Author: Eddie

Rolfslake Bank Holiday Monday Open 4th May 2015

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King of the lake gone twice in two days.

With today Being a sunny and warm day with the odd shower the 12 anglers were hoping that the recent good weights were going to continue and the Rolfslake carp did not disappoint today.

The winner was lake owner John Bennett on peg 7 and John briefly told me that he caught his fish at short range and quite a few double I no doubt In his winning bag of 276-02 . John also in the process claimed the peg king for peg 7 and also claimed the top weight this year so is also king of the lake ( well done John ). John had 13 weighers on the board for 205-12-0, an average of over 15lbs !!!

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Today’s winner John Bennett with his weight of 276-02

In second place and also returning to the lake after a period away was Mark Chard on peg 32 by the cafe.  Mark smashed up the form guide for this peg as it had been fishing poor recently but Mark managed a great run of carp in his ever so near double ton but fell just short with his weight of 197-12 ( welcome back Mark).

Completing the frame was Ian Haynes on peg 5 and Ian put another impressive bag of fish together in his weight of 165-13.

I will add some more detail when I speak to John tomorrow.

If today’s form continues i would not be suprised to see next Wednesday’s Open or Fridays private night match delivering the first 300lb weight.

If you fancy catching big carp then I suggest you come down and see what Rolfslake has to offer.

Results

12 Fished

Place Angler Peg Weight
1st John Bennett 7 276-02 Rolfslake/ Drennan
2nd Mark Chard 32 197-12 Rolfslake
3rd Ian Haynes 5 165-13 Rolfslake
4th Dave Wilsden 40 142-12 Rolfslake
5th Dai Thomas 9 122-10 Rolfslake
6th Kev Dolton 13 113-06 Rolfslake
7th Kev Simpson 22 92-04 Rolfslake
8th Steve Wilson 16 90-07 Jinx League
9th Neil Chard 18 80-14 Rolfslake
10th Dave Fox 34 66-00 Rolfslake
11th Steve Stayte 38 65-08 Rolfslak

Russell Spencer on peg 4 did not Weigh in.

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

 

 

Rolfslake Saturday Open 2nd May 2015.

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A tale of the two lakes.

Today saw 9 anglers fish the open on a relatively mild day compared to the previous Wednesday with a breeze blowing from the big to the small lake. It was decided to spread the anglers into both part of the lake { 6 in the big lake and 3 in the small lake} into sections of three, A 4,5,7  B 9,32,26 and C 13,16 and18. The story of the match was that anglers in the big lake struggled for bites with the top weight coming from Ernie Malyon on peg 32 with 34lb as although there were plenty of cruising carp they would not feed.

The small lake was a different story with Steve Wilson on peg 5 flying from the start as every time i looked his way he was playing a fish and i was convinced after the first hour he had caught 10 carp for around 100lb. Mark Newbold on peg 7 was also catching but his fish were a mixture of bream and small carp and as for me i lost a carp in the first hour fishing peg 4 but nothing more it was very strange.

After talking to Steve Wilson after 3 hours he was admitting to 10 carp and i had caught 1 and Mark had caught 4 carp but quite a few bream so I was looking down the barrell of a heavy beating so it was going to be a desperate last 2 hours. I was trying to copy Steve’s long line 13 metres fishing pellet on the deck feeding pellet but could not buy a bite and the as old saying goes if you copy someone you will only be second best.

It was at this desperate point that I reached for my old faithful bucket and X4 paste abandoned the out line and went down the edge to my right at 10 metres and jackpot the carp were waiting. In that last two hours I had 17 carp to 20-08 all bar 2 were doubles and i lost 9 carp and an even bigger fish on the legs of the platform as it tangled me up and I ended with my weight of 213-08 and an unlikely win.

In second place and also making an epic comeback on Steve was Mark Newbold on peg 7 as Mark caught 134lb of carp to go with the 38lb of silvers and as he described if he had fished a shorter line earlier he would of also caught over 200lb. Mark fished many different lines fishing on the deck and fishing pellet feeding very little to catch his weight of 172-04.

In third place was Steve Wilson on peg 5 and after his great first hour Steve could not get the fish lined up and although there was a huge circle of bubbles he could not get proper bites and had to settle for his weight of 121-14 with carp to only 15lb.

The Pirate {Eddie} with his first 20lb carp all 20-08 of it. Thanks Steve and Dai.

 

Second place Mark Newbold with 172-04. This was the 38lb of silvers in that weight.

 

Colin Horwood with just part of his silvers weight from peg 13.

 

It is in the month of May that the weights normally start to rise sharply and that starts with the private night match next Friday. There are night matches coming up and if you fancy catching a big weight in the dark contact John as places are limited to 20 to ensure safety so please look at the match dates at the top of the page.

