Rolfslake’s 3rd night match Friday 1st July 2011.

 

As i arrived in the carpark it was nice to see a nice number of anglers trying their luck in one of Rolfslake’s night matches and as always the usual suspects were in attendance. The evening was sunny and warm although this did change to colder temperatures as the night went on.

 

In the last 3 hours the fishing picked up but it was not mad by Rolfslake standards but what it did was keep it close as nobody was really pulling away so kept it close for about 6 anglers till the end.

 

The fishing in the first couple of hours was nothing special but as the lights turned on the fishing picked up as the anglers could see their floats better with the 1000 watt bulbs on display, and a funny story John told me of an angler who asked him when he was going to turn the lights on as he could not see his float only to realise later he was still wearing his sun glasses.

 

 

 

 

With draw time called the eager anglers gathered in a dis-organised line hoping to draw a good peg and as the pegging was done by John Hague and myself that was a dead cert. The match started at 7.45 and was going to finish at 12.45 with a barbeque supplied by Pauline and John so even if you had a bad nights fishing you were definitely going to get a bite at the barbeque table which was good considering the fishing had by a few of the anglers tonight.

 

 

 

My pegging buddy and Mr nice guy John Hagues.

 

 

 

 

In first place and continuing his good form of drawing good pegs { sorry i mean framing } was Rolfslake Cartel member Paul Jay who tonight had draw peg 34 in the corner of the small lake. Paul was fresh from his win in the Monday match and tonight he employed his favoured method of fishing a line at about 8 metres straight out in front and down the edge to his right. Paul today fished on the deck using 8mm hard banded pellet feeding pellet and was rewarded with big fish to 19-08 in his weight of 167-08 and only one fish away from the chasing pack { well done Paul }.

 

 

 

 

 

In second place and on a big skimmer off a win was Meat man Mick Jones who only just made the draw due the M25 bieng chock a block and arrived very smartly dressed. Mick was also on a run of form as he framed in the midweek match and when he pulled out peg 6 he knew he would be in for a few bites tonight and after5 hours had a board weight of 132-00 to be added to his net weight. Mick was fishing his celebrity meat at short range fished on the deck and again caught big fish which can be a challenge when it gets dark but these fish kept Mick fit as he had to keep going to the scales. At the end of the match Micks board weight and net fish when added together went 165-12 and was only one fish off that match win.

 

Now thats how to dress for a fishing match, Rolfslake's Mick Jones.

 

 

Completing the frame was my old adversary Rolfslake’s owner John Bennett who was fishing the only peg that did not have its own light but that did not bother him at all. John managed to catch his first fish after his bait had reached the bottom of his first put in of the match which went 13lb so i was playing catch up all night and as the match went on Johns catch rate increased. John started on the top kit plus one but after getting broken on a fish ,John switched to the left hand margin at a range of 4 metres and by using paste John managed to keep the big fish coming and after 5 hours he also fell one fish behind Paul with his weight of 160-12 but did manage a triple wammy of framing in tonights match, claiming the peg king of Richard Doolan and best of all claiming another victory against me in our seasons battle.

Another point to raise to our visiting anglers please all read the rules prior to fishing as again two rules were infringed on in tonights match and that was big fish being retained in keepnets WHICH IS NOT ALLOWED. These fish are very expensive and it is the welfare of the fish that come first and that is why the rule was put in place to start with. John has already increased the weight limit to 10lb max but to see fish of 11-08 in nets is disapointing but unfair to the anglers that get off their box to weigh theirs so all anglers co-operation is appreciated on this rule.

Just a thought if you are having trouble catching the carp, for the second match running Vespe / Miracle Baits sponsored Chris Telling has put another big bag of silvers on the scales all 54-00 of them. Chris now takes worm as he believes this is what the skimmers prefer and also it wont be long before the first angler that has a real go for them will catch over 100lb of that i am sure as there are lots of these fish in the 2 -5 lb bracket.

 

Results.

 

 

17 fished.

 

Place Angler Peg Weight
1st Paul Jay 34 167-08 Rolfslake
2nd Mick Jones 6 165-12 Rolfslake
3rd John Bennett 13 160-12 Rolfslake
4th Simon Mound 4 143-12 Jinx League
5th Chris Telling 23 142-00 Vespe / Miracle Baits
6th Earnie Malyon 10 139-08 Spro
7th Colin Horwood 18 123-02 Rolfslake
8th Dave Howe 14 117-04 Browning Crowsports
9th Dave Whiteman 26 98-12 Hydro 2000
10th Justin Watkins 7 98-00 Browning Crowsports
10th Mick Chappell 30 98-00 Rolfslake
12th Lee Jackson 16 87-08 Rolfslake
13th John Hagues 28 76-04 Smithy’s
14th Kev Dalton 8 67-08 Rolfslake
15th Eddie Taylor-Green 32 63-08 Rolfslake /Walker Floats
16th Russ 38 53-12 Rolfslake
17th Russ Salwood 9 DNW Rolfslake

Thanks for reading Simon, Eddie and John.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rolfslake Wednesday Open 29th June 2011.

