The only thing missing today was Noah and the ark.
John tells me that today that the weather was awfull with driving rain, soggy muddy ground underfoot and an annoying swirling wind in other words treacherous. The 10 brave or mad anglers today had not only to contend with the weather but the rising water in the lake so our visiting club anglers please dont forget you boots or your feet will get wet on some of the pegs.
Anyway today saw a return of 3 of the 4 Cartel members with the only one missing being me Eddie but as usual some things do not change like Phil , John and Lurker Lane all drawing flyer pegs so the rest of the anglers were going to have to put a real effort in todays match. John tells me the story of the day was both Geoff Edwards and Mick Lane caught big fish early on with Phil on peg 8 catching a mixed bag of fish with the other anglers catching a steady run of carp throught the match.
First place for Phil Powell with 195-00.
In first place today was Phil Powell fresh from his victory last week, but today was two pegs down on peg 8 in the junction between the big and small lake. Phil today fished across to the far bank grasses catching chub to 5lb to start with then catching bream and carp to finish using what John tells me was pellet and meat hook bait feeding pellet, and after 5 hours Phil put a hard earned 195-00 { well done Phil }.
Mick Lane in second place.
In second place was Cartel member Mick Lane on motorway bank peg 16 who started on the tip catching 4 big carp for 60lb in the first hour switching to the pole to catch even more carp on pellet feeding pellet for his weight of 163-00. Completing the frame was Geoff Edwards who also claimed the peg king for peg 40 and John aslo tells me Geoff started off fishing down the edge catching some big carp to start with switching to an out line fishing on the deck again catch fish to double figures for his weight of 137-08.
Geoff Edwards in third place.
Results.
10 fished.
| Place |
Angler |
Peg |
Weight |
|
| 1st |
Phil Powell |
8 |
195-00 |
Rolfslake Cartel |
| 2nd |
Mick Lane |
16 |
163-00 |
Rolfslake Cartel |
| 3rd |
Geoff Edwards |
40 |
137-08 |
Reading Angling Center |
| 4th |
Neil |
2 |
129-12 |
Rolfslake |
| 5th |
John Bennett |
13 |
126-12 |
Rolfslake Cartel |
| 6th |
John Morris |
7 |
125-02 |
Rolfslake |
| 7th |
Paul Jay |
9 |
77-04 |
Rolfslake |
| 8th |
Dai Thomas |
14 |
62-00 |
Jinx League |
| 9th |
Neil Riddy |
18 |
46-08 |
Rolfslake |
| 10th |
Graham Ridgely |
6 |
44-04 |
Chinnor Garden Center |
To all our visiting anglers please do not forget to bring both your wellies and your landing nets to the lake as John and Pauline are currently both repairing and replacing them but please make sure that they are big enough to land fish to 20lb as there are currently lots of big carp coming out from all pegs around the lake. If the weather settles down for the weekend then I expect a winning weight in excess of 200lb as the regulars are getting close to that in rubbish conditions in what should be the start of the main bagging session and with half good weather then you will be able to present the bait to the fish correctly.
You could catch a carp the size of Olllie who weighs 18-08.
Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.
