Jinx League. Round 3. 18th June 2011

 

Rain, rain and more rain for the Jinxsters down the lake today.

Results

A Section Peg Weight Points
1st Mat Edwards 5 141-10 1
2nd Clive Pritchard 2 140-8 2
3rd Dave Moore 4 64-8 3
4th= Nick Watkins-Price 8 54-4 4
4th= Jon Hatch 34 54-4 4
6th Dai Thomas 7 46-0 6
7th Geoff Palmer 38 32-8 7
8th Terry Goff 40 20-8 8
B Section Peg Weight Points
1st Steve Wilson 32 138-0 1
2nd Marcus Burgess 11 69-0 2
3rd Steve Akal 26 57-4 Guest
4th Peter Morton 29 55-12 3
5th Nick Williams 13 51-8 4
6th Gem Doyle 9 48-12 5
7th Paul Roberts 28 44-8 6
8th Dave Webster 31 38-10 7
9th Kev Loveland 10 DNW 8
C Section Peg Weight Points
1st Malc Doyle 25 110-12 1
2nd Tony Roberts 20 87-8 2
3rd Simon Mound 17 65-4 3
4th Fred Parker 15 47-8 4
5th Slim Shady 18 40-12 5
6th Alex Clarke 14 29-4 6
7th Pete Crayfishtraps 23 26-12 Guest
8th Martin Coopster 22 26-2 Guest

 

Overall and A Section Winner, Mat Edwards.

Second in A Section, Clive Pritchard

B Section Winner, Steve Wilson

B Section Second, Marcus Burgess

C Section Winner, Malc Doyle

C Section Second, Tony Roberts

Jinx Night Match. 17th June 2011

The Jinxsters returned to the lake today for their annual night match. The match is always held before the normal day-time match so the anglers have the chance to stay over at the lake. Another good thing about this is you know that Malc will be there on time for the draw 😛

The lake was a hive of activity in the daytime. Me and John were on bank on hedge trimming duties along the car park bank. Terry leant a hand cleaning up the trimmings (thanks Terry) Gem asked John if there was anything she could do to help and got given the washing up by John 😀

As the day went on the car park started to fill up with the usual suspects. The tents were put up and and everyone was eagerly awaiting the draw. What most people didn’t know is that Malc had already started the draw on all the best pegs were going like hotcakes 🙁

The reason we knew that the draw had started was Paul Roberts came round to where the tents were with his trainers on fire and a 2 mile smile on his face. He had drawn peg 9, We all walked round to the hut to draw and Paul was already on his peg. We think he teleported round there.

No pictures from the match as it was far too wet sorry.

Fishing today was from 7.30 – 12.30 and it rained for the whole match.

At the start of the match pretty much everyone had a fish or two and then started to struggle for bites. Nick on peg 32 had plenty of bites and fish coming in, Paul on peg 9 was also having a good start. He also managed to catch a new PB carp of over 17lb. Well Done Paul.

I had a blistering start to the match fishing at 5 meters on donkey choker Pellets. I put 9 fish in the net in the first hour but then Marcus fishing on peg 15 decided to show how much he loved me by cupping in TWO BIG POTS of pellets 2 meter from my left hand line that I had been catching off. It killed my swim dead. 😀 😀 I was not bothered as I had 3 lines in front of me and just started catching off the right hand line. (I got my own back the next day, more to follow on that 😀 )

By half way I could see Nick had stopped catching and was struggling for bites and the rest of the carpark bank were all struggling. Malc however on peg 13 was making regular trips the the scales and was catching well on his top secret X4 beating paste :O 😛 There was no splashing or noise coming from peg 15 so I thought I better check on Marcus with another weigher, It was ok he had just fallen asleep 😀

The all out was called and it was still raining so most people left their brollies up and their gear on the pegs as most were fishing tomorrow anyway. Onto the results. Had Malc’s monumental comeback taken top spot? Did Marcus catch a carp? Was anyone dry 😀

Results

Pos Name Peg Weight
1 Simon Mound 14 141-12
2 Nick Williams 32 119-12
3 Malc Doyle 13 117-12
4 Paul Roberts 9 83-0
5 Dai Thomas 26 59-8
6 Kev Loveland 17 46-12
7 Nick Watkins-Price 18 39-0
8 Dave Moore 22 34-0
9 Terry Goff 25 23-8
10 Fred Parker 28 21-8
11 Martin Coopster 23 18-8
Marcus Burgess 15 DNW
Mat Edwards 10 DNW

14 Anglers Fished

 

Tonight's winner. Simon Mound.

 

Second Place, Nick Williams.

 

Third Place, Malc Doyle

Well organised Match Malc.

Thanks for reading. Eddie, Simon and John

Rolfslake Open Wednesday 15th June 2011

 

 

 Tough day down the lake except for Jon Walker.

