Report to follow.
| Place | Peg | Weight | Bait | ||
| 1st | John Bennett | 14 | 150-04 | Miracle Paste | Rolfslake / Walker Floats |
| 2nd | Chris Telling | 16 | 141-08 | Miracle Paste | Vespe.Com |
| 3rd | Jon Walker | 26 | 133-00 | Paste /pellet | Walker Floats |
| 4th | Gary Haisman | 28 | 84-12 | Paste@5m | Rolfslake |
| 5th | Paul Jay | 24 | 66-02 | Pellet | Rolfslake |
| 6th | Frank Wedgebrow | 18 | 47-04 | Pellet | Fishermans Friend |
As the attendances start to grow on the Wednesday opens two things will now be a dead cert,
1 you will always find Vespe sponsored Chris Telling with lots of paste hookbait and
2. When Jon Walker turns up he will normally need more that 3 keepnets.
With today being a sunny but cool day if you were drawn on the car park bank and with a gentle breeze blowing from the north, hopes were high for a good days fishing. With the Rolfslake cartel members in attendance and also the two super baggers { Telling and Walker } plus the judge, Malc, the Isle of Wight anglers plus the regulars, the 16 anglers were raring to go at the draw. With enough anglers today it was decided by John to use both the big and small lake and with Chris drawing peg 6 in the small lake and Jon drawing peg 24 in the big lake with my main competition John Bennett drawing peg 14 and me drawing peg 15 i was not going to have a relaxing day.
As the match started i could not believe my eyes as John on 14 shipped out to 16 metres as i did not think he ever fished more than 6 metres and to make matters even worse he was fishing shallow and had a quick 4 fish to my lost 2. From where i was i could see Jon on 24 catching a few fish fishing shallow and Malc Doyle on 18 had caught two fishing long towards peg 19 so things were not looking good for me. For the anglers on pegs 9,10,30,and 32 fishing was slow but for the anglers on the car park bank they were having a few fish as the fish were topping on that side so some good weight were going to be had. The pleasure anglers were having a few fish so hopefully paste master Chris and Chris Calder on peg 4 and Paul Bennett on 8 were going to have plenty of fish as before the match the small lake was black with fish.
The winner today was super bagger Jon Walker on peg 24 on the car park bank who started fishing shallow feeding regular pouches of pellet, and who later in the match was able to catch a lot closer in. Jon was fishing pellet hook bait on the shallow line fished about 3 to 4 feet deep, and paste on the short rig fished at about 7-8 metres. Jon had about 100lb on the shallow rig before switching to the short rig and he caught plenty of weighers {all 180lb of them } in his final weight of 269-00 to go top of the weight chart for this year {sorry Chris your top weight lasted 1 week}.
Super bagger Jon Walker.
In second place was Chris Telling who after being dissapointed on drawing peg 6 tried catching short with little success, but when he fished at 11 metres the fish were waiting for him. Chris was using paste fished on the deck feeding positvley to catch his fish to 14lb + in his final bag of 229-00. Completing the frame was Mick Jones on peg 30 by the hut and for three hours was struggling but a change to the margin line brought a great response and big fish for Mick who was using his favoured flavoured meat fished on the deck to catch fish to 13lb.
The match today was from 2.30pm till 7.30pm
| Name | Peg | Weight | |
| Jon Walker | 24 | 269-0 | |
| Chris Telling | 6 | 229-0 | |
| Mick Jones | 30 | 148-12 | |
| Malc Doyle | 18 | 146-0 | |
| Paul Bennett | 8 | 113-0 | |
| Mark Newbold | 22 | 101-4 | |
| John Millington | 26 | 77-8 | |
| Chris Calder | 4 | 76-12 | |
| Andy Raymen | 9 | 72-10 | |
| John Bennett | 14 | 69-8 | |
| Eddie Taylor Green | 15 | 64-8 | |
| Paul Jay | 32 | 64-0 | |
| Len | 10 | 35-8 | |
| 3 Anglers DNW |
As for me Eddie it started off bad and then went downhill as when i arrived at the lake John asked me if i could go round the lake on the lawnmower and cut the grass. I thought to my self no problem and went off happily cutting the grass only to be told off for not cutting the grass in straight lines, then as i went to park the mower by the hut i ran over the rope that holds the aireator in the middle of the lake and tangled it in the cutting blade {not very good }.
