Traditional end to angling season


With the traditional fishing season coming to an end, we thought it would be a good idea to inform you of the availability of local waters after 14th March.
Worksop and District Angling Association’s waters on the tidal and non-tidal River Trent and Torksey Arm are closed until Fridey 16th June.
While the association’s waters on the Chesterfield Canal are also closed from Drakeholes Basin through to the Hop Pole public house at Retford.
However, the canal remains open from the Hop Pole through to West Retford Bridge.
All of Sandhill Lake remains open as well as Woodsetts Quarry Pond and whisker barb hooks are allowed on all the association’s waters.
Also fish can be retained for short periods of time in keep nets.
The Grafton AA’s length of the Chesterfield Canal is shut for the close season but Worksop United’s stretch remains open to permit holders only.
To our knowledge, all the local commercial fisheries are open all year so there are no excuses, get out there and wet your lines.

Club Round-Up
On Sunday 26th February, Stanley Street Social Club AC held their second match of the spring series on Bonsai Lake at Lindholme Fisheries.
Polly Hill and Tommy Kirk shared the honours in a dire match in awful conditions with winning weights of just 1lb 11oz using pole fished maggot or the feeder.
Derek Brown claimed third place with 1lb 10oz and Steve Royal was just behind with 1lb 9oz in fourth.
Mick Pogson informed us that it was Steve Royal who was in second place in the club’s previous match at Bank End, not his brother Andy.
Members of the Greyhound AC were back at Torksey Arm last Saturday where Tommy Davie was a comfortable winner with 11lb 8oz taken on pole fished caster on peg 5.
Cliff Brailsford claimed the runners-up position with 4lb 14oz off next peg 4 and Andy Brooks made up the frame with 4lb 6oz off peg 15 in tough conditions where many anglers failed to register a bite.

Lakeside Round-Up
ACL were the visitors to the second strip pond last Wednesday where Mark Wilson was the top rod from peg 7.
He had 40lb 10oz of carp and silver fish using pole fished sweet corn and caster while runner-up Sean Parker netted 27lb 12oz off peg 4.
The Angling Times Super Cup continued on the Match Lake where Brian White ran out the winner from peg 14 with 19lb 3oz of silver fish employing pole fished pinkie. Carl Waite was in second place weighing 10lb 6oz from peg 30.
Also on Saturday, Wickersley Angling fished the second strip pond where venue regular Carlos Swetski pole fished caster for a silver fish bag weighing 17lb 13oz from peg 4.
Malc Thomson was in second place from peg 6 with 16lb 9oz and B. Lancaster made up the frame with 15lb 12oz off peg 5.
On Sunday it was the first round of the R. and R. Spring League where Roger Prior fished mag and wag on peg 8 to bag a winning weight of 23lb 6oz.
Steve Forster claimed the runners-up position from peg 40 with 15lb 10oz and Carl Swetnam was third with 12lb 7oz from peg 25.
Pleasure angler Jim Walker landed an 80lb plus mixed net from peg 8 on the second strip pond using pole fished pellet and sweetcorn.
Over on the Trout Lake John MacDonald of Worksop landed 14 fish, the best an impressive rainbow weighing 14lb 8oz using pink fritz and intermediate line with Colin Summer netting 13 fish to 5lb on Bloodworm and intermediate line.

Daiwa hallcroft Round-Up
Daiwa Hallcroft Tournament League
Sunday – Moat (33 pegs). 1. W. Lomas (Hallcroft) 47lb 2oz, peg island 36; 2. K. Hardy (Leegem) 35lb 8oz, peg island 38.
Monday – Bridge (15 pegs). 1. G. Bennett (Peg One) 28lb 5oz, peg island 15; 2. J. Masson (Maver BCUK) 19lb 8oz, peg outer 16.
Tuesday – Bridge (12 pegs). 1. J. Masson (Maver BCUK) 10lb 14oz, peg outer 26; 2. G. Lilley (Leegem) 8lb 15oz, peg outer 13.
Wednesday – Moat (20 pegs). 1. G. Bennett (Peg One BCUK) 44lb 15oz, peg island 39; 2. D. Downes (Killamarsh) 18lb 15oz, peg island 63.
Friday – Bridge (10 pegs). 1. S. Clarke (Mansfield) 10lb 7oz, peg island 14; 2. G. Bennett (Peg One BCUK) 7lb 14oz, peg island 12.
Saturday – Daiwa Hallcroft Silver/Carp (Saturday), Moat (26 pegs).
1. R. Patching (Bryden AC) 20lb 14oz, peg outer 98; 2. D. Fantom (Leegem) 11lb 14oz, peg outer 83; 3. G. Gibson (Worksop AC) 10lb 8oz, peg outer 89.

Lodge farm round-up
Winner of the fifth round in the Gateford Angling Supplies Winter League was D. Leversidge.
Fished on Field Pond, he used ground bait feeder and maggot hook bait to weigh in 16lb 13oz of carp and silver fish off peg 5.
Runner-up was Lee Wilks netting 10lb 6oz off peg 3 with the third place going to T. Kirk with 6lb 3oz from peg 2.
Over on Lily Pond an Angling Times Super Cup was being fished between Vale AC and Hyde Park AC.
The winner was K. Dack from peg 50 weighing in 16lb 15oz caught on wag and mag at varying depths.
In second place, with a bag of silver fish weighing 14lb 1oz, was M. Hazelwood from peg 53 and in third place was M. Lakin on peg 67 with 12lb 9oz.
Vale AC won the match 13 points to 8 points having seven section winners.
Bill informs us the top weight of 35lb 8oz came off Long Island from peg 98 caught on ground bait feeder with corn and worm hook bait.

Through the grapevine
Worksop United members should note that new permits are now available for collection.

You have just two weeks left to purchase tickets for the race night in aid of the WDAA Junior Anglers on Friday 24th March.
Tickets are priced at just £5, which includes a pie and pea supper. To book or for any more information you can contact Garry or Doreen on 01909 770546.

The Worksop Disabled Anglers are holding a meeting on Thursday 16th March at Manton Miners Welfare, starting at 7pm.

Wales and Kiveton Park Colliery AC will hold an open match tomorrow on their own waters on the Chesterfield Canal.
Also their Spring League has been put back two weeks due to the inclement weather and will now start on Saturday 18th March and then run on alternate Saturdays for a total of six matches.
There are still a few places left for the series with a £10 entry fee to the League and £10 pools for each match.
To book on the Spring League or the open match you can ring Brian on 0114 2873157.

John at Riverside Fisheries, Scrooby, tells us that the venue’s silver fish are responding to pole fished maggot and caster on all three lakes.
He also informs us that he has got some big plans for the venue in the near future and assures us that we will be one of the first to know when they are finalised.