After Saturdays full match attendance it was back to normal for the Wednesdays open where the anglers were hoping for another Rolfslake’s bagging session. With last weeks winner Ginger back for another go at taking the regulars money back up the motorway and master float maker Jon Walker in attendance, the one thing that was a cert was that if the fish were feeding a big weight was on the cards. Also returning to the lake after a brief absence was Rolfslake elite cartel member Mick Lane who was eager to catch some fish and add his name to the peg king board, and hopefully give his shallow rigs a good work out.

With todays weather at the start being sunny quite warm with no wind and fish topping all around the lake it looked like a near perfect day for a serious weight to be put together, so with this in mind the anglers were eager to get the draw going with first up being the judge {Mike Stimson} who picked up flyer peg 4 in the small lake. Next up was Jon Walker who picked peg 32 and the groans from the anglers could be heard miles away but with Ginger drawing peg 8 at least he would be battling to draw the fish from the far bank. With the draw completed the anglers headed off to their pegs ready for another battle with Rolfs monsters, as in the last few weeks the big carp { to 20lb } had been putting in an appearance so strong rigs were the order of the day together with pellet or paste being the main hookbaits.

As Paul J called the all in the expected fish frenzy did not happen just as the weather changed from being warm to the wind picking up and getting cooler. From where i was on peg 13 in the bay on the motorway bank the only anglers i could see were Jon, Ginger and Paul J on peg 30 who were picking off the odd few fish on either the pole fished shallow or in the margins, with my main challenge being John Bennet on peg 16 who i could not see but i could hear as he was giving me stick from behind the bush. As the hours went by i could see the fishing getting better as more anglers were visiting the weigh stations around the lake and i could see ripples coming from John Bennets peg, so maybe a big weight was on the cards after all.

The winner for the second match in a row was Ginger on peg 8 in the gap between the big and small lake, who opted to fish across to the far bank grass which is a good 16 metres and quite difficult for most anglers but not Ginger. After fishing on the deck with little sucesss, he change to a shallow rig about 18 to 24 inches and was rewarded with a lot of carp to double figures and the odd chub to 4lb. Ginger was using 8mm hard banded pellet feeding regular across with 4mm pellets and he could hear carp sucking the grass as the pellets fell in from the far bank , so by lifting and dropping he was able to keep the fish coming. Every now and then he would try the bush to his left and was rewarded with only 6 fish but was always drawn back to the long line every time he heard the fish sucking, and after 5 hour was rewarded for his efforts with a great weight of 256-06 and only 10lb weight off the top weight on the lake this year.

In second place was Jon Walker on peg 32 and after a slow start John Was able to catch a few fish shallow in the junction between the big and small lake, but Jon was also able to catch fish over the bush to his left towards the platform of peg 33. John used a combination of shallow and deep rigs used with soft pellets and paste to keep the fish coming and Jon was rewarded with big fish {Jon had over 100-00 of big fish on the board at the end ] in his final weight of 182-04, and another place on the peg kings board. Completing the frame was Pat Pritchard on peg 18, and Pat fished close in to pick off fish in his final weight of 134-00 and just two fish off the chasing pack.

Results.

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight	Bait
1st	Ginger	8	256-06	Banded 8mm pellet	Smithy’s
2nd	Jon Walker	32	182-04	Soft pellet/ Paste	Walker Floats
3rd	Pat Pritchard	18	134-00	Pellet	Rolfslake
4th	Mike Stimson	4	121-00	Pellet	Rolfslake
5th	Scott Smith	22	120-00	Banded Pellet	Smithys
6th	Eddie Taylor-Green	13	118-08	X4 Paste	Rolfslake / Walker Floats
7th	Mick Lane	6	114-08	Paste ?	Rolfslake
8th	Paul Jay	28	96-12	Banded Pellet	Rolfslake
9th	Derek Hammond	26	81-00	Pellet	Rolfslake
10th	John Bennet	16	57-04	Paste	Rolfslake

 

As for me it was also going to be difficult form me to complete with pegs 32 and 8 with very good anglers on them so the best i could expect was 3rd, so set about trying to beat Cartel members Bennet, Lane and Jay.      

I set up two line one right out in front at a range of 8 metres and one down the edge towards my right at range of 10 metres down the edge. To cut a long story short i struggled with the line out in front only catching a couple of bream, but when i went down the edge to my right i caught big fish to 15-12 all on paste and should of done a lot better as the bite were brilliant ,not dips just one minute it was there and then it was gone with elastic coming out. My X4 paste was used with conjunction with with one of Jon Walkers new long bristle paste floats {only available down on the lake } and they worked an absolute treat giving good indications.

After 5 hours i put only 118-08 on the scales but should of done better { Rolfslake is the only place you can be disappointed with a ton} but at least i beat the three Cartel members so it was not a bad day after all.

The current score between me and John stands at John B 3 – Eddie Bandana man 2.                              

As the anglers gathered around the lake today the big news apart from the amount of anglers { 29 } was the police helicopter hovering over the lake looking for a man in a bandana who had escaped from the lake with some money from Wednesdays open. John tells me the helicopter was hovering for a little while which makes a change from the Army Chinnook helicopter and the fighter planes which normally go over the lake from RAF Benson .

John was glad to shut the gate with 29 anglers at the draw as with 6 no shows it could of been 35 and a full house for todays Bank Holiday open. I am sure that the recent run of big weights had encouraged more anglers to leave the house rather than watch the re-run of films showing on the telly, so on a very windy day the anglers gathered at the draw hoping for a good days fishing.

John tells me today was a difficult day with the wind blowing from the small lake into the big lake making presentation very hard with some anglers having to fish the bomb as the wind was very strong especially on the car park bank and with this the weights were down on the lakes current form.

Todays winner was Simon Boweren who was down the end of the small lake on peg 2 and who fished the long pole fishing on the deck with pellet hookbait, and Simon was kept busy with fish to double figures in his final weight of 140-00 {well done Simon }. In second place was Earnie Malyon on peg 7 who opted to fish the bomb across due to the strong wind and was rewarded with another ton weight fishing corn hookbait over pellet for his weight of 132-08 and only one fish off victory.

Completing the frame was Mark Olsen who was on aquarian peg 34 by the rope and Mark fished the pole using pellet and meat as hookbait fished on the deck and again was rewarded with another ton weight and also a fish off victory in what was a very close frame in todays open {well done guys}.

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight	Bait
1st	Simon Boweren	2	140-00	Banded Pellet	Rolfslake
2nd	Ernie Malyon	7	132-08	Corn	Spro
3rd	Mark Olsen	34	132-04	Pellet /meat	Rolfslake
4th	Ken Statton	19	123-02		Rolfslake
5th	Jon Walker	13	91-06		Rolfslake / Walker Floats
6th	Ranzi King	17	78-04		Rolfslake
7th	Brian Beasley	14	61-08		Rolfslake
8th	Paul Jay	15	58-08		Rolfslake
9th	Rob Gaunt	24	55-12		Rolfslake
10th	Cliff Duke	16	52-12		Rolfslake

Section Winners.

Section	Name	Peg
A	Barry Parker	4
B	Gary Kelsey	32
C	Jon Walker	13
D	Ranzi King	17

 

Until the next report tight lines from Eddie and Simon.

 

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