Boxmore Sports and Social Club Match 23rd May 2011.
28 months ago
by Eddie
in Match Reports
Rolfslake switches on for Boxmore Sports and Social Club .
Today Rolfslake welcomed Boxmore sports and social club down to the lake for their regular annual visit and for a change the fish were willing to have a go. The weather today was sunny but very windy which it made difficult at times for the anglers who were fishing the pole.
The 16 anglers were spaced around both the small and big lake with the ones in the small lake having a bit of choice in choosing their pegs, and i was more than happy to see at long last that my favourite peg 3 was in today as it would show John what the anglers had been missing recently.
John tells me the story of today was that all of the anglers enjoyed carp action from all pegs with the lowest weight today was 50lb and there were plenty of big doubles caught with Stuart Twine on peg 32 having 11 doubles on the board before the weigh-in.
In first place today was Roy Miller who was on car park bank peg 26, and Roy started on the tip caught a few carp then switched to the waggler and caught a few more but when Roy switched to a short line his catching increased by using meat as hookbait feeding pellet . Roy managed to keep the fish coming and after 5 hours put 243-08 on the scales to win the match and claim the peg king off John Bennet { double well done Roy }.
In second place was Richard Furham fishing motorway bank peg 16, and Richard managed to catch fishing mainly the bush to his left and he also caught fish to double figures in his weight of 174-02 and continued the run of frames this peg has produced recently.
Completing the frame was Ken Smith who was fishing yesterdays winning peg 18 and John tells me that Ken caught most of his fish fishing down the edge to his left both long and short to record his weight of 170-08 and the second big weight off this peg this weekend.
But what of PEG 3 i hear you ask.
Well today it had Del Smith fishing it and after catching his first small fish of 20lb off it the peg got stronger as the match went and in the end Del recorded 166-12 to prove my point that the corners do hold plenty of fish on them {well done Del}.
Ps Del also claimed the peg king for peg 3.
Results.
16 fishing the match.
| Place | Angler | Peg | Weight |
| 1st | Roy Miller | 26 | 243-08 |
| 2nd | Richard Furham | 16 | 175-02 |
| 3rd | Ken Smith | 18 | 170-08 |
| 4th | Stuart Twine | 32 | 170-00 |
| 5th | Del Smith | 3 | 166-12 |
| 6th | Micheal Twine | 34 | 156-14 |
| 7th | Owen Smith | 22 | 114-12 |
| 8th | Glynn Smith | 8 | 112-01 |
| 9th | Brian Beasley | 10 | 107-09 |
| 10th | Adele Beasley | 24 | 105-12 |
John and Pauline would like to thank all the anglers and hopes to see them again soon.
Thanks for reading Simon, Eddie and John.
Saturday Open Match. 21st May 2011
98 months ago
A fine sunny day at the lake. Wind blowing from big lake down to little lake
Another open match at the lake and 13 anglers turned up to fish. Pegs in the hat today were 34,38,40,2,4,6,7,8,9,13,14,16,18. With the wind blowing hard down into the little lake I think most people wanted a peg down in the little lake.
Waiting for the draw
Weather was nice for a change
Down in the little lake. Peg 3
Pegs 7 and 8. Good pegs if you can draw them
Mr 200lb (Mark Newbold) and his mate Dean
Stragglers in the car park
Justin Watkins on Facebook
John and Paul sorting the bait out
With the draw out the way Everyone set off to their pegs to set up. The match was started by Pauline ringing the bell at 1.15pm. Down in the little lake everyone except John on peg 2 had a carp right away but to their dismay that was most of the action as everyone pretty much struggled for the rest of the match.
In the big lake it was a slow start for eveyone also. I had started on a 5 meter line in front of me and was getting indications and a lot of liners indicating the fish were not on the bottom. I looked out and the top end of the big lake was black with fish cruising around like normal so I threw the pellet waggler out to see if they would bite and to my surprise without feeding I had a fish on. With plenty of feed making a noise on the water I managed 10 fish in the first hour. Justin on peg 16 had also switched to the pellet waggler and managed to hook a carp too. My bites were taking too long to come so I left the waggler line.
