Fishing is year-round pursuit in local area

It is only a week ago that we were saying that at last spring was here– but as we write the column this week the wind is howling in from the north and the hail is beating against the window.
But we know that this will not deter many of you from the bankside!
Some dates for your diary in the summer months for the junior anglers and some of the events that the Worksop Guardian Angling column is running in conjunction with the junior committee of the Worksop and District AA.
Firstly, the annual Inter-Schools match is to take place at Daiwa Hallcroft Fisheries again on Wednesday 18th July with the same format as last year, with teams of eight and all local secondary schools are invited to enter a team.
Letters will be sent out to all schools in the near future, so if any of you youngsters want your school to participate nag your relevant teacher to contact us on our email address or either of the phone numbers above.
We are also running two more fun days on two top commercial fisheries, the first taking place on Saturday 16th June at the Riverside Fishery at Scrooby for a four hour late afternoon session on the main lake.
The lake has been kindly donated free of charge by the owner John Hunt , more details will be put in the column at a later date. The next event will be held at the match lake at Lakeside fishery at Ranskill where again the generosity of the fishery owner Lynda Hawke has to be applauded for donating the lake free of charge for another late afternoon session.
All that is needed to qualify for either of these events is the ownership of a current Worksop junior members book which are available from any of the three Worksop tackle shops from the beginning of June.
On the senior front, the Worksop and District A.A. are holding the annual delegates and bookholders match on Sunday 15th April on the recently restocked Sandhill lake at a cost of £5 which will all be paid back out in pools.
The draw will take place at the Snakattak café on Gateford road at 8.30am with the fishing taking place between 10am and 3pm.For further details and entry contact Derek Brown on 01909 486350 or Mick Pogson on 01909 486893.

CLUB RESULTS
The members of the Stanley Street Sports and Social Club fished the Field Pond at Lodge Farm last Sunday, where they found the going hard with strong winds, rain and snow.
However, this did not stop all of them catching at least a bit of something.
1st Steve Royale 8lb 09 Pole and feeder Mainly small carp catch corn and maggot; 2nd Mick Pogson 6lb 02 Same as winner; 3rd Polly Hill 5lb 11 oz Feeder and pole carp and skimmer bream.
Rob Allen informs us that the Worksop United stretch of the Chesterfield canal has been fishing exceptionally well for pleasure anglers with nets of up to 40lb – but ironically they did not appear for the their latest match over last weekend.
1st M. Allen 9lb 6oz peg 19 maggot and pellet; 2nd S. Moore 5lb 10oz peg 2 maggot; 3rd R Lamb 4lb 14oz peg 13 maggot.

LAKESIDE ROUND-UP
The Ranskill venue continued its current good form with the 10th round of Lynda’s Lakeside Winter League taking place last Saturday, where 32 anglers competed in spring-like conditions.
1st Alan Hopkins peg 11 36lb 3oz all silver fish pole or waggler fished maggot; 2nd Malc Thompson peg 32 35lb 11oz pole and pellet; 3rd Dave Lawton peg 30 33lb 6oz maggot feeder.
On Sunday the third round of the R&R Spring League took place in truly awful winter-like conditions of wind and snow.
1st Steve Forster peg 24 69lb Carp on bomb fished meat; 2nd Jamie West peg 17 68lb 8oz; 3rd Dave Lawton peg 23.
The second strip pond saw Garry Hopkinson land carp to 13lb 4oz in his 100lb plus pleasure net , also in his bag was skimmers, roach and goldfish which fell to pole fished sweet corn and meat.
On the carp lake venue regular John Thompson netted six fish on boilies off peg 3, the largest a common of 24lb 3oz.
Over on the trout lake Nigel Harmson of Worksop had a personal best rainbow of 10lb 6oz in his 12-fish haul casting various fritz on intermediate line, with fellow fly-caster Keith Wadsworth banking 16 trout to 3lb on egg fly and floating line.