 

Andy Quarmby wins a cracker of a match in todays Midweek Open.

Report to follow

Results.

14 fished.

Place Angler Peg Weight  
1st Andy Quarmby 16 305-12 Rolfslake
2nd Mark Newbold 9 262-08 Rolfslake
3rd Mick Jones 13 144-04 Rolfslake
4h Simon Enticott 5 130-08 Matchfishingscene
5th Gary Kelsey 8 119-08 Rolfslake
6th Steve Rich 10 104-12 Rolfslake
7th Paul Jay 40 100-08 Rolfslake Cartel
8th John Bennett 7 86-00 Rolfslake Cartel
9th Neil Richards 38 85-12 Rolfslake
10th Mark Gilbe 18 80-12 Rolfslake

 

Thanks for reading Simon, Eddie and John.

Larry Teepot Invitational Weekend. 25th-26th June 2011

Pete Taylor (Larry Teepot) and his band of 21 merry men and one lady returned to the lake this weekend for their annual visit. The draw was supposed to be at 11am but due to an incident on the M40 the Cockneys we stuck and had to wait for the central reservation to be removed so they could turn round and be diverted past it.

The anglers who were already at the lake put the extra time to good use….getting drunk 😀 Eventually they turned up and the draw got underway at 1pm so fishing on Saturday was going to be from 2pm-7pm.

 

Justin Watkins and Dave Howe eager to start

Teepot Tent village

 

The main man, Larry Teepot

Jay finds time for a elastic change

 

Dave Moore and Marcuss Burgess

Someone is camera Shy

Team Talk round the bait car

John is thinking about starting mower racing at the lake 😀

Onto the fishing. Mark and Matt down in the little lake were setting the pace for everyone else to follow but I think they were just having their own private match between each other 😛 😀 Danny on peg 40 was having a grueller but he did have about 20 beers before the start 😮 😀

The bowl was fishing ok but people were being plagued by foul hooked fish and loosing them. Me and Andy were also having our own match but everytime he got a fish so did I and visa versa. Tim on 32 was also catching well but loosing a lot of fish also. John Hague was having a battle with the resident carp on peg 9, failing to catch of the end of the bush he decided enough was enough and he would have to go to the stump. Only the brave or stupid do this 😛 (I will let you decide hehe) This proved successful. I think he won….. John 8 – Carp 2.

The top end of the big lake was fishing harder than normal. Marcus on peg 16 was catching well just behind Jay on peg 18. Gem on peg 20 was not having much luck in catching a carp, it was funny not hearing her usual bum clenching scream after she catches her first carp.

 

Andy to my left on peg 28

Marcus and Jay up the top end

Tim on peg 32 and Colin on peg 7

John on peg 9

Drawbag Steve Wilson on peg 8

With the bell sounding the end of the match I knew it was going to be close in my section between me, Tim and Andy. Word was Matt had won the little lake and the grapevine was right. The big lake was another close finish also between Marcus and Jay. It turned out to be a close finish in all the sections with just one weigher separating first and second also second and third in section.

Results
Day 1

A Section Peg Weight Points
1st Simon Mound 30 118-12 1
2nd Andy Morrison 28 113-0 2
3rd Tim Guise 32 105-12 3
4th Neil Gator 13 102-4 4
5th Mark Green 14 49-4 5
6th John Hague 9 48-0 6
7th Colin Wedgebrow 26 39-4 7
8th Jason Astle 10 34-4 8
B Section Peg Weight Points
1st Matt Smith 5 136-8 1
2nd Mark Malin 4 126-8 2
3rd Colin Brickwell 7 116-8 3
4th Simon Enticott 38 107-12 4
5th Steve Wilson 8 67-8 5
6th Froggy 34 56-0 6
7th Larry Teepot 2 32-4 7
8th Dan – Lippy 40 DNW
C Section Peg Weight Points
1st Jay Davis 18 64-4 1
2nd Marcus Burgess 16 56-4 2
3rd Dave Howe 22 49-12 3
4th Justin Watkins 23 26-8 4
5th Billy 19 16-0 5
6th Dave 25 10-4 6
7th Gem Doyle 20 6-8 7

