Eddie at Rolfs Lake
Upto Date Info and Match Results from the Lake
Spring League 2010. Round 3.
Mar 8th
7th March
Sunny but cold day at the Lake.
The sunshine made an appearance today at the lake but Friday night had seen a frost. The lake was ice free but the ground was solid and most of the platforms had a layer of ice on them.
Would the carp show again like last week, it was looking possible as John Bennett had managed 90lb from peg 18 on the Saturdays open at the lake. So were the carp still down the far end of the big lake ? Those fishing C section were all hoping to draw peg 22 or 18 but who would be the lucky two ?
Phil Powell was one, he was hoping for 22 but pulled peg 18 out and Mike Stimpson drew peg 22.
Those fishing on the motorway bank were to have the sun on them all day whilst those on the car park bank were in arctic conditions with the wind picking up and blowing a chill down the lake towards pegs 19 and 21.
No one on the Little lake today.
Mick Lane, Simon Mound and Paul Jay were all catching silvers in A section. Gary Haisman was the only person to catch carp from B Section and John Colwing also in B section was on the way to building up a nice silver bag again like in the last round. C section it seemed had all the carp again with all 4 anglers catching carp. But this time it was Phil Powell on peg 18 taking the lead over Mike Stimpson on peg 22. Big Ron on 24 and Steve Williams on 16 we equal on 4 carp each but whose would be bigger.
Off to do the weigh in
Results
SPRING LEAGUE, ROUND 3. 7th March
A SECTION
| Position | Name | Peg | Weight | Team |
| 1 | Mick Lane | 32 | 25-4 | Mafia |
| 2 | Paul Jay | 10 | 15-12 | Wood Tops |
| 3 | Simon Mound | 9 | 11-12 | Pikeys |
| 4 | Maurice Woodley | 30 | 1-8 | DNW’s |
B SECTION
| Position | Name | Peg | Weight | Team |
| 1 | Gary Haisman | 14 | 27-8 | Pikeys |
| 2 | John Cowling | 28 | 13-8 | DNW’s |
| 3 | Derek Hammond | 26 | 7-12 | Wood Tops |
| 4 | John Bennett | 13 | 7-4 | Mafia |
C SECTION
| Position | Name | Peg | Weight | Team |
| 1 | Phil Powell | 18 | 89-0 | Mafia |
| 2 | Mike Stimpson | 22 | 67-0 | Wood Tops |
| 3 | Steve Williams | 16 | 42-8 | DNW’s |
| 4 | Big Ron | 24 | 37-12 | Pikeys |
DAY POINTS
| Swindon Mafia | 9 pts |
| Wooden Tops | 8 pts |
| Pikeys | 7 pts |
| DNW’s | 6 pts |
OVERALL LEADERBOARD
| Wooden Tops | 25 pts |
| Swindon Mafia | 25 pts |
| Pikeys | 23 pts |
| DNW’s | 17 pts |
A Section Winner. Mick Lane.
Mick Lanes All Silver Bag
B Section Winner, Gary Haisman.
C Section Winner, Phil Powell.
Part of Phil's Match Winning 89lb bag.
Swindon Mafia are not letting Wooden tops get too far ahead and make a good comeback.
The next Spring league match is on Sunday the 21st March in 2 weeks time. John is running an open match on the Saturday before. If you want to fish please call John on 07774 618688.
John Bennett setting up on peg 13
Spring League 2010, Round 2.
Mar 1st
28th February 2010
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A dull day at Rolfs Lake
Today saw 16 angler at the lake to fish round 2 of the spring league. The weather this morning was very dull, raining and a slight wind blowing down the big lake towards pegs 19, 20 and 21. The temps were a lot warmer too so would the carp want to play today was the question everyone was asking.
All the matches are been held in the big lake only for the spring league so everyone was saying the carp would be in the little lake 
The fields around the lake were flooded and John Bennett had had the pumps running since Thursday to keep the levels on the lake down. The water was just lapping some of the platforms so he had done a great job.
The brook was Really High
Lots of mud everywhere due to all the rain.
At the start of the match Simon on peg 22 was straight in to carp fishing 16m to the bush next to peg 21. He was fishing corn on the deck. He managed to catch 7 carp in the first hour. Derek on peg 9 was catching some excellent bream. Gary on peg 10 and John on peg 30 were both bagging up on Silvers catching one a chuck. Silvers were been caught all around the lake.
