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
Are you booked in for the Festival ?.
John has asked me to remind any angler still interested in fishing Rolfslake’s Easter Festival that there is now only one place remaining to bring the total entry to 27 anglers.
If you fancy very good fishing at this time of the year with a very competitive field and a good laugh please give John Bennett a call ,you can find the number on the contact us page.
John needs 2 Anglers to fill up the spring festival. If your interested please give John Bennett a call on 07774 618688 thank you.