Today the anglers were hoping that the big weights from the Friday night match cotinued but as usual Rolfslake had other ideas.

The story of the match was there were plenty of fish cruising around but proving to be very difficult to catch and on a few pegs the fish were blowing but again they were not feeding in any numbers.

 

In first place and making it 4 WINS IN FOUR MATCHES was master float maker and lake king Jon Walker who today was on peg 6 on the motorway bank and in the small lake. Jon tells me he opted to fish two lines a long 13 metre line and a short 6 metre line fishing on the deck on both these lines and using a variety of baits corn,pellet and meat Jon was able to keep the fish coming. Jon today also had fish to double figures in his net and at the end of 5 hours put a very hard earned 138-08 on the scales for the win {well done Jon} but he even realised that this was a low weight for this time of year

 

 

In second place and an angler i had not seen for a while was fellow Cartel member Mick Lane, who was moaning about his lack of drawing good pegs recently but as we all know about Mick he would give Picasso a run for his money and went he took his hand out of the draw bag and saw peg 8 he got a few good luck comments i dont think.

Anyway Mick fished a variety of methods ,long across down the gap and to the bush to his left and by fishing meat and pellet Mick also caught fish to double figures in his final weight of 98-00 and a skimmer short of another ton weight.

 

Completing the frame was form angler Mark Newbold who was fishing on peg 14 in the big lake and he also struggled to catch but by rotating his fishing lines he managed to catch on shallow and full depth rigs using pellet and paste to catch his weight of 82-00 and continue his framing sequence.

Simon, John, Paul and I are currently working on the photo and feature board down the lake which we hope all our visiting anglers will find enjoyable and informative. If any of our visiting anglers take any pictures that they would like for us to consider putting in the board please send it to the the website and Simon ,John and I and we will have a look.

Also for all our visiting anglers please read the rules for the lake when you arrive as there are checks in place during the match and at the weigh-in to ensure none of the rules are broken . The rules are for the well being of the fish first and for for the fairness of all the anglers second as we do not want any of the big fish damaged by being put in keepnets for any period of time, and i know all anglers will support us in this subject.

Results 15 fished.

Place Angler Peg Weight  
1st Jon Walker 6 138-08 Walker Floats
2nd Mick Lane 8 98-00 Rolfslake Cartel
3rd Mark Newbold 14 82-00 Rolfslake
4th Gary 28 51-04 Rolfslake
5th Phil Powell 18 43-04 Rolfslake Cartel
6th Andy Raymond 24 40-02 Rolfslake
7th John Bennett 10 36-12 Rolfslake Cartel
8th Paul Jay 16 34-00 Rolfslake Cartel
9th Wez 13 29-00 Rolfslake
10th Eddie Taylor-Green 22 24-04 Rolfslake/ Walker Floats
11th Neil Riddy 32 17-00 Osprey A.C
12th Lee Rose 26 8-00 Rolfslake
13th Ernie Malyon 30 DNW Rolfslake
14th Paul Newbury 7 DNW Rolfslake
15th Butch 9 DNW Rolfslake

 

The Pirate was lost at sea as the Bennett storm sunk the the pirate ship to gain another point.

With John on peg 10 and me on peg 22 we were both going to struggle today on a normal match and today it was going to be really hard.

I was only one peg away from where i caught nearly 250lb on Friday but it felt like i was fishing the M40 as the peg was devoid of fish and bites as peg 22 is a bit of hit and miss and today i am sure my paste approach which has served me well was to inflexible to catch anything other than carp and my reward for 5 hours fishing was 3 carp one tiny carp of a pound and a small skimmer for 24-04 so i got what i deserved today NOTHING.

John should of battered me today but again he struggled and opted to catch silvers whilst he could not catch carp so at least he was putting fish in to the net, and towards the end of the match he also caught 4 carp but they went 28lb and he even lost a couple so i think he deserved his point today but don’t tell him i said this it will be our secret.

The score between me and John stands at.

 

John 5

 

 

Eddie 3

Thanks for reading Simon, Eddie and John.

Rolfslake Night Match 10th June 2011.

 

Rolfslake switches on big time for the night anglers in the second night match of the year.

 

Tonights hosts, Rolfslake's owners John and Pauline Bennett.

As the anglers arrived for the second of the Rolfslake’s night match they were greeted with rain and the end of a corporate match that had been held earlier in the day which was won with a weight of 90lb from peg 18 with waggler fished shallow.

As there were only 9 anglers tonight i and John Hague were tasked with sorting the pegs and decided to give all the anglers a bit of space so we used both the big and small lake.