OVERALL LEADERBOARD

Place Name Points
1st Matt Smith 1
1st Simon Mound 1
1st Jay Davis 1
2nd Mark Malin 2
2nd Andy Morrison 2
2nd Marcus Burgess 2

 

Day 2

The draw today was set for 11am again with fishing from 12.30 – 4.30. The draw was on time this time too 😀 There were a few sleepy and drunk faces wandering around the lake before the draw also. The lake was blessed with the sun today with not a cloud in the sky so I wanted to draw on the carp park bank in the shade, I put my hand in the bag and pulled out peg 18 (bloody hot peg) Still I wasn’t moaning. Neil Riddy was fishing today in place of Dave Moore who fished yesterday but could not make it today, anyone who knows Neil will tell you he only draws Flyer pegs and today was no exception…..Into the bag goes his hand and out comes peg 32 😮 😯 Unreal 😀

On yesterdays winning peg was Andy had set his stall out to catch as many of the up in the water carp, Mark and Matt also had the same thing in mind. With the sun blazing there were a lot of carp cruising around. Most anglers today had a go at catching them shallow I think. Andy on peg 5 was setting the pace in the little lake today with Mark on peg 40 closely following.

In the bowl there was plenty of action coming from peg 9. Steve Wilson on peg 30 was playing catchup and doing a fine job too. His final weight was helped out by this 22lb carp.

 

Steve Wilson with a fine 22lb Common

Neil Riddy was catching well on peg 32 until Neil over on peg 10 lost his topkit with a fish attached, the float surfaced behind the bush in Neil’s swim. John Bennett and Paul Jay (Laurel and Hardie) were on the scene to try and get the top kit back and free it from the offending carp. Paul managed to get hold of the topkit and played what he said was a 20lb + carp before loosing it (typical Paul 😀 😛 ) This needless today put an end to Neil’s bush line.

In the big lake there was more fish being caught today. Jason Astle on peg 23 was catching very well and setting the pace for the rest of us. After catching 4 fish shallow I had started catching well off the bush on the right hand side of peg 18, nice and easy as they were all on my topkit. Justin on peg 20 was having a better time than Gem did on there yesterday. He had managed some carp shallow and had started putting together a nice run of fish fishing on the bush on the left. But then disaster struck, a fish took him in the bush and he lost his rig and could not get the new rig right.

On to the weigh in and it was Matt and Mark setting the pace in the little lake with fine catches but was soon overtaken by Andy who put a cracking weight of 226lb on the scales. Simon on peg 9 just fell short of the magical 200lb with 193lb to take the bowl section. There was a bit of drama when weighing in the top end of the big lake as I knew it was going to be close between me and Jason for the section. I had put 140lb on the scales but when we got round for the moment of truth at Jason’s peg we found the carp in his net did not want to hang around to be weighed. His net had fell in and all his carp had escaped leaving him with only a fine net of skimmers to weigh in and the fish on the board.

Results

Day 2

A Section Peg Weight Points
1st Simon Enticott 9 193-0 1
2nd Steve Wilson 30 137-12 2
3rd Neil Riddy 32 123-8 3
4th Dave Howe 26 113-8 4
5th John Hague 13 87-14 5
6th Marcus Burgess 28 81-12 6
7th Neil Gator 10 72-8 7
8th Colin Wedgebrow 14 58-8 8
b Section Peg Weight Points
1st Andy Morrison 5 226-0 1
2nd Mark Malin 40 169-4 2
3rd Matt Smith 38 118-0 3
4th Colin Brickwell 7 114-8 4
5th Alan Davis 2 85-0 5
6th Mark Green 8 67-8 6
7th Gem Doyle 34 20-0 7
?? 4 DNW
C Section Peg Weight Points
1st Simon Mound 18 140-4 1
2nd Justin Watkins 20 73-8 2
3rd Jason Astle 23 69-2 3
4th Tim Guise 25 64-8 4
5th Danny – Lippy 16 22-0 5
6th Larry Teepot 22 14-8 6
7th Billy 19 11-8 7

FINAL LEADERBOARD

Place Name Points
1st Simon Mound 2
2nd Andy Morrison 3
3rd Mark Malin 4 (Weight)
4th Matt Smith 4

I had managed to win my section giving me a score of 2 points which gave me the overall win, to say I was chuffed would have been an understatement. 🙂

Andy had come second with Mark beating Matt on a weight countback. Well done Lads.

Thanks to Larry for running a great weekend event. Had some great laughs with this great bunch of lads.

 

Top bloke. Larry Teepot.

Thanks for reading. Eddie, Simon and John

Garden Center Boys Match. 27th June 2011

A Rare Monday Match at the lake today run by Paul Jay.

