild & Jamie Wild 14 pts

4 D Richmond & P.Ellis 19 pts

5 M. Anderson & B. Fowler 21pts

6 M. Humphries & M. Leck 21pts

4-4-2010

Some exceptional catches have been taken from the day ticket lakes this week in spite of cold nights causing a 2degree C drop in water temperatures.

The Oak Tree pond saw Scunthorpe anglers Jock Campbell and Carl Urry share a 150 carp catch with fish from 1lbs to 4lbs in weight on Easter Sunday on a variety of baits and methods. Grimsby’s Roland Sparks had another tremendous day with 79 Carp taken on surface fished baits from the same pond.

The North day ticket Lake also produced a 100lbs plus catch for one angler who landed Carp to 13lbs, Chub to 2lbs and Skimmer Bream to 1 ½ lbs.

Plenty of Chub are being caught across the Lakes as these fish build their weight up after a tough winter.

The 5 man teams event fished on Good Friday saw the top two individuals come from the Islands lake.

 Team Daiwa angler Martin Leck led the way from peg 12 with 72lbs of Carp, Tench Chub and Skimmers on pellet fished on bomb and feeder. Scunthorpes Don Hudson wasn’t too far behind on peg 63 where pole and meat accounted for an all Carp net of 69lbs.

Top Team on the day were Messingham A in the form of Steve Ellis, Don Hudson, John Palmer, Andy Renton and Les Rogers with 11 points which included 3 section wins and a second.

Tripp Fished reasonably well with most people weighing between 20lbs and 40lbs but the Swan Pond was below par with a 50lbs winning weight and 20lbs scoring good points on the day. This was a disappointment to anglers who had to watch Carp rolling all over the lake at the start of the match.

Things improved on Sunday when Rob Seward landed 105lbs to win the Sunday open from peg 49.

Good Friday Teams of Five Swan, Islands and Tripp 45 fished.

1 MartinLeck Team Daiwa 72-4

2 Don Hudson Messingham A 69-2

3Chris Roberts Sheffield 54-06

4 John Palmer Messingham A

5 Jamie Wilde Goldthorpe 50-15

6 Danny Taylor Scunthorpe 48-5

Sunday Open Swan pond 12 fished

1Rob Seward Grimsby 105-6

2 John Crompton Scotton 62-06

3 Nathan Williams Grimsby 41-08

29-03-10

All waters are in excellent form for both silverfish and Carp.

The Oak Tree Pond is producing plenty of 100lbs plus catches of Carp to a variety of methods, although Grimsby angler Roland Sparks catches more than most using floating baits, Roland landed 37 Carp and 42 carp on two days last week with the fish averaging 3-4 lbs.

Merry’s Pool continues to offer some good individual fish to mid double figure as well as the more plentiful smaller Carp , quality Skimmer Bream and Ide.

The North and South Ponds are also providing good sport for Carp to low double figures as well as the usual quality Roach , Skimmers Chub and Perch.

Match results reflect the general level of sport and the Islands Lake has had two 100lbs plus winning weights this week as well as some fabulous nets of silverfish including a 60lbs catch of Roach Skimmers and Perch taken on maggots fished at 3 metres by Sheffield’s John Gunn. Unfortunately for John this was only good enough for 4^th place in the Friday Open which was won by Doncaster’s Dave Chapman who had 102lbs of Carp and Chub on large Pellet fished on the bomb.

The Swan Pond has begun to produce some of its renowned specimens and Fishing Republic Angler Paul Wright landed a 19lbs 5ozs Mirror on pellet fished up in the water on waggler in the Wednesday Open.

The Silverfish league finished in style with another 40lbs plus net of Roach and Skimmers leading a string of excellent catches.

Nobby Winters from Bawtry fished a brilliant series to take maximum points with 12 section wins through a pretty hard winter. Nobby targeted the large Perch in the Swan pond and unerringly found fish to 3lbs plus even on the hardest of days to boost his weights above the rest of the field.      Well Done Nobbs!

Amazingly enough, despite the harshness of the winter, the top 5 anglers averaged over 21 lbs per man per match for their top 12 matches in the 20 match series which began in November.

Tripp Lake has been a hard nut to crack in recent weeks with bites at a premium. The past weekend saw things improve however as plenty of Crucians put in an appearance to boost up the Carp weights and a number of 20lbs plus catches were taken on Saturday and Sunday.

Silverfish League Saturday Swan pond 14 fished

1 Kevin Johnson Messingham 43-00

2 Neil Vessey Scunthorpe 30-7

3 Dennis Patterson Grimsby 29-5

Wed open Swan pond 18 fished

1 Simon Drayton Scotter 79-08

2 John Alderson Scunthorpe 54-05

3 Steve Bingham Gainsborough 43-02

Friday open Islands Lake 19 fished

1 Dave Chapman Doncaster  102-2

2 Shaun Sanders Barnsley Baits 82-2

3 Jamie Wilde Goldthorpe 74-6

Sunday open Swan pond 16 fished

1 Andy Bryant Grimsby 79-05

2 Paul Roe Grimsby 55-06

3 Richard Shiels Rotherham 38-12

Tripp Open Sunday 12 fished

1 Tommy Grice Doncaster 31-04

2 Kevin Johnson Messingham 29-12

3 Garry Hansford Grimsby 21-11

21-03-10

What a difference a week makes, milder weather and a three degree rise in water temperature has given sport a real boost.

The Oak Tree Carp have really come on to the feed with up to forty fish in a sitting.

Although most baits and methods are producing fish, surface baits are particularly successful.

Merry’s Pool is in good form for Carp and Skimmers, with odd Ide and Tench.

. Although most of the Carp are in the one to six pound size range, Scunthorpe’s Jim Wishart seems to have found a method for sorting out the better fish, taking a string of double figure fish this week with a 16.5 lbs common topping the list.

On the match scene the penultimate match in the Silverfish League was fished on an Islands Lake which has fished really hard for Silvers in recent weeks as a result of the really low temperatures this winter.

Sure enough the fish responded to the increase in water temperatures by showing all around the lake and over 40lbs of Roach, Skimmers Perch and Tench topped the list with 10^th man needing over 30lbs.

The main Lake of the Swan Pond and also Tripp Lake are both quite deep and as such take a bit more warming up and a slower recovery is expected although both waters produced 40lbs plus nets of Skimmers and Crucians at the weekend.

Saturday Silverfish open 12 fished

1 John Palmer Goole 42-15

2 Paul Seed Grimsby 42-9

3 Steve Ellis Scunthorpe 39-9

Islands Sunday Open 21 fished

1 Paul Stanton Sheffield 53-01

2 Albert Williams Grimsby 47-03

3 Roger Hill Sheffield 39-02

Sunday open Tripp Lake 15 fished

1 Neil Vessey Scunthorpe 43-02

2 Mark lidgard Scunthorpe 21-12

3 Tommy Grice Doncaster 19-14

14-03-10

Rob Seward from Grimsby reported a tremendous day on the North Day Ticket pond this week.

Fishing maggot and caster on the pole Rob had a bite every cast from Roach, Perch and Skimmers, all of which were quality fish. His biggest Roach of the day was nudging 2lbs, with plenty around the 1lb mark and the Perch and Skimmers were of a similar stamp.