After Paul had untangled the rope i went to put it into gear and the gear stick broke so we could not drive it. I was looking around the lake to see if i had run over a black cat or if there was only one magpie flying around as i don’t normally have bad luck but more was to follow as when after collecting the pools money someone asked me the time and as i turned my wrist to check i tipped the pools money out of the container only for it to blow around on the grass with the anglers chasing it.
Now to the fishing after drawing next to John i thought i should beat him today , but it never happened as i lost 19 fish and John by the end thought i was suffering from terrets with the amount of swearing comming from my peg as i lost fish after fish.
The score stands at John Bennet 2 – Eddie T-Green 1.
Malc Doyle’s version of the day can be found by clicking HERE
Today Rolfs lake welcomed the A.E.C angling club from the Luton area to the lake. As the anglers assembled at the draw fish could be seen topping all over the lake so hopes for a good day were high, and with the day being sunny with a slight breeze that usually helps getting the fish to feed.
The winner of todays club match was Dean Elliott who was draw on peg 16 on the motorway bank and Dean used a combination of pellet waggler and the pole fished up in the water using pellet hookbait to catch fish to double figures in his winning bag of 139-00 { well done Dean }.
| Angler | Peg | Weight | Method |
| Dean Elliott | 16 | 139-00 | Pellet waggler / Pole fished shallow |
| Wayne Higgins | 24 | 133-14 | |
| Ramsey King | 9 | 112-00 | |
| Danny Edwards | 13 | 105-04 | |
| Walter Hendry | 10 | 101-00 | |
| Robby Blackburn | 34 | 87-00 |
Dean now goes to the top of our club match winning weights table ,which will highlight the top 10 anglers who win their club matches at Rolfslake. The table will be updated weekly and also the anglers can be included in our peg king chart.
The top three anglers.
Another Wednesday another Rolfslake midweek match, which normally means big weights of fish and the usual banter that goes with it.
After the poor results from the weekends matches hopes were not high for todays match as the weather in the week had been a mixture of bright sunshine ,cold temperature and a stiff wind so the fish have not been able to settle into a confident feeding pattern so the anglers were going to have to work out what the fish wanted. The midweek matches are now starting to draw a few anglers due to the late starts and that should start to see the begining of the big weights that Rolfslake is famous for.
After the draw had taken place the anglers settled into their pegs and could see carp crashing around the big lake so a decision had to be made whether to fish long and risk the wind wrecking their presentation later in the match or take a chance and see if the fish were getting closer which normally is the method to catch big weights.
With the sun shining the anglers on the motorway bank were kept warm but experienced the problem of having the sun in their eyes, and the anglers on the carpark bank were able to fish longer but were going to get cold due to the shade from the trees so you can never have both. John tells me after a slow start the anglers settled down and started to catch fish with the most productive area being the car park bank in the twenties with the anglers starting off fishing long drawing the fish closer as the match went on, and the anglers on the motorway bank have to fish either the rod or the pole to reach the fish.
In first place today was Rolfslake regular Chris Telling who was fishing on the motorway bank peg 26. Chris is a very confident angler and today he started on the pole fished long on the deck and was rewarded with carp to double figures, but as the match went on Chris was able to draw the fish closer towards him which helped him catch carp quicker. Chris was fishing using his favoured paste hook bait which has won him lots of matches and by doing so meant he was able to catch bigger fish which means big weights, and after 5 hours Chris had put together a great weight of 259-12 and the top weight on the lake this year {well done Chris you are the current King of Rolfslake}.
