Angling

The second leg of the Mill Dam winter league was held over both lakes.

Railway Club have had a good year with lots of big weights recorded, and their season was finished off in style on Sunday at Girton Mill Dam with club champion Barry Young gaining another win.

Railway Club fished their penultimate match of the year at Lodge Farm, Scrooby Top, on Long Island Lake.

Newark Federation’s Christmas Cheer match was fished on Sunday on the weir field section of the dyke, with the river having fined down nicely after the floodwater had gone through during the week.

With a gale force wind blowing over the area on Sunday, some places fared better than others in terms of what tactics could be used.

Currys AC fished their last match of the year at Girton Mill Dam with 22 members on the match lake.

DESPITE the awful weather, all the local clubs were out in force. The best attended match was at Collingham, on Millennium Fishery, where 32 members fished.

THE Bob Willows Memorial match fished by 51 anglers on four islands and the canal at Portland on Saturday raised money for the Eva May Trust.

THE Rodney Coldron memorial charity match attracted a sell-out field of 50 anglers at Girton Mill Dam in what could have been described as a filthy day in mid-winter, with a cold north wind, rain and hail storms.

A gin-clear river combined with a gale-force wind didn’t help the 74 competitors in the Tacklebox Newark and Anglia Baits Dyke and Trent Championship on Saturday.

Saturday's Ted Shaw Charity Match on the Dyke and Crankley attracted 39 anglers and raised £271 for Beaumond House Community Hospice.

Robert Hubbard from Newark produced his personal best haul when he landed 71lb 11oz in a Costcutter Open match at Janson’s Fishery at Whatton.

Newark's Saturday Open on the Upper Dyke attracted 20 anglers — less than normally fish the midweek opens.

The latest Newark Midweek Open was fished at East Stoke and Rolleston and, despite the river remaining low and clear, there were plenty of fish caught.

The latest Newark midweek open match took place with 24 anglers fishing at Rolleston and the low numbered pegs on the Weir Field.

The second leg of the Collingham versus Barnstone challenge was fished at the neutral venue of Portland Waters on Canal and Four Islands, with 47 anglers in action.

Collingham's Millennium Fishery hosted a 52-peg charity match on Saturday in aid of Help for Heroes, with the match fished in torrential rain.

The angling river season has kicked off with some mixed results for our local clubs.

The London Road Pond has been producing the goods once again, with Newark’s Roger Simpkin cashing in.

I’d never heard of stealer fish before. But my top spy was on the other end of the phone shouting about “stealer fish” in Haverholme Lake at Southwell’s match.