OUR PICK OF THE WEEK

BRADSHAW HALL FISHERY SILVERFISH WINTER LEAGUE (SUN) Lakes 2, 3 & 4 (59 pegs)

A big last round winning weight propelled Scott Walsh to overall victory in the league as he finished with 103-8-0 to relegate Joe Cartwright into second spot on 95-15-0. Scott drew peg 7 on Lake 2 and fished caster at 13m and maggot on a shorter line to weigh in a fine 49-2-0 of skimmers, roach and ide, ending up well in front of a tie for second between Jimmy Hines and James Place.

Result: 1 S Walsh, Bolton, 49-2-0; jt2 J Hines, Saints and J Place, Bradhsaw Hall, both 30-6-0; 4 P White, Fisherman’s Way, 27-7-0; 5 M Webb, Saints, 27-3-0; 6 L Bennett, Maver NW, 22-10-0.

Final league: 1 S Walsh, 103-8-0; 2 J Cartwright, 95-15-0; 3 H Billing, 95-5-0; 4 A Bennett, 95-1-0; 5 M Booth, 94-2-0; 6 G Whalley, 93-11-0.

CUNNERIES FISHERY PAIRS (SUN) S Canal & Hawk Lakes (40 pegs)

Scoring a perfect two points, Fred Wright and Steve Hart took the pairs honours despite not figuring in the top six individuals. Victory there went to Jason MacLean with a level 79-0-0 of F1s from peg 18 on the S Canal where he fished maggot across at 13m and down the track.

Result: 1 J MacLean, Daiwa Adlington Angling Centre, 79-0-0; 2 P Billington, Ted Carter Preston, 65-7-0; 3 J Unsworth, NWAC, 52-4-0; 4 T Worrall, St Helen’s Angling, 46-14-0; 5 A Lord, Ted Carter Preston, 45-9-0; 6 P Jagger, Leigh Tackle & Bait, 44-11-0.

Pairs: 1 F Wright and S Hart, 2pts; 2 P Jones and T Worrall, 3 (71-8-0); 3 A Lord and G Farnworth, 3 (62-7-0).

HERONBROOK FISHERIES WINTER LEAGUE (SUN) Canal, Meadow & Match Lakes (43 pegs)

The Canal Pool produced first and second in this round, with peg 26 seeing Ash Davis win comfortably on 121-14-0 of F1s that the Maver Gold Dynamite Baits man took on pellet and maggot fished across at 13m. Andy Everall was second from peg 30 with 83-2-0 of F1s taken on pellet.

Result: 1 A Davis, Maver Gold Dynamite Baits, 121-14-0; 2 A Everall, Lifestyle, 83-2-0; 3 P Dwyer, Barlow’s Tackle, 74-7-0; 4 P Owen, Heronbrook, 71-4-0; 5 W Crowther, Ultimate Pellet, 69-4-0; 6 P Williamson, Lifestyle, 68-14-0.

League: 1 J Goldthorpe, 11pts; jt2 J Chapman and A Davis, both 12; jt4 A Christie and M Barlow, both 13.

MILL HOUSE FISHERIES (SUN) Mistral Lake (30 pegs)

The winning weight had a touch of spring about it as Kurtis Rothwell took 95-12-0 to the scales from peg 32, fishing pellet on the deck at 14m to land carp to 4lb. Second spot went to Gary Baugh with 788-0 of carp to 5lb at peg 37 using dead maggot on the pole at 13m.

Result: 1 K Rothwell, BAS, 95-12-0; 2 G Baugh, Wirral, 788-0; 3 S Shorrock, Leigh Tackle & Bait, 62-4-0; 4 J Hughes, MAP/Bag ‘Em Baits, 30-2-0.

MOSELLA QUAKER SILVERFISH SERIES (SUN) Woodland Lakes, Skylark, Partridge, Kestrel, Mallard, Dragonfly & Swallow Lakes (53 pegs)

Quality skimmers made up the winning 37-10-0 of Mosella Quaker man Johnny Maddison, who drew peg 16 on Kestrel Lake and fished waggler and maggot before changing to the pole at 13m. Sammy Rambow Junior followed with 23-12-0 of mainly roach plus the odd skimmer, drawing peg 15 on Swallow Lake and fishing maggot at 12m.

