Author: Eddie

A ton winning weight is required to win todays match.

Todays anglers were greeted with a cold breezy wind and a motionless lake so the omens were not looking good for the anglers today and with the carp refusing to feed in any numbers it was going to be decided on who would have skill to temp a carp or two or try and catch some silvers ?.

The answer to that question was John Cowling who was fishing end peg 8 in the gap between the big and small lake and he had an enjoyable days fishing on the bomb fishing double corn hookbait along the far bank grasses and was rewarded with 19 small carp for his winning weight of 107-15 {well done John]. In second place and a long way back was John Brady on peg 22 who managed to put together a mixed bag of carp and silvers for his weight of 34-05 followed by Geoff Edwards on peg 30 with 16-15.

The main issues today were apart from the cold weather were the falling leaves on the lake making float fishing on the pole a bit of the challenge but Rolfslake showed if you come down any weight is possible as the carp are happy to feed even in very cold weather.

Todays winner John Cowling with 107-15

In second place John Brady with 34-05 from peg 22

Geoff Edwards from peg 30.

11 fished.

HMS Bennett all but seals this years challenge with his victory over the Pirate.

The score now stands at

John 17

Eddie 13

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

There is an open match next Sunday with the draw time at 10am fishing 11-4 so if you are interested please phone John to book in or post on the website to book your place.

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Todays match was fished in very wet conditions with a a gusting wind but surprisingly the lake fished better than yesterday and very good for mid October with 7 ton plus weights .

Todays winner was Chris Lovelock who was fishing peg 22 at the bottom of the big lake on the carpark bank and John tells me that Chris caught at 6 metres and down the edge towards the left bush and was rewarded with fish to double figures by fishing pellet hookbait and feeding pellet and after 5 hours his total was 185-10 for another win down the lake.

The battle for second place was in the small lake between Derek Hammond on peg 38 and John Draper on peg 4 which was won by Derek with 165-12 to John’s 143-03 and after the match John Bennett tells me that there were loads of carp feeding down the edge which considering how cold it was bears well for Wednesday.

Results

16 fished.

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie

Today Experience fishing of Newbury had an open invitation for their customers and invited guests to come and experience a days fishing down at Rolfslake to see if they could catch a few of the big carp that had been coming out recently.

Co owner Dave Ridgely had very kindly offered a Maver rod as a prize to the winner of todays match so it turned out to be a little more than a pleasure fishing day for the anglers with the usual banter that these matches bring in full force at the draw.

The day was cold and breezy which certainly slowed the fishing down but there were still very big fish coming out topped by Dai Thomas’s common carp of 20-12 { well done Dai } which looked at least 25lb when he walked past me.

Dai and his 20-12 common carp.

The fishing started slow with most anglers struggling but later in the match it turned sunny which seemed to switch the fish on if only for a short while and the most to profit from this was todays winner Dai Thomas on peg 10 and although he did not catch alot of carp the ones that he did were very big and it did not take many to add up to his final weight of 100-09 and win the Maver rod { well done Dai }.

There was a four way battle for for second between Malc Doyle, Micheal Corsini, John Bennett and me on peg 9 and the key factor in this battle was who caught th most silvers to back there carp weight which was eventually won by John with his 20lb of skimmers bringing his weight to 71-11 to fend off Malc on 68 and Micheal and me on 66.

The anglers enjoyed their day and there will be a silvers only match in early November for invited guests so this should be very interesting so watch this space for more information.

Dave Ridgely co owner of Experience Fishing with todays winner Dai Thomas.

Results.

10 fished

Gain a point lose a point.

Todays match was also included in our seasons battle with John fishing peg 22 to my peg 9 and with John opting to catch all species to my targeting carp which made all the difference as his 20lb of silvers added to his carp went to 71-11 to my all carp weight of 66-04 with John winning by just 5lb { well done John }.

The score now stands at

John 16

Eddie 11

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.