Author: Eddie

 

 

In the last 3 hours the fishing picked up but it was not mad by Rolfslake standards but what it did was keep it close as nobody was really pulling away so kept it close for about 6 anglers till the end.

 

The fishing in the first couple of hours was nothing special but as the lights turned on the fishing picked up as the anglers could see their floats better with the 1000 watt bulbs on display, and a funny story John told me of an angler who asked him when he was going to turn the lights on as he could not see his float only to realise later he was still wearing his sun glasses.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In first place and continuing his good form of drawing good pegs { sorry i mean framing } was Rolfslake Cartel member Paul Jay who tonight had draw peg 34 in the corner of the small lake. Paul was fresh from his win in the Monday match and tonight he employed his favoured method of fishing a line at about 8 metres straight out in front and down the edge to his right. Paul today fished on the deck using 8mm hard banded pellet feeding pellet and was rewarded with big fish to 19-08 in his weight of 167-08 and only one fish away from the chasing pack { well done Paul }.

 

 

 

 

 

In second place and on a big skimmer off a win was Meat man Mick Jones who only just made the draw due the M25 bieng chock a block and arrived very smartly dressed. Mick was also on a run of form as he framed in the midweek match and when he pulled out peg 6 he knew he would be in for a few bites tonight and after5 hours had a board weight of 132-00 to be added to his net weight. Mick was fishing his celebrity meat at short range fished on the deck and again caught big fish which can be a challenge when it gets dark but these fish kept Mick fit as he had to keep going to the scales. At the end of the match Micks board weight and net fish when added together went 165-12 and was only one fish off that match win.

 

 

 

Completing the frame was my old adversary Rolfslake’s owner John Bennett who was fishing the only peg that did not have its own light but that did not bother him at all. John managed to catch his first fish after his bait had reached the bottom of his first put in of the match which went 13lb so i was playing catch up all night and as the match went on Johns catch rate increased. John started on the top kit plus one but after getting broken on a fish ,John switched to the left hand margin at a range of 4 metres and by using paste John managed to keep the big fish coming and after 5 hours he also fell one fish behind Paul with his weight of 160-12 but did manage a triple wammy of framing in tonights match, claiming the peg king of Richard Doolan and best of all claiming another victory against me in our seasons battle.

Another point to raise to our visiting anglers please all read the rules prior to fishing as again two rules were infringed on in tonights match and that was big fish being retained in keepnets WHICH IS NOT ALLOWED. These fish are very expensive and it is the welfare of the fish that come first and that is why the rule was put in place to start with. John has already increased the weight limit to 10lb max but to see fish of 11-08 in nets is disapointing but unfair to the anglers that get off their box to weigh theirs so all anglers co-operation is appreciated on this rule.

 

Results.

 

 

17 fished.

 

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Paul Jay	34	167-08	Rolfslake
2nd	Mick Jones	6	165-12	Rolfslake
3rd	John Bennett	13	160-12	Rolfslake
4th	Simon Mound	4	143-12	Jinx League
5th	Chris Telling	23	142-00	Vespe / Miracle Baits
6th	Earnie Malyon	10	139-08	Spro
7th	Colin Horwood	18	123-02	Rolfslake
8th	Dave Howe	14	117-04	Browning Crowsports
9th	Dave Whiteman	26	98-12	Hydro 2000
10th	Justin Watkins	7	98-00	Browning Crowsports
10th	Mick Chappell	30	98-00	Rolfslake
12th	Lee Jackson	16	87-08	Rolfslake
13th	John Hagues	28	76-04	Smithy’s
14th	Kev Dalton	8	67-08	Rolfslake
15th	Eddie Taylor-Green	32	63-08	Rolfslake /Walker Floats
16th	Russ	38	53-12	Rolfslake
17th	Russ Salwood	9	DNW	Rolfslake

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rolfslake silver fish match record broken.

