Author: Eddie

Report to follow

11 fished

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Anthony Flint	5	155-04	Rolfslake
2nd	Mark Newbold	24	78-03	Rolfslake
3rd	Steve Waters	22	71-07	Frenzee
4th	Paul Jay	8	46-10	Rolfslake
5th	Steve Wilson	32	45-01	Jinx League
6th	Chrish Lovelock	9	40-14	Rolfslake
7th	Andy Quarmby	26	39-14	Middy
8th	Colin Kerr	13	38-03	Rolfslake
9th	Jeff Bond	16	37-04	Rolfslake
10th	Ade Williams	18	26-13	Jinx League
11th	John Cowling	7	DNW	Rolfslake

 

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

 

 

First 2oo lb weight of the year.

With the lake starting to warm up in advance of the Easter Festival the attendances in these midweek matches are starting to grow as the fishing just gets better and better with all species willing to have a feed so you will never be short of bites at the moment.

The one thing that i have not seen for a long while is the size of the carp coming out as i recon the average size of the fish today must of averaged about 13lb as there were lots of 14 to 18lb fish with John Bennett 3 fish going for 55lb. Also the silver fishing is fantastic as Pat Pritchard put a near 45lb net of roach on the scales all caught at distance with fish approaching 12 ounces and with Steve Waters new silver fish record of bream going 81lb last Saturday it wont be long before someone catches the first 100lb weight of silvers and claims the bottle of Champagne on offer. There is a silver fish open this Saturday to those that want to get lots of bites and the chance to catch bream to 5lb and that possible 100lb weight.

Today started quite cold but there were still lots of carp topping around the lake and with the pleasure anglers already catching the omens were good that the carp would feed.

With the draw called and only the big lake in use today all the feature pegs were in play so the anglers were not going to be far away from the feeding fish so hopefully a good match lie ahead. The story of the match was that the fishing started slow except for Andy on peg 18 ,Neil on peg 22 and dare I say John on peg 24 who were all into early fish but for the rest it was a case of lost big fish causing the problem with Frank Donachie playing tug of war with the carp on peg 9 who were winning in their quest to get to the big bush to his right.

I was also having my challenges losing 11 carp in total in the bush to my left as Paul on peg 14 had fed quite a bit at the start and had drawn too many fish there causing foul hooked fish and not too many properly hooked fish.

In first place today was lake owner John Bennett who gave a great demonstration of what happens when you put a good angler on a fish filled peg and John used a combination of waggler fished shallow with pellet and corn hookbait when he sun was up, the bomb when there was a shadow on the lake again with pellet and corn and in the last hour John fished the long pole fished on the deck to catch his remaining carp.

When it came to weighing in John’s fish there were some huge fish to 18lb in his 4 nets and these fish were in fantastic condition and as i mentioned earlier 3 fish went 55lb alone and the next 3 went 44lb so some big fish are there to be caught and in total John caught about 17  fish to claim the lake king for the moment with the first double ton of the year with his weight of 230-04 [ very well done John ].

In second place was Andy Quarmby who fished the pole both long down the edge and straight out in front to also catch some really big carp by fishing pellet hook bait feeding pellet both on the deck and shallow to record his weight of 127-04 which is a shame as Andy told me he caught about 100lb of this in the first 2 hours then struggled for the rest of the match but at least it was a good piece of practise for the current Easter Festival champion.

Completing the frame was John Draper who was next to me on peg 10 and after a very slow first 3 hours John’s peg sprung into life when he fished down the edge to his left at a range of top two plus two fished very tight to the bank fishing pellet hook bait again catching big fish to 16lb in his final weight of 94-05.

