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Spring league round 4 21st March 2010

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As the anglers gathered for round 4 of the spring league they were joined on the lake by a visiting party who today would be fishing the small lake pegs 34 to peg 8.

With the league being very close between the Woodentops led by captained by Paul Jay and the Swindon Mafia captained by Mick Lane ,it was going to be very important to ensure that all anglers caught and with the carp now starting to move that you managed to catch a few to boost your weight and with the wind blowing from the south the fish that were hiding down on pegs 19 and 20 had started to move to the middle of the lake infront of pegs 16 and 24.

John tells that during the match carp were caught and lost but the main battle was between he on peg 18 {for John peg 18 is his new peg 9 as he had drawn it a few times recently} and Derek Hammond on peg 22 and at the end of five hours Derek was one fish ahead although John mananged to lose a few during the match. Derek was fishing the pole fished long and on the deck using corn for hook bait but feeding quite cautiously to keep the fish there and in the end Derek caught 95-00 for first place individually and 4 points for his team. John fished pretty similar to Derek but after catching a few carp the fished moved out of pole range and started to come up on the surface much to his annoyance as he tells me he should of caught over 100lb of fish with the amount of fish in his swim but ended up with 80-08.

Elsewhere around the lake most anglers caught a few carp on either pole, waggler or bomb again using corn and pellet as the main hookbait but feeding cautiously as not to spook the fish.

The Woodentops still lead the league but only by one point so round five this weekend should be a good battle between them and the Swindon Mafia and as reporter i am totally unbiased so i hope the Woodentops win for a change. The lake is fishing better as each match goes by so by the time the Easter Festival comes round it should be on top form.

Results

A section.

1st  Steve Williams           Dnw’s                peg 32     47-12         4 points

2nd Phil Powell                Swindon Mafia   peg 9       35-04         3 points

3rd Dave Ball                  Pikeys                peg 10      8-04          2 points

4th Fred Parker               Woodentops     peg 30      7-04           1 points

B section

1st Paul Jay                     Woodentops     peg 13     61-12           4 points

2nd Ryan Rimmer            Dnw’s                peg 26     33-04          3 points

3rd Mick Lane                 Swindon Mafia   peg 14     30-12          2 points

4th Herbie                      Pikeys                peg 13     13-00          1 point

C section

1st Derek Hammond      Woodentops      peg 22      95-00          4 points

2nd John Bennett           Swindon Mafia   peg 18      80-08          3 points

3rd Derek Hazleman      Pikeys                peg 16      43-10          2 points

4th John Cowling           Dnw’s                peg 24      39-04          1 point

Results on the day

Woodentops    9 points

Swindon Mafia 8 points

Dnw’s              8 points

Pikeys             5 points

Results after round  4

Woodentops    34 points

Swindon Mafia 33 points

Pikeys              28 points

Dnw’s              25 points

Rolfslake’s Easter Festival 2010

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Are you booked in for the Festival ?.

John has asked me to remind any angler still interested in fishing Rolfslake’s Easter Festival that there is now only one place remaining to bring the total entry to 27 anglers.

If you fancy very good fishing at this time of the year with a very competitive field and a good laugh please give John Bennett a call ,you can find the number on the contact us page.

Rolfslake upcoming opens.

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John Bennett has told me that he will be holding opens this Saturday and Sunday , so if you would like to get in practise for the Easter festival or to fish Rolfslake before the club bookings take over the weekends give John a call.

The draw times are 10.00 draw fish 11.-4.00 on both days.

John is also awaiting the last few anglers to confirm their places for the Easter festival and then all the places will be full, so it promises to be another fantastic three days with a high quality field , plenty of fish and good company. Their will be a pre festival open on the Friday with the festival being fished on the Saturday ,Sunday and Monday.

If you have any other questions just give John a call.

Spring League 2010, Round 2.

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28th February 2010

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A dull day at Rolfs Lake

Today saw 16 angler at the lake to fish round 2 of the spring league. The weather this morning was very dull, raining and a slight wind blowing down the big lake towards pegs 19, 20 and 21. The temps were a lot warmer too so would the carp want to play today was the question everyone was asking.

All the matches are been held in the big lake only for the spring league so everyone was saying the carp would be in the little lake 🙂

The fields around the lake were flooded and John Bennett had had the pumps running since Thursday to keep the levels on the lake down. The water was just lapping some of the platforms so he had done a great job.

