Match weights were slightly below par last week at the popular Messingham Sands Fishery as rain and overnight frosts put a dampener on things.

However some really good competitions resulted with not too much to separate the leading contenders. Round 5 of the Drennan Silverfish Spring League was fished on the Islands Lake on Saturday and less than 5lb separated the top four places.

Steve Nurse was optimistic when he drew peg 4 after hearing that it had produced the winner in the Wednesday Open. He set his stall out for crucians and F1s with 4mm expanders over micro pellets and caught steadily apart from a poor last hour. His 91 fish was good enough to win the day with 44lb. Sport was consistent all around the lake and most people weighed over 20lb of silverfish.

Drennan Silverfish League, Islands Lake, Saturday
1 Steve Nurse, Grimsby 44-05
2 Kyle Hartley, Scunthorpe 42-10
3 Kevin Johnson, Messingham 40-12
4 Paul Seed, Grimsby 39-10

Tripp Winter League, Sunday
1 Dave Toyne, Gainsborough 62-02
2 Carl Swetnam, Rotherham 60-02
3 Andy Bryant, Grimsby 58-00
4 Glen Collins, Hull 53-03

Tues Open, Tripp Lake
1 Stewart Buckley, Scunthorpe 44-13
2 Ian Coatham, Scunthorpe 26-03
3 Tony Hepburn, Grimsby 20-06
4 Terry Holmes, Grimsby 19-02

Weds Open, Islands Lake
1 Kyle Hartley, Scunthorpe 41-01
2 Don Hudson, Scunthorpe 37-04
3 Tony Woods, Grimsby 33-11
4 Dave Burnett, Goole 18-11

Thursday Open, Swan Pond
1 Ken Pacey, Gainsborough 52-09
2 Kevin Johnson, Messingham 30-01
3 Les Roy Grimsby, 27-02
4 Ian Taylor, Grimsby 25-03

Friday Open, Tripp Lake
1 Phil Deitch, Grimsby 30-01
2 Graham Garrard, Grimsby 29-02
3 James Collwell, Scunthorpe 28-02
4 Andy Arrowsmith, Scunthorpe 24-07

Visit www.messinghamsands.co.uk to learn more about this excellent fishery.