 

 

John Draper dont worry your photo is coming

 

 

Results

10 fished

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	John Bennett	24	230-04    New Lake King 2014	Rolfslake
2nd	Andy Quarmby	18	127-04	Middy
3rd	John Draper	10	94-05	Rolfslake
4th	Neil Riddy	22	93-05	Jinx League
5th	Frank Donachie	9	70-00	Colmic
6th	Paul Jay	14	55-14	Rolfslake
7th	Pat Pritchard	28	44-05 [ all silvers ]	Rolfslake
8th	Eddie Taylor-Green	13	43-00	Rolflake
9th	Graham Ridgely	16	34-05	Rolfslake
10th	Neil Hutchins	32	22-13	Rolfslake

Give a thrashing one week take a thrashing the next week.

After my first victory lat week i was pretty confident this week as i drew peg 13 again for the second week running but it was to no avail as in the report above John had drawn the aquarium peg and was extracting most of the fish from the middle of the lake.

I know when John is doing well as I hear about every fish he catches as he shouts to me every time he nets one and today he refered to himself as the goal keeper as he kept picking a fish out of the net so today was a long 5 hours for me.

The score now stands at

John 4

Eddie 1

For the record John has allowed the placing of double fish in the net only for a short period of time which will shortly be coming to an end and no more than 4 doubles are allowed in the nets to protect them.

Just for the dog lovers out there i thought i would share a few pictures of Pat Pritchard and his two lovely dogs which come down the lake and are very well behaved.

 

 

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

 

Silver fish match record broken.

Steve Waters breaks the silver fish match record with 81-12 from peg 10.

Photos by Steve Waters { Thanks }

 

 

Report to follow.

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Steve Waters	10	81-12	Banbury Gunsmiths/ Frenzee
2nd	Ian McCulloch	30	36-10	Rolfslake
3rd	Kev Dolton	32	18-10	Rolfslake
4th	Russell	13	17-10	Rolfslake
5th	Corey Dolton	28	10-07	Rolfslake

 

Thanks for reading  John, Simon and Eddie.

 

Today there were a few visitors down the lake with 2 pleasure anglers fishing pegs 16 and 18 and Ben from experience fishing spending a nice birthday down the lake with some invited guests.

The pleasure anglers after a slow start had a great day catching a regular run of big carp topped by this big mirror of 17lb

 

Top 3 from mini match.

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Nick Dwarf	10	131-15
2nd	Ben Bangham	9	126-00
3rd	Andy Deacon	7	117-04

 

 

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

The fish are starting to wake up down the lake.

Today saw an increased attendance on the open match and the anglers where hoping the sun was going to come out as promised by the weathermen. At the draw both parts of the lake big and small were included so we were going to hopefully find out where the fish had been hiding.

On pegs 22 to 26 the regular pleasure anglers were camped out and catching their usual haul of carp to double figures topped by a beautiful carp of 23 lb caught by Taff’s ( very well done buddy ).

As for the rest the draw was underway and the usual suspects were on the flyers Pete Archer on peg 8 John Draper on 5 and Geoff Edwards on peg 4. As for me today I had the pleasure of fishing next to star angler Steve Waters on peg 10 and the annoyance of fishing opposite of my main competition John Bennett on flyer peg 32 who was just receiving his mail from the postman as he draws it so much.

The match started slowly for most except for Steve Waters who was stringing together a nice run of bream to 3 lb and Ade Williams on peg 9 who was having a few fish now and then.

From what I was told the small lake was fishing difficult except for Mick Jones on peg 34 who had abandoned his plan of trying to catch 30 lb of silvers as there were a few carp to target today. As for the rest in the small lake it was a case of targeting the silvers and trying to build a decent weight.

As for me i was having my own dramas on last week’s winning peg 13 as i caught a quick carp then losing the next 4 fishing to my left just past the first tree. For the next couple of hours all i could hear were the pleasure anglers catching and seeing Steve continue to catch bream with the odd carp chucked in.

