Fishing privileges are secured at Barlow

by angling correspondents Roger Stocks and Stuart Lilley
Roger Stocks: 07733 092237 – Stuart Lilley 07811 923599 – email: roachpole10@aol.com

10th April 07

SOME good news from the Worksop and District AA. Following their progressive restocking policy, they have now managed to secure fishing privileges at the Barlow Fisheries complex which is situated four miles north-west of Chesterfield.
The fishery itself consists of four coarse ponds with a total of 72 pegs with the main species being carp, bream, skimmers, tench, rudd and orffe.
There will be up to a maximum of 10 permits per day available from 1st April through to 31st March 2008, and will be available to WDAA members in possession of a current members book and national rod licence which will entitle them to fish any of the four coarse lakes absolutely free of charge. Normal tariffs apply to the trout lake.
The permits are available from Worksop Angling Supplies on Retford Road (01909 482974) on a first-come-first-served basis and initially members will be allowed to use the permits once a week with a diary being kept to record who has fished to be able to review the situation to enable spare permits to be utilised.
Please note that if a permit hasn’t been obtained then Barlow Fishery will charge the full day rate and Greg of Worksop Angling Supplies and the fishery bailiff may ask to see your rod licence.
Additional good news is that there are some strategically placed wheelchair-friendly concrete pegs with guard rails and there are toilets and a snack bar which serves breakfasts and snacks throughout the day.
Please note that all members who use this fishery must check and abide by all fishery rules prior to fishing, so all in all it has never been a better time to be a Worksop book holder.

CLUB RESULTS
Rob at Worksop United has sent the following results from their latest permit holders’ match held last Saturday on the Chesterfield Canal.
1st G. Barlow 11lb 5oz peg one carp tench and chub caught on pellet; 2nd M. Drage 8lb 10oz peg 20 chub caught on maggot; 3rd P. Strong 5lb 10oz peg 12 skimmers caught on red maggot and pinkies.
Last Sunday saw the anglers from Dinnington Welfare AC make the journey over to Bank End Fisheries where they tackled the West Lake in breezy conditions for their first match of the year.
1st Jeff Clarke peg one 26lb 10oz of carp caught on feeder or short pole with red maggot hookbait; 2nd Mick Donnelly peg 7 23 lb 10oz red maggot on the feeder; 3rd Glyn Kaye peg 3 19lb 15oz feeder and short pole caught carp on red maggot.
Langold Lake held their latest open match last Sunday with a good turnout of 31 anglers lining the banks.
1st Mark Turner peg 39 17lb 10oz five bream on groundbait feeder with a worm hookbait;
2nd Mark Woodcock peg 34 14lb two bream and two tench groundbait feeder with worm or red maggot hookbait; 3rd Glyn Brown peg 36
11lb 14oz.

LAKESIDE ROUND-UP
Saturday saw the 11th round of the Lynda’s Lakeside Winter League take place in bright and breezy conditions.
1st Malc Thompson peg 18 34lb 6oz one carp and the rest skimmers taken on pole fished pellet; 2nd Chris Davenport peg 10 30lb 15oz one carp and silvers on pole fished caster; 3rd Daz Godley peg 40 28lb skimmers on pole fished pellet.
Sunday saw the fifth round of R&R Spring League.
1st Dave Wright peg 37 33lb 11oz silver fish on wag and mag; 2nd Mick Shaw peg 32 33lb 7oz;
3rd Ian Symmonds peg 26 33lb 7oz. Pleasure angler Mick Beardsley opted for peg three on the first strip pond where he utilised the bomb alternating between a meat, pellet to sweetcorn hook bait to take an 80lb plus net of mainly carp to 14lb 10oz.
On the carp lake, Bob French landed six fish off peg 3 topped by a common carp of 20lb 4oz and Rob Cheetham netted an impressive ghostie of 23lb 4oz in his bag off peg four.
Over on the trout lake, Rob Jackson landed a rainbow of 8lb 4oz in his 13-fish haul using buzzers and floating line with Lawson Bedford banking 16 fish on various damsels and floating line.

RIVERSIDE ROUND-UP
Monday’s open match took place on the main lake where the silver fish are still making up the mainstay of the weights.
1st Jamie Temple peg 18 36lb pole and pellet; 2nd Keith Noble peg five 21lb 12oz pole and pellet.
Tuesday’s open match was again on the main lake.
1st Mick Hall peg 32 32lb 2oz pole and pellet; 2nd Ian Temple peg 30 30lb 4oz pole-fished maggot or caster.
Saturday’s open match was on the main lake.
1st Norman Footit peg 32 26lb 4oz of silver fish taken on the top two with a caster hook bait; 2nd
Garry Mumby peg six 24lb 8oz pole and pellet.