Simon in the second hour had switched from corn on the deck and started fishing half depth with a White boilie as bait and was getting a very good response, he had been getting a lot of Liners and had decided to give mid water. The fish were taking the bait just as the float cocked on the 3ft mark. After hour 2 he had 17 carp in the net (not all one net)
The rest of the lake were struggling with only a few carp been caught but plenty of silver fish action, where were they all in the winter league ?? They certainly were making a come back now.
View from Simon's Peg. Peg 22
The car park bank
Slight ripple on the water
Camera shy Paul Jay on 18
By the end of the third hour the silvers were still showing round the lake and the carp were still biting on peg 22. Simon by this time had 25 carp in the net. The final hour saw him only catch a further 2 carp to give him a total of 27. He tempted the last 2 by going back on the deck with the corn again.
Derek on peg 9
Gary's fish from peg 10
No Picture of Simon’s fish as it was raining again sorry. But with the first big weight from the lake this year it looks like things maybe on the up for the lake. We shall see what happens in round 3 next week on the 7th March.
Results
SPRING LEAGUE, ROUND 2. 28th February.
A SECTION
| Position | Name | Peg | Weight | Team |
| 1 | Derek Hammond | 9 | 24-0 | Wood Tops |
| 2 | John Cowling | 30 | 18-0 | DNW’s |
| 3 | Gary Haisman | 10 | 15-12 | Pikeys |
| 4 | John Bennett | 32 | 8-4 | Mafia |
B SECTION
| Position | Name | Peg | Weight | Team |
| 1 | Fred Parker | 14 | 19-8 | Wood Tops |
| 2 | Big Ron | 26 | 16-12 | Pikeys |
| 3 | Phil Powell | 28 | 13-0 | Mafia |
| 4 | Steve Williams | 13 | 2-4 | DNW’s |
C SECTION
| Position | Name | Peg | Weight | Team |
| 1 | Simon Mound | 22 | 211-12 | Pikeys |
| 2 | Mick Lane | 24 | 21-12 | Mafia |
| 3 | Mauice Woodley | 16 | 21-4 | DNW’s |
| 4 | Paul Jay | 18 | 17-8 | Wood Tops |
DAY POINTS
| Pikeys | 9 pts |
| Wooden Tops | 9 pts |
| Swindon Mafia | 6 pts |
| DNW’s | 6 pts |
OVERALL LEADERBOARD
| Wooden Tops | 17 pts |
| Swindon Mafia | 16 pts |
| Pikeys | 16 pts |
| DNW’s | 11 pts |
Simon’s Blog report on the day can be found HERE
Downtime
Feb 27th
Sorry for the recent downtime. The site is proving more popular than we first thought and we had reached our allocated bandwidth limit early.
The problem is now sorted and will not happen again.
Cheers, Si and Eddie.
Rolfslake open match Sunday 21st February 2010
Feb 25th
Today saw another Sunday open on an improving Rolfslake, and with a low attendance the anglers were grouped together in the big lake between pegs 14 and 28.
On John Bennetts arrival at the lake before the match he was greeted with the lake frozen again as the temperature the night before in Oxford had dropped to -4 degrees but a good blast with the areators saw the ice melt very quickly and as the draw took place the ice had all but gone.
The ice melter.
The report from John about the match saw anglers hooking and losing carp on both the bomb and the pole, which is good news considering a few weeks back there were no signs of carp moving at all so with warmer weather the carp will switch back on properly. The winner today was lake owner John who was fishing peg 14 on the motorway bank and after a quick two carp on the bomb then switched on to the pole and that was when his frustration began. John was fishing long towards peg 15 and by fishing with his rig just touching bottom using corn as hook bait started to foul hook carp as his rig was dropping through the water, and during the match John managed to lose 8 carp and catch 3 more for his final weight of 51-02 {well done John}. John also told me that he had to feed micro pellet and feed and then drop his rig in on top to get bites and even then the bites were the tinyest of dips so it was pretty hard to spot and even harder to hook the carp properly.
The back up weights also included carp but the carp at the moment are still grouped in the middle of the lake so the waggler and the bomb are good options at the moment.
Results.
1st peg 14 John Bennett 51-02
2nd peg 16 Lee Giles 29-00
3rd peg 26 Dave Wightman 25-12
4th peg 18 Paul Jay 18-08
5th peg 23 Steve Williams 18-00
6th peg 22 John Cowling 9-08
