Rolfslake Wednesday Open 25th August 2010

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All that was missing from todays match was Noah and the Arc.

As the anglers gathered at the draw the black clouds were covering the lake meaning only one thing a wet match, so water proofs were the order of the day but that did not help the anglers in todays match.

As the match started the rain started only light drizzle then it came down heavy for the next 4 and a half hours making it very difficult for all the anglers concerned except if you were drawn in the small lake where a few fish were happy to feed.

As i had a miserable time i never had a chance to look around as the rain was blasting in my eyes, but what i can tell you is that in first place was Chris Lovelock who was drawn in the small lake on peg 4. Chris fished with pellet at short range and down the edge and was rewarded with fish to double figures in his final weight of 208-04 { well done Chris }.

In second place and only 2 fish behind was Mick Lane who again drew another flyer this time peg 8 and Mick fished a combination of long across against the grass on the far bank and down the edge to his left. Mick used banded pellet feeding heavy and caught on both lines and after five hours caught 187-00 and another frame for the RTG team captain.

Completing the frame was Andy Quarmby on peg 7 who was way behind Mick after 3 hours but the fish moved in on Andys long shallow line and by using pellet Andy put a great weight together of 160-08 for only two hours fishing.

After the match the anglers were treated to a nice warm soup and a chance to get out of our soaking wet clothes but i don’t think i have ever seen that much rain come down at Rolfs ever.

Place Angler Peg Weight
1st Chris Lovelock 4 208-04
2nd Mick Lane 8 187-00
3rd Andy Quarmby 7 160-08
4th Paul Jay 6 138-00
5th Mick Jones 30 100-00
6th James 28 55-08
7th John Bennett 32 48-08
8th Eddie Taylor-Green 18 35-00
9th Barry 26 28-10
10th Adam 13 23-08
11th Derek 16 14-08

After returning from holiday i was hoping for a good days fishing but the rain put paid to that and even worse was the fact that John Bennett has now managed to beat me again to level the score to 8 – 8 roll on the next match.

Until our next report tight lines Eddie and Simon.

MOG’s Marauders Match. Sun 22nd Aug 2010

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Geoff Palmer.... MOG

A few of the Jinxsters had camped over after the BBQ so they could have a drink and travel back in the day-time. They woke up to find the car park buzzing with anglers fishing a club match at the lake. The club had turned up with half the number expected so instead of 20 anglers there were 10, they decided to fish in the big lake which left the little lake free 😐

A plan was hatched by Geoff to run a small knock-up match on the little lake with John’s permission. A few of the anglers had to get permission of their other halves 😀 With permission granted 8 angler gathered to discuss plans for the day.

We all decided not to draw pegs but just simply choose a peg that we fancied fishing. We all chose our pegs and then decided to fish from 1pm – 6pm. We paid our peg fee’s and all put £2 in the pot to give two prizes for the day, £11 for most weigh and £5 for the biggest fish.

Everyone was set up and ready but with 15 minutes to go Geoff was summoned to go and have his dinner or miss out 😀

  • Me {Simon Mound} on peg 38
  • Malc, Julie, Crystal Doyle on peg 39
  • Gem Doyle on peg 1
  • Geoff Palmer on peg 3
  • Nick Williams on peg 4
  • Marcus Burgess and Liam Doyle on peg 6
  • Dai Thomas on peg 7
  • Mat Edwards on peg 8

We gave him an extra 15 minutes to come back and then I called the all in. Budgie fishing from peg 6 had decided that he fancied doing some coaching for the day. Liam Doyle was his pupil, Liam had already had a go on my gear on peg 32 last night and caught a nice carp and was eager to continue where he left off last night.

Liam Doyle with a carp from peg 32

Everyone started off fairly well catching fish apart from poor Gem fishing from peg 1. Mat on peg 8 had landed his first carp in 3 days having failed to catch one in the previous two matches. I was having a chat with John Bennett and watching the other fishing and decided to go and have a go, I fed 2 handfuls of pellets on the left hand bush on peg 38 and dropped the rig in. I had a fish on right away too followed by another. I also dropped the feeder under the bush as I fancied a go on the rod and had a few more from both the left and right bushes.