I rang John and he said the little lake was not fishing well at all. Mark on peg 40 was bagging up but not with carp, he was catching 2-3lb bream on his carp rigs. Just goes to show these fish are not shy 
Doug on peg 13 had found the carp and was catching well. Mick on 14 and Michael on 9 had also started catching well. I had caught 1 carp from each of my bush lines (4m and 11m) but after each carp the float was motionless, crazy. I then went out with the pole at 13m and started catching shallow but the fish were a lot smaller. At 2.5 hours in to the match all my swims had dried up.
It was a different story for Justin on peg 16 though. After only one fish in the first 2.5 hours he had moved to his margin swims and was catching regularly. So now it was the other way round, I was watching him catching
Justin Watkins on peg 16
One of Justins margin Munters
I had only managed 4 carp in the last part of the match from my 5 meter line whilst Justin was catching very well so Knew it was going to be tight between me and him. John on peg 2 had managed to hook in to his first carp of the match a 5.45 with only 30 minutes of the match remaining. Pauline rang the bell for the all out at 6.15pm.
Onto the weigh in and the it was soon clear how hard the little lake had fished again. Dave Whiteman on one of his many visits to peg 6 had done a good weight of 58lb but Mark on 40 had caught 4 carp and a massive bag of bream, 46lb to be precise.
- Mark Newbold with one of his many bream
- The rest of Mark’s fish
- Dave Whiteman had also caught a nice bag of bream
- The rest of Daves fish
More bream came from peg 9 and 13. Amazing amount snotties caught today. The first ton of the day came from Doug on peg 13 (who also took the peg king title, well done) but was overtaken by Justin on 16 with 150lb and for the first time ever I had guessed my weight near enough perfect, I had guessed 170lb and put 173lb on the scales
Results
| Position | Name | Peg | Weight |
| 1 | Simon Mound | 18 | 173-4 |
| 2 | Justin Watkins | 16 | 150-0 |
| 3 | Doug Richardson | 13 | 110-0 |
| 4 | Michael Corsini | 9 | 87-12 |
| 5 | Mick Hughes | 14 | 87-0 |
| 6 | Mark Newbold | 40 | 84-8 inc 46lb of bream |
| 7 | Jack | 7 | 60-8 |
| 8 | Dave Whiteman | 6 | 58-12 |
| 9 | Dean | 8 | 24-8 |
| 10 | Paul Jay | 4 | 24-0 |
| 11 | John Bennett | 2 | 19-4 |
| 12 | Fred | 38 | 12-0 |
| 13 | Colin | 34 | DNW |
Dont forget there is another open match on the 30th May which is also a Bank Holiday. Call John Bennett to book in please…. 07774 618688
Thanks for reading Eddie, Simon and John.
Rolfslake Wednesday Open 18th May 2011.
58 months ago
by Eddie
in Match Reports
Another tough day at the office for the anglers in Rolfslake’s Wednesday Open.
Mick Jones fails in world record attempt to draw peg 10 five matches in a row.
The anglers turned up for todays midweek open faced with the prospect of it raining as the dark clouds had gathered around the lake which some people thought was Neil Riddys black magic sorcery in being able only draw flyer pegs.
With the draw being called I for a change was pressured into drawing first as I always draw last and to my disappointment drew peg 2 as it was as near as i was going to get to my favouite peg 3. Paul Jay who never draws a bad peg was on 38 in the small lake, Mark Newbold who never catches less than 200lb was on 34 his travelling partner Andy Raymond was on 8 John Bennett was near to me on 4 and Neil Riddy had drawn bum peg 32 so he told us, so at least he had a short walk from the car.
As the match started the fishing was slow for most except Kev Doulton who managed to sneak a few fish in early but also suffered a smashed top kit in playing one of Rolfslake’s monsters. Mark, Andy and Neil were also into fish early but for the rest of us it was a struggle and it was made worse when it started to rain. After about an hour with no fish action i was going to start to give John his usual serving of abuse but all i could see was a box with no John as he had gone for a walk but not before throwing 4 bags of pellet down the edge hoping to draw in some fish.
For the rest of the match the bites were few and far between except for the feature pegs ,and Rolfslake again reminded us of how difficult this fish stuffed lake can be at times.
