For most who tried their luck on running waters, the river season started Sunday with more of a whimper than a bang.
But some did get into decent fish – and one was Mick Dudley who stormed Mobbs Miller’s match with 41-8 of Nene bream!
On the backwater behind Bluebell lakes he netted slabs to 6lb for a runaway win, while Dave Chamberlain had two for 11-10 and enough dace and chublets to total 17-10.
But it was normal service for the rest as Geoff Beeby was third with 4lb.
A FAIR number tried Olney’s Ouse, mainly in the (largely unfulfilled) hope of barbel. Among those who caught, Peter Lima had a 5-15 tench, Adam Short a 7-6 bream and Les Wallis a 2-14 perch.
Roger Stratton netted chub to 4-10 on bread at Newport, Monday, and I had two roach for three-and-a-half ounces in as many hours on waggler near Stony...which put me in my place!
ON the carp pool match circuit Royal Oak’s Wayne Sharman had a ball at Tofts with 144-4 with Jason Shirley on 103lb and Cliff Skyrne 76lb.
Sharman had already won Meadowlands midweeker with 80lb to Karl Mullen’s 45-4 and Graham Beckwith’s 37-6.
DAVENTRY plundered recently added stockies and F1s in Toft’s ‘silverfish’ pond with Kevin Folwell on 87-4 followed by Ivan Mills 75-2 and Paul Knapman 64-12.
BUCKO’S charity open hit The Riddings, over the county border in Warwickshire, where Fred Bispham was top with 79-14 ahead of Tony Ward 42-9 and Wayne Panting 41lb.
FINEDON’S Cranford match produced a clear win for John Sumpter 57lb with Bill Underwood 37lb and John Joyce 27lb.
BREAM were on the boil in Castle Ashby’s midweek Brickyard do as Gary Millward netted 55-4 followed by Dave Sinfield 31-4 and Bob Reed 25-14. Reed trumped that, Saturday on the same pond, with 48-4 ‘pastie’ carp ahead of Chris Garrett 37-4 and Lloyd Haynes 37lb.
On Grendon, Sunday, it was Garrett’s turn as he led the way with 37-12 with Mick Hewlett 26-2 and Richard Dunkley 18-12.
WHITE Hart Flore’s Spring pools do saw Dale Gibson with 45lb as Terry Adams netted 40lb and Robin Fruish 35-4.
RUSS Lay topped Glebe’s ‘Ashby’s Brickyard do with 32-10. Kelvin MacIlhinney had 26-4 and Mark Collier 22-8.
TWO carp for 13-10 put Mick Goodridge top of Towcester’s Bairstows do. Mick Bodilly had 3-12 and Les Goodridge 2-9.
BITS ruled in Castle’s Crescent lake silverfish match. Jeff Rice totalled 6-9, Bob Spencer 4-4 and Paul Lafflin 4-1.
And lastly...Flore & Brockhall found their Brockhall bridge cut living up to its unprintable nickname as Gareth Abrahams won with five fish for 1-4-6,
Paul Humphries had 1-1-13 – and Ken Cadd was third with four for just 0-5-6. Others caught even less!
TOWN’S Mick Griffin had a ball on Ravensthorpe – boating rainbows of 13lb, 8lb and 12 others in a trip as the water produced 395 trout, 5.9 per rod.
Elinor’s best of week went 11-12 as 923 trout were caught, 4.1 per rod.
Rutland’s rod average was 4.23 with 1,764 trout landed.
Town’s Seamus Halliday had Pitsford’s best of week rainbow, an 8-4, as 470 trout were caught, averaging 4.1 per rod.
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