By this time Liam was shouting and had his first fish on and in the net. He was very excited to say the least 😀 Malc on peg 39 had had a few fish but he too was in coaching mode, his wife Julie was on his box and playing a fish 😯 Anyone who knows Julie will know that she does NOT do fishing and hates it…. well used too. After having a few goes over the weekend it seems she was hooked now. Julies run on his box was cut short by yet another Doyle wanting to have a go. Crystal was soon on his box and playing a fish much to the disgust of Gem who was still fishless.

Dai and Mat on pegs 7 and 8 were catching plenty of fish and Geoff was hooking lots of fish on peg 3 but was loosing them as they were foul hooked. Nick on peg 4 was playing the odd fish but seemed to be struggling. Malc had managed to get on his box and catch a few more and also went on Gems peg to catch one off her peg to prove there was some fish in there 😀 Gem did manage one of her own using the feeder rod.

In the last hour of the mini match Liam had been bagging up big time. He let out a very loud “YES” when he landed a fish that he had been playing for 15 minutes, a fish of 18lb 8oz 😯 and a new PB for him. This fish was closely followed by a 17lb  2oz fish 😯 😯 Not bad for a 7 year old.

I shouted the all out at 6-15 and Liam was jumping up and down with excitement having caught a lot of fish. Gem came round and had a go on my peg as the bush was alive with fish and was soon catching a few much needed fish 😀

We all packed up and got the weigh in done.

Weights for the day.

Name Peg Weight
Simon Mound 38 177-10
Mat Edwards 8 136-6
Dai Thomas 7 126-8
Geoff Palmer 3 102-4
Liam Doyle (aged 7) 6 90-2
Nick Williams 4 51-0
Malc Doyle 39 46-8
Crystal Doyle 39 36-0
Gem Doyle 1 14-8
Julie Doyle 39 9-4
Peg 39 Total Weight 91-0

The star of the day was Liam who has weighed a massive 90lb 2 oz on his first 5 hour match and had also shattered most people’s PB carp. Well done Liam, I think even Marcus learnt a thing or two 😀

Everyone had a great day and would like to thank John for letting us fish.

A few pictures now …

Liam Doyle, future superstar 😀

Team Doyle

Marcus and Liam

Liam picking up his biggest fish money off Geoff

A very pleased 7 year old

WELL DONE LIAM

Jinx Series. Final Match. 21st Aug 2010

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This was the final match of the series and things at the top of the individual and pairs league were very close. Malc Doyle, Peter Morton and Clive Pritchard were all in contention of winning the individual title. Malc and myself were in the lead with the pair results but were closely followed by Clive Pritchard and Ade Williams so it was all to play for. The final outcome was to be decided in the final match of the series.

It was going to be a tough match today as the lake had suffered from low oxygen levels and the lake was covered in fish gulping for air on the surface Saturday morning. John Bennett had the aerators running and was also pumping water in to the lake to get some oxygen back in the water from 7am to just before the start of the match.

The draw today was at 11.30am with fishing from 1.30 – 6-30. As this was the last match some of the lads had brought along their better halves to attend the BBQ after the match. Some of the Jinxsters had fished the night match and had camped over at the lake ready for the last Jinx Match. Soon the car park was full of the rest of the Jinxsters and the draw was made.

Fishing today was similar to last night with a lot of people catching early on and then struggling for the rest of the match. The wind was very strong today blowing through from the big lake to the little lake.

Not many pictures today as everyone was too busy trying to catch a fish. Peter Morton supplied a few pictures, thanks Peter.

Simon Mound fishing the bush on peg 32

Which resulted in a PB 4lb Chub

Down in the little lake Terry and Marcus were having their own little match fish from pegs 40 and 2. Marcus was leading the way until half an hour to go then Terry pulled out 3 weighers one after another to take the win from Marcus and overall match win too. Well done Terry.

Round the big lake it was all hit and miss. I had had a steady run of fish from the bush on peg 32 and then had no bites for an hour. Dave Moore fishing peg 9 had changed his normal paste tactics to fish for bream and while it worked for a while those pesky carp moved in and he was soon putting a few more fish in the net. Clive and Malc were having another little battle and it was a close one too with Malc just pipping Clive at the end.