Result: 1 J Maddison, Mosella Quaker, 37-10-0; 2 S Rambow Jnr, Darlington Angling Centre, 23-12-0; 3 S Fearn, Daiwa Cleveland Angling Centre, 22-10-0; 4 A Dowd, Leeds, 22-8-0; jt5 P Kozyra, Cadence and R Schindler, Mosella Quaker, both 21-8-0.

OLD HOUGH FISHERY (SAT) Big Max, Upper & Lower Benbo & Prospect Lakes (45 pegs)

Drawing peg 15 on the Lower Benbo Lake, Edgeley Sports man Mike Anderson won with 861-0 of F1s to 2lb taken on maggot fished across at 13m. Runnerup Neil Dimmock opted to fish breadpunch across at 14m from

peg 5 on Upper Benbo for 78-3-0 of carp and F1s.

Result: 1 M Anderson, Edgeley Sports, 86-1-0; 2 N Dimmock, Trentside Tackle, 78-3-0; 3 P Carnwell, Garbolino/Bait-Tech, 48-12-0; 4 B Asher, Chester Tackle Locker, 43-0-0; 5 M Austin, Nathan’s Tackle, 42-10-0; 6 S Gallagher, Old Hough, 32-0-0.

PARTRIDGE LAKES (SUN) Covey Canal Lakes (49 pegs)

Alternating between breadpunch dobbed to the bridge at 12m and maggot on the deck at 6m from peg 59 on Canal 3, Barry Rogers put together a hard-earned 39-7-0 of F1s to win Sunday’s open, ahead of Greg Tremlow’s 31-14-0 from peg 45 on Canal 2.

Result: 1 B Rogers, Partridge Lakes, 39-7-0; 2 G Tremlow, Partridge Lakes, 31-14-0; 3 R Bradburn, Partridge Lakes, 30-12-0; 4 P Meadows, Leigh Tackle & Bait, 30-7-0; 5 D Pimlott, Garbolino Elton, 30-0-0; 6 B Conroy, Warrington Tackle & Guns, 27-5-0.

PARTRIDGE LAKES (SAT) Covey & Spey Canal Lakes (49 pegs)

Ted Carter Preston man Atilla Fisher ended the day out in front as he bagged 58-4-0 from peg 127 on Canal 5. He fished maggot at 6m and bread across to the island. Second past the post was Paul Meadows with 47-3-0 of F1s. He tackled peg 151 on Canal 6 with bread across at 12m.

Result: 1 A Fisher, Ted Carter Preston, 58-4-0; 2 P Meadows, Leigh Tackle & Bait, 47-3-0; 3 J Conway, Garbolino Elton, 30-13-0; 4 A Stoner, Partridge Lakes, 29-15-0; 5 C Howarth, Partridge Lakes, 27-2-0; 6 M Senior, Warrington Tackle & Guns, 25-14-0.

RSPS SWALE MASTERS (SAT) River Swale, Morton Bridge - Fordington (192 pegs)

As the team to finish with the most catchers, Northallerton DAC won this annual massive match on both the team points and team weight front, scoring 92 points and totalling 59-9-0. They also had the top two individuals as Nathan Proctor won and Joe Hardcastle took second. Nathan drew in A section at the copse and fished bomb with steak, cheese and worm to land four decent chub for 17-12-0. Joe, at Gatenby in D section, fished bread to tempt four chub for 16-2-0.

Result: 1 N Procter, Northallerton DAC, 17-12-0; 2 J Hardcastle, Northallerton DAC, 16-2-0; 3 I Kirton, Ouse/ Swale Select, 15-0-0; 4 N Chaffer, Mirfield AC, 11-3-0.

Teams points: 1 Northallerton DAC, 92pts; 2 Helperby, 84; 3 Billingham, 80; 4 RSPS, 79.

Teams weight: 1 Northallerton, 59-9-0; 2 Ouse/Swale Select, 36-2-0.

ST HELENS AA (SAT) Carr Mill Dam (26 pegs)

Numbers were up but weights were low, 7-15-0 winning the day for Liverpool rod Ken Dooley. At peg 80 he fished cage feeder and maggot for a mix of roach and skimmers. Second went to Mike Topping with a level 7-0-0 of skimmers on cage feeder.

Result: 1 K Dooley, Liverpool, 7-15-0; 2 M Topping, St Helens, 7-0-0; 3 K Hall, Champion Feed, 6-11-0; 4 J Leonard, St Helens, 5-9-0.