With Rolfslake currently fishing very oddly you did not know whether it would fish great or very hard and with last Wednesdays match still very vivid in my memory i was hoping for a good afternoons fishing. With the anglers eager at the draw it was nice to see returning angler Chris Telling at the lake as we had not seen him for a while as he had been trying very hard to qualify for the Fishomania final again.

As the draw was called the same thing happened as it normally does and that is the good anglers draw the flyers and the average pegs are left for the rest. Today my main target as usual was to beat John and when he drew peg 40 i knew i was in trouble as the bottom of the small lake was black with fish as the wind had been blowing into the corners for the last two days, and he must of been cured of his bad back because he was at his peg faster than Usain Bolt with a big smile. For me it was my favourite peg 6 but with the wind blowing across my peg and the sun in my eyes it made for a very frustrating and difficult match.

Elsewhere around the lake Mick Lane’s never ending drawing of good pegs with peg 34, Chris Telling was on carp form peg 32 ,Paul Jay was on peg 4 and newcomer Neil Richards was on peg 8 in the gap between the big and small lake.

The story of todays match was one frustration as the carp were very difficult to catch in any numbers with i think a total of 20 carp caught by all the anglers with many switching to try and catch a few silvers for a bit of sport and when Kev Doulton weighed in he must of had about 150 roach for 26lb and still did not frame.

Todays winner was Vespe /Miracle Baits sponsored Chris Telling who started off fishing the 6 metre line fishing paste with very little success but a change of tactics to fishing the long 13 metre + line made a little Rolfslake history. Chris fished the long line on the deck mainly for carp which he had a few to double figures but it was the bream which took his attention as by fishing with a big dendrabena fished over depth he managed to keep them coming in fact i have never seen an angler that had 1 carp net and 2 silver fish nets. Chris in total had 30 bream for a fantastic total of 75-08 and a NEW Rolfslake silver fish record and when added to his carp totalled 128-00 { very well done Chris }.

 

 

 

In second place was Rolfslake’s Mick Lane who was fishing peg 34 in the small lake and he also struggled for the fish three hours but in the last two he caught small carp long down the edge towards the tree to his right. By fishing meat and pellet on the hook feeding pellet Mick kept the carp coming for another frame with his weight of 80-08 but still a low weight by his standards.

 

Completing the frame was newcomer Neil Richards on peg 8 who had carp and 25lb of silvers for his weight of 38-08.

 

Results.

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Chris Telling	32	128-00	Vespe / Miracle Baits
2nd	Mick Lane	34	80-08	Rolfslake Cartel
3rd	Neil Richards	8	38-08	Rolfslake
4th	Paul Jay	4	35-08	Rolfslake Cartel
5th	Ernie Malyon	2	34-08	Rolfslake
6th	Kev Doulton	9	34-04	Rolfslake
7th	Butch	10	33-12	Rolfslake
8th	Eddie Taylor-Green	6	22-00	Rolfslake/ Walker Floats
9th	Russ	38	DNW	Rolfslake
9th	John Bennett	40	DNW	Rolfslake

 

Rolfslake 2 the Pirate stikes back.

There is not to say about our match today as with the sun in my eyes and the wind i could not see the bites but every now and then i would get a sharp pull on the pole tip from the carp whilst i was fishing paste but a change to corn got me out of jail with two carp for 19lb and 4 skimmers for 3lb for a total of 22-00.

That was in contrast to John who was on peg 40 and as soon as the match started the carp disappeared and John then struggled for the next 5 hours with a couple of lost carp and about 2lb of skimmers which he put back of in disgust.

The score between me and John now stands at:

 

John 5

 

 

Eddie 4 

 

Thanks for reading Simon, Eddie and John

 

 

 Tough day down the lake except for Jon Walker.

Today the anglers were hoping that the big weights from the Friday night match cotinued but as usual Rolfslake had other ideas.

The story of the match was there were plenty of fish cruising around but proving to be very difficult to catch and on a few pegs the fish were blowing but again they were not feeding in any numbers.

