Report to follow.
| 1st | Dave Whiteman | peg 9 | 158-00 | Expander pellet |
| 2nd | John Bennett | peg 28 | 85-08 | Corn |
| 3rd | Derek Hammond | peg 30 | 75-00 | Corn |
| 4th | John Walker | peg 10 | 41-08 | |
| 5th | Chris Telling | peg 13 | 37-08 | |
| 6th | Chris Calder | peg 32 | 23-12 | |
Todays winner Mick Jones.
On the last Wednesday open before the clocks change and as from next week the opens become afternoon opens, saw the 9 anglers attempt to catch another of Rolfslake big match catches. Todays open was to be fished in the big lake as it was black with fish topping all around and the anglers today were hoping that the fish would settle down and have a good feed.
I was making a return to the lake after a long absence due to work commitments and i was going to fish the reverse to all the advice i was given like feed only a few pellet, fish 16 metres, lift and drop all the time as i was not sure when i would be back so i wanted to try something different. The look on John and Paul Jays face as they saw me mixing up my paste was a picture because they thought i must be mad to fish paste in March and they said that i would never catch.
The winner today was an angler on form Mick Jones on peg 24 who was enjoying a good run of results and today was no different. Mick today started on the bomb about 25 metres out fishing corn hookbait and was rewarded with four carp, but it was when he fished the pole at nine metres fishing meat on the deck that his catch rate increased and in the end Mick caught ten carp for 72-08 and a deserved win {well done Mick}.
In second place was another form angler captain Woodentop aka Paul Jay who was also on the car park bank peg 28 and between the pole and the bomb Paul managed to catch four carp and 3 large skimmers fishing corn and pellet and Pauls final weight was 41-14.
In third place was me Eddie T-Green who after starting on the corn fished at ten metres with little success due to me not being able to hit the many bites i had due to the float being dotted down and the breeze interfering with me spotting the bites ,i decided to try my new 2010 version of my X4 paste and would you believe that the float buried first time and a unhappy 19lb carp was in the landing net after two minutes. Next put in i missed a super bite and for the next hour i missed about seven really good bites and then as a mass of bubbles came up the float dissapeared and another carp of about 10lb was joining his friend in the net. I was feeding big cups of pellet which brought lots of bubbles from the fish but also the fish off the bottom so i ended a frustrating match with 3 carp and two small roach for 39-12 but still a victory against John Bennett who blanked.
The fish are starting to move around the lake so things are starting to look up for the Easter Festival but please dont forget to renew you rod license which runs out at the end of March.
Until the next report tight lines Eddie and Simon.
1st Mick Jones peg 24 72-08 pole 9 metres / bomb corn and meat
2nd Paul Jay peg 28 41-14 pole 8 metres / bomb corn and pellet
3rd Eddy T-Green peg 13 38-12 pole 11 metres paste X4 version {2} carp to 19lb.
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
Report to follow
Results
1st Paul Jay peg 13 64-12 corn – pole ,bomb
2nd Dave Whiteman peg 26 53-10
3rd Mark Newbold peg 28 40-00
4th Paul Bennett peg 14 24-00
13th March
Spring Time at Rolfs Lake.
After a couple of cold icy weeks, the weather finally warmed up and the sun started to shine. The temperature was creeping up to 10 or 11 degrees and a few carp and orfe were starting to come up to feed on bread in the nursery. The question was, would they start to move around the other pegs or stayed shoaled up in peg 22. As usual that was the peg everybody was hoping for.
Soon enough, all 8 anglers got ready to do the draw, we were all going to fish the far end of the big lake today so we should all be in for a good session. Dan Blackwell Drew first and chose peg 26 and John Bennett second with 24. Dan and Paul were not expecting to many fish as the fish have recently been shoaling up tight to the far side.
It was time for the whistle to be blown know and we were all in, Dan cast out a bomb at about 20m out on peg 26 and was the first to hook into a Carp. It was a big fish and felt like a high double but the hook pulled last minute. John and Paul were both in next at the same time and both sucsessfully got them to the net. And then Dan managed to redeem himself by getting a nice Carp into his net. Dan, Paul and John were all on the same tactics fishing the bomb and corn and pole and pellet which was proving very successful.
