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Rolfslake Wednesday Open 16th June 2010.

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Match Reporter Eddie T-Green.

After the massive pleasure weight of 800lb caught by Ginger on peg 8 on Tuesday, the anglers were hoping that Rolfslake would not fish like Jekyll and Hide as it has been quite tough these last few weeks as the fish finish off spawning.

With turn out low due to the football the anglers assembled at the draw hoping for a good draw and a good days fishing and all i was hoping was for a victory over John Bennett to go 5-4 up in our seasons battle.

As the anglers drew their pegs and went off there were two remaining left and as big Dave insisted on drawing last { he is a lot bigger than me } i drew peg 9 leaving Dave peg 22 sorry Dave.

With the lake still fishing hard all i can tell you is that many anglers still had fish fizzing in their pegs and were still foul hooking lots of fish, so hopefully for round 3 of the Jinx League the fish will settle down and feed properly.

The weather today was sunny and warm with a nice breeze blowing form the North so this should of helped the anglers but all it did was make presentation hard as the tow on the lake was going the other way. In first place today was Rolfslake regular Chris Lovelock fishing opposite me on peg 32 by the hut and after a very slow start with Chris catching a couple of fish shallow on pellet decided after a few hours to fish the bush to his left and never looked back.

Chris from where i could see was using pellet feeding regular fishing just in front of the bush down the first ledge, and Chris was rewarded with a run of big fish {Chris had over 100lb of weighers on the board } that just kept in front and after 5 hours had a weight of 217-12 for victory and got him the peg king for peg 32. In second place was me Eddie and i also had a good day, fishing 8 metres to the front of the bush to my right and by using my X4 paste mix was able to have 5 hours of playing tug of war with the fish as they tried to get in the bush. Some of my bite were really savage as the pole was pulled around as the fish really wanted the paste and a poor 4th hour stopped me catching Chris, but it was after 2 hours that John Bennett hit a new low. As i took a fish to be checked by John and was returning to the weigh station , John crept to my peg and took a big chunk of paste from my bucket and was seen running back off to peg 10 laughing {nice one John } but it did not help him as he lost plenty of fish with it. After five hours i had caught 189-12 of carp all on paste and had an enjoyable day. Competing the frame was Mark Chard on peg 24 and John tells me Mark was using pellet on the pole fishing long to catch his weight of 88-00 with fish to double figures.

Results.

Place Angler Peg Weight
1st Chris Lovelock 32 217-12 Rolfslake
2nd Eddie Taylor-Green 9 189-12 Rolfslake / Walker Floats
3rd Mark Chard 24 88-00 Rolfslake
4th Geoff Edwards 14 80-10 Reading Angling Centre
5th John Bennett 10 78-14 Rolfslake
6th Paul Jay 13 45-00 Rolfslake

Until our next report tight lines Simon and Eddie.

Ashton Angling Club match 6th June 2010.

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Today Rolfslake welcomed Ashton A.C down to the lake from the midlands area and the anglers were hoping that the fish had stopped spawning and were willing to have a feed as the Jinx league match yesterday was really tough.

John tells me that 25 willing anglers set off to their pegs only to find the fish still spawning in the margins so it was very difficult to know what the fish wanted today either a cautious approach or to just to thrash the bait in and suffer plenty of foul hooked fish and very little to show for it. The weather was very warm with a cool breeze and the anglers with a ripple on the water did slightly better that those with flat water in front of them.

The winner today was Jay Davis fishing peg 7 in the gap between the big and small lake and Jay used a combination of the feeder and the pole to put together a very good weight of fish and big fish too catching fish to double figures in Jay’s final bag of 171-08 { well done Jay }. In second place was Andy Morrison on peg 32 by the hut who fished short range 5 -6 metres and down the edge using banded again catching big fish in his weight of 131-04. Completing the frame was Mark Bedford on peg 4 who suffered plenty of lost fish but in the end lined them down the edge to his right using pellet hook bait to catch his weight of 104-14.

John would like to thank all the anglers and hope to see them again soon.

Results.

Place Angler Peg Weight
1st Jay Davis 7 171-08
2nd Andy Morrison 32 131-04
3rd Mark Bedford 4 104-14
4th Tony Walsh 2 104-00
5th Colin Wedgebrow 38 86-00 —- 20lb common
6th Mick Whitehead 14 83-12
7th John Hague 29 82-03
8th Lee 24 70-12
9th Ian Ross 6 65-03
10th Mark Stibbs 8 61-08

Until our next report tight lines Eddie and Simon.

