Author: Eddie

Brilliant John Hague takes Lake King in night match.

As Rolfslake entertained its 2nd night match of the year, it was great to see a good attendance and also some wives and children coming to watch their dad or husband hopefully catch some fish. The weather today was a warm evening with very little wind and with the big lake in play today { hopefully for the next match the small lake will be in } the anglers were pegged between pegs 32 and 9 which left John Bennett on peg 9 and John Hague on 32 both on end pegs.

As the match started  it was an omnius sign when both the two Johns were up quite quickly weighing fish so a big weight could be on the cards for the both of them. Around the lake anglers were finding catching fish quite a challenge even with anglers facing lots of bubbles in their swim but no feeding fish so a frustrating time was had for the anglers at the bottom of the big lake and also on the car park bank as with no breeze the fish would not settle down and have a go. However at the top end of the big lake in the bowl all the anglers were having fish with Dave Whiteman and John Bennett having a good fish for fish battle on pegs 9 and 10.

The big winner today was Brandon Hague for after drawing peg 32 for his dad negotiated a deal that would give him a cut of his dads winnings if he won with some added bonuses .

John however after being drawn on form peg 32 which also won the last night match, John fished a masterclass of banded pellet fishing which brought him a great run of big fish. You always know when a big weights on the cards when an angler is running to the weigh station in the first hour, but John had to run to the weigh station a total of 21 times as his weighed fish totalled a massive 301-00. John started in front of the bush to his left and caught fish to just under 17lb in a very strong first half of the match but it was in the second half that slowed John down as he moved to a 5 metre line which still brought him fish but stopped him from catching in his words between 500 and 600lb ,but after 5 hours John caught a fantastic 397-08 and also topped the king of the lake with his new personal best from one of the nice guys down on the lake { very well done John }.

In second place was John Bennett who has amazingly drew peg 9 again and you know when John is catching for he always is talking and calling for me, but it must of been his new pirate outfit that brought him good luck as John for a change managed to convert a good peg into a framing peg. John fished down the edge to his left and also short out in front and used this in conjunction with paste which brought John fish to double figures in his final weight of 233-04 and just one fish in front of third place. Completing the frame was Hydro 2000 sponsored Dave Whiteman who was fishing next to John on peg 10 and by using a combination of pellet and paste caught from down the edge to his left and also just out in front for his weight of 221-12.

After the match John and Pauline treated us all to a lovely barbecue which i think finished at 3am but i am not keen on the San Miguel beer that i had which had a taste of chilli sauce { thanks Jon W } so thank you from all the anglers.

New king of the lake John Hague.

New peg kings John Bennett for peg 9 and Dave Whiteman for peg 10.

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight	Bait
1st	John Hague	32	397-08 PB	Banded pellet	Smithys
2nd	John Bennett	9	233-04	Paste	Rolfslake
3rd	Dave Whiteman	10	221-12	Pellet /Paste	Hydro 2000
4th	Ginger	31	166-08	Banded pellet	Smithys
5th	Geoff Edwards	29	134-00	Pellet /Paste	Reading Angling Centre
6th	Eddie Taylor-Green	23	100-12	X4 Paste	Rolfslake / Walker Floats
7th	Chris Telling	18	86-12	Miracle Paste	Vespe.com
8th	Clive Pritchard	17	80-12	Pellet	Jinx league

The score between John and myself stands at John 5 Eddie 7 {well done John }.

Another Wednesday another midweek open for the usual suspects hoping to catch a big bag of hungry carp that Rolfslake is famous for.

On arriving at the lake today, the carpark was busy with the lake being shared by three groups the pleasure anglers that were fishing the small lake car park bank, the local angling club that were fishing pegs 19 to 32, and the match anglers that were fishing pegs 4 to 18 on the motorway bank. The day was warm with a cool breeze blowing from the north and fish could be seen cruising all around the lake which hopefully meant lots of fish but sometimes means a struggle for five hours.

With the draw having taken place the club and match anglers set off to their pegs except me as John Bennett who has been on a bad run fishing against me had got into my car and stole my paste and hid it in the woods {very funny John } on finding my paste bucket i put it outside the shed and after collecting my tackle from the car found the paste mix gone again {not so funny John}. After playing John’s game i went off to my most favourite peg on the lake peg 6 , and settled for a hopefully good days fishing as peg 6 has always been good to me.

The problem i had today was that with two matches on today and both starting at different times i lost all concept of time as the local club started 45 minutes before us and their hooter nearly got me starting and pacing up early.

As our match started within 2 minutes John Bennet was already off his box going to the weigh station with a double figure carp so we all were playing catch-up, and with Geoff Edwards on peg 8 i was looking at a battering from the pair of them, so concentration was the order of the day. The pleasure anglers opposite were happily catching lots of carp on the bomb fishing either corn ,pellet or meat fishing half way across so at least there were feeding fish around.

The winner today was Rolfslake regular Mick Jones who was fishing aquarium peg 4, and Mick had a very enjoyable match fishing his specially prepared meat hook bait and fishing at 6 metres range as he always does. You know when someone is really bagging as they start running to the weigh station after only two hours { this normally only happens in the last hour } so a big weight was on the cards. Mick fished two lines one to his right at three metres and one straight out at 6 metres and this was the line that he caught most of his fish at, and if it was not for a poor last hour Mick would of gone past the 300 barrier but had to settle for 229-12 and a new pesonal best {well done Mick}. In second place was me Eddie who for three hours was getting battered by both Mick and Geoff on peg 8 but a switch to the 2.5 metre line to my left fishing just down the slope brought me a very good run of fish.

Mick Lane popped down to see us today and pretty well stayed behind me for two hours as i caught a fish a cast on my now notorious X4 paste which was working great today. I had to stiffen up the paste as there were so many fish in the swim the swirling of their tails kept pulling the paste off the hook, so i mixed in some dry mix and i worked even better. I fed quite heavy to keep the fish there and after 5 hours caught 182-12 but should of been more as when the local club matches hooter sounded to end the match i thought that was our hooter so started to pack away but Mick said we still had 45 minutes, so interupted my flow. The peg was so solid Mick after the match had a go on my gear and in 5 minutes caught one and lost two carp on the paste.

Completing the frame was Geoff Edwards on peg 8 and after giving Geoff some advice on where to fish in the peg he ended up either playing tug of war with the fish in the bush to his left of catching smaller carp long across against the far bank grasses, but when he fished the first shelf down towards peg 7 his fishing improved so much he nearly caught me. Geoff caught on pellet and paste and had fish to double figures in his final weight of 172-08.

Top three results.

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight	Bait
1st	Mick Jones	4	229-12	Meat	Rolfslake
2nd	Eddie Taylor-Green	6	182-12	X4 Paste	Rolfslake / Walker Floats
3rd	Geoff Edwards	8	172-08	Pellet / Paste	Reading Angling Centre

My score against John Bennet now stands at John 4   Eddie 7 in our season long battle.