The Saturday Sweep on the Horncastle Road section of the Bargate Drain saw few fish landed.

The Windsor Bank has been no better in recent days as the skimmers that were thrown up in large numbers a few days ago returned nothing to pleasure anglers come midweek.

In the Sweep, only a handful of fish were caught in total by the 13 competitors and two of those fell to the winner, Len Shucksmith.

The present leader of the Winter League Division Two stuck to feeder and worm throughout and was finally rewarded with a couple of small bream to take the top prize.

At virtually the last gasp Denis Houghton tempted a single tench to give him a clear second place, after which just one small perch brought third to Don Green and a single tiny roach to fourth placed Ben Brighton – and that was it.

1 Len Shucksmith 4lbs 11ozs; 2 Denis Houghton 3lbs 9ozs; 3 Don Green 2ozs; 4 Ben Brighton 1oz.

United Anglers pegged up at Pilleys Lane between the bridges, but only five of their contingent landed any fish and no bonus to boost their weights, despite many better fish seen topping throughout.

Ounces were the norm and John Clark took first place with just three small roach to Archie Ayre's roach and rudd for a mere half ounce less, and second.

After that the odd small perch or two brought a tie for third between Chris Wooley and Dave Johnson followed by Mike Deakin fifth.

1 John Clark 8ozs; 2 Archie Ayre 7 ½ ozs; 3= Chris Woolley & Dave Johnson 5ozs; Mike Deakin 2 ½ ozs.

Fishtoft AC chose the River Bain at Coningsby and there roach and perch were more ready feeders, giving a clear victory to Janusz Kedzierski.

Mick Morgan found a decent chub of 3lbs plus to stay in contention but settled for second spot, well ahead of the likes of Stan Stankvich and Ben Brighton, fourth for the second day running.

1 Janusz Kedzierski 6lbs; 2 Mick Morgan 5lbs 6ozs; 3 Stan Stankvich 2lbs 10ozs; 4 Ben Brighton 2lbs 6ozs.

The third round of the East Coast Junior Angling League was held at Sharps Bridge on South Holland Drain on Sunday.

The 20 youngsters involved found the resident roach in a feeding mood and with bright sun and little wind some good weights were brought to the scales.

Most of the anglers opted for pole and pinkie or big maggot with the odd hemp fish showing to the more experienced.

Leading the field was Hunstanton tackle-sponsored Toby Pepper who was drawn next to the pylons and took a bream of some 3lbs plus good-sized roach for his winning weight.

A close second was individual league leader Kirsty Reed with a similar net of roach, third spot in this list of four anglers with weights over 9lbs was Brendan Strolger.

Over half the field turned in 6lbs.

Teams on the day were led by locals King's Lynn with eight points, just snatching victory from Holbeach on nine points and a new young Boston side taking third spot with 13 points.

Individual: 1 Toby Pepper Holbeach 11lbs 8ozs; 2 Kirsty Reed Kings Lynn 10lbs 10ozs; 3 Brendan Strolger Holbeach 9lbs 14ozs; 4 Damien Evans Kings Lynn 9lbs 6ozs.

After 3 matches: 1 Kings Lynn 21pts; 2 Lincoln A 30pts; 3 Holbeach 38pts; 4 Boston 40pts.

Round four takes place on Bargate Drain on December 6. Any anglers interested in fishing should contact Dave Rance 01529 461415 for details.

The fourth round of the Boston Winter league takes place on November 15 and at this moment pegging and sections are not defined and could involve both the Bargate and Sibsey Trader Drains.

Pleasure anglers should therefore consult notice boards before starting to fish please.