Results

9 Fished

 Place Angler  Peg  Weight
 1st  Eddie Taylor-Green  4  213-09 Rolfslake / X4 Baits
 2nd  Mark Newbold  7  172-04  Rolfslake
 3rd  Steve Wilson  5  121-14  Jinx League
 4th  Ernie Malyon 32  34-00  Rolfslake
 5th  Colin Horwood 13  31-08  Rolfslake
 6th  Dai Thomas  9  23-04  Rolfslake
 7th  Mick Jones 18  21-04  Rolfslake
 8th  John Bennett 26  20-00  Rolfslake
 9th  Ade Williams 16  19-06  Jinx League

The Pirate closes the gap on birthday boy John.

The score stands at

johnbennettJohn 5

edie

Eddie 4

Thank for reading John, Simon and Eddie

Thank You to our visitors to Rolfslake.com

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On behalf of John,Simon and me {Eddie} we would like to thank our visitors to Rolfslake.com as in our 5 and a half years of exsistence we have had over 250,000 visits to our website which considering it is on a lake with only 37 fishable pegs that is fantastic.

The website was revamped from the old Rolfslake.co.uk by the brains behind the operation Simon Mound and between the three of us we have tried to give our visitors an enjoyable site to visit with videos, photographs and a bit of banter between the regulars via the comments posted.

The popularity of the lake has seen many of the angling magazines frequently visit the lake for features using many of the big names around Steve Ringer, Jon Arthur, Martin Bowler and Dean Macey just to name a few.

The lake also held the Drennan Cup semi final in 2012 which was one of the biggest weights recorded in the competition for one round and has also seen Jon Walker record one of the biggest live match weight 389-00 that Match Fishing magazine has ever seen.

We try to promote local talent on the website and we have raised the profile of some of our sponsored visitors which in turn have given them exposure through their own features recorded down the lake.

None of the lakes continued success would be without the thousands of anglers that visit the lake in Holton Oxford through club matches, open matches and private bookings.

John has also been responsible together with our lake regular Steve Waters {Drennan} in improving the lakes relationship with local tackle company Drennan International in aquiring tackle prizes for our recent Easter Festival.

Here is to the next 5 years of success of Rolfslake.com

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

Rolfslake Wednesday Open 29th April 2015

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Cold day down the lake.

Today saw 9 anglers down the lake and it was the small lake that was selected by John for todays match as there had been good weights there last Sunday.

The story of the match saw a very slow start for 7 of the anglers with the exception of Mark Newbold and Graham Ridgley who were into fish very quickly as there was a glimmer of sun on the water making it slightly warmer. Down the bottom of the small lake it was lifeless for most as it was very cold with the wind blowing into peg 39.

The winner today was Mark Newbold on Sundays winning peg 34 and Mark caught on a long line to the rope fishing on the deck fishing pellet and also down the edge also fishing pellet feeding pellet for his weight of 182-04 and included fish mid double figures.

In second place was Dave Wilsden who was on end peg 8 in the channel between big and small lake and Dave also caught fish over 10lb in his weight of 85-00. Completing the frame was Graham Ridgley who caught big carp to 15lb on a combination of bomb and pole fishing pellet feeding pellet.

Todays winner Mark Newbold with 182-04 from peg 34.

 

Results

9 Fished

 Place  Angler  Peg  Weight
 1st  Mark Newbold  34  182-04  Rolfslake
 2nd  Dave Wilsden  8  85-00  Rolfslake
 3rd  Graham Ridgley  36  42-06  Rolfslake
 4th  Kev Simpson  5  37-10  Rolfslake
 5th  Vic Franklin  40  30-13  Rolfslake
 6th  John Draper  7  28-06  Hydro 2000
 7th  Neil Riddy  2  28-05  Ospreys AC
 8th  John Bennett  4  23-05  Rolfslake Drennan
 9th  Eddie Taylor-Green  38  16-08  Rolfslake X4

The Pirate snatches defeat from the jaws of victory.

The score stands at

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John 5

edie

Eddie 3

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

Rolfslake Wednesday Open 22nd April 2015

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Report to follow.

Todays Winner Andy Quarmby {Middy}

 

Anthony Flint 3rd

11 fished.

Place Angler Peg Weight
1st Andy Quarmby 14 108-14 Middy
2nd Eddie Taylor-Green 9 105-02 Rolfslake X4
3rd Anthony Flint 32 94-14 Rolfslake
4th Dai Thomas 26 63-00 Jinx League
5th John Draper 10 59-01 Hydro 2000
6th Pat Pritchard 24 50-04 Rolfslake
7th John Bennett 16 33-00 Rolfslake
8th Kev Dolton 13 DNW Rolfslake
9th Graham Ridgely 18 DNW Rolfslake
10th Neil Hutchings 22 DNW Rolfslake
11th Russ Spencer 29 DNW Rolfslake

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie

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