Author: Eddie

Just to bring you back to earth.

John tells me that the anglers endured another tough day down the lake with a north westerly wind blowing across the lake from the car park again switching most of the carp off from feeding. There were a few carp caught today and they were big { Paul Jay caught one at 17lb } which is typical for this time of the year down the lake as the small carp of 8lb switch off and the big ones feed.

Todays winner was John Bennett who was pegged by the tea ern ,i mean peg 30 and he caught 3 carp for 31lb and 10lb of silvers by fishing the bomb with corn and the pole with corn and maggot to catch a mixed bag of carp to 16lb and bream for his winning weight of 41-04.

Results.

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	John Bennett	30	41-04
2nd	Paul Jay	26	28-12
3rd	John Draper	28	17-04
4th	Steve Williams	24	6-15

On a final note i hope you all got a chance to watch fishing gurus that was screened yesterday on Sky Sports featuring Dean Macey filmed down at Rolfs lake a couple of weeks ago. On a very cold day Dean fished a roving style on both the method { only allowed for this feature } and the float and all the carp he caught were in fantastic condition and all double figures { well done Dean}.

At times you might not catch lots of carp down Rolfslake but the ones you do will be in mint condition and fight like crazy.

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

A super hard day down the lake .

Today the anglers were greeted with a hard frost and cold weather which put the carp totally off feeding , and with the anglers hoping to catch at least one carp in a match carp carp lake wasted far to much time for no end result.

The winner today was Steve Waters who would of won the match without the 15lb carp he caught just before the end of the match because he had already caught nearly 14lb of  roach and skimmers fishing worm and maggots and he believes had he not wasted time trying to catch the carp he could of caught near to 30lb as there were plenty of silvers out there. After 5 hours Steve weighed 28-15 and beat his nearest rival by 20lb { well done Steve ].

In second place was Mick Chapell fishing motorway bank peg 18 and by fishing long down the edge towards peg 19 he managed to keep puting silvers into his net and one big perch of 2-08 which on a day like today was a big bonus in his weight of 8-03. The three way battle for third was eventually won by Adam Griffiths on peg 13 with his two big bream helping him to his final weight of 6-03.

Results

7 fished.

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Steve Waters	30	28-15	Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths / Frenzee
2nd	Mick Chapell	18	8-03	Rolfslake
3rd	Adam Griffiths	13	6-03	Rolfslake
4th	Wayne Parker	24	5-11	Rolfslake
5th	John Bennett	16	5-08	Rolfslake
6th	Eddie Taylor-Green	14	5-06	Rolfslake
7th	Steve Williams	26	2-13	Rolfslake

The Pirate sank by half a bag of pellet.

The score now stands at

John 13

 

Eddie 5

 

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie

 

 

 

 When will superstar Simon’s victory run end ?.

With a gathering of 13 anglers attending todays match there was hope that with Simon Mounds absence today at least someone else would win a match for a change ,but that was dashed half an hour later as Simon and his black Focus rolled into the carpark and those smiling faces earlier were gone. On phoning John during the match he told me that most of the anglers were struggling in the big lake with 3 carp winning it in there and in the small lake the anglers were catching only slightly better.

The weather was warm sunny but a cold breeze turned the carp off their feeding in the big lake with the anglers having to fish out from the margins and into the deeper water which made for a longer wait for a bite than usual.

In first place today AGAIN and on a winining streak that has lasted on and off for two months was Rolfslake.com co-owner Simon Mound who was fresh from last weekends two day festival victoryand if Simon had not come 6th in last Fridays night match then he would of been on his 7th victory in a row a dominant streak not seen for many years, and in todays match he won by a clear 150lb.

Simon today was in the small lake on the carpark bank peg 4 and by fishing just two short lines a 3 metre line in line with peg 39 and a top two plus one down the right hand edge and by fishing a very simple .3 Jon Walker diamond on 0.24 line fished on the deck feeding 6mm pellet using both 8mm and donkey choker hookbaits. Simon caught 26 carp to only 18-04 { with a board weight of 153lb } and still managed to lose a few and after yet another enjoyable 5 hours put another big 252-10 weight for another victory { very well done again Simon }.