The winner today was Andy Raymond who was fishing red hot peg 8 between the small and the big lake and Andy fished both the far bank but mostly the big bush to his left and he found out just how strong the fish fight on this peg as he lost quite a few as his elastic was the wrong grade for this peg. Andy fished paste feeding pellet just to the edge of the bush and was rewarded with a great mixed bag which included chub to just over 5lb bream ,roach and of course carp in his winning weight of 156-08 { well done Andy }.
Todays winner Andy Raymond .
In hot pursuit of Andy was Mark Newbold on peg 34, and Mark fished the rope to start with with little success but managed to find to a 10-11 metre line straight out in front where the fish were happy to feed and Mark managed to catch a 20lb common { his first 20lb carp at Rolfs and his first 20lb in a match }. Mark told me he also caught his fish on paste feeding pellet and if it were not for a fish he bumped off at the net Mark would of been celebrating victory and not Andy. After 5 hours Mark put 145-08 of small carp and bream on the scales to record another frame and his first weight under 200lb this year.
2nd place Mark Newbold.
Completing the frame yes you guessed it was Neil Riddy who today found himself the only one fishing the big lake amongst the pleasure anglers, but Neil made no mistake as he fished a long 10 metre line in line with peg 9. Neil used his favoured 8mm banded pellet feeding pellet and if it were not for a lost 20lb+ fish which was hooked in the fin but gave him a couple of chances to net and could of been landed by Andy on peg 8 at one stage, he also could of won todays match but ended with 132-08.
Osprey's Neil Riddy.
Results.
10 fishing.
| Place | Angler | Peg | Weight | Bait |
| 1st | Andy Raymond | 8 | 156-08 | Paste |
| 2nd | Mark Newbold | 34 | 145-08 | Paste |
| 3rd | Neil Riddy | 32 | 132-08 | 8mm Pellet |
| 4th | Mick Jones | 40 | 80-10 | Meat |
| 5th | Eddie Taylor-Green | 2 | 59-08 | Paste |
| 6th | Dennis | 7 | 50-02 | ? |
| 7th | Kev Doulton | 6 | 47-00 | Pellet |
| 8th | John Bennett | 4 | 44-00 | Corn |
| 9th | Graham Ridgley | 9 | 31-12 | Pellet |
| 10th | Paul Jay | 38 | 17-08 | Pellet/ Paste |
Not even the deep sea salvage team could raise HMS Bennett after another shot from the Pirates cannons.
The pirate ship ready for the next match.
As for my match against John we both had a tough day being roached out in the corner of the small lake, and as i reminded him to leave peg 4 out which he replied watch what a good angler can do on it today he certainly showed me in this match . We both caught a couple of doubles early but after that it was tough with John fishing down the right edge but only catching roach and 3 small carp on corn, and I had 2 doubles and 5 small carp and 4 bream fishing paste.
A lesson learned today was on peg 2 i fished to peg 3 but instead of fishing the shallow water i fished down the ledge with lots of liners. In the last hour i fished my paste float 3 inches overdepth so the float was at an angle and every bite i had was a lift bite as the float layed flat which resulted in a fish or lost fish in the bush.
The score between John and myself stands at.
Lake owner John Bennett.
John 2
- Eddie the Pirate.
Eddie 2
A special reminder to our visiting and match anglers down at Rolfslake.
There over the last month or so has been some confusion over a couple of our rules down the lake so i will now clarify them as these rules are designed to keep the fish in tip top condition.
1. All anglers have access to 3 nets each ,2 for carp and 1 for silvers and more are available if you are bagging, so No silvers are to be mixed in with the carp as they get damaged and any found mixed in will be put back with No weight recorded.
2. With the bagging time approaching the No fish over 10lb to put in the nets rule will be enforced at weigh-ins as there have been carp to 13lb in nets at weigh-in times which is not acceptable. John and Pauline have spent too much money on keeping the fish safe to have the big ones retained in the nets for upto 5 hours. Any fish over 10lb will be returned unrecorded and more than one will result in the anglers weight no being recorded at all. The weigh stations are within reach of all anglers and there are 7 of them around the lake so PLEASE use them as we do not want to spoil the fishing for anyone but will enforce the rules.
