A HIGHLY competitive Wednesday Open match on Sherwood Fishery's Holmedale Lake saw the top five all pass the ton mark.
In a match where 22 fished, it was very tight at the top and could have gone to anyone, but a late run of carp – 8lb from the margins on the pole and meat – from Mick Langton saw him land 26 carp and put 127lb 7oz on the scales.
In second place Sheffield's Sam Kelk fished the method feeder and pellet cast to the island with pellet and the pole and meat fished at 13m, landing 36 carp – 9lb to end on 119lb 8oz.
Sherwood's Danny Crewe was third from peg 19 with 111-6, while Worksop's Andy Lakey (109-3) and Shaun Sheldon (Kinky Pellet Club, 101-7) also passed the 100 mark.
A day earlier, the Open went the way of home angler Lee Nussey, who fished the method feeder and meat cast to the weed beds at peg 40, landing 20 carp in his 65lb 8oz catch.
In the Open match on the weekend, 26 fished as Sherwood Forest's John Woodland claimed top spot with 91-4.
He fished the pole and paste out at 13m from peg 45 landing 38 carp – 6lb and winning the match.
In second, Carl Brown fished the pole and pellet on the deck and up in the water at peg 15 for 80lb 9oz. Daz Shaw of Dynamite Baits took third.
In the Lakeview Vets Saturday match, with only seven anglers competing Roger Holmes took full advantage and almost doubled the next weight with a total of 69lbs.
He fished his favoured method of pellet down the track and it was this method that helped Rob Taylor to second place with 39lbs.
Andy Parker managed to get the tactics right on this occasion and came in third with 32lbs.
With the other anglers all catching it proved to be a close match for the rest of the places.
In the Wednesday fixture, fishing was inconsistent throughout with a number of anglers struggling to catch during certain times in the match.
This, however, was not the case for Steve Natrass, who kept the fish coming throughout and ended with a winning weight of 71lbs from a familiar peg to him.
Close behind was Pete Sissons who just missed out by 4lbs, also fishing on Serpent.
Third place came from Canal Peg 2 where Martin Quilter started very well with 20lbs in the first hour but he struggled in the later part of the match and could only manage overall third with 52lbs. Cliff Adcock came in second on Canal with 28lbs but it was mainly Serpent that came up with the better weights.