In second place and a long way back on peg 32 was lake owner John Bennett who when i spoke to him he told me he was really struggling with only one carp but by fishing a deeper line down the end of the left hand bush fishing a combination of corn and 8mm pellets as hookbait feeding 6mm pellets quick heavy he managed to get a few big carp also up to 18lb in his weight of 97-15. Completing the frame was Mick Jones on peg 8 in the gap between the big and small lake and by fishing his usual 5-6 metre line fishing meat on the deck feeding pellet Mick managed to stay ahead of the chasing pack with his weight of 89-04.

Results

14 fished

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Simon Mound	4	252-10	Rolfslake.com
2nd	John Bennett	32	97-15	Rolfslake.com
3rd	Mick Jones	8	89-04	Rolfslake
4t	Micheal Corsini	16	86-12	Rolfslake
5th	Pete Arnold	9	85-11	Rolfslake
6th	Paul Jay	24	80-04	Rolfslake
7th	Dai Thomas	6	72-11	Jinx League
8th	John Draper	30	45-12	Rolfslake
9th	Paul Mason	18	26-03	Rolfslake
10th	Ben Mason	7	23-14	Rolfslake
11th	Steve W	13	20-08	Rolfslake
12th	Les Mason	26	15-11	Rolfslake
13th	Pete Archer	14	13-12	Vespe
14th	Nick Williams	28	DNW	Rolfslake /Miracle Baits

Thanks for reading John , Simon and Eddie.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vespe man goes on another winning run.

Report to follow

14 fished

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Pete Archer	8	222-04	Vespe
2nd	Pete Arnold	16	207-08	Rolfslake
3rd	Mick Jones	28	159-05	Rolfslake
4th	John Bennett	7	149-00	Rolfslake.com
5th	Paul Jay	2	103-06	Rolfslake
6th	John Cooke	6	74-10	Rolfslake
7th	Vic	40	53-01	Rolfslake
8th	John Draper	14	52-14	Rolfslake
9th	Deane	18	49-01	Rolfslake
10th	Steve Williams	26	45-08	Rolfslake
11th	Eddie Taylor-Green	13	37-12	Rolfslake.com
12th	Les	9	33-02	Rolfslake
13th	Chrisoff	4	16-08	Rolfslake
14th	Nick Williams	32	DNW	Miracle Baits

Thanks for reading John . Simon and Eddie

 

 

Somethings never change down the lake. 

Today Rolfslake welcomed Cove AC down to the lake and the club also invited some of the lake regulars to make up the numbers ,but sometimes this becomes risky as local knowledge gives the anglers a head start. Today would also see the last of the warm and sunny weather as the future forcasts for next week predict heavy rain for most of the week so today could be the last chance of a big weight.

On phoning John with an hour to go he told me he was struggling with 5 fish from peg 6 but the anglers on pegs 40 and 2 were bagging as they have been on these pegs for the last 3 days so big weights were on the cards. The anglers also in the big lake were doing a little better of lake as the breeze blowing down into the small lake had died down and was now blowing fom peg 30 to 19 spreading the fish around so hopefully there would be some good weights to be had.

 

In first place today and continuing his hot streak was Simon Mound on my most hated peg 14 on the motorway bank and Simon continued his feed for one fish at a time policy which cuts out foulhooked fish resulting in his big weights of late. Simon started off shallow catching a few carp early and also 6lb of roach but when he decided to swap to fishing down the edge his swim went fish crazy. Simon fished both sides of his margin swims both to the bush on his right up and down the ledge and towards peg 15’s platform, and was rewarded with big fish to mid doible figures feeding pellet fishing banded 8mm pellets on the hook and after 5 hours put one of the top weights off this peg with 229-01 { well done Simon}.

