Warning to owners of valuable angling tackle

WE start this week with what is unfortunately becoming an all to common occurrence – tackle theft.
Richard, a reader of the column, has just had over £1,000 worth of tackle stolen from his shed, only to find out that he is not insured for the loss.
We can only reiterate that it is important to make sure that your policy covers all items and that you have a reasonably accurate description of your main items of tackle – take photographs, keep receipts and make a log and make sure that any out-building is as secure as it possibly can be by fitting appropriate security locks and alarms.
We hope that this tale has a happy ending but we aren’t holding our breath, Richard also wanted to know which is the best insurance policy around, so if any of you have got a particularly good one please get in touch and we will pass it on.
On a happier note, we can report that 5,000 silver fish have been introduced in to the St. Peter’s Lane stretch of the Chesterfield Canal at Clayworth. This was overseen by the canal manager Roger Marsh of Worksop and District AA.
The Clayworth stretch opposite the boats is already fishing exceptionally well to bloodworm and joker, bread punch or pinkie over a light coloured ground bait – thanks to canal bailiff Alex Roebuck for this information.
He also tells us that the Retford Town sections of the canal (particularly the boat basin at the back of the fire station) is fishing well with a nine-year-old lad and his father netting a 2.5lb bream and various silvers to 9oz.
Mick Pogson informs us that Ken Bradshaw, the baliff at Torksey Arm, reports that before the floods, nets of roach to 60lb were being taken with the silver fish being a little bit slower at the moment due to the high water levels.
If we get some settled weather before the end of the season it will be worth your while taking the short trip for some silver fish action. For predator anglers the arm is fishing exceptionally well for pike at the moment.
On the coastal front we received a call from Dave West who was fishing the north beach at Yarmouth last Friday.
He had only been fishing for an hour and had five cod on the beach to 3lb. We are still taking entries to our open beach rover to be held on Saturday 17th February, so if you are interested give Roger a ring on the number at the top of the column.
We would like to send a belated 75th birthday message to popular Woodsetts/Sandhills bailiff Fred Foster. Happy birthday Fred – enjoy your free TV licence.

CLUB RESULTS
THE permit holders of Worksop United held their regular Saturday match on the club’s own waters on the Chesterfield Canal. 1st R. Lamb 6lb 7oz peg 24 maggot; 2nd M. Drage 4lb 6oz peg 21 maggot hook bait; 3rd J. Bradford 4lb 1oz peg 16 maggot hook bait.

LAKESIDE ROUND-UP
SATURDAY saw the seventh round of Linda’s Lakeside Winter League where the weights were respectable despite the ice-breaking boat having to be utilised before the start of the match. 1st Alan Hopkins 35lb 7oz peg 37 all carp on bomb fished meat; 2nd Pete Tatley 33lb 7oz peg 29 carp and silvers on maggot feeder; 3rd John Redshaw 32lb 12oz peg 27 mixed net.
Venue regulars DJ Angling held a silver fish only match on the second strip on Sunday. 1st Geoff Armitage 27lb 3oz peg three maggot feeder skimmers and gold fish; 2nd Craig Sutton 23lb 19oz peg seven maggot feeder; 3rd Roger Darlow 22lb 7oz peg eight pole fished maggot.
Pleasure angler Terry Smith of Worksop fished the first peg on the first strip where he had a red letter day using the maggot feeder to bag carp to 8lb and tench and Roach in his 50lb+ net.
Over on the trout lake, John Richmond landed 14 fish the best an impressive 8lb 8oz rainbow on segmented blood worm and floating line, with Keith Jackson netting a best specimen of 6lb in his 12-fish haul taken on various buzzers and floating line.

RIVERSIDE ROUND-UP
THE Scrooby venue is still fishing well with Monday’s event being a rover. 1st Jamie Masson 53lb 9oz peg 16 Sandmartin pole and pellet; 2nd Geoff Bennet 52lb 7oz peg 10 strip pond bomb fished pellet.
Tuesday’s match took place on the main lake: 1st Jamie Masson 44lb 8oz peg 16 pole and pellet; 2nd Geoff Bennet peg 36lb 7oz 14 pole and pellet.
The best weight of the week fell in Saturday’s open on the main lake: 1st Mick Hall 84lb 3oz peg two fishing bomb over to the boat; 2nd Garry Monday 27lb 2oz peg eight pole pellet and maggot.