As the match started at 8.30pm the lake was a mass of bubbles as the carp were feeding on the fly hatch on the water down the bottom of the big lake, but the fish were not not going mad in the first hour and at 9.30 John fired up the generator and turned the lights which drew complaints from the angler on the motorway bank as the 1000 watt lights blinded them for a while. Most anglers in the second hour started catching from all areas of the lake as it started raining again and a breeze blew from the big to the small lake which helped put the fish down.

The winner today was returning angler Simon Enticott who was fishing motorway bank peg 16 and was one of the anglers affected by the blinding lights from my peg 23 which was hampering him to see his float in the second and third hour. A change of fishing position from a 10 metre line out in front to fishing just past the bush pushed Simons catch rate up and in the end he could not catch the fish fast enough. Simon was using a combination of corn and paste to catch his fish and even had a pair of 19lb commons in his board weight of 189-00 and after 5 hours put a fantastic 335-08 for a match win {well done Simon }.

In second place for a change was me Eddie and after the first hour with 7 carp in the net i was really flying and at the rate i was catching i was seriously expecting to get close to my PB of 328-00 but a poor last hour ruined that idea. I was fishing my favourite X4 paste mix 2011 and i started off feeding the two bush swims to my right and left and started on the 8 metre line straight out, and was amazed at the amount of really good bites i was getting even with the swim a mass of bubbles. After the fourth hour i had over 200lb but that last hour cost me dear as i only put 4 fish in the net but still ended up with 249-12 with fish to 17-08.

Completing the frame was  John Bennett on form peg 7 and with peg 8 not in he had way too many options to fish so he started on the tip and caught a couple fish quickly but with John being one of Rolfslake’s top anglers found a spot to his left towards peg 8 at a range of 4 metres and started to bag on big carp {his board weight went 169-00} and by feeding heavy and fishing big 11mm donkey choker pellets John was able to keep the fish coming but after 5 hours fell just a silver nets worth of fish short of second {John put his silvers back} with his weight of 234-08.

Spare a thought for John as he fished tonights match in two types of pain the first was a really painful hip that made sitting and standing for any period of time really difficult, and the second was after the weigh-in when he was told he had been beaten by me as he got a real ear bashing { how sad }.

Results .

Place Angler Peg Weight Bait.  
1st Simon Enticott 16 335-08 Corn/ Paste Matchfishingscene
2nd Eddie Taylor-Green 23 249-12 X4 Paste Rolfslake/ Walker Floats
3rd John Bennett 7 234-08 11mm Pellet Rolfslake Cartel
4th Earnie Malyon 28 206-12 Pellet Spro
5th Micheal Corsini 32 174-01 Pellet Rolfslake
6th Derek Hammond 18 157-00 Pellet Banbury Gunsmiths and Tackle
7th Pete Arnold 4 148-08   Rolfslake
8th John Hague 34 139-00 Pellet Smithys
9th Paul Jay 9 122-00 8mm Pellet Rolfslake Cartel

 

The Pirate flag flys again as i gain back another point.

As the battle between me and John continues it will only push us both to catch bigger and bigger weights as i am sure John thought he had tonights match  in the bag as when the whistle sounded he shouted to me “you have given me a right thrashing tonight Eddie” knowing he had over 200lb in the net.

When i got around to weigh Johns fish i looked at his board weight of 165lb and though you crafty old man or words to that effect, and when we weighed his net carp it went 234-08 and when i asked for his silver net he told me he had put them back. On walking round to my peg i could see a smug look on his face thinking he had beaten me but when i got round to my peg and added my board i was surprised to find out that it added to 145-00 and thought i might have a chance and after weighing my three nets was well chuffed to see my weight of 249-12 and another point gained back.

The score now stands at:

 

John 4

 

 

Eddie 3

 

 

 

Valentine with a beautiful 19lb common.

 

Until our next report thanks for reading Simon ,Eddie and John.

Wednesday Open Match . 8th June 2011

Open Match win number 4 for Jon Walker this year down the lake.

Cloudy weather today as the anglers dodged the rain clouds. The wind kept the clouds at bay though.

Birthday boy Mick Jones was first in the drawbag today and was promised if he drew peg 10 he could have a re-draw as a birthday present 😛 😀

All but one person were carpless half way in to the match and that person was John Bennett on peg 6. The fish started biting in the last hour and half.

Jon Walker on 9 soon got in to a steady stride catching which was enough to win the match closely followed by Phil Powell on peg 7.

Well done everyone, sounded like a tricky match.

Results.

Pos Name Peg Weight
1 Jon Walker 9 157-0
2 Phil Powell 7 131-12
3 Mick Lane 40 122-4
4 Neil Riddy 10 100-8
5 Mick Jones 16 93-12
6 Lee Jackson 14 89-4
7 Pete Archer 2 88-0
8 Fred Parker 34 80-4

14 Anglers Fished

Happy Birthday Mick, shame I couldn’t have any cake 🙁

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