The brook was Really High

Lots of mud everywhere due to all the rain.

At the start of the match Simon on peg 22 was straight in to carp fishing 16m to the bush next to peg 21. He was fishing corn on the deck. He managed to catch 7 carp in the first hour. Derek on peg 9 was catching some excellent bream. Gary on peg 10 and John on peg 30 were both bagging up on Silvers catching one a chuck. Silvers were been caught all around the lake.

Simon in the second hour had switched from corn on the deck and started fishing half depth with a White boilie as bait and was getting a very good response, he had been getting a lot of Liners and had decided to give mid water. The fish were taking the bait just as the float cocked on the 3ft mark. After hour 2 he had 17 carp in the net (not all one net)

The rest of the lake were struggling with only a few carp been caught but plenty of silver fish action, where were they all in the winter league ?? They certainly were making a come back now.

View from Simon's Peg. Peg 22

The car park bank

Slight ripple on the water

Camera shy Paul Jay on 18 🙂

By the end of the third hour the silvers were still showing round the lake and the carp were still biting on peg 22. Simon by this time had 25 carp in the net. The final hour saw him only catch a further 2 carp to give him a total of 27. He tempted the last 2 by going back on the deck with the corn again.

Derek on peg 9

Gary's fish from peg 10

No Picture of Simon’s fish as it was raining again sorry. But with the first big weight from the lake this year it looks like things maybe on the up for the lake. We shall see what happens in round 3 next week on the 7th March.

Results

SPRING LEAGUE, ROUND 2. 28th February.

A SECTION

Position Name Peg Weight Team
1 Derek Hammond 9 24-0 Wood Tops
2 John Cowling 30 18-0 DNW’s
3 Gary Haisman 10 15-12 Pikeys
4 John Bennett 32 8-4 Mafia

B SECTION

Position Name Peg Weight Team
1 Fred Parker 14 19-8 Wood Tops
2 Big Ron 26 16-12 Pikeys
3 Phil Powell 28 13-0 Mafia
4 Steve Williams 13 2-4 DNW’s

C SECTION

Position Name Peg Weight Team
1 Simon Mound 22 211-12 Pikeys
2 Mick Lane 24 21-12 Mafia
3 Mauice Woodley 16 21-4 DNW’s
4 Paul Jay 18 17-8 Wood Tops

DAY POINTS

Pikeys 9 pts
Wooden Tops 9 pts
Swindon Mafia 6 pts
DNW’s 6 pts

OVERALL LEADERBOARD

Wooden Tops 17 pts
Swindon Mafia 16 pts
Pikeys 16 pts
DNW’s 11 pts

Simon’s Blog report on the day can be found HERE

Rolfslake open match Sunday 21st February 2010

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Today saw another Sunday open on an improving Rolfslake, and with a low attendance the anglers were grouped together in the big lake between pegs 14 and 28.

On John Bennetts arrival at the lake before the match he was greeted with the lake frozen again as the temperature the night before in Oxford had dropped to -4 degrees but a good blast with the areators saw the ice melt very quickly and as the draw took place the ice had all but gone.

The ice melter.

The report from John about the match saw anglers hooking and losing carp on both the bomb and the pole, which is good news considering a few weeks back there were no signs of carp moving at all so with warmer weather the carp will switch back on properly. The winner today was lake owner John who was fishing peg 14 on the motorway bank and after a quick two carp on the bomb then switched on to the pole and that was when his frustration began. John was fishing long towards peg 15 and by fishing with his rig just touching bottom using corn as hook bait started to foul hook carp as his rig was dropping through the water, and during the match John managed to lose 8 carp and catch 3 more for his final weight of 51-02 {well done John}. John also told me that he had to feed micro pellet and feed and then drop his rig in on top to get bites and even then the bites were the tinyest of dips so it was pretty hard to spot and even harder to hook the carp properly.

The back up weights also included carp but the carp at the moment are still grouped in the middle of the lake so the waggler and the bomb are good options at the moment.

Results.

1st    peg 14    John Bennett         51-02

2nd  peg 16   Lee Giles                   29-00

3rd  peg 26  Dave Wightman      25-12

4th  peg 18  Paul Jay                     18-08

5th  peg 23 Steve Williams        18-00

6th  peg 22  John Cowling           9-08

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