The Saturday Silverfish match on the Swan Pond also produced some good fish with a number of 2lbs plus Perch caught. Mick Grant from Castleford amazed everyone by catching not one, but two Perch around the 2.5lbs mark on Pellet close in on the Pole.

Everyone had double figures in this match with plenty of weights around the 20lbs mark.

Andy Renton caught 25lbs of Skimmers, Perch and Roach at 3 metres on maggot.

Hull’s Gary Chadwick won the Wednesday open on the Swan pond with 44lbs, beating Grimsby veteran Nev Fisher into second place by 4lb.

By Friday temperatures had risen slightly and anglers were tipping 40lb weights back as the open match saw a string of good catches, Simon Drayton taking the honours with 79-14.

Saturday Silverfish Open 14 fished

1 Andy Renton Stainforth 25-03

2 Kevin Johnson Messingham 22-11

3 Craig Williams Bawtry 21-07

Wed Open Swan Pond 14 fished

1 Gary Chadwick Hull 44-1

2 Nev Fisher Grimsby 40-04

3 Mark Deans Fishing Republic 20-02

Friday Open Swan Pond 19 fished

1 Simon Drayton Scotter 79-14

2 Mark Deans Fishing Republic 69-2

3 Dave Townhill Sheffield 62-14

07-03-10

Sport is definitely on the up if lacking in consistency.

Match weights have been fairly respectable this week, Scunthorpe’s Walt Smith ventured out for the first time this year and won the Friday Open with 91lbs of Carp from peg 15 in the “New Bit” of the Swan Pond, pushing Barnsley’s Shaun Sanders’ 75lbs into second place.

A phenomenal Silverfish only match on the Oak Tree pond this weekend saw the top ten weigh in over 400lbs of fish and with Skimmer Bream averaging around 2-8 ozs, everyone was kept busy.

Grimsby’s Paul Seed topped the list with an excellent 47lbs and with the 8^th man weighing over 40lbs it was a really close field.

Tripp lake seems to have gone quiet recently, especially for silverfish and Neil Vessey landed 6 Carp and a couple of Crucians to win the Sunday open with 33lbs, just edging out John palmer who had a similar net but fell 2lbs short.

The Day Ticket ponds are producing reasonable results with Merry’s Pool in particularly good form. Carp to 14lbs in catches of up to 15 fish in a sitting are keeping anglers busy on a variety of baits and methods.

Some tremendous catches of Roach have been reported from the North and South day ticket ponds with fish to 1.5lbs landed. Chub to 4lbs and Perch to 3.5lbs are also turning up as a bonus, although Carp are proving elusive at the moment.

As well as providing some amazing silverfish catches the Oak Tree Pond is also fishing well for Carp, with fish from a few ounces up to low double figures falling to a variety of baits.

Saturday silverfish Open Oak Tree Pond 14 fished

1 Paul Seed Grimsby 47-11

2 Steve Brunyee Castleford 44-9

3 Mal Bailey Goole 43-2

(lowest weight was 20lbs, top eight all had over 40lbs)

28-02-10

Match Results mirror the sport on all of the ponds at the moment with Carp fishing remaining moderate but Silver fish catches at a reasonable level.

Winning weights from the Swan Pond have varied between 25lbs and 55lbs in the Carp matches, Jamie Wilde from Goldthorpe won the Friday open with 55lbs and Messingham's Tony Griffiths won the Sunday Open with 51lbs.

Goldthorpe had a 69lbs winning weight from the Islands Lake in their winter League on Saturday and Martin Leck landed a perch just short of 4lbs on a day when Carp, Chub, Perch and Skimmers fed fairly well.

The Oak Tree pond is still in excellent form for Skimmers and more Carp are now feeding although weather conditions are having a big impact at the moment.

Saturday Silverfish Swan Pond 18 fished

1 Steve Brunyee Castleford 17-10

2 Nobby winters R&J Sports 15-10

3 Steve Ellis Scunthorpe 15-05

20-02-10

Another week in which poor weather conditions have affected results especially for those anglers targeting Carp.

Silverfish catches have remained good with the Oak Tree pond in particular in excellent form. Two club matches were moved onto the Oak Tree pond at the weekend due to the poor conditions and Crowle A.C. in particular had a consistent match with 14 anglers catching 220lbs of skimmers and a winning weight of 19lbs.

In the other match one angler landed 360 small skimmers for 41lbs fishing maggot over groundbait, this in spite of temperatures hovering around freezing all day.

Surprisingly enough some Carp are being caught amongst the Silverfish and small baits are definitely outscoring the normal mouthfuls that the Carp anglers are offering.

Merry,s Pool fished well at the weekend, despite being partially frozen over and light feeder tactics again with small baits proving successful for Carp to 6lbs.

The Silverfish Open on the Swan Pond produced plenty of bites for everyone by fishing pole through holes in the ice and most had double figures of Roach Perch and Skimmers.

Saturday Silverfish Open Swan Pond 19 fished

1 Craig Williiams Bawtry 18-6

2 Shaun Wright Doncaster 17-5

3 Nobby Winters R &J Sports 17-1

14-02-10

Carp didn’t take kindly to the cold North Easterly winds blowing across the lakes last week and refused to feed. Sport was probably as bad as it has been all winter although things did pick up over the weekend.

Goldthorpe A.C. had low expectations for their open match on the Swan Pond on Saturday  and the winning weight of 70lbs and some good backing weights surprised everybody.

Similarly, Queen Bess A.C. had a70lbs + winning weight of Carp in their Saturday match on the Tripp lake, the winning method was maggots fished shallow on the waggler for Carp to 6lbs.

The Oak Tree pond is in exceptional form for Skimmers and the Silver Fish Open on Saturday saw the Top three competitors weigh in over 100lbs of silverfish between them, with the 10^th man having over 20lbs of fish.

Sat Silverfish Open 19 fished Oak Tree Pond

1 Kevin Johnson Messingham 39-12

2 Dennis Patterson Grimsby 36-4

3 Paul Seed Grimsby 31-9

Sun Open Tripp 13 fished

1 Kevin Johnson Messingham 23-03

2 Nigel Lowrey Barnetby 10-7

3 Tommy Grice Doncaster 10-6

7-02-10

Despite a week in which the lakes have iced over and defrosted almost on a daily basis, some good results have been achieved as can be seen from the latest match returns.

The Sunday open on the Swan pond was won by Roger Hill from Sheffield, surprisingly from peg 54 which was the shallowest peg in the match, Roger fished bomb and meat for 70lbs of Carp.

Goldthorpe switched their Saturday Open from a frozen up Islands Lake to Merry’s Pool. The winner with 56lbs of Carp headed a string of reasonable weights.

Paul Brunyee from Castleford won a close run Silverfish match on Saturday on the Swan pond with 15lbs of Skimmers and Goldfish.

Plenty of quality Roach, Skimmers and Perch from the North and South Day ticket Lakes and almost a bite every cast on light tackle and small baits on the Oak Tree Pond as anglers enjoy the prolific stocks of Skimmers which feed whatever the weather.

