Rolfslake update

Hot weather update. 

After spending the last week in a cold warehouse with no sight of the sun as it had no windows i was more than disapointed to hear the same problem we have been hearing all year of big fish of over 10lb being retained in keepnets during the last weekday match, which is not only breaking the rules but in my eyes is pure lazy and not ALLOWED.

It is the responsibility of the match organiser to ensure they apply the rules correctly and to safeguard the welfare of the fish which is number one priority. It is only the lake owners John and Pauline who can change any of these rules as they own the lake and fish and through hundreds of phone calls i have made to John over the years he has never once let any of his fish be in any danger through the careless actions of the anglers down the lake.

Below are a few examples of the beautiful fish that the anglers have enjoyed catching many times over and as you can see these fish range from 12lb {the size of fish being retained in nets the last week } upto to 22lb and they are too big to turn around in the nets so stay one way for hours if allowed which they are not.

It is everyones responsibilty who fishes ROLFSLAKE to ensure that fairplay in matches prevail and that the rules are abided.

Anyone who knows me and Simon will know that we will enforce the rules correctly and will not hesitate to single out anglers if this practise does not cease.

If breaking of the rules does not end then i will not be reporting results where this occurs as i feel very passionate on this subject and with the hot weather due to continue this month the fish will be harmed by this practise.

As a reminder of the main rules.

No more than 100lb of fish to be retained in any one net.

The maximum size of fish in nets has be raised to 10lb and this does not mean 10-12 and only 1 fish is allowed within ounces and a second will result in the weight being disqualified.

To match organisers the maximum amount of weight of fish in the weigh sling is 40lb not the 52lb that was tried three weeks ago.

After that there are not many other rules that harm the fish.

I hope our near 70,000 visitors to the site will forgive my rant but i will not cease in my Simons, John and Pauline and all the responsible anglers down the lake’s quest for fish welfare and fair play.

Thanks for reading Eddie.

Saturday 1st October 2011 Open Match

Into October and the temperature down the lake was very high. The fish were not really interested in feeding.
Mick Jones wins his first match of the year. Well done Mick.
Adam on peg 13 also caught a personal Best carp of 19lb 14oz. I was 20lb until the water came out the net lol.
I caught my fish shallow on the boilie but the heat was too high for me and I nearly passed out on peg 14. I was playing the last fish of the day and as I was shipping back I went blind and couldn’t breathe, Gem was luckily behind me and held my topkit whilst I got in the shade for 5 mins to get my breath back. I managed to get the fish in and had a bit of stick from the opposite bank 😀
Johns family turned up to the lake so he didn’t really fish the match and it was too hot for him anyway.

 

Adam’s New PB Fish. Well done mate.

Results

     Pos Name Peg Weight
1 Mick Jones 5 121-0
2 Simon Mound 14 78-0
3 Derek Hammond 32 65-4
4 Adam Griffith 13 59-8
5 Frank Hardie 28 58-0
6 Dave Wightman 4 45-5
7 Dai Thomas 9 29-8
8 John Bennett 16 27-8
9 Geoff Edwards 26 17-4
10 Paul Jay 7 4oz

12 Anglers Fished

Mick Jones first win of the year. Well done mate.

Second Place was me

Third place was Derek Hammond

Section Winner Frank Hardie

Section Winner Adam Griffith

Wednesday Open Match. 28th September 2011

The weather was blistering down the lake today. All anglers sitting in the sun were sweating buckets. Crazy weather.

Mick Lane makes a comeback to the lake for a bit of winter league practice to take the win. I wonder if Steve Waters will do the same on Saturday 😀

  Pos Name Peg Weight
1 Mick Lane 39 130-8
2 Frank Donachie 32 120-12
3 Justin Watkins 5 116-12
4 Stuart Fletcher 8 95-12
5 John Draper 9 89-12
6 Neil Riddy 10 88-4
7 Gary Britten 13 80-0
8 George Kay 24 79-4
9 Mick Jones 18 69-12
10 Chris Lovelock 20 64-8

20 Anglers Fished

Lurker Lane returns minus his curly locks

 

Well done Mick

Monday Open Match. 26th September 2011

Results

     Pos Name Peg Weight
1 Dave Howe 24 108-0
2 Simon Mound 13 92-8
3 Dave L 28 79-8
4 Dai Thomas 18 63-8
5 John Draper 14 49-4
6 Dangerous Dave 9 48-8
7 Nick Williams 10 37-12
8 Fred 26 5-8
Paul Jay 30 DNW
Steve Williams 32 DNW
Antony 16 DNW

11 Anglers Fished

Just like to point out the Rules of the lake state that fish 10lb and over are to be weighed an returned. Someone had two 10lb plus fish in his net even though the weigh station was right behind them !!

If in doubt weigh it. Next time regardless of what Paul says I will weigh them and if they are over weight they will go back in the lake and not count towards your total weight and if they are ok I will apologise. If there are more than one in a net, the whole net will not count !!

That rule is supposed to be in place to look after the welfare of the fish and 12lb’ers (my guess) is a net is not acceptable.

Cheers.