3. There is NO handlining of elastic or the practise of trapping the elastic against the pole except in extreme circumstances where a big fish is foulhooked and has been on for a while.
The reason for this is two fold
1. It is extremely dangerous having a float coming back at an angler at speed and
2. Playing fish on tight short elastic when the elastic is trapped does damage to the fishes mouth as you take out the natural stretch of the elastic AND IS NOT ALLOWED.
John and Pauline are easy going owners who want all our visiting anglers to have a great fishing experience so dont have too many rules, but will always have the fishes welfare as number priority.
Until our next report thanks for reading Simon ,John and Eddie.
Jinx Series, Round 1. 2011. 14th May 2011
48 months ago
All picture are clickable for a bigger view
Today saw the Jinx Squad return to the lake for their first match of the year. The Jinx Series is in it 10th year. Malc Doyle who runs the series as a bit of fun mainly and tries to make the matches more about having a laugh than big money payout. This year there are 27 angler fishing the series. Malc splits them up in to 3 section’s of 9.
Just so people don’t have too much fun and relax too much Malc’s daughter Gem fishes too. If you get beaten by her your name is added to her impressive MINX list. Not only that….. If she beats you you are eligible to be picked for the new 2011 MINX hat 
For the first match Gem drew a peg from the bag and whoever drew that peg in the match would wear the hat…Simple. She pulled out peg 40 and Neil Riddy drew peg 40 so got to wear the hat. I think secretly he wanted to wear it anyway lol
The new 2011 MINX Hat modelled by Neil Riddy, no stranger to stupid hats
The draw was done almost on time, not bad for Malc really. The only reason it was nearly on time was he was at the lake having previously fished helped with the weigh in on the Night match.
On to the match. First off a major photo explosion with all the runners and riders from this years series.
First off Malc Doyle on peg 36
Ade Williams on 38
Neil Riddy on 40
Alex on 2
Pete on peg 4
My home for the day peg 5
Dave Collier on 7
Tony Roberts on 8
Rod on peg 9
Jon Hatch on 10
Geoff Palmer on 11
Mat Edwards on 13
Gem 'MINX' Doyle on 14
Paul Roberts on 15
Paul's cheerleader
Al Loader on 17
Dave Webster on 18
Nick Williams on 19
Peter Morton on 20, new peg king
Kev Lovelock on 23
Kev's Cheerleader Nice nanna
Marcus Burgess on 25
Terry Goff on 26
Clive Pritchard on 28
Nick Watkins-Price on 29
Dave Moore on 31
Dai Thomas on 32
Mitch Auger on 34
The all in was sounded at 1pm and fishing got underway. I could only see the little lake today. Neil Riddy on peg 40 had landed his first carp before everyone else had finished feeding their swims and it wasn’t before Pete on peg 4 was walking past with a weigher. Mitch over on peg 34 was having a few fish too. I could not buy a bite and Malc and Ade were also the same.
Within 20 minutes I knew I was going to have a struggle along with the rest of the lads in the little lake. This was not helped by the Scream we all fear…… Gem had landed her first fish and it was a 14lb’er too.
After the first 2 hours Malc had managed to get a carp on the paste feeder so it was only me and Ade who were fishless in the little lake. I fed my lines and went to see how the big lake was doing.
It was like a different match in the big lake. There was elastic streaming from top kits and rods bent double :O (see first picture in this report) I sat behind Gem and watched in envy Gems float sailed away and she hooked in to another fish, shame it was up the arse. After a lengthy fight she had landed another 14lb’er. Things were not looking good. Paul on 15 was also in to plenty of fish fishing the feeder, he would have had one more but was put off by my picture taking and lost the carp that would have took him over the magical 100lb…..oooops sorry mate
Gem playing a foul hooker
Paul also playing a fish. He lost it just after I took this pic, ooops
Gem 14lb'er
I went back to my peg hopeful for a fish and sure enough I hooked into and lost my first fish Straight back out and hooked one in the gob. As I netted it I gave a loud roar in relief
Malc also managed his second and last fish of the match. Mitch was catching a mixture of carp and silvers, Tony and Dave on 7 and 8 were having a few fish as there was plenty of splashing coming from that direction.
