Anglers bag cash for Worksop AA



WORKSOP Young Anglers had a bagging session with a difference in Retford last Saturday.
This time they were not dealing with fish but carrier bags at the Asda store in order to raise cash to offset the considerable expenses that Worksop AA incur each year to maintain the top flight squads and offer training to up and coming young anglers.
Fishing can be as expensive or as cheap as you want to make it - but top level match fishing comes at a price and newcomers to the sport have to be coached and supported, which is why the youngsters took to the aisles.
The day also offered the opportunity to recruit new members to the sections and raise the profile of angling in a really positive way with a great deal of interest being shown by some of the shoppers and their children.
On the day over 20 youngsters and adult helpers took part, raising an impressive £600.
Thanks must go to Garry and Doreen Butt, Glenn Foulds and parents and helpers who worked tirelessly to ensure that this event was a success.
Also thanks to Asda and in particularly events co-ordinator Jo Thorpe and all the staff and customers for their support and good humour.

CLUB RESULTS
Congratulations to the Worksop AA junior squad in qualifying for the NJAA knockout final.
The defending champions beat the Barnsley juniors by four sections to two at Sandhill Lake on Sunday, with Matt Godfrey claiming the second spot individually with 6lb and Gavin Liversege in third place weighing 4lb 12oz.
The members of Stanley Street Sports and Social Club fished their latest match in the Spring series last Sunday on the Kingfisher Lake at Hatfield Grange.
Ian Mellish was the top rod on the day weighing 32lb 5oz of carp and tench using pellet and corn. Stuart Amos claimed the runners-up position with 13lb of carp with Pete Scott squeezed out in to third place with a mixed bag of 12lb 3oz fishing the maggot.
There are two matches to report on from the Go Baits Spring League fished at Langold Lake, on Sunday 23rd April. Mark Woodcock ran out the winner with a weight of 12lb 14 from peg 5, just beating Mark Turner in to second place who weighed 11lb 8oz off peg 3.
In the second match on 30th April, Paul Unwin put six bream weighing 25lb 1oz on the scales from in-form peg 5 using the groundbait feeder with a worm hookbait to claim the honours.
Mark Woodcock had to settle for second place this week with a net of 15lb 7oz off peg 15 with Ron Brookes making up the frame weighing in 12lb 8oz off peg 4.

The Top Pond over at Lodge Farm was the latest venue for the Greyhound AC members where Wilf Salmon claimed the winner's position, fishing the groundbait feeder on peg 42 to weigh a creditable 30lb 3oz.
In second place was Tommy Davie who netted 21lb 5oz employing the pole and feeder with Steve Armitage in third spot landing 17lb 1oz from peg 37.
The members of Worksop Disabled AA visited the Croft Pool at Hallcroft Fisheries on Tuesday where they found the conditions to be cool and breezy. But this did not deter Mick Drage from putting a winning net of 25lb 10oz on the scales from peg 24 for first place.
In close second was Brian Robinson on peg 49 with 20lb 8oz with Pete Lee weighing 10lb 8oz for third from peg 43.
Grafton AA fished their latest match at the Horseshoe Lakes at Wales, where club secretary Mick Simpson topped the field with an impressive weight of 17.250kg fishing pole and pellet on peg 14.
Brian Poole claimed the runners up position with 11.800kg off peg 8 employing pole fished paste with Pete Lee making up the frame with 9.800 kilos off peg 6.

LAKESIDE ROUND UP
Pole fished pellet was the top method in matches at the Ranskill venue last Wednesday and Thursday with Eric Wilkes topping the field in last Wednesday's club match with a bag of skimmers , roach and Ide weighing 42lb 7oz off peg 28.
Walt Morgan netted 40lb 14oz of silvers off peg 5 in Thursday's club match.
Sunday's open match was won by Darren Gibbons who pole fished corn on peg 5 landing 90lb 9oz of carp and silvers with Garry Kirby a close second with 89lb 6oz from peg 38.
The strip ponds are still producing pleasure nets over 100lb with Justin Pearson of Worksop having a mixed net from the third peg on the first strip employing pole fished meat and sweetcorn
Over on the Carp Lake, Crane Mills landed five fish with a common of 24 lb 2oz being the best off peg 3, Ian Scott and Ian Rowney of Warsop netted 14 fish between them which included a ghostie of 22lb 10oz off peg 5.
On the Trout Lake, Linda informs us that Mark Hunt landed a personal best rainbow of 14lb 10oz in his 19 fish haul using pheasants tale on intermediate line.
Tony Henderson of Retford netted 15 fish to 5lb on white damsel and floating line.

LODGE FARM ROUND-UP
Hodthorpe WMC just failed in their bid for success in the Angling Times Super Cup after they were pipped by one point by team Tigra on Field Pond.
Individually, P. Rowe was the top rod with 32lb 2oz of carp and skimmers from peg 3 using pole fished maggot. Richard Hardy was second with 28lb 9oz from peg 37 using pole and waggler-fished maggot.
The top weight from Lilly Pond was 44lb 11oz falling on peg 57 to shallow pole fished caster and pellet, the same method bagged the best match weight on Long Island as well this time from peg 93 with the weight an impressive 74lb 4oz

DIAWA HALLCROFT ROUND-UP
The best weight over the last week at the Retford venue fell to Daz Oldham in last Thursday afternoon's match on the recently revamped Croft Pool.
Daz pole fished corn and pellet at six metres catching carp to 2lb in his winning net of 113lb from peg 7.
The best match weight taken on the Moat pool was in Friday afternoon's event where 78lb 10oz was needed for Matt Pillay to top the field from peg 101, pole fishing meat and pellet shallow.
He just edged out Worksop's Stuart Gray who pole fished paste at six metres on peg 37 putting 72lb 12oz on the scales for second place.
Reed Pool is producing good nets with carp exceeding double figures with the long pole and a corn or pellet hookbait over a bed of pellet being the chosen method at the moment.

SHERWOOD ROUND-UP
Pole fished luncheon meat or paste over loose fed pellet was the winning method for Neil Wilkinson in last Wednesday's open match.
He landed 91lb 2oz from peg 25 on Holmedale Lake.
Over on Sherwood Lake, long pole and pellet took the honours for Lee Payling in last Tuesday's open, Lee put 53lb 6oz of skimmers and one carp on the scales from peg 50.

RIVERSIDE ROUND UP
The pellet feeder accounted for the best match weight of the week, this fell to Keith Noble on peg 35 in Tuesday's open landing 57lb 3oz.
Martin Makin employed the pole and pellet to bag 35lb 2oz to top the field in Monday's match on the strip pond.
John tells us that generally pole fished pellet is the favourite method at the moment with some fish beginning to show in the margins.

THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE
Worksop AA's premier water at the moment is Woodsets Pond where Roger Green sends us reports of excellent sport, with the predators still making an appearance as well as carp and silver fish nets that would put some commercials to shame.
Venue regular Roy Cope of Worksop banked an impressive 21lb pike using a smelt dead bait and Jason Burgin landing a pike of 22lb on a sardine deadbait.
The big specimen carp also keep coming with Darren Randall of Woodsetts landing a 17lb 2oz common carp on dog biscuit and Andrew Wood netting another common of 21lb which fell to a fusion boilie.
There are also quality silver fish with Roger Green and Scott Jones having a nine tench haul with the fish all being in the 4lb to 6½lb bracket.
Sandhills is also slowly starting to pick up with skimmers and roach falling to pole fished squatt and pinkie over groundbait in the shallower pegs in the arm.
The feeder is tipped to produce the goods in the deeper water with the proper bream expected to make an appearance with the warmer weather.