Jinx Series. Final Round. 24th September 2011

Results

A Section
Pos Name Peg Weight Points
1st Terry Goff 7 95-0 1
2nd Simon Mound 4 88-12 2
3rd Dave Moore 5 69-8 3
4th Simon Watkins 34 53-4 Guest
5th Chris Lovelock 2 53-4 Guest
6th Jon Hatch 40 26-0 4
7th Dai Thomas 38 23-0 5
B Section
Pos Name Peg Weight Points
1st Paul Jay 32 167-0 Guest
2nd Dave Collier 26 86-0 1
3rd Marcus Burgess 9 50-0 2
4th Gem Doyle 31 42-8 3
5th Pete Tapp 29 40-0 Guest
6th Nick Williams 28 38-8 4
7th Geoff Palmer 10 30-12 5
8th Clive Pritchard 11 29-4 6
9th Paul Roberts 13 DNW 9
C Section
Pos Name Peg Weight Points
1st Peter Morton 14 76-4 1
2nd Tony Roberts 18 64-8 2
3rd Malc Doyle 20 61-12 3
4th Steve Wilson 23 41-8 4
5th Neil Riddy 22 41-4 5
6th Dave Webster 16 36-12 6
7th Nick W-P 19 15-4 7

 

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Rolfslake final night match of the year 23rd September 2011.

 

The end of the night matches make for hard work for the anglers down on the lake.

Now firstly i would like to start off by thanking John and Pauline for allowing the anglers to fish these night matches as not only are they unique but also costly to run the lights and prepare the barbeque and they do this for the benefit of all the anglers.

Rolfslake owners John and Pauline

This is the 7th night match of the year and all the anglers have had a really good time down the lake catching alot of fish and also providing Jon Walker with the lake king on match 5, so it was no surprise to see the last night match of the year well attended.

The weather started warm and sunny turning cold as the evening went on and this affected the fishing as the weights on this match were much lower than normal. Most of the anglers except for match winner Chris Lovelock on peg 30 struggled for bites and a few of the anglers even went home early as it is hard to stay focused when it was getting cold. The story of the match was winner Chris Lovelock was fishing peg 30 by the hut and managed to line a few carp up with fish to double figures in his final weight of 104-08 for the only ton weight of the night { well done Chris}.

In second place was Gary Kelsey in the little lake on peg 34 and Gary managed to catch a few fish fishing out and down the edge as it was very difficult to see from where i was but he only ended up 1 fish off first place with his hard earned weight of 93-08. Completing the frame were Nick Williams on peg 2 next to me and Dave Howe on peg 5 who both ended up on 71-08.

I am sorry the report is brief but it was very difficult to see what was happening down the bottom end of the small lake in the dark and whenever i looked up i had the 1000 watt light beaming in my eyes which was like looking into the sun.

2o anglers fished.

Place Angler Peg Weight  
1st Chris Lovelock 30 104-08 Rolfslake
2nd Gary Kelsey 34 93-08 Rolfslake
3rd Nick Williams 2 71-08 Jinx League
3rd Dave Howe 5 71-08 Browning Crowsports
5th Neil Riddy 28 64-00 Jinx League
6th Sue Kelsey 32 63-00 Rolfslake
7th Simon Mound 14 62-12 Jinx League
8th Dai Thomas 13 62-00 Jinx League
9th Richard Doolan 8 60-00 Rolfslake
10th Dave Moore 4 57-04 Jinx League
11th Mick Chappell 10 45-00 Rolfslake
12th Eddie Taylor-Green 40 41-00 Rolfslake/ Walker Floats
12th John Bennett 16 41-00 Rolfslake Cartel
14th Marcus Burgess 38 20-00 Jinx League
15th Justin Watkins 18 19-04 Browning Crowsports
16th Paul Jay 7 12-00 Rolfslake Cartel
17th John Hague 26 11-00 Smithys

The Pirate and John share the honors in this night match.

 

As for me and John it ended with our first ever draw, with John on form peg 16 and me on dark peg 40 { one of the two pegs with no lights available }. For John it was a struggle as he could not get many fish to feed down the bush which is normally a dead cert and after trying a line out in front managed to get a few bites and after 3 hours had his first fish and after 5 hours managed to catch 3 others for his total of 41-00.

For me it was a different problem as just as the match was due to start the strap on my head torch broke and my spare was left at home on the kitchen table not very good i thought. For the rest of the match i had to hold the torch in my hand which totally messed my long fishing plan as i could not hold the long pole and the torch at the same time. After an hour i had my first fish on but playing it in the dark as i could not hold the pole torch and landing net so it managed to break me and with very few bites i was struggling but a run of three big fish in the third hour kept me interested but for the last two hours i managed to miss a few bites and lost a fish at the whistle so ended with the same as John for our first ever draw.

The score between us now stands at.

John 8.5

 

 

 

Eddie 7.5

 

With my work load now very busy between now and Christmas i expect to only be able to fish a few more times so i will have to win all the matches to win our series which has been very close all year but fished in the right fun competitive way with all the banter two people could ever take.

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

 

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