Sat Silverfish Open Swan pond 18 fished

1 Paul Brunyee Castleford 15-3

2 John Palmer Goole 14-10

3 Kevin Johnson Messingham 14-5

Sun open Swan pond 19 fished

1 Roger Hill Sheffield 70-13

2 John Holt Goole 42-12

3 John Crompton Scotton 35-09

Sun Open Tripp 12 fished

1 Tommy Grice Doncaster 15-02

2 Shaun Harrison Crowle 12-06

3 John palmer Goole 9-14

Cold weather has once again hit hard, with all of the lakes freezing over on Saturday night.

Steve Binghams 139lb winning weight in the Wednesday Open match on the Swan Pond was backed up by Goldthorpes Jamie Hall who won the Saturday winter league event on the Islands Lake with 69lbs despite freezing conditions.

This suggests that given reasonable conditions, some really good weights are on the cards.

Some Syndicate members who were camped out over the weekend had taken some nice fish, unfortunately when they woke up on Sunday morning they found the lakes resembling ice rinks and were forced to pack up and leave much earlier than expected.

Craig Williams had to chop and change methods and baits in the Silverfish Open on the Swan Pond and put together a mixed bag for 13lbs to win a close  match in which most competitors managed around 10lbs.

Sat Silverfish Open Swan Pond 17 fished

1 Craig Williams Bawtry 13-6

2 Dave Rawcliffe Grimsby 12 13

3 Steve Ellis Scunthorpe 12-6

Sun Open Tripp Lake 11 fished

1 Garry Hansford  Grimsby 15-11

2 Tommy Grice Doncaster 12-4

3 Kevin Johnson Messingham 10-4

27-01-10

At last the Carp are showing an appetite as temperatures rise.

The angler who benefited the most from this upturn was Gainsborough's Steve Bingham. Steve won the Wednesday open on the Swan Pond with a really impressive 18 Carp catch totalling 139lbs 9ozs.

The catch was taken on bomb and meat from peg 38 on the golf course bank.

Wed Open Swan pond 15 fished

1 Steve Bingham Gainsborough 139-9

2 John Crompton Scotton 68-13

3 Mark Deans Fishing Republic 31-1

25-01-10

Anglers have returned in numbers after the recent freeze up and sport is improving quickly as temperatures return to normal.

Although Silver fish sport remained reasonable throughout, Carp fishing certainly took a back seat.

Noticeably more Carp are now showing both to pleasure anglers and match men alike.

The Syndicate lakes saw a return by the Bivvie men who put in 24 and 48 hour sessions and they were rewarded with some reasonable catches this weekend.

Steve ellis confounded the conditions on Tripp Lake at the weekend to win the Sunday Open with an 18 Carp catch for 58lbs. The surprising thing was that Steve took quite a few of his fish on paste, which is normally a warm weather bait.

Sundays Open on the Swan pond also saw Carp win for the first time this year with 38lbs taking the prize money.

Sat Silverfish Open Swan Pond 17 fished

1 Shaun Wright Doncaster 15-14

2 Neil Vessey Scunthorpe 15-00

3 John Palmer Goole 12-7

Sun Open Tripp Lake 12 fished

1 Steve Ellis Scunthorpe 58-10

2 John Palmer Goole 23-1

3 Garry Hansford Grimsby 22-4

The Wednesday Open on the Swan Pond failed to produce any Carp, although Scotters' John Crompton did have an epic battle with an umbrella which was blown in last  weekend and attached itself to his ledger tackle.              The match actually produced plenty of bites for the silverfish men and Sheffield anglers John Gunn and Dean Boot tied for first place each with 11 lbs 4 ozs of Skimmers.

 18-01-10

With a return to normal weather conditions, many of the lakes are now fishable without having to reach for the ice breakers.

The Oak Tree pond is now completely ice free and fishing really well for skimmers. Maggot or soft pellet over groundbait fished on light tackle on the pole will produce plenty of bites from skimmers to 8ozs. Catches between 15 and 25 lbs have been taken over the weekend.

The North Day Ticket pond is still partially frozen but most of the South Day Ticket pond is ice free and can be expected to fish well for Roach and Skimmers with odd Carp towards the afternoon.

Matches last weekend saw plenty of silverfish caught and 20lbs of Roach won a club match on the Swan Pond.

Tommy Grice from Doncaster won the Sunday Open with over 30lbs of Carp, Skimmers and Crucians.

Sat Silverfish Open 17 fished Swan Pond

1 Nobby Winters R&R Sports 18-1

2 Mal Bailey Goole 15-5

3 Steve Ellis Scunthorpe 14-15

Sun Open Tripp 12 fished

1 Tommy Grice Doncaster 31-4

2 Kevin Johnson Messingham 13-10

3 John Palmer Goole 13-02

10-1-10

Only a very few hardened souls turned out to fish the weekend matches  which was very fortunate as only a limited number of pegs were ice free.

Neil Vessey won on Saturday from the Oak Tree pond with 20lbs  and Mark Lidgard had 15lbs to win the Sunday match. Both anglers caught Skimmers on soft pellet over groundbait on the pole. Weights were surprisingly good, with plenty of double figure nets of small fish on both days. 

Nobby Winters has succesfully targeted the bigger Perch in the Silver Fish Opens on the Swan Pond this winter and once again landed a good specimen,  this fish weighed 2lbs 10zos and came to double caster on the feeder.

3-01-10

Although most of the ponds remain frozen over some fishing did take place over the weekend.

Around a dozen pegs were free of ice on the Oak Tree Pond and anglers were surprised to find plenty of Skimmers feeding with one angler catching over 70 fish on pole and maggot.

The Silverfish match on the Swan Pond attracted only a hardened few, but these anglers were well pleased with the catches taken.

Mick Grant from Castleford led the way with a mixed bag which included around 50 small Roach and Perch, topped up with some quality Skimmers and a 2lb Perch all taken on long pole with maggot and pellet.

Neil Vessey from Scunthorpe stuck to his guns by fishing pellet over groundbait and despite not having a bite for the first 3 hours managed over 13lbs of quality Skimmers by the whistle.

Sunday’s match on the Tripp Lake saw a battle to get through around 3 inches of ice at the start. Steve Ellis found it well worthwhile however with 23lbs of Carp, Crucians and Skimmers for an easy win.

Saturday Silverfish Open Swan pond 10 fished

1 Mick Grant Castleford 17-12

2 Neil Vessey Scunthorpe 13-06

3 Craig Williams Doncaster 12-14

Sunday Open Tripp Lake 9 fished

1 Steve Ellis Scunthorpe 23-11

2 Garry Hansford Grimsby 8-13

3 Nige Lowrey Barnetby 8-4

.MERRY'S POOL

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PEGS SUITABLE FOR DISABLED ANGLERS  ARE AVAILABLE ON THE NORTH DAY TICKET , THE OAK TREE POND AND TWO PURPOSE BUILT PEGS WITH AN ACCESS RAMP ON MERRY'S POOL.

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Match Rule Change

After discussions with  match anglers  who fish with us on a regular basis we have decided to increase the maximum shotting capacity for wagglers to 12 grams.

Please note that a maximum diameter of 8 mm for the visible part of the float still applies in order to prevent the use of self hooking floats.

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 Toilet facilities for able bodied and disabled persons are now available.

The Shop will provide the only source for the Fish Pellets allowed at the Fishery and a selection of other baits are also available.

