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Rolfslake Wednesday Open 17th April 2013.

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The Rolfslake carp are sturring from their sleep.

With the only way to fish Rolfslake being a Wednesday due to club bookings filling the weekends today started to bring a few more anglers hoping to catch a few carp with the later draw times { 1pm }.

John tells me that the weather today was overcast with sunny spells but a horrible blustery wind made fishing the long pole virtually impossible for some of the anglers and that where you wanted to draw was somewhere on the car park bank which was a little calmer.

Also today saw the return of a few anglers that had not been to Rolfslake for a while in the shape of Jon Walker and Mark Newbold and normally when they are about the weights normally go up so hopefully they would bring some good luck for the rest of the anglers.

It was decided to fish the big lake pegs 8 all the way around to 32 but you did not want peg 8 as there was a strong wind blowing through the gap between the big and small lake and you guessed it today it was drawn by lake owner John Bennett.

Todays winner and no stranger to match wins was Rolfslake lake record holder Jon Walker who was on peg 16 on the motorway bank and Jon used a combination of waggler and long pole fishing corn and pellet to catch carp to double figures in his weight of 182-12 { well done Jon }.

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Todays winner Jon Walker { Walker Floats }.

In a close battle for second was a straight battle between  Andy Quarmby and John Emerson on pegs 9 and 26 which was won by Andy by 3lb ,as Andy’s weight went 107-08 to John’s 104-08 which also included a carp of 23lb ( well done Guys for beating the ton weight ).

As the weather is set to be 10 degrees plus I expect the carp to now start to feed in numbers as they have been hibernating since the early part of the year. Also with Wednesday now being your only chance to fish Rolfslake and with new anglers turning up weekly if you are interested in fishing please book in with John Bennett to avoid disappointment.

 

Results.

11 fished

Place Angler Peg Weight  
1st  Jon Walker  16  182-12  Walker Floats
2nd  Andy Quarmby  9  107-08  Middy
3rd  John Emerson  26  104-08  Rolfslake
4th  Kev Dolton  28  84-08  Rolfslake
5th  Dave Mills  24  74-06  Rolfslake
6th  Paul Jay  18  70-00  Rolfslake
7th  Mark Newbold  13  65-00  Rolfslake
8th  John Bennett  8  51-04  Rolfslake Cartel
9th  Gary Kelsey  14  45-00  Rolfslake
10th  John Draper  10  42-04  Rolfslake
11th  Mick Jones  32  19-08  Rolfslake

This weekend see’s the visit of MFS who are fishing this Saturday and Neil Riddy who has an invitation match this Sunday so with the weather warming up and the fish starting to move around the lake things are looking up.

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie

Congratulations to Gemma and Simon.

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All the anglers and friends of Simon Mound and Gemma Doyle would like to congratulate them on the safe arrival of Caitlin Mound born this morning at 5.47 weighing 7lb  7 oz and both Gemma and Caitlin are doing well .

 

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Proud new mum Gemma with little Caitlin

 

 

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Proud new dad Simon.

 

 

Well done to the three of you.

Thanks for reading the Rolfslake blog team.

 

Rolfslake Wednesday Open 10th April 2013

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The sun comes out at last .

Today John tells me that on arriving down the lake the anglers were greeted  with carp cruising all around the lake as the sun had decided to put an appearance as it was warmer than it had been for some time { does that mean summer is coming ? }.

With the amount of carp cruising around the small lake it was decided that the small lake was going to be used today but with 9 anglers today peg 9 in the big lake would be included.

The day started sunny and warmish but after an hour the wind started to blow from the south west making it much colder and started putting the fish down further in the water but John also tells me at this point the big lake looked perfect as Graham Ridgley who was pleasure fishing on his own was having a nice day catching carp on the tip.

In first place today was lake owner John Bennett who had drawn would you believe it end peg 9 and he had an enjoyable day catching from all areas of his peg 8 carp to 19lb on his favoured corn fished on the deck feeding micro pellets for his weight of 79-08 { well done John }. Hot on John’s heels was Middy backed angler and Easter festival winner Andy Quarmby who was 2 pegs away from John peg 7 and Andy also caught 8 carp but they were much small which gave him a final weight of 55-13 but well clear of Mick Jones in third as Mick weighed 22-04.

As the weather continues to get warmer i am sure that the carp will get down to having a proper feed and when this happens the weights start to rocket to 200lb plus so it could happen this weekend as the weather reports it could be at least 15 degrees which is 14 degrees warmer than it has been.

 

Results.

9 fished

Top 6 anglers.

Place Angler Peg Weight
1st John Bennett 9 79-08 Rolfslake
2nd Andy Quarmby 7 55-13 Middy
3rd Mick Jones 8 22-04 Rolfslake
4th Steve Farnon 34 15-10 Rolfslake
5th Dave Hill 40 12-10 Rolfslake
6th Gary Kelsey 4 7-04 Rolfslake

The last Saturday Open for a few months due to club bookings will be this Saturday draw time 10 am fish 11 to 4 and after this the only way to fish Rolfslake will be on one of the Wednesday Opens which the draw time is 1 pm fish 2 to 7.

There will be a Bank Holiday Open on the 6th of May draw time 10 am fish 11 to 4.

 

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie

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