Author: Eddie

When will it ever get warm ?.

It was nice to see a few more anglers down the lake hoping that the carp would finally have a feed but a very cold day put paid to that except for Ade Williams who tells me that it was not cold { Ade it felt like -2 buddy } so a tough day lay ahead .

There was a breeze blowing into the carpark bank making it very tough to fish the long pole but on the motorway bank it looked flat calm so John decided that we were all going to fish C section pegs 13 round to 26 where there was not even a sign of a fish so most anglers started on the bomb rod fishing either maggots or corn to try and induce a bite but it was very cold so you had to drop a bait right in front of a fish to get a fish which only Pete Arnold managed to do for his one and only carp and the only fish caught on the rod today.

In first place today was Les Darvill who was sheltered on peg 13 who managed to catch 4 big carp fishing a combination of corn and maggot hookbaits fishing on the deck at a range of 9-11 metres for his first win down at Rolfslake with his weight of 42-04 which also included a few silvers { well done Les }.

 

In second place was Acorn Anglings owner Tony Gee who was fishing peg 15 and it was also a case of wait for the fish to move in and from where i could see Tony was fishing short feeding quite heavy for this time of the year but managed to catch 3 big carp for 36lb and a few silvers for his weight of 38-09 which were caught on i believe also on corn and maggots

Completing the frame was Mike Allen sandwiched between Les and Tony on peg 14 and after catching a carp by the bush to his right Mike found two more fishing 7-8 metres straight out in front but again it looked like Mike was also feeding quite heavy on both lines using again what looked like Maggots.

After the match Pete Arnold fished on for about another half an hour and was rewarded with 3 big carp for about 40lb fishing a pellet feeder using corn as he was convinced the fish would come and he was not disappointed.

One observation that Pete Arnold and i made today was although it was very hard going the fish wanted some bait to feed on as both Tony and Mike proved . Even Pete after fishing the bomb with a single grain of corn produced only one carp when he switched to the pellet feeder after the match he caught 3 fish straight away. In my case i had been using a small pot to feed with but when i changed to a big pot i caught two carp straight away { coincidence we were not sure } but it could of been the carp were happy to feed later in the match who knows.

Results.

9 fished

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Les Darvill	13	42-04	Acorn Angling
2nd	Tony Gee	15	38-09	Acorn Angling
3rd	Mike Allen	14	21-01	Acorn Angling
4th	Eddie Taylor-Green	26	20-07	Rolfslake Cartel
5th	Ade Williams	23	7-01	Jinx League
6th	John Bennett	18	3-04	Rolfslake Cartel
7th	Pete Arnold	24	DNW	Rolfslake
8th	Paul Jay	17	DNW	Rolfslake
9th	Dave	22	DNW	Rolfslake

The Pirate pulls another point back against John.

As for me and John it was a tough day as John managed a very small carp for Rolfslake all of 3-04 which was his only fish of the day although he tried the bomb, pole and waggler but he could not buy a bite and even though he struggled to catch that did not stop him from giving me my normal dose of abuse which all the anglers love to hear. That stopped with about 45 minutes to go as i had only caught 8 silvers including a1lb perch because when after putting on 4 maggots and going back out on my 14 metre line the float settled then buried and a 10lb carp was on its way to the net only to hear John call me a lucky chap or something like that as i could not hear him properly due to me laughing at him. Next put in and the same thing happened and this time the carp was only 9lb but i did not hear anything from the other side of the lake as my final weight went 20-07 to John’s 3-04 but we both had a good laugh as is the normal way down the lake during the Wednesday opens.

The score now stands at

 

 John 4

Eddie 3

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

 

Another tough day down the lake.

Today as i arrived there was a club match just about to start in the big lake which had about 10 anglers all lined up along the car park bank pegs 22 to 32 leaving the 5 anglers that turned up to fish a walk off match anywhere else on the lake.