In first place today was me Eddie and after my slow start  my left hand edge sprung into life with bites coming on a regular basis. I was fishing on the deck in about 4 feet of water using corn and paste hook baits feeding pretty heavy to catch carp all 20 of them but it was a case of what could of been as i lost about 11 carp and visited the tree a couple  of times but all in all i enjoyed my day with my final weight of 158-10.

In second place and my star performer of the day was Steve Waters on peg 10 who manager to catch a steady stream of big bream fishing at about 13 metres on the deck using maggot hook bait feeding pellet. In between his bream Steve managed to catch 4 carp and in the end was kicking himself as he missed the silver fish match record by 13-08 or about 4 bream but he vowed to return for another attempt.

Completing the frame was Ade Williams who was fishing peg 9 and Ade caught a mixed bag of carp and silvers for his weight of 55-06.

 

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12 fished

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Eddie Taylor-Green	13	158-10	Rolfslake
2nd	Steve Waters	10	94-03	Banbury Gunsmiths / Frenzee
3rd	Ade Williams	9	55-06	Jinx League
4th	Mick Jones	34	47-14	Rolfslake
5th	Pete Archer	8	45-06	Rolfslake
6th	Pat Pritchard	38	36-02	Rolfslake
7th	John Draper	5	29-03	Rolfslake
8th	Geoff Edwards	4	27-06	Reading Angling Centre
9th	Paul Jay	40	25-02	Rolfslake
10th	Steve Wilson	2	25-00	Jinx League
11th	John Bennett	32	14-10	Rolfslake
12th	Neil Hutchins	7	DNW	Rolfslake

The Pirate returns to hammer John B in todays match.

Being away from the lake for a few weeks i was concerned i was going to fall another point behind John as i was out of touch with how the lake was fishing and also seeing John draw flyer peg 32 by the hut which has thrown up both big silver and carp weights recently.

As you can read from above John did not have a good day compared to me as he failed to catch compared to my bagging under the tree on peg 13.

After 5 hours i was relieved to get my first point on the board in our years battle but i know John will want revenge quickly.

The score now stands at

John 3

Eddie 1

Thanks for reading John ,Simon and Eddie

 

Bites galore down the lake as the Silver fish match record is broken.

John tells me that today the pleasure anglers were bagging in the small lake as the carp finally decided to have a proper feed as between them they caught over 30 carp and a few doubles included.

Most of the carp came from peg 38 with the angler there catching 18 carp and Taff also caught 9 carp leaving the rest still catching a few so things are finally starting to happen in the long run up to the Easter festival.

In the big lake it was a different matter as i believe the water is currently too deep and cold for the fish to feed properly but the silver fishing is fantastic at the moment with plenty of bites and some really big roach and perch coming to both maggots and casters and both Mick Jones who caught over 24lb of silvers and Pat Pritchard who had a great all silvers catch of 28-07 were kept busy with lots of bites to come 2nd and 3rd in the match .

The big surprise was with Steve Wilson who was fishing peg 32 by the hut and when it was his time to weigh in he needed help to bring out one of his nets which normally means alot of carp but when the net was clear of the water the anglers were gobsmacked when it was full of bream all 80-02 of them. Steve was fishing down the track towards peg 8 and was fishing with 8mm hookbait feeding pellet to catch his bream. John tells me the amazing thing was Steve also spent a while fishing the tip and when he went back on the pole the bream were still there so he thinks a 100lb weight of silvers could of been on today. Together with his carp Steve weighed in 84-11 for not only the match win but to also claim the top weight of silvers caught in a match down the lake { very well done Steve }.

Results.

Place	Angler	Peg	weight
1st	Steve Wilson	32	84-11	80-02 silvers new silvers record
2nd	Mick Jones	22	30-00	24lb silvers one carp
3rd	Pat Pritchard	26	28-07	all silvers catch.
4th	Paul Jay	30	14-07
5th	John Bennett	28	14-02

John has asked as a polite reminder to all the anglers fishing the Easter Festival that the deadline for the deposits need to be paid by the 13th of April {thank you }.

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.