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Wednesday Open Match. 22nd February 2012

2 months ago

by Eddie in 2012, Match Reports

Another tough day down the lake.

After the much better weights from the pairs series last weekend, a merry band of nine anglers turned up to fish the Wednesday open today. With the very poor weights from the small lake on Sunday it was a very easy choice to choose the big lake and at about 10 O,clock the draw was called and the anglers drew their pegs hoping to draw between 16 and 24 as the fish had moved to this part of the lake.

One thing that looked familiar from the photo’s from last Sundays match was a picture of Paul Jays fish in a pink bucket which looked very similar to my daughters gold fish bucket that she had won down the fair so i now know where Paul has been practising . John tells me that today was a totally different day to the weekends weather as it was very cold with a gusting wind and the dreaded rain so a tough 5 hours was going to be endured by the anglers. With the variety of fish being caught lately the big decision for the anglers was to go for carp or to go for the big skimmers as Steve Waters did last Wednesday.

John also tells me that there were a few carp lost and a few bites missed but the winner of todays match was Geoff Edwards who was fishing peg 19 at the end of the big lake. Geoff managed to catch carp by fishing on the pole using pellet and corn and after a hard 5 hours weighed 58-00. In second place was lake regular Neil Riddy with 36-00 from peg 16 with Paul Jay in third with 27-04.

Todays winner Geoff Edwards.

Results

Pos	Name	Peg	Weight
1	Jeff Edwards	19	58-0
2	Neil Riddy	16	36-0
3	Paul Jay	22	27-4
4	John Draper	10	13-8
5	Kev Dolton	9	11-0

9 Anglers Fished

John has started to get interest for the Easter Festival and has started to put names on the list so if you fished last year and fancy fishing this year get in touch asap.

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

feb 2012

Rolfslake’s Wednesday Open 15th February 2012

3 months ago

by Eddie in Match Reports

Report to follow.

14 anglers fished.

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Dave Whiteman	10	24-00	Hydro 200
2nd	Paul Jay	24	17-08	Rolfslake
3rd	John Cowling	9	7-08	Rolfslake
4th	Pete Archer	26	2-12	Vespe
5th	Neil Hutchings	29	2-04	Rolfslake
6th	John Draper	13	2-00	Rolfslake

John has asked me to ask the anglers fishing this weekends pairs match to please bring a silvers keepnet as the ones down the lake currently need repairing so as to not loose valuable fish through holes in the nets.

Also there will be an open match on Saturday as the lake is now virtually ice free and the draw is 9.30 fish 10.30 – 3.30

Thanks for reading Simon, John and Eddie

Rolfslake’s Wednesday Open 8th February 2012

3 months ago

by Eddie in Match Reports

A tough day down the lake as the artic weather continues.

John tells me that as the anglers arrived down the lake they were greeted with ice so thick you could of driven a car across the lake. It was decided that todays match was to be a walk off with the anglers deciding on which swim would take the least amount of effort to break through, but i can tell you that would of been no easy choice. With the weather at about minus 2 and a horrible cold breeze going across the lake you could of though the seven anglers must of been mad to spend 5 hours freezing hoping for a bite.

The winner today was John Draper fishing peg 30 by the hut and John had managed to cut out a swim to 13 metres and by using expander pellet he managed to put together an all silver weight which consisted of some good skimmers which were happy to feed in the cold, and at the end of a tough 5 hours weighed 15-08 for another victory { well done John }.

In the second place was Paul Jay who was also on the carpark bank this time peg 25 and Paul also caught all silvers this time using maggots for his weight of 8-08 closely followed by Neil Riddy on peg 10 who also caught silvers for his weight of 8-04.

Whilst many fisheries around the country remain closed due to the lakes John and Paul have been working really hard in keeping parts of the lake ice free so not only can the anglers fish but also that the fish stay protected by having some open water for the oxygen to enter and the gasses to escape. The fact that there were no carp caught today just goes to show two things 1. carp dont like feeding in really cold water and 2. there are plenty of other species to catch at Rolfslake.

Results

7 fished.

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	John Draper	30	15-08	Rolfslake
2nd	Paul Jay	25	8-04	Rolfslake
3rd	Neil Riddy	10	5-00	Rolfslake
4th	Mick Chappell	14	4-12	Rolfslake
5th	John Bennett	13	1-00	Rolfslake

Thanks for reading Simon, John and Eddie

Rolfslake’s Wednesday Open 25th January 2012

3 months ago

by Eddie in Match Reports

The small lake wins todays match.

With the forthcoming pairs match only a few days away and the last match for a while where the big fish are allowed to be kept in the nets, it was decided that todays match was going to be a rover and the anglers could choose anywhere on the lake to fish.

As i arrived at the draw the weather was quite mild with very little wind and carp topping all around the lake, but it was a false dawn as it turned cold during the match and the wind picked up making fishing the long pole as difficult as it did last weekend. With the draw being called I could sense that most of the anglers wanted to fish the big lake so it was going to be an easy choice for me { peg 3 } as I was only one of two anglers that wanted to fish the small lake, the bad news was the other angler was my sparring partner John Bennett who was on peg 6.

The other anglers were facing each other from pegs 13 to 24 so at least they had a bit of space to cast the bomb out. The story of the match was that the anglers had plenty of bites and many lost fish and the average size of the fish were again very big with me having a brute of a fish that i thought was going to be my first 20lb der but how it ended up only weighing 19-08 i will never know. As the match went on it turned colder and the bites slowed down but it still fished better than last weekends matches and even the pleasure angler in the small lake was bagging on the straight lead fishing corn.

Rolfslake's danger man in form angler John Bennett.

In first place today and showing a master class of how to catch fish in cold weather was Rolfslake’s inform angler John Bennett who was on peg 6 and he started on the bomb for one carp but a switch to the 13 mtr pole fishing corn and feeding micros got the carp and silvers lined up. John even had the luxury of losing 10 carp and he believes that he should of caught alot more, but after a tough day with the wind John caught 9 carp and silvers for 72-00 for yet another win { well done John i really mean it }.

In second place was Pat Pritchard on motorway peg 16 and Pat kept pace with John for most of the match but a big lost carp 10 minute from the end put paid to Pat’s chance for the win. Pat was using the long pole fishing on the deck using maggots and corn hookbaits to catch his 6 carp and a few silvers for his weight of 64-08 and only 7-08 off first place. Completing the frame was John Draper who this week swapped his favouite peg 9 this time for peg 14, and after struggling to catch on corn swapped to 6mm expander pellet and had 14-08 0f skimmers early on and then the 5 carp arrived for another 33lb which gave him a total of 47-08.

Results.

9 fished

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight	Method
1st	John Bennett	6	72-00	Bomb / 13mtr pole corn.	Rolfslake
2nd	Pat Pritchard	16	64-08	14mtr pole corn /maggot	Rolfslake
3rd	John Draper	14	47-08	13 mtr pole / expander pellet	Rolfslake
4th	Eddie Taylor-Green	3	39-08	13 mtr pole / maggot	Rolfslake
5th	Paul Jay	24	24-12	Bomb	Rolfslake
6th	Graham Ridgley	13	21-04	Bomb/ pole	Rolfslake

John 3

Eddie 0

When will I catch a 20lb carp ?. this one is only 19-08.

To all the anglers competing in the pairs series we hope you all have a good time and that the fishing this weekend continues to improve especially in the small lake.

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.