Please note that our longstanding rule is that only pellets supplied by Messingham Sands Fishery may be used on our Lakes. (see the fishery rules page for details)

Please also note that  fishery pellets supplied from  the Cafe  at Grange Park Fisheries are no longer allowed at Messingham Sands Fishery.

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Match Results

5-10-09

Match winning weights are definitely getting lower as water temperatures fall.

 The exception remains the Swan Pond which is quite deep and takes longer to cool down.

Paul Wright, who has taken some huge catches this year on the waggler and pellet once again persuaded the Carp to feed well on the Friday Open. Fishing on peg twelve on the Swan he almost doubled the weight of second place with 182lbs.

Todd Carruthers made the journey from Bradford worth while again by winning the Wednesday open on the Swan pond with 121lbs of Carp, Todd beat Trev West into second place by just one fish as Trev scored his first ever 100lbs plus match catch, not bad for a couple of old boys.

Wed Open Swan Pond  26 fished

1 Todd Carruthers Bradford 121-09 peg 54

2 Trev west Goxhill 115-03 peg 6

3 Dave Parkes Rotherham 106-06 peg 47

Friday Open Swan Pond 17 fished

1 Paul Wright Fishing Republic  182-04 peg 12

2 John Palmer Goole 98-02 peg 6

3 Shaun Sanders Barnsley baits 79-02 peg10

Sat Open Islands Lake 19 fished

1 Tony Griffiths Messingham 66-13

2 Kevin Ford Leeds Anglers World 63-03

3 Walt Smith Scunthorpe 49-08

Sunday open Hollywood lake 17 fished

1 Craig Williams Bawtry 29-14

2 Garry Hansford Grimsby 27-12

3 Les Rogers Goole 23-01

Islands Lake 11-9-09 21 fished

1 Don Hudson Scunthorpe 157-10

2 John palmer Goole 100-04

3 John Crompton Scotton 72-14

Islands Lake 12-9-09 20 fished

1 C Sweatman Kiverton Hall 81-11

2 D Scott Sheffield 73-5

3 J Wild Goldthorpe 36-15

Hollywood Lake 13-6-09

17 fished

1 Les Rogers Goole 124-15

2 Garry Hansford Grimsby 72-9

3 Neil Vessey Scunthorpe 59-9

Although night time temperatures are now dropping, sport remains consistently good with plenty of 100lbs plus weights this week in the matches. The most impressive being the new pond record set on Hollywood Lake by Gooles Les Rogers. Les fished in the margins on corn over pellet , taking Carp from 8ozs to 5lbs.

The Syndicate Lake is also producing some impressive fish including a 28lbs Carp and Catfish to 34lbs.

Other match weights include a 166lbs catch by Don Hudson on the Swan Pond which pushed John Rocket into second place with 146lbs in a match which saw 6 100lbs plus weights.

181lbs was enough for Mark Deans to beat Paul Wright in another open but only by 3lbs.

Simon Drayton from Scotter had an excellent 135lbs of Carp to win a Friday open on Tripp and Steve Ellis won another with 180lbs.

The bank Holiday Pairs match was won comfortably by Rob Seward and Shane Blades of Black Row Engineering with an impressive score of 4 points.

Rob won the Islands Lake in this event with 124-8 whilst Garry Hansford was top on the Swan Pond with 113-3

Result  62 fished Swan and Islands Lake

1 R.Seward + S Blades  Black Row Engineering 4 points

2 G Hansford + A Bryant Grimsby 9 points

3 D Parkes + R Shiel Rotherham 9 points

26-08-09

Wednesday Open Swan Pond 27 fished

1 Dean Boot Sheffield 106-05

2 Mark Deans Fishing Republic 104-02

3 Shane Blades Grimsby 98-09

4 Gary Chadwick Hull 92-13

Steve Ellis drew peg 64 in a recent club match on the Islands Lake and fished close in on the paste for an impressive 79lbs of Skimmers. With fish from 4ozs to 1 1/2lbs, he had a really busy day.

Rotherham veterans didn,t let age get in the way of some superb catches this week and a match on Tuesday saw the top 5 anglers put over 600lbs of fish on the scales. Tony Beresford topped the list with 187lbs of carp from peg 3 on the Swan Pond.

Just to prove that this was no fluke, they returned on Thursday to fish the Islands Lake and three anglers again topped the ton, with winner Brian Turner bringing 140lbs of fish to the scales.

Scunthorpes Carl Urry decided to put in a few hours waggler practise in on Merry’s Pool this week and found a procession of Carp queuing up for 8mm pellets,  Carl landed over 80 fish from 8ozs to 17.5lbs, with plenty around the 8-9lb mark.

16 08 09

Catches have been consistent across all of the lakes, although the spectacular 200lb+ winning weights from the Swan Pond in recent weeks have seen a nosedive to more normal 100lb+ catches much to the relief of the weighing teams.

The syndicate Lakes have produced some good catches this week, one member landing 25 Carp in a session, including two fish over the 20lb mark. Catfish to 32lbs have also been caught and 11 year old Connor West from Scunthorpe did really well to land a 17lbs Carp on a roach pole from the small syndicate pond.

Merry’s Pool also is also fishing well to most methods and Scunthorpe angler Dave Scanlon found that floating bread sorted out the better fish when he hooked into a 22lbs Common Carp and followed it up with a number of other fish in double figures.

Wed Open Swan Pond 28 fished

1 Tommy Grice Doncaster 117-3

2 Todd Carruthers Bradford 89-15

3 Shane Blades Grimsby 84-7

Friday Open Islands Lake 29 fished

1 Jamie Wilde Goldthorpe 134-2

2 John Willoughby Hull 118-5

3 Don Hudson Scunthorpe 86-1

Sat Open Swan pond 20 fished

1 Barry Peel Barnsley 109-1

2 Don Hudson Scunthorpe 86-2

3 Steve Ellis Scunthorpe 66-10

Sun Open Hollywood 17 fished

1 Jamie Wilde Goldthorpe 66-13

2 Carl Sweatman Sheffield 43-15

3 Mick Wills Scunthorpe 29-07

2-08-2009

Match weights have taken a bit of a nosedive this week as water levels have come up a couple of inches as a result of the heavy rain.

The Wednesday Open on the Swan pond proved to be the exception with 3 100lb plus weights and a few others near the mark.

Wednesday Open

Swan Pond  22 fished

1 Mark Deans Fishing Republic 167-06

2 Jack Turner Scunthorpe 108-13

3 Paul Stanton Sheffield 104-02

Friday Open Tripp Lake 22 fished.

1 Paul Thompson Scunthorpe 88-10

2 John Palmer Goole 66-12

3 Dennis Patterson Grimsby 54-13

Sat Open Islands Lake 20 fished

1 Shaun Sanders Barnsley Baits 135-11

2 Don Hudson Scunthorpe 104-12

3 Jamie Wilde Goldthorpe 90-2

Sun Open Merry’s Pool 27 fished

1 Garry Hansford Grimsby 54-3

2 Mick Wills Crowle 43-2

3 Roy Sparks Grimsby 37-12

The heavy rainfall and sharp temperature fall did not have any affect on catches as would be expected.

