Author: Eddie

The end of the night matches make for hard work for the anglers down on the lake.

Now firstly i would like to start off by thanking John and Pauline for allowing the anglers to fish these night matches as not only are they unique but also costly to run the lights and prepare the barbeque and they do this for the benefit of all the anglers.

Rolfslake owners John and Pauline

This is the 7th night match of the year and all the anglers have had a really good time down the lake catching alot of fish and also providing Jon Walker with the lake king on match 5, so it was no surprise to see the last night match of the year well attended.

The weather started warm and sunny turning cold as the evening went on and this affected the fishing as the weights on this match were much lower than normal. Most of the anglers except for match winner Chris Lovelock on peg 30 struggled for bites and a few of the anglers even went home early as it is hard to stay focused when it was getting cold. The story of the match was winner Chris Lovelock was fishing peg 30 by the hut and managed to line a few carp up with fish to double figures in his final weight of 104-08 for the only ton weight of the night { well done Chris}.

In second place was Gary Kelsey in the little lake on peg 34 and Gary managed to catch a few fish fishing out and down the edge as it was very difficult to see from where i was but he only ended up 1 fish off first place with his hard earned weight of 93-08. Completing the frame were Nick Williams on peg 2 next to me and Dave Howe on peg 5 who both ended up on 71-08.

I am sorry the report is brief but it was very difficult to see what was happening down the bottom end of the small lake in the dark and whenever i looked up i had the 1000 watt light beaming in my eyes which was like looking into the sun.

2o anglers fished.

The Pirate and John share the honors in this night match.

As for me and John it ended with our first ever draw, with John on form peg 16 and me on dark peg 40 { one of the two pegs with no lights available }. For John it was a struggle as he could not get many fish to feed down the bush which is normally a dead cert and after trying a line out in front managed to get a few bites and after 3 hours had his first fish and after 5 hours managed to catch 3 others for his total of 41-00.

For me it was a different problem as just as the match was due to start the strap on my head torch broke and my spare was left at home on the kitchen table not very good i thought. For the rest of the match i had to hold the torch in my hand which totally messed my long fishing plan as i could not hold the long pole and the torch at the same time. After an hour i had my first fish on but playing it in the dark as i could not hold the pole torch and landing net so it managed to break me and with very few bites i was struggling but a run of three big fish in the third hour kept me interested but for the last two hours i managed to miss a few bites and lost a fish at the whistle so ended with the same as John for our first ever draw.

The score between us now stands at.

John 8.5

Eddie 7.5

With my work load now very busy between now and Christmas i expect to only be able to fish a few more times so i will have to win all the matches to win our series which has been very close all year but fished in the right fun competitive way with all the banter two people could ever take.

Until ou next report thanks for reading Simon ,Eddie and John.

Simon will post a report when he gets back.

30 Fished.

New 2011 King of the lake in tonights night match.

With my last match for the next 4 weeks i was looking forwards to my continued battle with John Bennett and hopefully a good draw and obliging fish would make for an enjoyable evening. Unfortunately tonight attendance was low due to the start of the holiday season and as i arrived at the draw it was already agreed that we would all be fishing in the small lake and after everyone had had a stroke of Oliver the draw commenced.
As the usual suspects got in first with Mick Lane drawing peg 40 with the wind blowing in, returning bagger Jon Walker had drawn end peg 8, my adversery John Bennett was smiling with peg 4 and Chris Telling was opposite John on 38. It was decided that whoever drew pegs 40 and 2 could swap for 39 and 3 so Mick Lane stuck on 40 but Dave Howe swapped 2 for 3 with me finally drawing 5 so a quiet night was not on the cards.
The story of the match was for the first two hours it was slow with a few fish being caught but in the last 3 hours the big fish switched on and the fishing just got better and better with many anglers losing fish and getting broke on big fish.
In first place tonight was master bagger Jon Walker who after a very slow start by his standards got into his rythmm and by the end could not catch fish fast enough. Jon tonight fished 4 lines ,the far bank, down the middle the edge to his right and the bush to his left feeding pellet and fishing big punches of meat on the hook with all lines fished on the deck. Jon caught most of his fish from the bush to his left and even and managed to hook and play a pike of around  20lb which was foulhooked and broke him at the net

Jon had an amazing run of big fish as when i was recording my third weigher on the board Jon had none but when i went to record my fourth Jon had recorded his 10th and ended with 20 fish on the board for 274-00 and after another lengthy weigh-in Jon weighed a fantastic 383-00 and extended his king of the lake record by 20lb {very well done Jon}.

In second place and continuing his good run in the night matches was me Eddie aka the pirate on peg 5 one of only three  pegs i have never fished before and had a very nice yet frustrating match. I started on the long for me 11 metre line { as i always try to catch long whilst there is light to see my float } and caught three fish in the first hour but lost 4 then as it got dark i fished the same line as i would of if i had fished peg 6 a top two plus two just down the ledge and caught some big fish to 17-12 and towards the end went back to the long line using a fluro top Jon Walker paste float as i had been smashed twice and lost two JW glitter diamonds and could not stop getting bites. I was using a slight variation of my X4 paste mixed super soft and was getting brilliant bites with the pole being pulled round and in the end i also had 17 fish on the board for 177-00 and with my net fish had 218-08 for second for three night matches in a row, but most of all i kept John Bennett quiet all night.

Completing the frame was Vespe / Miracle baits sponsored Chris Telling on peg 38 who also started slowly  but towards the end was flying and from what i could see Chris was fishing a short line out in front and a much longer line towards peg 39 and Chris also had big fish and a PB carp of 19-08. Chris was using pellet fished on the deck to catch his carp and after 5 hours caught 162-04.

Results.

Oliver the dog has more bites than John in tonights match.

As for my battle with John you will realise that for ever point John gains i pull one back in the night match.

John was fishing peg 4 tonight and all i could hear was shouting and swearing as he got broke and lost fish on a regular basis and he only could catch on a short line straight in front as ever time he went down the edge he lost a fish which got him very frustrated and after 5 hours could only put together 79-12 for 6th place.

The three good things for me tonight was beating John, framing and collecting money and bagging all the Cartel members in one match.

The score between me and John now stands at

JOHN 7 —————— EDDIE 6

Simon and I are now embarking on our holidays and a busy time at work so i would like to ask our visitors to be patient with the results as we will get them on at the first opportunity as Simon is on Holiday and I go on holiday Sunday for two weeks to Spain.

Until our next report thanks for reading Simon, Eddie and John.

Report to follow.

Results.

25 fished

The Pirate and his ship fights back. 

 The score now stands at .

John 6

Eddie 5

Until our next report thanks for reading Simon ,Eddie and John.

A few pictures from the day.

Todays winner Diawa Sports Martin Greene.

Hillary on what peg ?.

Martin with a PB 19-08 common.

Results.

20 fished.