With the match over we got the weigh in done quickly to give people more time at the BBQ and it became clear just how hard it had fished. The winner today was Terry and this was his first ever Match win so a Big well done to Terry 🙂

Results.

Position Name Peg Weight
1 Terry Goff 2 98-6
2 Marcus Burgess 40 84-0
3 Simon Mound 32 68-12
4 Ade Williams 34 65-0
5 Steve Wilson 11 62-4
6 Paul Roberts 8 58-4
7 Jon Hatch 36 50-0
8 Kev Loveland 18 49-12
9 Dave Moore 9 49-0
10 Geoff Palmer 19 44-8
11 Peter Morton 29 41-4
12 Tony Roberts 26 39-4
12 Malc Doyle 22 39-4
12 Dave Webster 15 39-4
15 Gem Doyle 38 34-4
16 Clive Pritchard 20 32-8
17 Dave Collier 23 31-8
18 Nick Williams 14 20-8
19 Dai Thomas 17 19-4
20 Alex Bagger J 7 13-4
21 Steve Akal 28 10-12
22 Nick Jones 31 10-8
23 Paul Dolby 25 10-4
24 Nick W-P 5 8-8
25 Mat Edwards 13 0-12

BBQ time

Everyone gathered around the BBQ after the weigh in to discuss the days fishing while Malc went off to do the results. Just after everyone had finished the lovely food cooked by John, Julie, Jean, Lisa and Mags Malc came back and announced the Final results after the 6 matches.

  1. Overall Series Individual Champion .. Clive Pritchard
  2. Second place .. Malc Doyle
  3. Third Place .. Peter Morton
  4. Fourth Place .. Simon Mound

  1. Overall Pairs Winners .. Malc Doyle and Simon Mound
  2. Second place .. Clive Pritchard and Ade Williams
  3. Third Place .. Gem Doyle and Marcus Burgess

Overall Individual Series Result.

Position Points Angler Total Weight
1st 10points Clive Pritchard 1 3 1 3 2 5 424lbs 08ozs
2nd 13points Malc Doyle 5 1 6 1 3 3 436lbs 12ozs
3rd 13points Peter Morton 6 2 4 2 1 4 425lbs 00ozs
4th 15points Simon Mound 1 5 7 3 5 1 466lbs 12ozs
5th 16points Marcus Burgess 9 8 2 3 1 2 403lbs 12ozs
6th 17points Steve Wilson 5 1 5 4 8 2 369lbs 12ozs
7th 17points Ade Williams 2 1 6 10 5 3 318lbs 04ozs
8th 18points Fred Parker 10 2 3 1 2 10 369lbs 12ozs
9th 18points Dai Thomas 1 3 1 8 5 8 325lbs00ozs
10th 18points Geoff Palmer 3 3 7 6 4 2 296lbs 08ozs
11th 20points Nick Williams 10 4 1 2 6 7 277lbs 00ozs
12th 21points Al Loader 6 2 5 6 2 10 273lbs 04ozs
13th 22points Gemma Doyle 5 8 7 1 3 6 276lbs 01ozs
14th 23points Ant Haywood 1 10 4 5 3 10 336lbs 00ozs
15th 23points Dave Moore 2 4 8 6 9 3 253lbs 04ozs
16th 23points Nick Watkins-Price 5 10 5 2 4 7 221lbs 00ozs
17th 25points Tony Roberts 4 6 3 7 7 5 272lbs 08ozs
18th 25points Jon Hatch 2 9 3 7 8 5 259lbs 02ozs
19th 25points Dave Webster 4 7 10 4 7 3 241lbs 04ozs
20th 26points Dave Collier 8 4 10 7 1 6 224lbs 06ozs
21st 27points Mitch Auger 4 10 2 4 7 10 225lbs 00ozs
22nd 29points Paul Roberts 7 6 6 8 6 4 205lbs 12ozs
23rd 29points Kevin Loveland 10 7 4 9 8 1 101lbs 08ozs
24th 30points Terry Goff 7 9 8 5 9 1 209lbs 14ozs
25th 31points Mat Edwards 10 9 2 8 4 8 204lbs 00ozs
26th 33points Steve Akal 7 5 10 9 6 6 152lbs 12ozs
27th 39points Paul Dolby 6 9 10 5 10 9 98lbs 08ozs

Overall Pairs Result.