John Bennett had been away all afternoon and got back gagging for a cuppa tea so turned the generator on. Normally there is nothing wrong with doing this but unknown to John the aerators were still plugged in……………………… Malc was fishing to his aerator on peg 36 and nearly fell off his box when it fired up I didnt laugh too much. Also Dave Moore on peg 31 got a similar surprise
I only caught 3 fish today but one of them made my match.
19lb 4oz. Thanks Tony for taking the picture.
Not long after a very excited Jon Hatch came and asked me to take a picture of his new PB carp.
Jon Hatch with a 18lb 12oz PB carp. Well done.
With the all out sounding at 6pm I knew I had been Minxed as gem had 5 fish to my 3. The little lake had fished poorly so we were all going to be candidates for the new hat with the exception of Mitch who managed to equal Gems weight and avoid the dreaded MINXING
Mitch with a 2lb perch
Dave with a 5lb Bream
On to the results.
Results
| A Section | Peg | Weight | Points | |
| 1st | Mitch Auger | 34 | 67-8 | 1 |
| 2nd | Tony Roberts | 8 | 58-0 | 2 |
| 3rd | Pete | 4 | 50-8 | Guest |
| 4th | Dave Collier | 7 | 48-12 | 3 |
| 5th | Simon Mound | 5 | 43-8 | 4 |
| 6th | Alex | 2 | 38-8 | 5 |
| 7th | Neil Riddy | 40 | 35-8 | 6 |
| 8th | Ade Williams | 38 | 31-4 | 7 |
| 9th | Malc Doyle | 36 | 12-0 | 8 |
| B Section | Peg | Weight | Points | |
| 1st | Dai Thomas | 32 | 122-8 | 1 |
| 2nd | Clive Pritchard | 28 | 107-8 | 2 |
| 3rd | Mat Edwards | 13 | 65-12 | 3 |
| 4th | Jon Hatch | 10 | 40-4 | 4 |
| 5th | Terry Goff | 26 | 30-0 | 5 |
| 6th | Rod | 9 | 24-0 | Guest |
| 7th= | Nick Watkins Price | 29 | 17-0 | 6 |
| 7th= | Dave Moore | 31 | 17-0 | 6 |
| 9th | Geoff Palmer | 11 | 10-8 | 8 |
| C Section | Peg | Weight | Points | |
| 1st | Paul Roberts | 15 | 96-12 | 1 |
| 2nd | Steve Wilson | 22 | 69-4 | 2 |
| 3rd | Gem Doyle | 14 | 67-8 | 3 |
| 4th | Marcus Burgess | 25 | 49-0 | 4 |
| 5th | Dave Webster | 18 | 45-8 | 5 |
| 6th | Nick Williams | 19 | 29-12 | 6 |
| 7th | Pete Morton | 20 | 29-4 | 7 |
| 8th | Kev Lovelock | 23 | 27-0 | 8 |
| 9th | Al Loader | 17 | 20-8 | 9 |
Over all Winner and B Section winner, Dai Thomas. BIG well done mate
A Section Winner. Mitch Auger
B Section 2nd. Tony Roberts
B section 2nd. Clive Pritchard
C Section 1st. Paul Roberts
C Section 2nd. Steve 'smiler' Wilson
I gave Gem my quid and Ran off She MINXED 21 today. Well done Gem
Great match (for some ) The next match in the series is on 4th June so Gem will have plenty of time to pick out of the 21 people who will wear the hat next year.
Well done to all the winners today, well deserved on a hard day (sulky Saturday as Malc calls it) at the lake.
Thanks for reading. Si, Eddie and John.
If anyone wants full sized pictures please email me @ si@rolfslake.com as I have had some requests already, thanks.
Malcs Blog report can be found here
Peters Blog can be found here
michael c
only 10 pint u have to bring a few boxes of the 11ms with you
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Woooooooooooooooooooo its on
5 keep nets and 10 pints […]
16 hours ago
Simon
Try changing them now Pat lol 
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