 

In first place and making it 4 WINS IN FOUR MATCHES was master float maker and lake king Jon Walker who today was on peg 6 on the motorway bank and in the small lake. Jon tells me he opted to fish two lines a long 13 metre line and a short 6 metre line fishing on the deck on both these lines and using a variety of baits corn,pellet and meat Jon was able to keep the fish coming. Jon today also had fish to double figures in his net and at the end of 5 hours put a very hard earned 138-08 on the scales for the win {well done Jon} but he even realised that this was a low weight for this time of year

 

 

In second place and an angler i had not seen for a while was fellow Cartel member Mick Lane, who was moaning about his lack of drawing good pegs recently but as we all know about Mick he would give Picasso a run for his money and went he took his hand out of the draw bag and saw peg 8 he got a few good luck comments i dont think.

Anyway Mick fished a variety of methods ,long across down the gap and to the bush to his left and by fishing meat and pellet Mick also caught fish to double figures in his final weight of 98-00 and a skimmer short of another ton weight.

 

Completing the frame was form angler Mark Newbold who was fishing on peg 14 in the big lake and he also struggled to catch but by rotating his fishing lines he managed to catch on shallow and full depth rigs using pellet and paste to catch his weight of 82-00 and continue his framing sequence.

Simon, John, Paul and I are currently working on the photo and feature board down the lake which we hope all our visiting anglers will find enjoyable and informative. If any of our visiting anglers take any pictures that they would like for us to consider putting in the board please send it to the the website and Simon ,John and I and we will have a look.

Also for all our visiting anglers please read the rules for the lake when you arrive as there are checks in place during the match and at the weigh-in to ensure none of the rules are broken . The rules are for the well being of the fish first and for for the fairness of all the anglers second as we do not want any of the big fish damaged by being put in keepnets for any period of time, and i know all anglers will support us in this subject.

Results 15 fished.

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Jon Walker	6	138-08	Walker Floats
2nd	Mick Lane	8	98-00	Rolfslake Cartel
3rd	Mark Newbold	14	82-00	Rolfslake
4th	Gary	28	51-04	Rolfslake
5th	Phil Powell	18	43-04	Rolfslake Cartel
6th	Andy Raymond	24	40-02	Rolfslake
7th	John Bennett	10	36-12	Rolfslake Cartel
8th	Paul Jay	16	34-00	Rolfslake Cartel
9th	Wez	13	29-00	Rolfslake
10th	Eddie Taylor-Green	22	24-04	Rolfslake/ Walker Floats
11th	Neil Riddy	32	17-00	Osprey A.C
12th	Lee Rose	26	8-00	Rolfslake
13th	Ernie Malyon	30	DNW	Rolfslake
14th	Paul Newbury	7	DNW	Rolfslake
15th	Butch	9	DNW	Rolfslake

 

The Pirate was lost at sea as the Bennett storm sunk the the pirate ship to gain another point.

With John on peg 10 and me on peg 22 we were both going to struggle today on a normal match and today it was going to be really hard.

I was only one peg away from where i caught nearly 250lb on Friday but it felt like i was fishing the M40 as the peg was devoid of fish and bites as peg 22 is a bit of hit and miss and today i am sure my paste approach which has served me well was to inflexible to catch anything other than carp and my reward for 5 hours fishing was 3 carp one tiny carp of a pound and a small skimmer for 24-04 so i got what i deserved today NOTHING.

John should of battered me today but again he struggled and opted to catch silvers whilst he could not catch carp so at least he was putting fish in to the net, and towards the end of the match he also caught 4 carp but they went 28lb and he even lost a couple so i think he deserved his point today but don’t tell him i said this it will be our secret.

The score between me and John stands at.

 

John 5

 

 

Eddie 3

Thanks for reading Simon, Eddie and John.

 

Rolfslake switches on big time for the night anglers in the second night match of the year.

 

As the anglers arrived for the second of the Rolfslake’s night match they were greeted with rain and the end of a corporate match that had been held earlier in the day which was won with a weight of 90lb from peg 18 with waggler fished shallow.

