Predator Michael is not over the Hill

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

WE would like to start by offering our congratulations to the teams from Dinnington Comprehensive and Portland School who came second and third respectively in last week’s Shakespeare National Schools Angling Championships.
Also congratulations are in order for three Portland B anglers.
Joe Robinson took second place overall and Anthony Price took the overall winners spot in the under 14 individuals with Jordan Kirk taking third position.
The River Trent is bang on form at the moment with Ian Richardson, the bailiff at Home Marsh, reporting to us that Trevor Oliver and two of his friends had a session last week fishing pegs four, five and six with Trevor taking 108lbs and his mates providing back-up weights of 87lb and 57lb of bream.
We have news of a former Worksop couple Hazel and Andrew Riley who are now proprietors of Riley Bobs bed and breakfast at Taullyvacan in County Leitrum near Loch allen, which is a 10-minute drive from Drumshambo and five minutes from Dowra.
Recent visitor Michael Hill of Worksop went looking for some predator sport at the beginning of last month, where he had 34 pike which were mainly ‘Jacks’ and low doubles topped off with a specimin of 26lb 4oz on deadbaits mainly smelt.
Michael can highly recommend the hospitality as well as the fishing.
For more information email Hazel and Andrew on rileybob@eircom.net
Michael has also been spinning for perch at Woodsetts quarry pond where on a recent trip he netted six perch with two in excess of 3lb on an ondex spinner.

TOFT NEWTON
ANOTHER excellent week with an outstanding rod average once again.
Lots of catches of 10+ fish to catch and release anglers with Paul Jesson from Grimsby and Glen Martin from Heanor both topping the week with 19 fish each.
A few fish on Diawl Bachs still and some taking snail patterns. The majority now on lures with cats whiskers and minkies fished on fast sink lines and short leaders working very well.
Fry feeding activity is still a little on and off but as the days get shorter and the weather cooler things should liven up in the area between the tower and boat ramp.
Best fish this week to Trevor Ward from Dinnington who caught a 5lb 8oz well-mended rainbow on an orange booby blob from a boat.

DIAWA HALLCROFT
THE match weights at the Retford venue have been a little lower over the last week due to the onset of the cooler weather.
Croft pool is still the favoured lake with ground bait feeder and a maggot hook bait doing the business.
As always on all of the four pools, pellet fished on the long pole is still the most consistent method with corn hook bait proving to be a productive alternative.
Pole-fished caster is accounting for good mixed bags of roach and skimmers on bridge and reed pools with bomb-fished corn pellet or meat proving effective on any pegs with features.

RIVERSIDE ROUND-UP
THERE is only one match to report on from the Scrooby venue this week which is last Friday’s open, fished on the main match lake: 1st Keith Noble 24lb 8oz peg 34 pole and pellet, 2nd Doug Hall 21lb 4oz peg 36 pole and worm.
Fishery owner John informs us that decent carp in the 6l –7lb bracket, taken on the maggot feeder, are falling to pleasure anglers on the recently reopened Sandmartins lake.

LODGE FARM ROUND-UP
TUESDAY saw Mick’s Maurauders fishing their regular midweek match on Long Island: 1st Ian Mellish 49lb 12oz peg 79 pole meat and pellet, 2nd Mick Burrel 45lb peg 88 pole and pellet, 3rd Alan Hadfield 39lb 15oz peg 94 feeder meat and corn.
Worksop Angling Supplies Batchelors were the visitors to the Lily Pond last Sunday: 1st Brian Harrington 50lb 13oz peg 52 ground bait feeder with meat hook bait, 2nd Neil Richards 26lb 9oz peg 54 pole and meat, 3rd Bernard O’Connor 14lb 8oz peg 53.
Maggot and meat fished hard on the deck is the most successful method on long island and lily, with corn also fished hard on the deck doing the business on field and signal ponds.

SHERWOOD ROUND-UP
THE best match weight of the week at the picturesque venue was Worksop United’s Brod Perkins who bagged 88lb 5oz of carp in last Wednesday’s open match on Holmedale. Brod employed hair-rigged meat on the bomb on peg four.
Also on Holmedale pole-fished pellet and corn is proving effective with nets to over 77lb but feed very sparingly.
On maunside pole-fished worm over to the far bank has proven to be the favoured method for mixed nets of small carp chub and ide, whilst on Cavendish lake sweetcorn fished down the margins is taking carp to 5lb.

LAKESIDE ROUND-UP
THE first round of Lynda’s Lakeside Winter League took place on Saturday on the match lake at the Ranskill venue where the old adage of ‘put a good angler on a good peg’ rang true with Gordon Smith making the most of his draw on peg 29a: 1st Gordon Smith 44lb 13oz peg 29a floating pole and caster, 2nd Paul Lancaster 18lb 9oz peg 25 maggot feeder mixed net, 3rd Ian Lilley 17lb 7oz peg 32 maggot feeder.
On Sunday pole-fished worm and caster was the winning method for Colin McGarry in the Woodseats League.
Pleasure angler Mark Powell placed his seat box on peg five on the second strip where he slipped his landing net under 60lb+ of carp, goldfish and skimmers using the maggot feeder with a maggot or sweet corn hook bait.
On the carp lake Colin Hadley and Shaun Watson made the journey over the M62 from Manchester and netted seven fish on peg three using boilies.
Over on the trout lake George Parker cast his green and white fritz on an intermediate line to tempt 12 fish to an impressive 9½lb with Worksop’s Keith Harrison using his black buzzers on a floating line to account for 14 fish to 5lb.

THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE
WE have been putting the finishing touches to the Guardian open beach match which is being held on 8th December. The event is a limited rover from Ulrome to Cowden with the registration and weigh in at the Marine Hotel at Hornsea. For registration contact Roger on the above details.