Angling Round-Up: Mike Nicholls broke the Bridge Pool six-hour match record wide open with a massive 201-14-0 haul of carp and silvers in the Bathampton AA Disabled & Over 55s match, fished at Hunstrete.

He poled caster and paste into the left lakeside margins of disabled peg 16 and broke the existing mark by a whopping 66-13-0 with a 179-5-0 catch of carp plus 22-9-0 of silvers.

Second place was taken by the former Bridge Pool record holder Terry Bruton. The Thatchers Tackle ace poled an 8mm hair-rigged pellet into the island margins and at 30 yards into open water via a straight lead to tempt 120-2-0 of carp to 12-0-0.

Results: 1, Mike Nicholls 201-14-0, peg 16; 2, Terry Bruton (Thatchers Tackle) 120-2-0, peg 15; 3, Pete Philips 57-8-0, peg 23; 4, Bob Warren 38-0-0, peg 7; 5, Tom Coulson 31-14-0, peg 24; 6, Dave Bacon (Bacons Tackle Box) 31-3-0, peg 10. Silverfish: 1, Tom Coulson 24-8-0, peg 24; 2, Mike Nicholls 22-9-0, peg 16; 3, Bob Warren 18-8-0, peg 7.

Note: The previous Bridge Pool six-hour match record was 134-1-0 taken from peg 24 by Terry Bruton during a BAA Disabled & Over 55s Match, fished on June 28, 2007.

● Match record holder Ian Chapple beat his own mark by 11-12-0 in the first of two Pick 'n' Mix Monday matches, fished at Whitehouse Farm, Latteridge.

The Alcove AC Match Secretary poled luncheon meat to come up with a record breaking 68-15-0 of carp to 12-8-0.

Result: 1, Ian Chapple 68-15-0, peg 7 Old Lake; 2, Paul Gowing 34-4-0, peg 8; 3, Steve Dawson 21-2-0, peg 19; 4, Pat Smith 16-1-0; 5, Bill Ferris 11-0-0; 6, Colin Golding 9-8-0.

● Shaun Townsend beat Martin Rayet to the top spot for the second time in three days with a 58-4-0 victory in round six of the Queens Head Series, fished at Boyd Valley Lake, Bitton.

Townsend poled soft pellet and paste into the lakeside margins of peg 11 for carp to 5-8-0 while Rayet used luncheon meat at peg nine and included the best fish of the match, an 8-8-0 common carp in his 40-0-0 total catch.

Results: 1, Shaun Townsend (Sensas Bathampton Avon Aquatics) 58-4-0, peg 11; 2, Martin Rayet (Preston Innovations Thatchers) 40-0-0, peg 9; 3, Kevin Dicks (Bathampton AA Coach) 35-8-0, peg 7; 4, Leon Hubbard 31-10-0, peg 10; 5, Jerry Pocock 26-6-0; 6, Dave Tippett (Bristol PSV) 20-12-0.

● A 90-2-0 catch of carp gave Shaun Townsend a comfortable victory in the Kings Head Elite match, fished on Specimen Lake at Landsend Fisheries, Wedmore.

The Sensas Bathampton team member brought fish weighing between 5-0-0 and 12-8-0 to the scales.

The runner-up was Martin Rayet, who

weighed in a similar 75-0-0.

Results: 1, Shaun Townsend (Sensas Bathampton Avon Aquatics) 90-2-0, peg 36; 2, Martin Rayet (Preston Innovations Thatchers) 75-0-0, peg 26; 3, Leigh Avril 74-9-0, peg 29; 4, Jerry Pocock 68-10-0, peg 39; 5, Bob Sheppard 62-14-0, peg 38.

● Jacklands Fishing Lakes at Nailsea are under new management and will re-open on Monday, July 27.

The 1.5-acre Trout Lake is stocked with table sized rainbow trout. A day ticket costs £6 plus £2 per pound for every fish caught. Catch and release is not allowed.

The Coarse Lake is well stocked with carp, bream, skimmers, tench, rudd and roach.

OTHER RESULTS

Alcove AC Sunday @ The Clamps, overall: 1, Paul Gowing 24-8-0. peg 5. Poled pellet and paste into the lakeside margins for mostly carp; 2, Bob 'The Bread' Price 21-4-0, peg 12; 3, Terry Hawkins 20-4-0, peg 14; 4, Steve Dawson 19-6-0, peg 15.

Alcove AC Midweek @ Whitehouse Farm, overall: 1, Ian Chapple 25-14-0, peg 9. Poled luncheon meat into lakeside margins for a three-carp catch; 2, Paul Gowing 13-4-0, peg 7; 3, Steve Dawson 12-7-0, peg 11; 4, Bill Ferris 8-8-0, peg 1; 5, Brian Cleevely 8-2-0, peg 6.

Bristol PSV @ Rood Ashton, result, overall: 1, Steve Burgess 105-2-0, peg 11. Paste poled into left lakeside margins; 2, Adam Caswell 74-13-0, peg 9; 3, Adam Woodland 70-13-0, peg 13; 4, Derek Lucas 63-13-0, peg 7; 5, Darren North 63-8-0, peg 12; 6, Bob Warren 59-12-0, peg 2.

Carps AC @ Yarlington Match Lake, Cider Farm Lakes, Lympsham, overall: 1, Steve Kedge (Somerset Angling) 168-2-0 (NEW Match Record), peg 41. Poled pellet and paste into lakeside margins for 80 carp; 2, John Page 130-11-0, peg 36; 3, Pete Sivell (Dynamite Baits) 126-0-0, peg 54; 4, Andy Curry 101-12-0, peg 14; 5, Dave Roper 101-5-0, peg 4; 6, John Dursley (Enterprise Angling) 93-1-0.

Carps AC @ Woodlands lake. Trinity Waters, Bridgwater, overall: 1, Gordon Canning 59-8-0, peg 20. Pellet shallow; 2, Rich Coles 49-0-0, peg 14; 3, Mark Hanham 48-10-0, peg 13; 4, Chris Fox 38-13-0, peg 18; 5, Colin Golding 28-10-0, peg 9; 6, Paul Locke 26-15-0, peg 16. Silverfish: 1, Rich Coles 35-8-0, peg 14.

Frys AC 'First Series' – Round 1 @ Home waters, Keynsham, results: 1, Derek Coles 32-2-0, peg 49. Groundbait feeder with worm and maggot for skimmers and bream; 2, Warren Bates 11-14-0, peg 31; 3, Dave Shore 10-7-0, peg 55; 4, Merv Sivell 9-0-0, peg 7; 5, Jeff Surman 7-8-0.