Position PAIRS Weight Points
1st Simon Mound & Malc Doyle 10 15 42 10 19 15 903lbs 08ozs 69
2nd Ade Williams & Clive Pritchard 12 6 20 37 29 20 742lbs 14ozs 87
3rd Gemma Doyle & Marcus Burgess 38 40 20 12 20 17 679lbs 13ozs 107
4th Geoff Palmer & Steve Wilson 20 19 33 29 28 15 666lbs 12ozs 111
5th Ant Haywood & Nick Watkins-Price 19 19 31 20 24 54 652lbs 00ozs 113
6th Dave Webster & Fred Parker 46 26 33 13 21 32 639lbs 04ozs 125
7th Jon Hatch & Fred Parker 38 36 14 22 27 27 641lbs 02ozs 126
8th Steve Akal & Peter Morton 39 22 41 26 14 32 587lbs 12ozs 133
9th Mat Edwards & Dave Moore 13 40 25 38 30 34 512lbs 04ozs 140
10th Nick Williams & Paul Dolby 41 47 15 18 29 41 529lbs 14ozs 144
11th Paul Roberts & Tony Roberts 31 32 28 42 36 18 478lbs 10ozs 145
12th Terry Goff & Dai Thomas 26 37 27 39 41 20 535lbs 14ozs 149
13th Dave Collier & Mitch Auger 36 22 39 34 30 47 462lbs 06ozs 161
14th Al Loader & Kevin Loveland 45 32 26 42 33 30 385lbs 04ozs 163

Malc had again run an excellent series. I think the final match left everyone hungry for next year. Well done Malc. 😀 Well done to all the Jinxster for all the PB’s and Banter and making the series a great one to fish.

Some of the Jinxsters stayed over so they could have a drink at the BBQ and also travel back home the following day but there was a surprise in store when they woke up Sunday morning. More to come later…..

Friday Night Match. 20th August 2010

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Another Night match at the lake saw a very good turnout. 26 anglers turned up hoping to have a few fish.

At the start of the match most people seemed to be in to fish right away. I had 2 carp in the first 5 minutes as did most of the other anglers but then the whole lake switched off. Only a few anglers managed to catch for the rest of the match.

Neil Riddy fishing from peg 6 was catching some big lumps including a 18-10 mirror and a 17-4 common, these helped him to win his second consecutive match at the lake. He also broke his PB carp too. Well done to Neil. He did not need help from his mom in this match though 😀 😛

John Hauge fishing from peg 34 also managed to catch a few.

On the Saturday morning the top layer of water in the lake was covered with fish gulping for air and John thinks the reason this match so poorly was due to low oxygen levels in the lake.

A bit of bad news as far as the results go because they got blown away or lost so I only have a few results. If anyone else knows any of the missing information then please email, comment or use the contact and send me them please. Neil Riddy kindly supplied the below information, thank you. 🙂

Results {part of them}

Position Name Peg Weight
1 Neil Riddy 6 123-10
2 John Hauge 34 61-8
3 ?? 15 46-0
4 John Hatch 5 42-0
Dai Thomas 32 37-0
Marcus Burgess 31 37-0
Simon Mound 26 29-10
Justin Watkins 29 28-8

Match Winner Neil Riddy on a slightly colder day at the lake.

Wednesday Open. 18th August 2010

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Report to follow

Results

Position Name Peg Weight
1 Neil Riddy 4 249-4 PB Match weight
2 Paul Jay 6 205-0
2 John Owen 9 205-0
4 Andy G 32 154-0
5 Pete Arnold 8 153-8
6 Dai Thomas 28 146-12 PB Match weight
7 Tony (Brum) 30 135-0
8 John Bennett 26 132-8
9 Pat Pritchard 7 108-0

Todays Winner Neil Riddy…11lb short of a peg king too.

200lb club again

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