After 1 hour, everybody had managed to tempt 1 or 2 carp into their nets but a lot of the Carp hooked were unfortunately lost. Dan had managed to catch a nice 10lber along with Paul over on 14, John however had caught 5 carp all around the 7lb mark, some bigger some smaller. It was going very wrong on 22 with 7 carp being lost and 2 landed, it was more or less the same story on 18.
With half an hour to go John had walked away having a great result of about 8 carp, Dan and Paul were very close with 3 carp and each had one of about 13lb. Dan had lost 4 in the end and Paul lost 1.
It was now the end of the match and we all wondered around to do the weigh in.
In the end John won the match with 66lb 4oz, Well Done John!! Paul Jay came 2nd with 33lb 8oz and Dan came 3rd with 31lb. Well done to everybody that fished.
Top 3 Results. 8 Anglers fished.
| Position | Name | Peg | Weight |
| 1 | John Bennett | 24 | 66-4 |
| 2 | Paul Jay | 14 | 33-8 |
| 3 | Daniel Blackwell | 26 | 31-0 |
Thanks for reading, Dan
7th March
Sunny but cold day at the Lake.
The sunshine made an appearance today at the lake but Friday night had seen a frost. The lake was ice free but the ground was solid and most of the platforms had a layer of ice on them.
Would the carp show again like last week, it was looking possible as John Bennett had managed 90lb from peg 18 on the Saturdays open at the lake. So were the carp still down the far end of the big lake ? Those fishing C section were all hoping to draw peg 22 or 18 but who would be the lucky two ?
Phil Powell was one, he was hoping for 22 but pulled peg 18 out and Mike Stimpson drew peg 22.
Those fishing on the motorway bank were to have the sun on them all day whilst those on the car park bank were in arctic conditions with the wind picking up and blowing a chill down the lake towards pegs 19 and 21.
No one on the Little lake today.
Mick Lane, Simon Mound and Paul Jay were all catching silvers in A section. Gary Haisman was the only person to catch carp from B Section and John Colwing also in B section was on the way to building up a nice silver bag again like in the last round. C section it seemed had all the carp again with all 4 anglers catching carp. But this time it was Phil Powell on peg 18 taking the lead over Mike Stimpson on peg 22. Big Ron on 24 and Steve Williams on 16 we equal on 4 carp each but whose would be bigger.
Off to do the weigh in
Results
SPRING LEAGUE, ROUND 3. 7th March
A SECTION
| Position | Name | Peg | Weight | Team |
| 1 | Mick Lane | 32 | 25-4 | Mafia |
| 2 | Paul Jay | 10 | 15-12 | Wood Tops |
| 3 | Simon Mound | 9 | 11-12 | Pikeys |
| 4 | Maurice Woodley | 30 | 1-8 | DNW’s |
B SECTION
| Position | Name | Peg | Weight | Team |
| 1 | Gary Haisman | 14 | 27-8 | Pikeys |
| 2 | John Cowling | 28 | 13-8 | DNW’s |
| 3 | Derek Hammond | 26 | 7-12 | Wood Tops |
| 4 | John Bennett | 13 | 7-4 | Mafia |
C SECTION
| Position | Name | Peg | Weight | Team |
| 1 | Phil Powell | 18 | 89-0 | Mafia |
| 2 | Mike Stimpson | 22 | 67-0 | Wood Tops |
| 3 | Steve Williams | 16 | 42-8 | DNW’s |
| 4 | Big Ron | 24 | 37-12 | Pikeys |
DAY POINTS
| Swindon Mafia | 9 pts |
| Wooden Tops | 8 pts |
| Pikeys | 7 pts |
| DNW’s | 6 pts |
OVERALL LEADERBOARD
| Wooden Tops | 25 pts |
| Swindon Mafia | 25 pts |
| Pikeys | 23 pts |
| DNW’s | 17 pts |
A Section Winner. Mick Lane.
Mick Lanes All Silver Bag
B Section Winner, Gary Haisman.
C Section Winner, Phil Powell.
Part of Phil's Match Winning 89lb bag.
Swindon Mafia are not letting Wooden tops get too far ahead and make a good comeback.
The next Spring league match is on Sunday the 21st March in 2 weeks time. John is running an open match on the Saturday before. If you want to fish please call John on 07774 618688.
John Bennett setting up on peg 13
Simon’s Report for this match can be found HERE