LODGE FARM ROUND-UP
GATEFORD Angling Supplies’ latest open match was fished last Wednesday on the Lily Pond
1st Mick Hill peg 57 41lb 4oz wag and mag; 2nd Polly Hill peg 52 33lb 3oz wag and mag; 3rd Malc Hinton 21lb 2oz.
If anyone wants to fish next week’s match, the draw takes place on Wednesday in the café at 9am.
On Saturday it was the turn of Worksop Angling Supplies Batchelors to tackle Lily Pond.
1st Stuart Brumpton peg 68 35lb 3oz wag and mag; 2nd Sean Batty peg 52 34lb 6oz waggler and pellet; 3rd Melvin Morris peg 73 24lb 11oz wag and mag.
On Sunday it was the turn of regular visitors to the Scrooby Top venue, Hodthorpe WMC when the members elected to fish Signal Pond.
1st Roy Butterfield peg 16 26lb 6oz waggler and pellet; 2nd Mick Peddle peg 18 22lb 3oz waggler and pellet; 3rd Simon Hadfield peg 4 19lb 3oz pole and pellet.

DAIWA HALLCROFT ROUND-UP
DAIWA Hallcroft Open (Saturday) Moat (45 pegs): 1st A. Cordall Bryden peg island 4 51lb 13oz mostly carp to pole and pellet at 12m, a late run of fish ensuring the win. 2nd S. Masson Maver peg island 16 48lb 15oz all carp on pole and pellet at 11m; 3rd G. Gibson, Worksop peg island 6 47lb 4oz bomb and meat then added further fish on the pole.
Daiwa Hallcroft Tournament League (Wednesday) Moat (26 Pegs): 1st C. Cooper Leegem peg island two 57lb 4oz pellet and corn at 12m for 16 carp to 4lb; 2nd P. Morgan Triana North peg outer 71 49lb 12oz pole and pellet at five and 12m; 3rd G. Bennett Peg One peg island eight 45lb 11oz mixed net of skimmers and carp.
Daiwa Hallcroft Tournament League (Friday) Moat (24 Pegs): 1st J. Masson Maver BCUK peg outer 94 125lb 6oz pole at 12 and 6m to take a steady stream of carp to 6lb on pellet at full depth; 2nd Geoff Bennett Peg One peg island nine 71lb 14oz short at 6m with pellet for a creditable net of carp and skimmers.
Pleasure fishing – Milder weather has seen an upturn in the fishing at Hallcroft this past week.
Most noticeable have been the impressive skimmer and bream bags including Nick Speed’s 55lb of them in his winning net last Tuesday.
There have also been no fewer than 20 other 40lb plus nets of skimmers throughout the whole week.
Moat and bridge pools continue to consistently providing mixed sport of carp and silverfish to a variety of baits including pellet, corn, maggots and casters.
Reed pool is still producing double figure carp with pellet and corn the best baits.
Finally, croft pool continues to provide plenty of bites from the smaller carp to 2½lb on pole and feeder tactics.
Match News – Tuesday and Friday afternoon matches have started, draw 12pm, fish 1-6pm.
Veterans Summer League starts Thursday 26th April. Draw 9.30am.
Ten match series, best seven count. Entry is £10 and pools each match. £100 Golden Peg.

SHERWOOD ROUND-UP
Holmedale Lake, Wednesday Fun League Open, 28 fished: 1st Pete Ellis Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 1 90lb; 2nd Pete Hodgetts Andy’s Mansfield Angling peg 8 75lb; 3rd Mick Langton Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 24 70lb.
One of the best attended matches and one of the best results so far this year.
Pete drew peg one only used because of the higher attendance, with the warm spring wind blowing into it there was no looking back, he fished long pole at 13m and corn down the margin for at net of carp – 7lb and a total of 90lb exact.
Mansfield’s Pete Hodgetts fished pole and pellet out and down the margin, his biggest carp was 9lb and with 18 others he had a total of 75lb 1oz.
Third place went to fishery owner Mick Langton at 24, he fished pole and pellet at 13m over ground bait for 22 carp – 7lb and a level 70.