The fish are on the move.

Todays match was held in the big lake but there were fish every where today with every peg in the small lake either having fish in the margins or up in the water so signs were good for all the anglers. The fastest fish hooked today was in 2 seconds and eventually landed by Andy Quarmby on peg 24 even before most of the anglers had even shipped out so things were looking good for Andy as he eventually went on to win the match with his weight of 177-04 fishing a combination of long fishing shallow and 7 metres fished on the deck both lines fished with 8mm hard banded pellet feeding 3 bags of pellet to get the fish feeding properly.

Andy had fish to double figures which always helps and also a couple of bream but missed a few bites due to the amount of fizzing bubbles in his swim but a slight adjustment of his tactics kept the fish coming to claim the peg king off Johnny Broadbent { well done Andy }. The close battle for second was between Paul Jay on 9 and Andy Rayment on 16 both fishing corn and pellet feeding pellet but Paul was fishing the bush to his right on 9 and Andy was fishing 16 metres shallow and after 5 hours the two were seperated by 11lb with Paul having 133-09 to Andy’s 122-07 which included a beast of 21lb plus.

The lake fished alot better than of late with there being 5 ton plus weights and two just under in with the Jinx league fishing their two day match this weekend and the fish in feeding mode i think their match should be a cracker.

Just a few more photos from today.

 

 

And finally.

Results

10 fished.

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Andy Quarmby	24	177-04	Middy
2nd	Paul Jay	9	133-09	Rolfslake
3rd	Andy Rayment	16	122-07	Rolfslake
4th	Sue Collins	18	109-04	Rolfslake
5th	John Draper	26	103-08	Rolfslake
6th	Gary Kelsey	13	98-14	Rolfslake
7th	Andy Johnstone	32	87-11	Team Wales
8th	Kev Dolton	22	46-04	Rolfslake
9th	John Bennett	14	44-00	Rolfslake
10th	John Emmerson	10	DNW	Rolfslake

 

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

 

 The crocodile and his mate make an appearance today.

Today Matchfishingscene visited Rolfslake today and the 13 anglers were greeted with a sunny day and plenty of carp sunbathing around the lake and for some even the pike were visible but fishing was consistent with last Wednesdays match.

Todays match was won by Paul Robinson who was fishing peg 4 in the small lake and Paul managed to put together a good bag of carp  for the match win closely followed by Jon Walker as the only other angler to weigh over a ton.

Matt Edwards was kept company by two of the big pike that had come into the shallows to spawn and if you look closely you can see his mate below him.

 

 

Results

13 fished

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Paul Robinson	4	127-04	MFS
2nd	Jon Walker	18	100-06	Walker Floats
3rd	Rowland Lucas	22	94-00	MFS
4th	Steve Brewer	13	53-12	MFS
5th	Herbie	34	53-08	MFS
6th	Ian Simpson	26	48-02	MFS

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie

I have updated the peg kings for 2013 for those anglers that are precious to see if they have made it onto the peg kings/ Queen board.

Remember that the changes from last year are that it must be a open / club / league / festival that is fished by more than 10 anglers and club match secretaries must give to John a full set of results from their matches.

Since we set this up a couple of years ago and it started as a bit of fun for the anglers but last year it seemed to get serious as the anglers were desperate to get on the peg king board.

If you have the top weight of the year to date which currently is held by Middy sponsored Andy Quarmby with 214-05 then you get your picture on the home page banner.

 

 

 

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 }.

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

17 fished

Top 6 anglers.

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Gary Kelsey	32	102-08
2nd	Chris Widows	24	69-05
3rd	Sue Collins	34	63-11
4th	Jack Drew	9	53-05
5th	Dave Scott	18	47-07
5th	Lee Edmonds	28	47-07

 

Thanks for reading John , Simon and Eddie.