Paul Wright, who is a regular on the open matches at Messingham Sands joined Gate Inn for their club match on the Swan Pond at the weekend and recorded the highest weight of the year so far and finished agonisingly short of an incredible 300lb. Paul tested the weigher’s arms with his 296lbs of Carp taken on waggler fished 10mm hard pellet.

Tripp Lake was in good form at the weekend and Steve Ellis landed over 100lbs of mainly Crucian Carp on paste from peg 23 to win the Saturday open match.

Sunday saw a full house for the annual Charity Open Match on Tripp which was run in aid of the Lincolnshire House Hospice with the help of Staff and Residents. Thanks in the main to the generosity of anglers and other contributors, the event raised over £850.

The conditions left a lot to be desired with some of the heaviest rain of the year making things difficult. The results were close with less than 10lbs separating the top 5.

Mick Wills led the way from peg 10 with 67lbs of Carp on meat. Second placed Nigel Lowrey caught over 100 Crucians on pellet over groundbait for 65lbs on peg 2 and 60lbs of Skimmers on soft pellet made up third place from peg 5.

Merry’s Pool continues to produce a good mixture of mainly Carp Skimmers and Crucians. Scunthorpe Angler Steve Wenzel found meat fished close in on the pole the best method for sorting out the bigger fish and landed fish well in to double figures, including a hefty 17lbs Mirror.

The North and South Lakes have also produced some sizeable specimens including a 20lbs plus fish from the South Pond this week.

Lincolnshire House Annual Charity Open Match

Tripp Lake 36 fished ( float only)

1 Mick Wills Crowle 67-13

2 Nigel Lowrey Barnetby 65-3

3 Kevin Johnson Messingham 60-11

4 Shane Blades Grimsby 59-10

5 Paul Hewitt Messingham 58-13

17-7-09

The Swan Pond is proving to be a sensation this season as winning weights over the 100lbs mark have become the norm and a few 200lbs plus weights recorded recently.

The Friday open match provided a surprise in the quality of the catches all around the lake, heavy overnight rain and appalling fishing conditions did not raise too many expectations but with the top 7 weighing over 750lbs of fish between them and really good weights following on behind these, a bedraggled bunch of anglers left the fishery with plenty of smiles.

 Top rod on the day was Goldthorpe’s Jamie Wilde who fished the now seemingly mandatory up in the water tactics of hard pellet fished on the drop on the waggler on peg 37. Jamie put 166lbs on the scales, finishing over 30lbs clear of Gainsborough’s Mick Willey who recorded his first ever 100lb plus weight; Mick bucked the trend by fishing bomb and pellet on peg two.

Top weight of the week came in the Wednesday open when Fishing Republic backed Mark Deans led the field with 184lbs from peg 12.

The day ticket lakes are also providing exceptional sport.

The Oak Tree Pond provided the fish of a very young lifetime last weekend when 12 year old Liam Rowett landed a mirror carp weighing 20lbs 2ozs. Anglers are catching Carp in abundance with up to 70 fish in a sitting but Skimmers, Rudd and odd Barbel are also featuring well.

Merry’s Pool is in great form for Carp and Skimmers on the pole, with plenty of fish from a few ounces up to 4lbs. Surface tactics however are sorting out the better quality Carp with fish to17lbs being taken in catches of up to 100lbs, odd Grass Carp are also falling for floating baits.

Wed Open

Swan Pond 21 fished

1 Mark Deans Fishing Republic 184-07 peg 12

2 Dave Parkes Rotherham 126-10 peg 3

3 John Crompton Gainsborough 122-9 peg 57

Friday Open Swan Pond 19 fished

1 Jamie Wilde Goldthorpe 166-14 peg 37

2 Mick Willey Gainsborough 140-14 peg 2

3 Walt Smith Scunthorpe 132-02 peg 8

12/07/09

Scunthorpe angler and Messingham Sands Open Match organiser Steve Ellis recorded a remarkable 162lbs win in the Sunday Open. The plaudits are not necessarily due because of this particular result, but because it is his sixth consecutive 100lb plus weight in matches on the Swan Pond. This sequence of results have included a 234lbs weight and several more over 150lbs.

Steve has mastered the current killer method of constant cast and feed on the waggler and large pellet. It sounds easy but involves a hard working and relentless approach to get the fish competing up in the water and Steve has shown that it has worked almost anywhere on the Lake.

The identical tactics also produced the best weight of the week from the Islands Lake on Tuesday, when the Hull Midweek club match was won with 152lbs from peg 48.

Sport on the Islands Lake slowed up towards the weekend after heavy rain and 50 to 80lbs won most of the matches.

Tripp Lake was in top form on the Friday Open Match and Ray Woodhall had a fine 134lbs catch of Carp on meat down the margins to beat John Palmers 122lbs net of Crucian Carp into second place.

The Day Ticket Lakes are all showing excellent form for all species and the Syndicate Lakes have produced Carp to 21lbs and Catfish to 28lbs this week.

Wednesday Open, Islands Lake 26 fished

1 Nev Fisher Grimsby 109-10

2 Mark Deans Fishing Republic 92-10

3 Simon Drayton Gainsborough 79-8

Friday Open Tripp Lake 17 fished

1 Ray Woodhall Doncaster 134-9

2 John Palmer Goole 122-3

3 Neil Vessey  Scunthorpe 89-11

Saturday Open Hollywood Lake 16 fished

1 Neil Vessey Scunthorpe 54-7

2 Mark Lidgard  Barnetby 43-11

3 Tony Hardcastle Doncaster 31-12

Sunday Open Swan Pond 20 fished

1 Steve Ellis Scunthorpe 162-9

2 Paul Wright Fishing republic 128-2

3 Jamie Wild Goldthorpe 114-12

5-7-09 

Wednesday Open Islands lake 22 fished

1 Paul Wright Fishing Republic 96-11

2 Lol Jones Grimsby 84-12

3 John Crompton Gainsborough 75-10

Friday Open  Islands lake 26 fished

1Don Hudson Scunthorpe 180-08  Peg 2 Bomb and Meat over pellet

2 Martin Day Goldthorpe 115-00 peg 21

3 Shaun Sanders Barnsley Baits  101-01

Sat Open   Merry’s Pool 20 fished

1 Les Rogers Goole 76-13

2 Carl Urry Scunthorpe 57-07

3 Mick Wills Crowle 56-10

Sun Open Swan Pond 20 fished

1 Jamie Wilde Goldthorpe 247-1 Peg 47 waggler and Pellet shallow

2 Shane Blades Grimsby 165-11 peg 54

3 Tommy Grice Doncaster 162-12 peg 51

4 Steve Ellis Scunthorpe  132-00 peg 52

The lakes are all in sensational form as can be seen from the match results.

Carp are obviously dominating the catches as they have responded to the warm weather although the North and South day ticket lakes in particular are providing excellent silver fish sport.

Two new match records were set this weekend, Andrew Morely from Kiveton Hall Farm headed a good list of weights in his club match weighing 91lbs of Carp and Skimmers with fish to 3lbs on pole and meat from Hollywood Lake and Les Rogers also caught Skimmers and Carp from Merry’s Pool close in on pole and pellet for a winning 76lbs catch in Saturdays open match.

Another good Catfish came from the Day Ticket ponds recently, Scunthorpe angler Adrian Follows landed a 27lbs fish from the South pond on the unlikely tactics of  Cheese fished on the bomb.