Rolfslake Bank Holiday Monday Open 31st May.

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Firstly sorry for the late posting of this match report as there was an error with my computer not allowing me to update the website.

John tells me the 22 anglers were faced with a cold day with a strong wind blowing from the north east, and after the 3 day festival the previous weekend anglers were unsure if the fish would switch on whilst they were still spawning.

After 5 hours fishing the winner was Rolfslake regular Paul Jay who was fishing car park bank peg 22 in the corner and Paul decided to fish long at a range of 11 metres fishing on the deck using the current form bait of 8-11 mm banded pellet. During the match Paul was able to pick off fish by lifting and dropping his rig to entice bites and he caught fish to double figures in his final weight of 134-08 { well done Paul }.

Todays winner Paul Jay.

In second place was  Chris Lovelock who was fishing current form peg 9 on the motorway bank. Chris fished down the edge towards the big bush to his right and by using pellet and meat fished on the deck managed to keep himself busy and have carp visiting his keepnet on a regular basis and at the end weighed only the second ton weight of the day with 110-08.

Completing the frame was Vespe sponsored Pete Archer who was fishing peg 26 by the car park and Pete fished both up in the water and on the deck at long range 14.5 metres and used big soft expander pellet to catch his weight of 87-00.

John hopes the carp will have finished their spawning by the weekend so the next visitors down the lake the Jinx league will have another great days fishing with all our friends looking forward to the presentation of the pink minx hat to Pete Morton.

Results.

Place Angler Peg Weight Bait  
1 Paul Jay 22 134-08 Banded Pellet Rolfslake
2 Chris Lovelock 9 110-08 Meat Rolfslake
3 Pete Archer 26 87-00 Expander pellet Vespe.com
4 Dave Whiteman 14 80-12   Hydro 2000
5 Adam Griffiths 4 67-08   Rolfslake
6 Martin Olsen 8 67-04   Rolfslake
7 Ryan Harris 36 56-12   Rolfslake
8 Mark Griifiths 7 49-06   Rolfslake
9 Richard Doolan 29 33-08   Rolfslake
10 Phil Powell 34 24-00   Rolfslake

 

Until our next report tight lines Eddie and Simon.

Rolfslake Wednesday Open 26th May 2010.

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Report to follow.

Place Angler Peg Weight  
1st Gary Kelsey 16 193-12 Acorn Angling.
2nd Ryan Harris 34 175-02 Chiltern Baits.
3rd Nick Merry 13 155-00 Matchfishingscene.
4th Chris Telling 2 122-08 Vespe.Com.
5th Martin Churchill 9 108-14 Matchfishingscene.
6th Steve Perham 30 103-00 RAF.
7th Neil 7 89-12 Rolfslake.
8th Paul Jay 27 89-00 Rolfslake.
9th Eddie Taylor-Green 8 79-00 Rolfslake / Walker Floats.
10th Johnathon Broadbent 23 72-12 Matchfishingscene.
11th Del Smith 10 71-04 Boxmore A.C.
12th Tony Dickinson 37 69-13 RAF.
13th Geoff Edwards 32 69-08 Reading Angling Centre.
14th Dave Beasley 4 69-00 Boxmore A.C.
15th Reg 38 49-00 Rolfslake.
16th Andy Moss 6 24-10 Rolfslake.
17th Kev Williams 40 22-12 Matchfishngscene.
18th Ian Gillis 18 20-00 Rolfslake.
19th Sean Jennings 24 11-04 Acorn Angling.
20th Pat Pritchard 26 10-08 Rolfslake.
21st Colin Prior 19 6-08 Rolfslake.

Boxmore Angling Club match 23rd May 2010.

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Today Rolfslake welcomed back Boxmore Angling Club to the lake ,and a eager bunch of anglers were soon ready to get the draw underway.

John tells me it was a sunny warm day and that the anglers had a great day even if Rolfslake did not fish a good as it ususally does at this time of the year. In first place today was Derek Smith who was fishing the small lake on the motorway bank peg 4 and Derek chose to fish two lines, one straight out in front and one down the edge. The bait used today was corn fished on the deck which brought Derek fish to double figures in his great final weight of 259-00 and only 3 ounces off claiming the peg king for this peg { well done Derek }. In second place was Micheal Twine fishing the short walk to peg 32 by the hut. Micheal started off fishing up in the water for the first couple of hours catching a few fish but then changed to the line down the edge towards peg 33 and by using a combination of pellet and paste boosted his weight to 167-00 which also included fish to double figures.