LODGE FARM ROUND-UP
THE big news to report on from the Scrooby Top venue this week is the return to the sport of local angling superstar Sean Storey, who on his comeback match, topped the field in Gateford Angling Supplies open match on Lily Pond last Wednesday.
1st Sean Storey 31lb 13oz peg 63 maggot feeder; 2nd Pete Scott 29lb 2oz peg 53 wag and mag; 3rd Geoff Mawby 26lb 12oz peg 55 maggot feeder.
On Sunday the anglers from Hodthorpe WMC made their usual visit to the complex where this week they tackled the signal pond. 1st Richard Hardy 23lb 11oz peg 12 wag and mag; 2nd Alan Hadfield 17lb 8oz peg 13 pole fished corn; 3rd Neil Richards 17lb 4oz peg nine pole fished pellet.
Bill tells us that the Long Island is fishing well with a winning match weight of 72lb 15oz taken on bomb fished meat and corn taken off peg 78.
Shallow fish wag and mag claimed the runners-up position with 67lb 8oz taken from peg 98 and ground bait feeder accounting for third place off peg 100 with 53lb.
He also tells us that the field is fishing well for pleasure anglers with the ground bait feeder being the top method cast halfway across, anywhere around peg 35.

DAIWA HALLCROFT ROUND-UP
DAIWA Hallcroft Open (Saturday) Moat (36 pegs): 1st Don Slaymaker, Leicester Sensas, 48lb 2oz peg island 70 pole, pellet and corn; 2nd Jamie Masson, Maver BCUK, 38lb 8oz peg outer 42 bomb and corn; 3rd Andy Sellars, Bankside Tackle, 37lb 12oz peg island 64 tip with maggot, pellet and corn.
Daiwa Hallcroft Open (Sunday) Moat Outer (39 pegs): 1st Geoff Wilde, Fishing Republic, 41lb 11oz peg island 69 fishing bomb and corn to the far bank; 2nd Neal Vernon, Crooked Billet, 38lb 8oz peg island 47 pellet and maggot on the bomb and feeder; 3rd Eddie Buxton, Leegem, 28lb 10oz peg island 71.
Daiwa Hallcroft Tournament League (Monday) Croft (14 Pegs): 1st Steve Robbins, Leegem, 100lb 2oz peg 27 pole and pellet at 11m; 2nd Rich Teigh, Handsworth, 67lb peg 25 pole and pellet to 12m; 3rd L. Sears, Daiwa Hallcroft, 50lb 2oz peg three.
Daiwa Hallcroft Tournament League (Tuesday) Moat (20 Pegs): 1st Steve Robbins, Leegem, 41ln 1oz peg island 43 pole and pellet; 2nd Graham Lilley, Leegem, 37lb 11oz peg island 46 bomb and corn; 3rd Jamie Masson, Maver BCUK, 36lb 3oz peg island 52.
Daiwa Hallcroft Veterans League (Thursday) Moat (20 Pegs): 1 Joe Simms, Hallcroft, 57lb 1oz peg island 63 pole and pellet at 10m; 2nd Geoff Bennett, Peg One, 56lb 11oz peg outer 41 with the bomb.

SHERWOOD ROUND-UP
CAVENDIDSH Lake, Tuesday, 16 fished: 1st Neil Wilkinson, Sherwood Forest Fishery, 20lb 8oz peg 13; 2nd John Holmes, Dynamite Mayfair, 17lb 15oz peg nine; 3rd Lee Payling, Peg One Angling Pinxton, 15lb 15oz peg five.
A 4lb carp, hooked in the dying minutes of the match, put Neil in front, he had been catching skimmers (12oz) steady all day on pole and pellet on light gear when the carp took his bait.
Fifteen minutes later it was in the net, not to the delight of John Holmes also fishing pole and pellet for skimmers was winning the match but didn’t have any bonus carp.
Holmedale Lake, Sunday, 23 fished: 1st Neil Wilkinson, Sherwood Forest Fishery, 22lb 1oz peg 35; 2nd Steve Richards, Sherwood Forest Fishery, 19lb 13oz peg 13; 3rd Pete Ellis, Sherwood Forest Fishery, 17lb 4oz peg 47.
There was a big change in the weather from Wednesday.
A widespread frost and parts of the lake froze over, but the result was still the same, with Neil Wilkinson at the top of the list. Fishing pole and corn, he had two 8lb carp and seven smaller ones all caught in the first half of the match.
In second place, Steve had just four carp all around the 5lb mark on the bomb and corn cast to the island.