17-05-09

The first of the popular wednesday series, Rolies League, got off to a reasonable start.

Gary Hansford won on the day with 78lbs of Carp on bomb and pellet and second place saw a tie with 71lbs 6 ozs for Tony Hill and Steve Bingham. The back up weights were mainly in the 40lbs bracket with Roach and Skimmer bream nets featuring well.

 Weather condtions this week have generally put a damper on sport across the lakes although torrential rain didn,t prevent Jamie Wild from taking another ton weight to win the Friday open on the Swan pond.

Wed Open

Rolies League Islands Lake 40 fished

1 Gary Hansford Grimsby 78-07

2 Steve Bingham Gainsborough 71 06

3 Tony Hill Gainsborough 71-06

4 Stuart Carlisle Barton 48-14

5 Walt Smith Scunthorpe  48-1

6 Tony Griffiths Messingham 43-11

Friday open Swan pond 15 pegs

1 Jamie Wild Goldthorpe 114-3

2 Simon Drayton Sheffield 104-10

3 John Palmer Goole 95-6

The Bank Holiday Monday Pairs match saw 4 individual weights over the 100lb mark and a four way tie on points for the pairs competition.

Jamie Wild turned in an excellent performance from peg 21 on the Swan Pond to weigh 114-7, Shane Blades was close behind on 109-10 from peg 55 also on the Swan, and only 2ozs separated the top two on the islands lake, Andy Bailey beating Marti Leck with 106-6.

The top four pairs all scored 9 points and weight decided the eventual winners, Rob Seward and Shane Blades from Grimsby who had a 165-14 total to push Jamie and Geoff Wild from Goldthorpe into second place on 160-13

Pairs match Swan Pond and Islands Lake 66 fished

1 Jamie Wild Goldthorpe114-7

2 Shane Blades Grimsby 109-5

3 Andy Bailey Doncaster 106-6

4 Martin Leck Goldthorpe 106-4

5 Garry Hansford Grimsby 87-10

6 Paul Yates Doncaster 83-1

Pairs  All 9 points  weight decided

1 Rob Seward + Shane Blades Grimsby

2 Geoff Wild + Jamie wild Goldthorpe

3 Andy Bailey + Chris Day Doncaster

4 Tom Pickering + Steve Barraclough Barnsley

3-5 -09

Catfish have become very active in the Lakes where they are present.

Lenny Hackshaw had a 40 minute battle with a 20lbs fish from the North Day ticket Lake this week. Lenny hooked the Cat on a single pellet on the waggler whilst fishing for Skimmer Bream.

Doncaster angler Darren Thompson was just returning a 16 ½ lbs Catfish to the Syndicate Lake when the buzzer sounded on his second rod and another one weighing 29lbs 1oz was added to his haul. Danny landed two other Cat’s of 13 ½ lbs and 17 ½ lbs in the same session.

The Syndicate Lakes are also producing plenty of good sized Carp. Kevin Watson landed 17 fish from 8lbs to 16lb in a single session , R. Lancaster caught 15 fish from 10lbs to 21 ½ lbs and Scunthorpe angler N. Girdham  include fish of 19 ½ lbs, 20lbs, 22lbs and 23lbs as well as a 9 ½ lb Bream this week.

Paul Wright won the Wednesday Open on the Swan Pond from peg 3 on the Swan pond with 118lbs followed by John Palmer with 104lbs from peg 13. These weights were bettered on Saturday when Steve Ellis weighed 153lbs and John Palmer came in second again with 134lbs

The most successful method at the moment is hard pellet fished around 2ft deep on the waggler.

The Friday Open on the Islands Lake saw some excellent weights of Silver fish to 60lbs taken but Carp provided the top scorers with Gainsborough’s Keith Palmer leading the way with 82lbs on bomb and pellet and John Palmer once again second with 75lbs.

Wed Open 19 fished Swan pond

1 Paul Wright Gainsborough 118-9

2 John Palmer Goole 104-10

3 Mark deans Scunthorpe 53-8

Friday Open Islands 24 fished

1 Keith Palmer Gainsborough 82-09

2 John Palmer Goole 75-14

3Don Hudson Scunthorpe 68-10

Saturday Open Swan pond 20 fished

1 Steve Ellis Scunthorpe 153-10

2 John Palmer Goole 134-7

3 Tommy Grice Doncaster 93-11

Sunday Open Hollywood Lake 17 fished

1 John Foster Sheffield 61-5

2 John Palmer Goole 35-15

3 Geoff Wild Goldthorpe 33-00

27-04-09

The increase in water temperatures has encouraged fish to feed well across the lakes, most anglers have enjoyed really good sport from all species.

The North and South day ticket lakes have been particularly good; Pete Smith from Scotter landed four personal best specimens from the South pond in one session. Pete fished breadflake on the waggler to bank a 4lb Chub, a 5 1/5 lb Bream , a 2lb Rudd and a near 3lb Roach.

Another angler also had a surprise in the shape of a 25lb Catfish from the North Pond.

The syndicate lakes have started well with both Carp and Catfish weighing up to 21lbs this week.

On the match front Tommy Grice from Doncaster had the biggest weight of the week taking 129lbs of Carp from peg 55 on the Swan pond in a club event.

Wednesday Open Swan pond 21 fished

1 Gary Hansford Grimsby 85-7

2 Neil Vernon Gainsborough 83-8

3 John palmer Goole 73-00

4 Warren Gowan Scunthorpe 71-1

Sat Open Tripp 20 fished

1 Nobby Winters Bawtry 61-05

2 Steve Ellis Scunthorpe 49-08

3 Kevin Johnson Messingham 35-11

4 Craig Williams Doncaster 32-4

Grimsby angler Nev Fisher was over the moon this week. Lifelong match angler Nev broke the 100lb barrier in a match this week for the first time at the age of 70. Fishing bomb and meat over pellet on peg 47, Nev caught Carp to 4lbs for a 116lbs total in the mid-week open on the Swan Pond.

Jamie Hall from Goldthorpe also broke the 100lb mark, winning the Sunday open on the Islands Lake. Jamie fished pole and meat on peg 21 to land fish from 2lbs to 13lbs, totalling 149lbs.

Hollywood Lake fished hard on the Saturday open and Dianne Smith found 25lbs of small Carp enough to win from peg 16.

The Syndicate Lakes re-opened this week and Carp to 18.5lbs, Catfish to 21lbs and some noteworthy Perch were caught, including at least two over the 3lb mark

Wednesday Open 17 fished

Swan Pond

1 Nev Fisher Grimsby. 116-06

2 John Crompton Gainsborough 79-7

3 Steve Bingham Gainsborough 70-14

Sunday Open Islands Lake 20 fished

1 Jamie Hall Goldthorpe 149-6

2 Garry Hansford Grimsby 74-12

3 Martin Leck Goldthorpe 67-7

4 Walt Smith Scunthorpe 67-5

Easter Monday Pairs Match

Swan Pond and Islands Lake 80 fished

1 Ray Woodhall Doncaster 229-12 Islands 63

2 Neil Vernon Gainsborough 97-3 Swan 49

3 Paul Wright Gainsborough 74-00 Swan 8

4 Jamie Wild Goldthorpe 71-4 Islands 35

5 Nobby Winters Bawtry 67-9 Islands 27

6 Jim Hall Hull 67-1 Islands 20

Pairs

1 Tom Pickering & Steve Barraclough  Maver Barnsley 10pts

2 Paul Wright& Ken Pacey Gainsborough 11 pts

3 Neil Vessey & Danny Taylor Scunthorpe 12 pts

4 Craig Williams & Nobby Winters Bawtry 13 pts

5 Tony Hardcastle & Ray Woodhall Doncaster 14 pts

In a terrific pairs match which saw only 5 points separate the top five, Barnsley pair Tom Pickering and Steve Barraclough took the honours with 11 points.

