Schools match date announced

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

WE are pleased to announce the date for this year’s inter-schools match which is to be held again at the Daiwa Hallcroft complex at Retford on Wednesday 16th July.
This is again made possible by the generous sponsorship of Focus on Young People in Bassetlaw, Paul Mosgrove of Alan Mosgrove’s Industrial Blacksmiths and B&B Industrial Dismantlers of Worksop.
The team at Hallcroft will be again supporting the event with a generous pegging discount and Daiwa will be donating plenty of prizes for all the competitors.
It will be based on the national schools format of teams of eight and letters are being sent to the area’s secondary schools.
Helping to run the event this year will be the Worksop and District AA who with their vast experience and organisational skills will ensure that the day will be a resounding success.
If there are any other businesses or individuals who would like to support this cause please contact the Guardian or the phone numbers/email above.

CLUB RESULTS
WORKSOP United held their latest match on their own Bracebridge stretch of the Chesterfield Canal last weekend: 1st M. Drage 10lb 4oz chub peg 31 caught on maggot; 2nd M. Rushton 8lb 9oz carp chub and skimmers peg 13 caught on maggot and pellet; 3rd G. Barlow 4lb 4oz roach and perch peg two.
Rob Allen informs us that the canal at Bracebridge was restocked last week by Riverfield Fisheries with skimmer bream from six to 10 inches and also tench of the same size.
The Worksop junior squads held their second practise last Saturday at Aston Park Fishery and very few fish were caught in the cold weather.
Cadets: 1st Oliver Simpson; 2nd Ryan Steel 5oz; 3rd Tom Allen 4.5oz; 4th Reece Kiernan 0.5oz.
Juniors: 1st Josh Wilde 3lb 15oz; 2nd Devon Whitworth 3oz; 3rd Jamie Leather 1oz.
Team coach Doreen Butt informs us that yet again Alex Mitchell was giving much needed encouragement and information so a big thank you to him.
There are two matches to report on from D&P Tackle of Dinnington, both on the clear-water fishery at Mattersey.
The first took place on Saturday 2nd February where all the main frame employed pole fished maggot for mixed nets: 1st J. Smith 9lb 14oz peg eight; 2nd Jimmy Naylor 8lb peg 22; 3rd Dave Marsh 7lb 8oz peg 26.
The second match took place on the following Saturday: 1st Dave Marsh 19lb 9oz peg 10 pole-fished caster mixed net; 2nd Mick Donnelly 3lb 4oz peg 16 mixed net pole fished maggot; 3rd Jimmy Naylor 9lb 9oz peg 28 pole fished maggot.

DAIWA HALLCROFT ROUND-UP
ENGLAND ladies team manager Tommy Pickering is set to host another one-day ladies match on Saturday 1st March at Hallcroft Fisheries near Retford.
The match will take place on bridge pool at the fishery and the draw will be at 9am with fishing from 10.50am to 3.30pm.
Fishing will be to international rules; however ladies will not be able to count carp so they can concentrate on required winter fishing techniques.
The day is open to any female angler and all newcomers are welcome to attend and either take part in the match or if they so wish, have a coaching session with Tommy Pickering.
Anglers need to bring their own equipment and can use one pint of joker, two pints of other baits and 17 litres of groundbait or leam.
The England manager has already hosted one additional match and two coaching sessions for ladies who are interested in fishing to international rules and this is the final match for developing their winter fishing match skills.
With the previous days being so successful, there will be a series of similar matches and coaching days later in the year focusing on carp fishing and warmer-weather techniques.
If you have any questions or would like to book your place in the match, please call Tom directly on 07734 154207.

RIVERSIDE ROUND-UP
JOHN the proprietor over at the Scrooby lakes tells us that the stock carp are showing themselves in mixed match nets in excess of 30lbs with pegs 15 to 20 being the pegs that John directs pleasure anglers to place their seat boxes at.
Pole-fished maggot or the maggot feeder are almost a banker methods to get plenty of action from the venues large head of silver fish.

TOFT NEWTON ROUND-UP
SIXTY-FOUR anglers caught 173 fish. The strong cold winds at the beginning of the week made the fishing difficult but over the last few days spring-like conditions have brought the anglers out and switched the fish on.
A few fish are showing around the tower and boat ramp areas but more are showing from the black pipe around to the north east corner.
Intermediates and damsels, vivas or montanas are a good bet or floating lines and long leaders fish with goldheads about six feet down.
The boats have been surprisingly good for early season with fish some days showing 30 yards out plus.
A good amount of 3Ib+ fish caught with the best being 5Ib to Paul Martin.

LITTLE JOHN ROUND-UP
THE Ollerton complex is proving to be popular with local matchmen with both Maid Marion and Robin Hood lakes responding to the ground bait feeder with a hook bait of either maggot or corn.
The best match weight of the week was in last Saturday’s winter league on the Robin Hood pond where Dave Johnson long pole fished pellet to record a winning weight of 54lb 13oz with Pete Tattley claiming the runners up position, fishing the short pole and pellet to net 53lb 14oz in a tight finish.

SHERWOOD ROUND-UP
PEG 31 on the Holmedale Lake is dominating matches at the moment with regular winning weights over 60lb, pole fished at 13 and 14m with corn, pellet or maggot on the hook for carp from a couple of ounces up to 8lb.
Local angler Bob Place has fished the waggler and maggot on peg three for the last couple of weekends and enjoyed 20lb+ weights of roach (12oz).
The best time to fish has been mid-morning onwards but avoid the frosty mornings.

LAKESIDE ROUND-UP
MAGGOT feeder is proving to be the method of choice for the most successfull matchmen on the main lake at the Ranskill fishery with silver fish weights approaching
30lb off pegs 37 and 38.
On Sunday, DJ Angling held their latest round of their winter league on the first strip pond which was an all-silver-fish series and Alan Barker led the way with 38lb 11oz, fishing the wag and mag on peg two.
On the trout lake, Worksop’s Mark Godfrey tempted a rainbow of 9lb 8oz in his 12-fish haul using cats whiskers on an intermediate line with fellow Worksop fly caster Ken Brooder enticing 15 fish.