The New season

Even though the traditional close season no longer means the end to fishing, due to the expansion of the commercial fishery scene, there are still some of us who have waited with anticipation to today’s start of the proper season.
There will be many of you, who like us, have booked a day off work to enjoy the prospect of fishing waters that have not seen an angler for three months and to all of you we wish tight lines and please let us know how you get on.
Stuart Goulding of Go - Baits will be holding a three-day festival at Langold Lake on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th June.
There is a maximum of 54 pegs and the entry fee is £110 per angler with a none refundable deposit of £50 to be paid two weeks before the start.
There will also be three 18 peg sections and each angler will fish a different section match. The series winner will be decided on a standard points system.
And it is anticipated that if there is a full attendance there will be a massive £1,000 to the winner with a sliding scale of prize money down to £50 for ninth place. For entry or further details contact Stuart at Go Baits on 01909 540105.

CLUB RESULTS
St Joseph’s AC fished their second match of the season at Candy Corner Fisheries near Finningley in bright sunny conditions which saw the carp basking rather than responding to feed.
With the members opting for an early start to the match to accommodate getting home in time for the start of the football, some were left still plumbing up when the whistle went.
But this did not deter Stuart Lilley who pole fished caster to put a winning weight of crucians and silvers to 20lb 5oz for first place from peg 6.
Dave Robinson ran out a close second with 18lb 10oz from peg 8 and making up the frame from peg 20 was Andy Lakey with 14lb 9oz.
Worksop United fished their own stretch of the Chesterfield Canal at Bracebridge on Sunday 11th June where P. Storey ran out the winner taking a single carp of 11lb 12oz using floating bread.
S. Moore used the same tactics to claim second spot with a level 7lb and in third spot was P. Martin who employed maggot hookbait to put 4lb in the net.
Their next club match is at the Weirfield Trent on Sunday 25th June. All names to Rob Allen as soon as possible. Meet at the first gate at 8am.
The Go Baits of Langold Spring League was fished at Langold Lake on Sunday where S. Rampling ran out the clear winner with 67lb 14oz.
Second place was filled by I. Burnet with 30lb 18oz and third spot went to M. Thomson with 24lb 11oz. Open matches will be run most Sundays, please call 01909 540105 for availability.
The members of the Hatfield Arms AC, Laughton fished the Riverside venue at Bawtry on the Sandmartin Lake on Sunday 4th June where Tony Brittan weighed in 24lb 7oz from peg 1 using pole fished meat or caster for first place.
Taking the runners-up position was John Everson with 17lb 15oz employing pole fished caster or maggot from peg 14 and Andy Simpson made up the frame from peg 5 with 14lb 8oz taken on pole fished maggot. All the top three took silver fish and carp.
Members of Angling Supplies Batchelors AC fished their latest match at Langwith Lakes where Mel Morris employed feeder fished meat to take a winning carp net of 11lb 7oz off peg 22.
Keith Richardson used the same method as the winner to finish with 5lb 13oz for second off peg 27 and a close third was Brian Heightington using pole and pellet for 5lb 5oz off peg 27.
The members of the Station Hotel AC of Shireoaks fished the Island Lake at Hayfield where Ivor Jones almost broke the ton, weighing 93lb 6oz off peg 23 employing the controller float with floating bread.
In second place, just one fish behind, was Martin Spencer on peg 16 who netted 88lb 12oz using the floating pole and pellet and Tommy Davie made up the frame with a bag of 54lb 8oz off peg 6 also using the floating pole.

Lodge Farm round-up
In Thursday evening’s Gateford Angling Supplies’ match fished on Lily Pond, young Gavin Liversidge took the honours with 19lb 11oz from peg 51 to edge out Ian Mellish from peg 66 with 16lb 7oz. Third place fell to Stuart Brumpton with 6lb 4oz from peg 72.
On Sunday, Jenkins AC of Retford fished the Top Pond where Ian Simons ran out the winner with 30lb 5oz from peg 34 using pole fished pellet and meat.
In the runners-up position was travelling companion Daz Godley off peg 40 who put 23lb 14oz on the scales and third was Stuart McClean with 16lb 9oz on peg 37.
On the same day, Jays of Langold visited the Field Pond where Gareth Whitfield broke the lake record with a net of carp and skimmers weighing 63lb 3oz from peg 3 fishing the pole and pellet.
In second place Kenny Hoyle put 42lb 10oz on the scales from peg 28 and Brian Garsden filled the frame with 35lb 12oz from peg 9.
The best weight of the week was a new pond record for Long Island, a creditable 113lb 15oz from peg 92 fishing pole and caster shallow in Woodland Park AC of Doncaster’s match.

Daiwa Hallcroft round-up
The Retford venue is continuing its recent good form with the top weight of the week falling to Paul Cross who took 136lb 6oz from Moat outer peg 58 last Sunday.
Paul fished pellet and meat shallow catching carp to 6lb in his winning net which also took the mega bonus link peg prize of £1,000.
Reed and Bridge are continuing to fish well with pellet and meat accounting for the majority of the winning weights fished at varying depths.
Young Worksop angler Michael Tamburrini, aged seven, landed his first fish, an impressive bream caught on Croft Pool in the margins on maggot using a whip.

Lakeside round-up
The carp have been spawning but the silver fish have more than made up the weights in matches with Geoff Mawby of Gateford Angling Supplies leading the way in his first match with the Stanley Street Sports and Social Club.
He landed 45lb 1oz of silver fish taken on the top three with a worm or caster hookbait from peg 16 to edge out Ian Mellish on peg 7 who put 29lb 5oz on the scales using the same method.
Simon Bolton claimed third place with 29lb 2oz from peg 12 with Peter Scott weighing 25lb off peg 6 for fourth and Mick Pogson in fifth with 24lb 5oz from peg 5.
The junior section was won by Sam Kisby with 26lb 13oz taken on pole fished corn in the margins with Ryan Bolton weighing 17lb 5oz for second and Michael Fox weighing 3lb 9oz for third.
Pleasure angler John Williams hit all the right notes on the second strip pond using pole fished meat to take a mainly carp net of over 130lb.
On the Carp Lake Pete King landed a personal best common carp of 23lb 4oz off peg 4 in his four fish haul using pinapple boilies. John Vardy made the most of his three day stay banking 21 fish to 23lb off peg 6.
Over on the Trout Lake Albert Wheeler netted 21 rainbows to 3lb on green fritz on intermediate line with Worksop’s Ken Brooder landing 17 fish to 4lb on various buzzers and floating line.

Through the grapevine
Young Nathan Burgin made an entry to the Fish of the Year competition with a 5lb 4oz tench caught on puddle chuck float with a sweetcorn bait at Woodsetts Pond at the beginning of the month.
Mick Pogson of WDAA would like to remind all members and non - members that live baiting is completely banned on all association waters.
WDAA canal bailiff Alex Roebuck expects great things from the Clayworth area of the Chesterfield Canal where all the pegs have been cut in readiness for the new season.
Some truly large chub have been seen in the first few pegs and the pegs between Drakeholes and Wiseton are expected to throw up some good sport after dredging work by British Waterways.
On the coastal scene, the small boats out of Bridlington are taking good catches of cod to 10 stone per rod and the skate and bass are expected to start making an appearance over the next few weeks off the Holderness beaches.