Steve stuck to the silverfish on the Swan Pond and weighed a level 36lbs of Skimmers while his partner swapped between Roach and Carp to finish with 57-7 on the Islands Lake.

As good as the pair’s event was it was overshadowed by the individual performance of Doncaster's Ray Woodhall who won the match with a new lake record of 229-12 of Carp from peg 63 on the Islands Lake.

Ray put his trust in his tackle by fishing meat and pellet over hemp in amongst the reeds on peg 63. Despite the potential to lose fish in this peg, Ray managed to keep most on the hook by applying steady pressure and finished with over 40 Carp to 14 lbs in weight and a well deserved round of applause from his fellow anglers after the weigh in.

12-04-09

The Teams of 5 event on Good Friday provided consistent sport across all three ponds.

The individual winner came from the Swan Pond in the form of Grimsby’s Gary Hansford. Gary fished bomb and pellet on peg 3 for an excellent 149 lbs 14 ozs. Second was Russ Fowler on peg 55 on the Swan pond, Russ fished the same method to weigh 96lbs.

The winning team, R&R Sports of Bawtry scored an easy win with 15 points, second on 24 points were Messingham A and third on 28 points were Fishing Republic Scunthorpe.

Steve Bingham scored another win on the Wednesday Open Fished on the Swan Pond with 69lbs from peg 29

 Shane Blades won the Sunday open on the Islands Lake with 83lbs on pole and Corn, catching Carp to 10lbs alongside the reedbeds on peg 63. This match saw some excellent silver fish weights taken, including an all Roach net of 54lbs. Skimmer Bream were also much in evidence with maggots pellets and paste all producing plenty of fish.

Teams Of Five  Swan, Islands and Tripp Lakes used. (65 Fished)

1 Gary Hansford Grimsby 149-14

2 Russ Fowler Goldthorpe 96-1

3 Shane Blades Grimsby 76-9

4 Chris Day Doncaster 74-8

5 Bran Peck Fishing Republic 66-11

6Andy Orton Gainsborough 62-1

Teams

 1 R&R Sport Bawtry 15pts

2 Messingham A 24pts

3 Fishing Republic Scunthorpe 28 pts

Wed Open Swan 19 fished

1Steve Bingham Gainsborough 69-06

2 Garry Bingham Gainsborough 64-14

3 Don Hudson Scunthorpe 59-03

Sun Open Islands Lake 19 fished

1 Shane Blades Grimsby 83-11

2 Luke Harrison Crowle 66-6

3 Steve Ellis Scunthorpe 66-1

5-04-09

Sport is improving on all of the lakes as temperatures continue to rise.

The Oak Tree pond is in excellent form with Carp now dominating the catches and surface baits are proving to be particularly effective.

The North and South day ticket ponds are producing really good sport with silverfish in particular. Skimmer Bream to 2lbs and occasional large Bream can be caught on soft pellet over groundbait, whilst Roach, Chub and Rudd, with plenty of good sized fish, are being taken up in the water on maggots or casters.

The Islands Lake, which has fished fairly hard over winter is now producing some really good mixed bags of Carp and Silverfish, One club angler included one 3lb Carp in an otherwise all Roach net of 49lbs from peg 43 to come second to a 60lbs mixed catch of Carp and Tench.

The Wednesday Open on the Swan pond gave a really good win on the pole for Sheffielder Paul Stanton who landed 121 lbs of Carp from peg 25 to beat Steve Burgess from Grimsby who had 11 fish for 95lbs on bomb and pellet from peg 40.

The Sunday open on the Tripp Lake saw Neil Vessey head the frame with a mixed bag of Crucians, F1’s and small Carp totalling 57lbs.

Wed Open Swan pond 24 fished

1 Paul Stanton Sheffield 120lbs-15ozs

2 Steve Burgess  Grimsby 95-9

3 Mark deans Scunthorpe 66-2

4 John Palmer Goole 60-1

5 Paul Wright Gainsborough 59-5

6 Neil stones Sheffield 53-9

Sunday open Tripp lake 19 fished

1 Neil Vessey Scunthorpe 57-5

2 Gary Hansford 42-8

3 Danny Taylor Crowle 30-00

4 Richard Shiel Rotherham 26-11

30-3-09

Sport is very much up and down with the weather at the moment as typified by the results of Grimsby’s Roland Sparkes.

Roland, who is a regular on the syndicate lakes, has turned his attentions to the Oak Tree pond in the past few weeks and has had some incredible catches including a 78 fish haul in one day, all of the fish were Carp and weighed between 2lbs and 9lbs. The tactics varied between floating baits and bomb and pellet. He has been averaging around 40 fish per sitting, although after one particularly cold night only 4 fish saw the landing net.

The North and South day ticket ponds are producing much larger specimens in general, the best reported this week was caught by Tony Chandler from Scunthorpe and weighed 21lbs -8ozs.

The Silverfish league finished this weekend and despite the terrible weather conditions plenty of Roach and Skimmers were caught. Leading the way John Palmer caught Skimmers on the pole and pellet for 31 lbs, closely followed by league winner Kevin Johnson with a 30 lbs net of Roach.

The Sunday Open saw anglers targeting Carp and Steve Ellis caught fish to 12lbs up in the water on waggler and pellet from peg 49 on the Swan Pond for 77lbs, Neil Vessey came second from peg 27 with 59 lbs on bomb and sweetcorn.

Carp dominated the Wednesday Open and Gainsborough's Neil Vernon led the field with 55lbs from peg 40 on the Swan pond.

Saturday Silverfish Open

Swan Pond 16 fished.

1 John Palmer Goole 31-7

2 Kevin Johnson Messingham 30-8

3 Steve Ellis Scunthorpe 29-6

Overall league positions

1 Kevin Johnson Messingham 120 points

2 Neil Vessey Scunthorpe 117 points

3 Craig Williams Bawtry 116 points

4 John Palmer Goole 114 points

5 Paul Seed Grimsby 113 points

6 Mick Wills Scunthorpe 111 points

Sunday Open Swan pond 26 fished

1 Steve Ellis Scunthorpe 77-9

2 Neil Vessey Scunthorpe 59-4

3 Martin Leck Goldthorpe 35-4

4 David Burnett Swinefleet 24-10

5 Michael Riley Doncaster 24-2

6 Darryl Pidd Scunthorpe 22-1

Wed open Swan Pond 15 fished

1 Neil Vernon Gainsborough 55-4

2 Steve Bingham Gainsborough 48-11

3 Mark Deans Scunthorpe 39-14

The penultimate match in the Silverfish League which was held on the Swan Pond on Saturday proved to be the best so far in the series. The top ten weighed in over 260lbs of Roach and Skimmers and an all Roach net weighing over 40lbs was just enough for Kevin Johnson to relegate an excellent 38lbs of Skimmers from Mick Wills into second place.