RIVERSIDE ROUND-UP
The weights are on the up at the Scrooby venue where the rover events are proving to be a popular format, especially during the inclement weather where anglers can choose a peg to suit a chosen method as well as the conditions.
Tuesday rover – 1st Mick Hall peg 2 main lake 83lb 10oz pole fished pellet in the margins; 2nd Les Richmond peg 38 main lake 47lb 4oz pole fished pellet; 3rd Mick Shanks peg 36 main lake 32lb 6oz pole and pellet.
Friday open rover – 1st Les Richmond peg 35 main lake 39lb 8oz pole fished pellet and paste; 2nd Alan Holdsworth peg 38 main lake 17lb 12oz pole fished pellet.
Saturday rover – This was a tight contest, where the top eight weights were all within 8lb of each other. 1st Garry Mumby peg 10 strip pond 35lb 4oz pole and pellet; 2nd Norman Footit peg 10 sandmartin 32lb 9oz pole fished maggot and caster; 3rd Jamie Temple peg 14 Sandmartin 30lb pole and pellet.

LODGE FARM ROUND-UP
Venue regulars Gateford angling supplies feature in April’s edition of the Midland Angler fishing magazine, where various local anglers can be seen plying their trade.
Last Wednesday’s result from the Lily Pond: 1st Andy Lakey peg 60 72lb pole fished maggot; 2nd Geoff Mawby peg 70 35lb 8oz pole fished maggot; 3rd Steve Armiston peg 75 33lb 10oz pole-fished maggot.
Hodthorpe WMC fished their regular on the Scrooby top complex this Sunday, choosing the Signal Pond
1st Steve Ordidge peg 30 25lb 1oz pole fished corn and pellet; 2nd Mick Hill peg 31 17lb 3rd Mick Pickwell peg 37 8lb 8oz.
The latest round of the Lodge Farm Winter League was fished on the top pond on 11th March.
1st Ian Simmons peg 33 20lb 7oz groundbait feeder and maggot; 2nd D. Frost peg 13 7lb 15oz; 3rd P. Martin peg 45 7lb 4oz.
Bill informs us that most of the ponds have been affected by the cold weather, so fishing down on the deck is the preferred method with maggot hookbait using either the groundbait feeder pole or waggler.

DAIWA HALLCROFT ROUND-UP
Daiwa Hallcroft Open (Saturday) Moat (30 pegs) – 1. S. Robbins, Leegem, 41lb 4oz; peg outer 29, pole and pellet mostly carp to 4lb; 2. S. Shepherd, Worksop, 37lb 10oz peg outer 53 all carp to pole and pellet at 11m.
Daiwa Hallcroft Open (Sunday) Moat (25 pegs)–
1. J. Masson, Maver BCUK, 52lb 4oz peg outer 88; 2. A. Payling, Peg One, 45lb 13oz; peg island 52.14.03.07
Daiwa Hallcroft Tournament League (Wednesday) Moat (25 Pegs) – 1. S. Robbins, Leegem, 28-12-0; peg island 43; pole and pellet at 6 and 11m; 2. D. Oldham, Hallcroft, 24lb 14oz; peg outer 48.
Daiwa Hallcroft Veterans League (Thursday) Moat (29 Pegs) – 1. K. Walters, Retford, 46lb 8oz peg outer 54; 2. D. Clegg, Britannia, 39lb; peg island 50, caught short on pellet for carp to 6lb.
Daiwa Hallcroft Tournament League (Friday) Bridge (16 Pegs) – 1. G. Bennett, Peg One, 35lb 4oz peg island 26 pole and pellet at 11m to catch carp and skimmers; 2. R. Turner, Retford, 33lb 8oz; peg outer 20 pole and pellet at 12m.

SHERWOOD PARK ROUND-UP
Holmedale Lake Sunday – 1st Pete Hodgetts. Andy’s Mansfield Angling peg 41, 74lb 2oz; 2nd John Holmes Dynamite Mayfair peg 8, 74lb 2oz; 3rd Christian Powers Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 39, 67lb 1oz.
Holmedale Lake, Wednesday Fun League Open – 1st Kev Parks Mosborough Tackle peg 49, 86lb; 2nd Pete Hodgetts Andy’s Mansfield Angling peg 32, 54lb 8oz.

THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE
Mick Hill of the Pike Anglers Club of Great Britain informs us that there will be a Sheffield and Rotherham branch meeting.
It takes place at the Green Dragon at Kimberworth park in Rotherham on 2nd April at 8pm. Everyone is welcome to attend.