King of Rolfslake Vespe's Chris Telling
In second place was Steve Rich who was only two pegs away on peg 28 and Steve gave Chris a good run for his money as he caught very well but caught smaller fish. Steve was fishing banded pellet on the deck fished long but was also able to draw the fish in , and at the end was only one fish off a double ton with his weight of 195-02. Completing the frame was Mick Jones on the motorway bank peg 13 and who was on a good run of form down on the lake. Mick usually fishes short range between 6 to 8 metres and today was no different, and by using a combination of pellet feed and his usual meat hookbait Mick was able to draw fish from the bay area to his peg and at the end put 164-12 to complete a very good frame.
| Place | Angler | Peg | Weight | Bait | |
| 1st | Chris Telling | 26 | 259-12 | Paste | Vespe |
| 2nd | Steve Rich | 28 | 195-02 | Hard Pellet | Rolfslake |
| 3rd | Mick Jones | 13 | 164-12 | Meat | Rolfslake |
| 4th | Mark | 25 | 148-08 | Rolfslake | |
| 5th | Paul Jay | 15 | 118-00 | Banded Pellet | Rolfslake |
| 6th | Mike Stimson | 18 | 105-00 | Pellet | Rolfslake |
| 7th | Sean | 17 | 104-08 | Rolfslake | |
| 8th | John Bennett | 14 | 85-00 | Soft Pellet | Rolfslake |
| 9th | Fred Parker | 22 | 68-00 | Rolfslake | |
| 10th | Derek Kelsey | 23 | 68-00 | Rolfslake |
11th April
<All Pictures clickable for larger view>
A windy day at the lake.
Today Rolfs Lake was host to a club match. 25 anglers were fishing. The wind was blowing across the big lake towards peg 19. The sun was trying to break through the clouds and it looked promising for a nice sunny day. Carp were seen to be topping all over the big lake so it looked like shallow might be a good way to attack…. or would it.
Waiting to do the draw
With the draw done and everyone setting up the sun broke through and black shadows could be seen swimming around the top end of the big lake. One thing was for sure today and that was that the person that drew peg 20 would get on the peg kings board as its not been fished for a while. That person was Mark Gilbert, new peg king of peg 20. 😀
Top end of the little lake.
With the match under way and the fish still topping a lot of people tried targeting the fish by fishing shallow but at the start people were foul hooking fish and loosing them. Paul Jay on peg 23 was fishing the pellet waggler and was having a few but he was finding it hard firing his pellets out due to the wind blowing them back towards him 😀
Paul Jay with another carp.
After starting on the pole shallow fishing Mick Whitmore on peg 17 has also switched to the pellet waggler and was catching regularly and pulling the fish off Paul. Mick had the wind behind him and had no problem firing out his feed pellets. Mick was storming away in the big lake.
Mick on peg 17 with one of his many shallow caught fish
Simon Mound on peg 15 messing it up 😀
The story on the little lake was that it was not fishing as productive. Tex on Peg 8 was catching a few and so was Adam on peg 34 (his home peg :P)
The Little Lake.
Back in the big lake Mick on peg 17 was still doing the damage on the pellet waggler. Paul Jay had switched to the bomb and was catching a few more fish. Simon on peg 15 had also managed to catch a few on the bomb.
Another weigher for Paul Jay
Simon with a carp on the bomb.
Simon's 13lb carp
Ian Millin on peg 18 with a nice carp.
Mark Playing a carp on peg 22
Kiran on peg 28
Brian with a fish on, on peg 19
The Results.
{I could not read Neil’s writing, so apologies for some missing second names, will add them soon}
| NAME | PEG | WEIGHT |
| Mick Whitmore | 17 | 136-4 |
| Paul Jay | 23 | 58-8 |
| Ian Millin | 18 | 52-8 |
| Tex Marshall | 8 | 43-3 |
| Adam Griffiths | 34 | 41-12 |
| Chris Lovelock | 25 | 34-8 |
| Neil Riddy | 10 | 33-14 |
| Andy Waterhouse | 26 | 32-2 |
| Simon Mound | 15 | 30-8 |
| Brian Richie | 19 | 28-8 |
| Kiran C | 28 | 22-0 |
| George Kay | 14 | 18-8 |
| Bill Lovelock | 38 | 16-9 |
| Mark Brown | 22 | 15-0 |
| Neil Fenner | 2 | 13-8 |
| Tony Taylor | 31 | 13-8 |
| Owen Glover | 4 | 6-4 |
| Ken Sawyer | 9 | 5-9 |
| Ian Simner | 6 | 3-6 |
| Robin Lett | 40 | 2-5 |
| Mark Gilbert | 20 | 0-8 |
| Steve P | 7 | 0-4 |
| Mark Orchard | 32 | DNW |
| Steve C | 13 | DNW |
| Mark Barratt | 29 | DNW |
Todays Winner, Mick Whitmore.