The winner swapped between maggots up in the water and seed at depth, whilst Mick had an all Skimmer catch at 5 metres on pellet.

 Saturday Silverfish League Swan Pond !5 fished

1 Kevin Johnson Messingham 40-5

2 Mick Wills Crowle 38-7

3 Neil Vessey Scunthorpe 36-15

4 Nobby Winters Bawtry 32-13

Sundays Open Match on the Islands Lake also saw some excellent weights of Silverfish, with good sized Skimmers and Tench in particular featuring in the catches but Carp led the way and Glen Sutherland just pipped Gary Hansford for top place, both anglers having around 70lbs of fish on bomb and pellet.

Sunday Open Islands Lake, 25 fished

1 Glen Sutherland Goole 70-12

2 Gary Hansford  Grimsby 69-4

3 Paul Wright Gainsborough 53-3

4 Martin Leck Goldthorpe 50-10

5 Don Hudson Scunthorpe 37-11

6 Steve Ellis Scunthorpe 34-1

Wednesday open Match Swan Pond 30 fished.

1 Paul Allen Gainsborough 81-09

2 Paul Wright Gainsborough 74-06

3 George Barby Hull 48-08

4 Col Brunnin Skipton 40-09

 The winner found Carp on peg 47 on Bomb and Meat over large pellet , whilst second place was taken fishing large pellet up in the water on the waggler from peg 40.

The day ticket ponds are in excellent form, Grimsby’s Roland Sparks recorded 2 catches over the 100lbs mark this week from the Oak Tree Pond by fishing pellet over Ground bait. His best catch was 39 carp from 2lbs to 9lbs for an estimated total of 150lbs

Improving temperatures have resulted in more consistent activity from the Carp across the lakes.

Mick Foster from Scunthorpe landed a fine Mirror Carp of 21lbs from the Syndicate Lake .

The North and South ponds are producing plenty of fish up to

15 lbs and the Oak Tree pond is prolific as usual for 2lbs to 10lbs fish.

 Fishing Republic Spring league first match island
 
  1ST JAMIE HALL     WEIGHT      42LB 10 OZ PEG 47

 5 CARP BOMB MEAT 4 CHUB MAGGOT FEEDER
 
  2ND RUSS FOWLER                  38LB 12 OZ PEG 45

3 CARP BOMB MEAT 6 CHUB 4 TENCH MAGGOT FEEDER
 
  3RD MARTIN DAY                    33LB 5 OZ   PEG 53  CARP CHUB,TENCH,SKIMMERS MAGGOT FEEDER
 
  4TH MATT MARSHALL                32LB 12 OZ PEG 3   LONG POLE PELLET MAGGOT
 
  5TH STEVE HAYES                   30LB 02 OZ PEG 15  CHUB MAGGOT FEEDER
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Les Rogers from Goole fished the South Day Ticket pond last week for Roach; he caught 98 fish to just short of 2lbs with plenty around the 1lb mark on maggot fished up in the water and just to prove the effectiveness of the method, he won the Saturday Silverfish Open on the Swan Pond with over 33lbs of quality Roach.

Sundays Open was split between Tripp Lake and the new Hollywood Lake and run as a float only event. Hollywood Lake dominated the proceedings, producing the first four in the match as Carp, mainly around the 1lb mark and Skimmers to 1 ½ lbs fed well. Grimsby’s Garry Hansford scored a lake debut win with over 60lbs of fish on pole and pellet.

Garry Chadwick from Hull won Wednesdays open on the Swan Pond, fishing bomb and meat on peg 47 he weighed 62lbs of Carp to 4lbs. Gainsborough angler Paul Wright finished second with 58lbs of Carp which included a couple up in the water on the waggler, suggesting that the fish are beginning to move in response to the warmer weather.

Wed Open Swan Pond 17 fished

1 Garry Chadwick Hull 62-04

2 Paul Wright Gainsborough 58-02

3 John Crompton Gainsborough 40-05

Saturday Silverfish Open Swan Pond 17 fished

1 Les Rogers Goole 33-7

2 Neil Vessey Scunthorpe 30-12

3 Mick Wills Crowle 27-9

Sunday Open

Tripp Lake and Hollywood Lake,  Float Only 28 fished

1 Garry Hansford Grimsby 61-2

2 Mike Chadwick Hull 38-11

3 Ray Woodhall Doncaster 38-3

4 Neil Vessey  Scunthorpe 28-5

5 Dennis Patterson Grimsby 27-11

6 Carl Beswick Barnsley 27-3

Match Results have varied considerably this week along with the weather conditions.

The Swan Pond produced a terrific weight on Wednesday for Sheffield angler Paul Stanton who caught Carp steadily all match for a total of 109lbs.

A couple of hard frosts later and the winning weight for the Goldthorpe winter league was 56lbs.

The silverfish open on Saturday on the Islands Lake was won in the last hour by Goldthorpes Martin Leck. A maggot feeder fished close to a bush produced a run of 7 Chub in quick succession for over 20lbs to give Martin a total of 34lbs and an easy win.

Sport on the Day Ticket ponds is also weather dependant. An overnight frost usually means a slow start to the day but catches are generally good at the moment.

The syndicate Ponds are in great form and one angler this week landed two Carp over 20lbs in a single session.

Saturday Silverfish Open Islands Lake. 16 fished

1 Martin Leck  Goldthorpe  34-6  Maggot Feeder Chub

2 Craig Williams Bawtry  24-9 Roach and Skimmers bomb and maggot

3 Dennis Patterson Grimsby 22-12 Skimmers on pole and pellet

Wed open Swan Pond 15 fished

1 Paul Stanton Sheffield 109-15

2 Steve Bingham Gainsborough 60-00

3 Paul Allen Gainsborough  45-13

Goldthorpe Sat Open Islands Lake 28-2-09
 
1ST Shaun Sanders peg 5 40lb 11oz 30lb skimmers & tench on pole 2carp for 11lb on bomb & pellet.
 
2ND Mark Bissel      peg 54 37lb 09 oz  6 chub, skimmers,1 carp, maggot feeder
 
3RD Russ Fowler     peg11 34lb 15 oz  25lb roach up in water maggot ,1carp 3lb, 5 tench
 
4th Rob Billam        peg 20 28lb 13 oz 5 stockies & tench, feeder 

Goldthorpe Saturday winter league

Swan pond

1ST Andy Pounder 56LB 12 OZ PEG 25 SWAN(CARP BOMB MEAT&STOGKIES ON POLE
 
  2ND   Russ Fowler  45LB 13 OZ PEG 32         (CARP POLE INTO CORNER )
 
  3RD  John Anders   38LB 05 OZ PEG13
 
  4TH   Martin Day   37LB 15 OZ PEG 17
 
  5TH John Fowler   36LB 06 OZ PEG 22
 
   FINAL LEAGUE POSITIONS
 
  1ST J ANDERS 
 
  2ND R FOWLER
 
  3RD J HALL
 
  4TH M BISSEL
 
  5TH R BILLAM
 
  6TH M HUMPHREYS