As there were only 9 anglers tonight i and John Hague were tasked with sorting the pegs and decided to give all the anglers a bit of space so we used both the big and small lake.

As the match started at 8.30pm the lake was a mass of bubbles as the carp were feeding on the fly hatch on the water down the bottom of the big lake, but the fish were not not going mad in the first hour and at 9.30 John fired up the generator and turned the lights which drew complaints from the angler on the motorway bank as the 1000 watt lights blinded them for a while. Most anglers in the second hour started catching from all areas of the lake as it started raining again and a breeze blew from the big to the small lake which helped put the fish down.

The winner today was returning angler Simon Enticott who was fishing motorway bank peg 16 and was one of the anglers affected by the blinding lights from my peg 23 which was hampering him to see his float in the second and third hour. A change of fishing position from a 10 metre line out in front to fishing just past the bush pushed Simons catch rate up and in the end he could not catch the fish fast enough. Simon was using a combination of corn and paste to catch his fish and even had a pair of 19lb commons in his board weight of 189-00 and after 5 hours put a fantastic 335-08 for a match win {well done Simon }.

In second place for a change was me Eddie and after the first hour with 7 carp in the net i was really flying and at the rate i was catching i was seriously expecting to get close to my PB of 328-00 but a poor last hour ruined that idea. I was fishing my favourite X4 paste mix 2011 and i started off feeding the two bush swims to my right and left and started on the 8 metre line straight out, and was amazed at the amount of really good bites i was getting even with the swim a mass of bubbles. After the fourth hour i had over 200lb but that last hour cost me dear as i only put 4 fish in the net but still ended up with 249-12 with fish to 17-08.

Completing the frame was  John Bennett on form peg 7 and with peg 8 not in he had way too many options to fish so he started on the tip and caught a couple fish quickly but with John being one of Rolfslake’s top anglers found a spot to his left towards peg 8 at a range of 4 metres and started to bag on big carp {his board weight went 169-00} and by feeding heavy and fishing big 11mm donkey choker pellets John was able to keep the fish coming but after 5 hours fell just a silver nets worth of fish short of second {John put his silvers back} with his weight of 234-08.

Spare a thought for John as he fished tonights match in two types of pain the first was a really painful hip that made sitting and standing for any period of time really difficult, and the second was after the weigh-in when he was told he had been beaten by me as he got a real ear bashing { how sad }.

Results .

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight	Bait.
1st	Simon Enticott	16	335-08	Corn/ Paste	Matchfishingscene
2nd	Eddie Taylor-Green	23	249-12	X4 Paste	Rolfslake/ Walker Floats
3rd	John Bennett	7	234-08	11mm Pellet	Rolfslake Cartel
4th	Earnie Malyon	28	206-12	Pellet	Spro
5th	Micheal Corsini	32	174-01	Pellet	Rolfslake
6th	Derek Hammond	18	157-00	Pellet	Banbury Gunsmiths and Tackle
7th	Pete Arnold	4	148-08		Rolfslake
8th	John Hague	34	139-00	Pellet	Smithys
9th	Paul Jay	9	122-00	8mm Pellet	Rolfslake Cartel

 

As the battle between me and John continues it will only push us both to catch bigger and bigger weights as i am sure John thought he had tonights match  in the bag as when the whistle sounded he shouted to me “you have given me a right thrashing tonight Eddie” knowing he had over 200lb in the net.

When i got around to weigh Johns fish i looked at his board weight of 165lb and though you crafty old man or words to that effect, and when we weighed his net carp it went 234-08 and when i asked for his silver net he told me he had put them back. On walking round to my peg i could see a smug look on his face thinking he had beaten me but when i got round to my peg and added my board i was surprised to find out that it added to 145-00 and thought i might have a chance and after weighing my three nets was well chuffed to see my weight of 249-12 and another point gained back.

The score now stands at:

 

John 4

 

 

Eddie 3

 

 

 

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