Second place, Paul Jay
Thanks for the invite to fish the match. Great bunch of lads. If anyone wants all the pictures from today use the contact form to send me a message and leave you email address and I will send you a zip file with the pictures in.
Well done Mick, you fished well on quite a hard day.
Thanks for reading, Si and Eddie.
Today saw a few anglers down on the lake either pleasure fishing or practising for a forthcoming club match and then there were us lot ready for another Wednesday open. With fish topping all over the big lake it was decided to fish both the carpark and motorway bank from pegs 14 all the round to 26 as the other anglers were in the small lake and from pegs 27 to 32.
As the draw took place John Bennett stuck his hand in the bag and out came peg 18 {which is John’s new peg 9 } just like magic as all the fish topping were in front of his peg so he was off to it like a shot. I had drawn one of my least favourite pegs peg 14, as with the wind gusting in front of me and the sun in my eyes i was going to have a tough 5 hours. Paul Jay had drawn flyer peg 24 which is great for bomb fishing and the judge { Mike Stimpson} was tucked away in the corner, peg 22 so i had a good view of all the anglers except John who i could hear talking from 5 pegs away.
The weather was a bit of everything rain ,sun and a gusting wind so for some anglers it was going to be easy and the rest it was going to be cold with a touch of blinding sun in your eyes followed by a bank of dark clouds making it look like it was night. As the all-in was called all the anglers on the carpark bank were fishing the tip rod ,whilst the anglers on the motorway bank were fishing the pole fished long and within the first hour everyone that i could see had caught a carp. Most anglers were fishing either banded pellet or corn as hook bait and feeding quite heavy for this time of the year.
In first place today was my fellow Cartel member John Bennett who was on peg 18 and after catching a quick carp on the pole found catching quite difficult after that, and John could be seen trying the bomb , waggler fished shallow, pole fished long and shallow but to no avail. A switch to the deck rig fished long down the edge using soft hooker pellet got the fish going for John towards the end and a run of fish to near 20lb got the win for John with his final weight of 113-00 well done John our score to date is 1-1}. In second Place was Paul Jay on winter flyer peg 24 and by fishing a combination of bomb and pole fished long on the deck, using both corn and banded 8mm pellet feeding quite heavy, Paul picked up a run of small fish that kept John on his toes and at the end was a roach short of a ton weight and he ended up with 99-08. Completing the frame was Mark on peg 26 who fished similar to Paul and ended up with 77-08.
After the match all of the anglers complained of lost big fish and a lot of foul hooked fish as they travelled up and down the water depths giving a lot of false bites. If the weather warms up i think the lake will start to give up some good weights as the fish appeared to want to feed properly today as in my swim it was like a jaccuzi for most of the match.
John Tells me there will be Saturday open for the next three weeks draw 10am fish 11-4.00, and Wednesday opens right through to October draw 1.00pm fish 2.00-7.00 .
Until my next report tight lines Eddie and Simon.
John with a small carp of 19lb
Results
| 1st | John Bennett | peg 18 | 113-00 | Soft pellet / Banded 8mm pellet | bomb/ pole1 4.5 mtr | Rolfslake |
| 2nd | Paul Jay | peg 24 | 99-08 | 8mm hard pellet | bomb/ pole 11 mtr | Rolfslake |
| 3rd | Mark | peg 26 | 77-08 | bomb/ pole 12mtr | Rolfslake | |
| 4th | Andy | peg 15 | 70-08 | Corn | pole 8 mtr | Rolfslake |
| 5th | Tony | peg 17 | 57-00 | pole 16 mtr | RAF | |
| 6th | Mike Stimpson | peg 22 | 43-08 | Pellet/corn | bomb/ pole 16 mtr | Rolfslake |
| 7th | Eddie T-Green | peg 14 | 43-00 | 8mm hard pellet | pole 12 mtr | Rolfslake /
Walker Floats |