In third place and a Rolfslake first was the first female angler to frame in a match and her name was Adelle Beasley. Now Adelle currently holds the biggest carp caught by a female angler down the lake at i believe 17-04 caught in last years match and today was a match for all her club anglers whilst she fished car park bank peg 26. Adelle fished at a range of 5 metres fishing on the deck using 8mm banded pellet for hookbait feeding pellet, and during todays match managed to catch 3 15lb carp and a couple of other big fish in her final weight of 129-00 { well done Adelle i won’t mention that you beat your husband Dave by over 46lb that will be our little secret }.

John and Pauline would like to say thank you to the club and hope to see you again next year.

Place Angler Peg Weight
1st Derek Smith 4 259-10
2nd Micheal Twine 32 167-00
3rd Adelle Beasley 26 129-00
4th Cliff Palmer 9 125-00
5th Richard Fullum 34 118-04
6th Ken Smith 16 110-00
7th Tim Urving 40 99-08
8th Roy Miller 10 88-00
9th Dave Beasley 14 82-08
10th Derek Satter-Waite 24 78-08

 

Derek goes straight to the top of our club match winning weights board { well done Derek }.

Important Site / Lake rules update.

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With the busy club / match / festival season getting into full swing starting this week lake owner John Bennett has asked me to post these current updates to the lake / site rules.

He has had to enforce these rules to start from this Wednesdays open to protect both the fish and the peaceful and pleasant environment that is Rolfslake. The background behind this is that some and i mean a minority have been abusing not only the lakes environment but have been taking John and Pauline’s good nature for granted. It started with when John and Pauline were doing routine lake maintenance around the lake and to their horror found human excrement in the bushes together with toilet paper in the bushes by the car park and if that were not bad enough found more together with toilet paper behind the bushes at peg 18. Now to say these people are disgraceful people with no thoughts for fellow visitors can’t be stressed enough but the fact that there is a serviced toilet on site together with toilet paper no more that a minute away means that these people do not care.

From now on any visitor found not using the toilet to have a crap will be banned and if this person / persons are affiliated to a club then the ban extends to the club as well so please all club match organisers please inform all your members so there is no confusion.

The next rule is for any visitors that camp on site during festivals and long weekends .

As John and Pauline allow visitors to stay on site for FREE the only thing that he asks for is that all rubbish is removed with the visitors at the end of their stay ,as on the last occasion that he allowed people to stay not only did they leave litter on the ground when they left they also filled two rubbish bags of rubbish for John and Pauline to dispose of. From this week if any campers leave rubbish then there will a stop from this week of all camping on the lake and as John knows the importance that this will affect a lot of visitors he does not want to have to enforce this but he will. This also extends to anglers that leave litter behind for him to clear up , and that they will not be allowed to come back this year. For the people that do not know John, what they need to understand is that he is a very committed person as far as the lake goes but is very easy going and does not put to many rules as far as fishing goes so he will not enjoy banning any visitors that do not abide by the rules that spoil it for the rest of the visitors.

The next rule enforcement extends to the match anglers starting this Wednesday.

The anglers are asked to respect the fish and abide with the NO fish at 10lb or over to be retained in keepnets, as over the last few weeks there has been a disregard of this rule by anglers who do not want to waste time visiting the weigh stations. ANY angler found with fish of 10lb and over will have the fish disqualified and if there is more that one then the anglers total weight will be disqualified . There will be checks made on all anglers weigh-ins to ensure that this rule is not broken, so please do not be offended if you are asked to have any fish individually weighed.

John has invested a lot of time and money in the lake and will NOT accept any fish loses due to negligent anglers not abiding by the rules. Also please to all match organisers please respect the no more than 40lb in the weigh slings at weigh in time as they damage the fish at the bottom of the weigh sling and with individual fish costing hundreds of pounds each this is not acceptable.

John and Pauline are easy going owners but will not have their goodwill abused by a minority of visitors and the expense of the thousands of well behaved visitors.

Rolfslake is for the enjoyment of all anglers so he does not apologise for the welfare of the fish and the environment.

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