The weather was sunny but cold, getting very cold towards the middle and end of the match with the added bonus of a brisk snow shower just for good measure and compared to the same time last year was a whopping 16 degrees colder so that currently explained why the carp are reluctant to get around the lake and have a feed. The story of the day was that the club anglers were struggling to catch carp with only a couple landed during the day and Graham who was pleasure fishing on peg 34 had caught 4 carp to 15lb but it was very slow going.

In our match the only one into fish early was John who had caught 5 tiny perch from peg 13 but apart from that the bites were hard to come by. After Graham had packed up from peg 34 Pete Arnold casted a bomb over to the bush on the far bank fishing corn and was rewarded with 7 carp to 7lb to win the day with 43-04 { well done Pete }. Just to prove that perseverence does pay off to those that stick at it John Bennett who only had 8 ounces up to the last hour managed to catch a small carp of 4lb and the carp that eventually beat me that went 14lb { thanks John } for his final weight of 18-11.

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Results

5 fished.

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Pete Arnold	7	43-04
2nd	John Bennett	13	18-08
3rd	Eddie Taylor-Green	4	5-01
4th	Kev Dolton	15	DNW
4th	Paul Jay	16	DNW

John gains another point

It serves me right that at the weigh-in i left two keepnets in the water to trick John into thinking that i had caught some carp so when he came round there was no smile thinking i had beaten him so i weighed my silvers first for 5-01 and on bringing in the second net he was waiting for the splash only for the net to be empty only for him to say was that all.

John was telling everyone he had caught only 5 perch so when they came up they were really small and only weighed 8 ounces and just as i was laughing at his poor attempt he pulled his other net that was hidden from view. There was me thinking that John had tried to play the same trick on me as i had done to him my heart sank as i heard the the two carp splashing in the water as he raised his net from the water only to see him laughing behind me { very funny John }.

The score now stands at.

John 4

 

Eddie 2

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

 

 

The sun shines at last.

John tells me that it was busy down the lake with people fishing the open match, also there was a club match as well with the anglers from Witney AC down today and also a couple of pleasure anglers in the small lake.

The weather was warm to start with a slight breeze blowing into the big lake which did trigger the fish into having a feed today but later in the match when it the clouds came over it got much colder and the bites were hard to come by. The story of todays match was that anglers were into fish quite quickly today with also a few lost { John alone lost 5 on peg 18 } but as the match went on it got harder but at least the fish were moving around for a change.

Todays winner was inform angler and lake regular Kev Dolton who today was on motorway bank peg 13 and Kev had an enjoyable day fishing long down the edge to his right fishing on the deck using corn hookbait to catch a hard earned 12 carp for 100-03 and first place { well done Kev }. In second place was Dave Whiteman who was on the opposite bank this time peg 24 and Dave was also into carp fishing pole and corn for a mainly carp net of 76-03 followed in third place by Andy Rayment who fished the waggler and corn and also caught carp for his final weight of 47-07.

 

The other big battle was father against son { Paul and Micheal Corsini } and this time junior Micheal had no answer to dads fishing skills as Paul claimed the spoils with his weight of 35-09 to Micheals 26-02 { well done Paul }

Results

9 fished

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Kev Dolton	13	100-03 { 12 carp ]	Rolfslake
2nd	Dave Whiteman	24	76-03	Hydro 2000
3rd	Andy Rayment	28	47-07	Rolfslake
4th	John Bennett	18	44-15	Rolfslake
5th	Paul Corsini	26	35-09	Rolfslake
6th	Paul Jay	22	31-14	Rolfslake
7th	Micheal Corsini	32	26-02	Rolfslake
8th	Steve Williams	16	20-11	Rolfslake
9th	Mick Jones	14	12-05 { all silvers }	Rolfslake

Witney AC club match

7 fished

sorry we dont have the anglers names.

Top 3

Place	Weight	Peg
1st	38-00  { 2 carp for 26lb }	38
2nd	26-00	7
3rd	16-00	37

Pleasure anglers.