In second place was Cove angler Maurice Woodley who was on Fridays winning peg , peg 40 and Maurice again had a good run of big fish to double figures in his weight of 171-10 with Stuart Yeomans only two fish behind with 155-09 from peg 8.

Results

14 Fished

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight	Guest
1st	Simon Mound	14	229-01	Rolfslake.com
2nd	Maurice Woodley	40	171-10	Cove AC
3rd	Stuart Yeomans	8	155-09	Cove AC
4th	John Bennett	6	153-07	Rolfslake.com
5th	Denise Hudgell	9	149-05	Cove AC
6th	A Kinch	30	126-09	Cove AC
7th	Ray	34	101-00	Cove AC
8th	Justin Watkins	28	88-10	Cove AC
9th	John Draper	26	87-06	Rolfslake
10th	D Wilkinson	13	71-10	Cove AC
11th	John Collins	2	69-10	Cove AC
12th	S Arkell	4	45-11	Cove AC

Just as a foot note John, Simon and me Eddie would like to thank all our visitors to Rolfslake.com as we have been up and running for 3 years now with this last year being our most successful with over 60,000 visits and around 1000 friends on our facebook page.

Rolfslake has now become a regular venue for magazine articles, National semi finals and a venue for both bait and tackle testing and this is due to the hard work that both John and Pauline and the fisheries team put in to ensure that the fish are in tip top condition and the fishery a lovely place to be at.

 

Thanks for reading John , Simon and Eddie

 

Super Si shreds the opposition.

Today Rolfslake welcomed Gary Horne and friends down to the lake for one of their annual visit and as usual this match was well attended. John tells me that the weather was warm with a breeze blowing into the small lake where the winner of Thursdays match came from peg 2 with 180lb followed by peg 40.

The story of the match was the fish were mostly feeding in the small lake today with many anglers experiencing foul hooked fish through feeding too heavy where the current trend tends to be to feed for one fish at a time as too many in your peg cause to many line bites and false indications.

The winner today and on an incredible run was Rolfslake’s co website owner Simon Mound who today let all the other anglers draw first so he could not be acccused of being a drawbag and in the bag was peg 40 where the fish had gathered over the last few days. Now for the those anglers out there that think that Simon draws all the flyers they would be wrong as Simon has won matches this year from all areas around the lake and also with big weights on what are very simple methods and normal baits.

Today Simon made it three wins in a row from peg 40 at the bottom of the small lake and Simon just concentrated on two areas the platform of peg 39 at 13 metres where he caught some fish but when he turned around to fish the outer leg of the platform on peg 1 at the bottom of the slope the fish where there ready and waiting, and Simon caught his ususal run of fish to double figures in what was not only a great weight for this peg with his final weight of 196-05 he also took Mick Jones peg king off him which lasted all of three days { very well done Simon }. At this moment Simon is unbeatable down the lake and i would not be surprised to see another victory as he is fishing a club match on Sunday as well.

In second place was Nick Horne right at the other of the big lake on peg 22 who put together another ton weight of 136-10 and in third place was Alan Stokes on peg 30 who also caught another good weight and just ahead of fourth with his weight of 109-05 { sorry Nick and Alan i dont have any details of your methods and baits }.

 

 

Results.

18 Fished

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Simon Mound	40	196-05
2nd	Nick Horne	22	136-10
3rd	Alan Stokes	30	109-05
4th	Steve Nattress	9	104-10
5th	Kev Cross	2	83-07
6th	Terry Finch	32	79-09
7th	Pete House	7	57-08
8th	Colin Hawes	8	55-06
9th	Pete Bradley	14	54-05
10th	Gary Horne	13	47-09
11th	Steve Hawes	34	37-12
12th	John Roberts	38	35-07
13th	Paul Horne	16	32-10
14th	Arthur Horne	18	24-13
15th	Paul Lingwood	6	22-02
16th	Graham Hathaway	10	17-08
17th	Malcom Murray	4	17-03
18th	Peter Taylor	26	10-08

Thanks for reading John ,Simon and Eddie.