Author: Eddie

The small lake wins todays match.

With the forthcoming pairs match only a few days away and the last match for a while where the big fish are allowed to be kept in the nets, it was decided that todays match was going to be a rover and the anglers could choose anywhere on the lake to fish.

As i arrived at the draw the weather was quite mild with very little wind and carp topping all around the lake, but it was a false dawn as it turned cold during the match and the wind picked up making fishing the long pole as difficult as it did last weekend. With the draw being called I could sense that most of the anglers wanted to fish the big lake so it was going to be an easy choice for me { peg 3 } as I was only one of two anglers that wanted to fish the small lake, the bad news was the other angler was my sparring partner John Bennett who was on peg 6.

The other anglers were facing each other from pegs 13 to 24 so at least they had a bit of space to cast the bomb out. The story of the match was that the anglers had plenty of bites and many lost fish and the average size of the fish were again very big with me having a brute of a fish that i thought was going to be my first 20lb der but how it ended up only weighing 19-08 i will never know. As the match went on it turned colder and the bites slowed down but it still fished better than last weekends matches and even the pleasure angler in the small lake was bagging on the straight lead fishing corn.

Rolfslake's danger man in form angler John Bennett.

In first place today and showing a master class of how to catch fish in cold weather was Rolfslake’s inform angler John Bennett who was on peg 6 and he started on the bomb for one carp but a switch to the 13 mtr pole fishing corn and feeding micros got the carp and silvers lined up. John even had the luxury of losing 10 carp and he believes that he should of caught alot more, but after a tough day with the wind John caught 9 carp and silvers for 72-00 for yet another win { well done John i really mean it }.

In second place was Pat Pritchard on motorway peg 16 and Pat kept pace with John for most of the match but a big lost carp 10 minute from the end put paid to Pat’s chance for the win. Pat was using the long pole fishing on the deck using maggots and corn hookbaits to catch his 6 carp and a few silvers for his weight of 64-08 and only 7-08 off first place. Completing the frame was John Draper who this week swapped his favouite peg 9 this time for peg 14, and after struggling to catch on corn swapped to 6mm expander pellet and had 14-08 0f skimmers early on and then the 5 carp arrived for another 33lb which gave him a total of 47-08.

Results.

9 fished

John   3

Eddie 0

When will I catch a 20lb carp ?. this one is only 19-08.

To all the anglers competing in the pairs series we hope you all have a good time and that the fishing this weekend continues to improve especially in the small lake.

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

The weather again makes fishing difficult down the lake.

John tells me that todays fishing was again affected with cold temperatures and a swirling wind which make pole fishing almost impossible but in first place today was lake regular Ian McCulloch.

Todays winner Ian McCulloch.

Ian today was fishing a combination of waggler and bomb from little used peg 25 on the car park bank, and Ian used pellet and corn to catch his carp and in the end put a hard earned 86-00 to not only win the match but also claim the peg king for this peg. In second place was lake owne John Bennett on motorway bank peg 13, and talking to John midway through the match he was complaining that the windy conditions made fishing the pole really hard but in the end he caught 2 carp on the pole and 3 on the tip for 52-04 with fish to 18-12.

Completing the frame and the only angler at Rolfslake who now has his post delivered to his peg was John Draper who again had drawn peg 9. John who also caught his first carp on the tip today caught the other two on the pole using corn hookbait and feeding pellet for his weight of 37-08 and an average of 12-08 a fish.

Results.

9 fished.

John has asked me to remind all the Pairs team that on the first day next Sunday they will need to pay for both the team entry and the daily pools.

Also from next Sunday the current lake rules of all fish over 10lb will need to be individually weighed and any fish over 10lb kept in keepnets will not count and any more than one 10lb fish kept in nets will disqualify that anglers weight.

Also the use of Marshmallows is now not allowed from immediate effect as it has been the cause of interferring with anglers fishing when they come off and float away taking the fish with them so please do not bring these to the lake.

John would also ask pairs teams captains to inform him if they are supplying their own reserves for the matches.

Thanks for reading Simon, John and Eddie

John tells me today that it was a very cold daay down the lake, with a swirling wind affecting fishing of the pole as it messed up presentation. With most of the anglers opting to use the bomb it was just a case of waiting for bites and after 5 hours in form angler John Bennett ended up top of the pile with his 3 carp to 12-08. John fished the bomb and feeder at a range of 15 metres using corn hook bait to catch his 3 carp and even missed a few bites on the waggler but it was very hard to workout what the fish wanted today and his weight was a very low 32-08 but most welcome.

In second place was John Draper on peg 9 with 3 carp for 25-08 and third was Paul Jay with 2 carp for 17-08 in what was another frustrating match down the lake.

Results.

10 Fished.

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.