Sweeney has seaside catch of the day

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

Both lakes were used on both days but there was only one catch of any note — coming from number two lake.

Winner on day one on peg 13 by a clear margin was Marcus Leek, fishing his favourite method — a pellet waggler to take carp to double figures for 114-14-0.

Runner-up was Mark Liwoshko on peg five, fishing pole and corn for 48-8-0 and third was Reg Barrass on peg eight, fishing worm in the margins over dead maggots for 46-5-0.

Ricky Lale on peg 16, despite going for a swim in his peg before the match to retrieve his pole, was fourth with four carp weighing 41-5-0.

On both days lots of fish were lost along with plenty of rigs due to the large beds of lilies in both lakes.

On day two the weights were much better with winner Reg Barrass fishing the same method as the previous day on peg 19 to catch 20 carp weighing 133-2-0, which also won him the overall winners spot.

Second was Lee Baker on peg 11, also fishing worm over maggot for 85-0-0 while in third and with easily the best weight over the weekend on number two lake was Will Sweeney with 72-14-0, again fishing with dead red maggot.

Steve Baker on peg five was fourth, alternating between paste and meat to finish with 72-12-0.

Ricky Lale doubled up for the weekend, again stripping off and diving in after his number four section snapped and was dragged in by a carp to become the first double member of the Human Plummet Club.

Steve Baker is again running the popular Bob Willows Memorial Charity match at Portland Fishery on Saturday, September 27.

This year it is being held on behalf of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust charity.

Three lakes are being used for the event and there are already more than 40 entrants.

To book a place call Steve on 01636 681539.

Collingham fished their invitation match on the Tidal Trent and a good entry of 44 took part.

The winner, continuing his good run on the river, was Malcolm Nicholson, fishing caster on a feeder on private peg eight with eight barbel weighing 64-0-0.

Runner-up from peg seven was Dean Issacs fishing a maggot feeder for 31-5-8 again of barbel.

Third was Roger Wakenshaw on peg 239, fishing a feeder with caster and hemp to catch barbel and chub for 30-10-0 and fourth on peg 77 was Ken Clark, fishing a feeder with maggot and corn for 28-0-0.

Railway Club fished at Metheringham Fen Lake where the top four nearly sat next to each other.

Barry Young won again, fishing on peg two. Starting on a feeder and switching to pole and corn down the edge he totalled 189-0-0.

In second, Ron Sutton on peg four employed the same methods to weigh 134-6-0. Ian Young on peg five was third, again fishing with corn for 130-8-0, and fourth was Chris Young on peg six fishing corn and maggot for 124-4-0.

This week: Lilies Lake, Scrooby Top.

Newark WMC fished on Saturday afternoon at Windmill Farm on the Old Lake where F1 carp made up the bulk of the weights.

The winner was Graham Cobb, fishing pole and paste for 48-13-0 closely followed by Mike Cliff, fishing pole and meat for 46-14-0.

Kev Blore was third fishing bread on the pole for 36-1-0 and fourth was Malc Beedham, fishing with meat for a level 34-0-0.

This week: Hacketts big lake.