Taff on peg 34 had 10 carp to 15lb for 90lb.

John has asked me to remind all our visitors we have an Open match this Saturday draw 10 fish 11-4 . Please phone John to confirm if you are planning to come down as these weekend opens will be limited soon as we approach the Easter festival and the club match bookings which will start in earnest from April most weekends until October leaving the Wednesday opens as the main opportunity to fish matches down the lake.

John also has 4 places to cover for this Sundays pairs series as 4 anglers are unavailable to fish , again please phone John if you are interested.

 

Thank for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

 

Report to follow.

 

And in second place.

Super looking fish.

 

 

Results.

5 fished.

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	John Bennett	34	33-12
2nd	Eddie Taylor-Green	4	32-02
3rd	Paul Jay	24	11-1
4th	Neil Riddy	22	DNW
5th	Graham Ridgely	26	DNW

John takes the lead for the first time this year.

The score stands at

 

John 3

 

Eddie 2

 

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

 

King Kev cleans up on both pools today.

Today was another low attended match due to the continued cold weather and the reluctance of the carp to feed at the moment which will come to an end sooner or later. We decided to all fish the big lake on the car park bank as the motorway bank was still flooded form all the rain and snow from the previous week so it was from pegs 22 to 32 today.

Todays winner was Kev Doulton on end peg 32 by the gap betwwen the big and small lake and Kev was rewarded with a carp of 6-15 and 11-10 0f silvers for a grand total of 18-09 by fishing a couple of lines opposite peg 9 and long down the edge towards peg 33. Kev used a combination of maggots fished over groundbait to keep the fish coming and a rouge carp { the only one caught today } made an appearance to boost his weight in what was a hard earned win today { well done Kev}.

In second place was John Bennett on the other end peg peg 22 and after his first bonus fish a bream of about 4lb caught fishing long out in front John plundered the bush to his left catching small roach and one big perch all on red maggot for his weight of 8-08.

Results

6 fished

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Kev Doulton	32	18-09	Rolfslake
2nd	John Bennett	22	8-08	Rolfslake Cartel
3rd	John Cowling	26	6-05	Rolfslake
4th	Eddie Taylor-Green	24	4-07	Rolfslake Cartel
5th	Mick Chappel	28	3-07	Rolfslake
6th	Terry	30	2-08	Rolfslake

John fights back to level the score.

 

John 2

 

Eddie 2

 

Thanks for reading Simon , John and Eddie.

 

 

Firstly all the anglers down the lake would like to wish Dai a speedy recovery after his operation this last week and hope to see him camped down the lake soon with Anne and Bowman well maybe in a little while when it warms up so you have plenty of time to make some rigs up buddy.

 

There were 6 down the lake today and the main reason for this today was the Siberian cold weather due and the snow that was due later in the day.

It was tough going for everyone as the chill factor must of been -7 degrees and sitting out in this is not top of most peoples agenda. The winner today was Graham Ridgely who after catching 3lb of silvers was in the process of packing up after 4 and a half hours but that changed when he caught a fish on the bomb rod and then in the last twenty minutes caught two more for a total of 32-07  { the three carp went 29-07 } well done Graham.

In second place was me on my second favourite peg peg 3 and i was greeted with the palet floating away as i arrived but a reach with the landing net pole got it back so i could put my box on it. I had an enjoyable day catching silvers losing a pike that would not let go of my roach until nearing the net and three welcome carp and i even lost two for a hard earned 25-01 all caught on red maggot feeding 4mm pellet.

Results

6 fished

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Graham Ridgely	24	32-07	Rolfslake
2nd	Eddie Taylor-Green	3	25-01	Rolfslake Cartel
3rd	John Bennett	19	5-00	Rolfslake Cartel
4th	Paul Jay	22	0.12	Rolfslake

The Pirate strikes back.

The score now stands at ,

John 1

 

Eddie 2

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.