Angling

New coronavirus lockdown measures were announced on Sunday in a first step towards easing restrictions.

Families and people of all ages with an interest in fishing went along to an open day.

Matt Dring moved into the new year as champion of Collingham’s Sweepstake match.

Young fishing star Tyler Bird has qualified for the final round of assessments in his quest to join the England under-15s squad.

Nineteen turned out for Collingham’s annual float match held once again on the River Trent at Rolleston.

There was a better turnout for Grove Angling Club’s match at Balderton Lake on Sunday, with 20 members taking part and all choosing to fish the feeder.

Members of Newark Working Men’s Club fished at Westwood Lakes, Boston, on their annual bus trip.

Nineteen from Grove Angling Club fished Balderton Lake on Sunday when the wind played a major part and feeder tactics worked yet again.

There were some great weights at Railway Club’s match at Mill Dam Fisheries on Sunday, with all anglers catching from the start.

With the river close season started and Collingham having their annual meeting, the only local competition this weekend was at Portland on Saturday when Currys AC had their second match of the year on Canal pond.

Last year, the Lakeside at Balderton — still known by those of us of a certain vintage as the Grove ponds (there used to be two of them) — received a massive stocking of skimmer bream to compliment the existing stocks of bream, roach, perch, tench, some large carp, terrapins and, if rumours are true, catfish.

The ice breakers were out in both local matches on Sunday but again it didn’t stop the fish feeding.

On a mild but very blustery Sunday there were some good weights recorded, with some venues affected more than others.

The New Inn enjoyed a two-day annual match at Heronsmead Fishery near Skegness at the weekend.

A TOTAL of 42 anglers took part in the annual charity match organised by Melvin Glass and hosted by Collingham, where the top three all fished on Centenary Lake.

Newark has a new national champion. On Sunday, at Larford Lakes near Stourport, Worcestershire, Got Baits-sponsored Carl Williams won the Maver British Pole Championship.

They must be putting something in the water at Coddington. After last week’s great result for Brian Dodd with Newark WMC, this week fellow Coddington angler Steve Hill had his first match win after years of trying with the New Inn.

On Saturday, Currys AC fished the fifth leg of their league at the prolific Metheringham Fen Lake, which, after all the recent rain, was full to overflowing.

The Rodney Coldren Memorial Charity Match was fished at Collingham Millennium Fishery by 46 anglers and raised £320 for Beaumond House Community Hospice, Newark.

The warm sunny weather in May guarantees spawning fish but despite the carp thrashing around there were still some good catches made.