 

Pos Name Peg Weight
1 Paul Jay 13 113-4
2 Steve 7 109-4
3 Rob Well 26 62-4
4 Lee 9 54-12
5 Dave 38 47-4
6 John 10 45-12
7 Phil 8 43-12
8 Dave C 22 42-4

16 Anglers Fished

Special Mention to Phil who is 82 years old and caught 13lb PB carp and then next cast nearly doubled it with a 25lb common carp today. Well done mate.

Rolfslake Wednesday Open 22nd June 2011.

A new visitor down the lake the Black Stallion.

Rolfslake silver fish match record broken.

With Rolfslake currently fishing very oddly you did not know whether it would fish great or very hard and with last Wednesdays match still very vivid in my memory i was hoping for a good afternoons fishing. With the anglers eager at the draw it was nice to see returning angler Chris Telling at the lake as we had not seen him for a while as he had been trying very hard to qualify for the Fishomania final again.

As the draw was called the same thing happened as it normally does and that is the good anglers draw the flyers and the average pegs are left for the rest. Today my main target as usual was to beat John and when he drew peg 40 i knew i was in trouble as the bottom of the small lake was black with fish as the wind had been blowing into the corners for the last two days, and he must of been cured of his bad back because he was at his peg faster than Usain Bolt with a big smile. For me it was my favourite peg 6 but with the wind blowing across my peg and the sun in my eyes it made for a very frustrating and difficult match.

Elsewhere around the lake Mick Lane’s never ending drawing of good pegs with peg 34, Chris Telling was on carp form peg 32 ,Paul Jay was on peg 4 and newcomer Neil Richards was on peg 8 in the gap between the big and small lake.

The story of todays match was one frustration as the carp were very difficult to catch in any numbers with i think a total of 20 carp caught by all the anglers with many switching to try and catch a few silvers for a bit of sport and when Kev Doulton weighed in he must of had about 150 roach for 26lb and still did not frame.

Todays winner was Vespe /Miracle Baits sponsored Chris Telling who started off fishing the 6 metre line fishing paste with very little success but a change of tactics to fishing the long 13 metre + line made a little Rolfslake history. Chris fished the long line on the deck mainly for carp which he had a few to double figures but it was the bream which took his attention as by fishing with a big dendrabena fished over depth he managed to keep them coming in fact i have never seen an angler that had 1 carp net and 2 silver fish nets. Chris in total had 30 bream for a fantastic total of 75-08 and a NEW Rolfslake silver fish record and when added to his carp totalled 128-00 { very well done Chris }.

 
 

New silver fish record holder Vespe / Miracle Baits sponsored Chris Telling.

 

 

 
 

75-08 of Bream from peg 32.

 

In second place was Rolfslake’s Mick Lane who was fishing peg 34 in the small lake and he also struggled for the fish three hours but in the last two he caught small carp long down the edge towards the tree to his right. By fishing meat and pellet on the hook feeding pellet Mick kept the carp coming for another frame with his weight of 80-08 but still a low weight by his standards.

 

Second place Mick Lane.

 

Completing the frame was newcomer Neil Richards on peg 8 who had carp and 25lb of silvers for his weight of 38-08.

Kev Doulton with 25lb of silvers.

 

Paul Jay with 14lb of silvers.

Results.

Place Angler Peg Weight  
1st Chris Telling 32 128-00 Vespe / Miracle Baits
2nd Mick Lane 34 80-08 Rolfslake Cartel
3rd Neil Richards 8 38-08 Rolfslake
4th Paul Jay 4 35-08 Rolfslake Cartel
5th Ernie Malyon 2 34-08 Rolfslake
6th Kev Doulton 9 34-04 Rolfslake
7th Butch 10 33-12 Rolfslake
8th Eddie Taylor-Green 6 22-00 Rolfslake/ Walker Floats
9th Russ 38 DNW Rolfslake
9th John Bennett 40 DNW Rolfslake

 

Rolfslake 2 the Pirate stikes back.

There is not to say about our match today as with the sun in my eyes and the wind i could not see the bites but every now and then i would get a sharp pull on the pole tip from the carp whilst i was fishing paste but a change to corn got me out of jail with two carp for 19lb and 4 skimmers for 3lb for a total of 22-00.

That was in contrast to John who was on peg 40 and as soon as the match started the carp disappeared and John then struggled for the next 5 hours with a couple of lost carp and about 2lb of skimmers which he put back of in disgust.

The score between me and John now stands at:

 

John 5

 

 

Eddie 4 

 

Thanks for reading Simon, Eddie and John

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