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Pre Pairs Weekend Invitational Match.6th Aug 2010

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Maggotville getting warmed up *All pictures Click-able for larger view*

Dave Collier had booked the lake for a pre Maggotdrowing pairs weekend match. He invited some friends and Jinx members. This was to be a warm up match in preparation for the annual 2 day Maggotdrowning.com pairs weekend. This also allowed those attending to get their tents pitched and settled in.

The draw was at 12.30 and fishing was going to be 2.15 -7.15pm. Me, Gem and Budgie arrived late thanks to the traffic on the M40 so Pauline drew our pegs for us and what a drawing hand she has. Gem was on peg 9, I was on peg 26 and Budgie was on not so much of a good peg, Peg 40. As we arrived people were already setting up. We unloaded the car and got everything in to the tent and headed off to set up with only about 30 minutes to go before the all in was honked by Dave on his Gillette horn 😀

Geoff Palmer on peg 10 was the first person to catch a fish just a couple of minutes after the all-in. People were catching over the big lake and Dave Webster on peg 24 was on the feederless Feeder (as he call’s it) which is basically a pellet cone. He was having plenty of action and was taking an early lead in the big lake.

Clive had drawn peg 32 again after having it on the last Jinx match. He was not impressed to say the least as it was not fishing to its normal standards and he was breaking his pole in the process of getting out the carp from behind the bush.

I had been fishing the feeder for the first 15 minutes while my other lines were fed. I had not set up the pole as I had not had time. John Bennett came round and said he thought the fish would feed shallow, with that said I set up a shallow rig and had a go. It resulted in one fish a 16lb’er 🙂

At this point Dave was storming ahead in the big lake followed by Steve up the corner on peg 22. Ant Haywood over on peg 18 was also catching a few. In the little lake Malc on peg 38 was catching some big un’s and was the only person really catching. Gem was on peg 9 again and having a steady run of fish but struggling to keep the fish out of the left and right bushes.

I was fed up of watching Dave’s rod tip going round so I fed my 5 meter line and went for a walk with the camera.

Mick the Chippy on peg 34

Malc Doyle on peg 38. Munter Hunter 😀

Marcus Burgess on Peg 40

Dai Thomas on Peg 2

Chris Withall on peg 4

Dave Moore on peg 6

Terry Goff on Peg 7

Methodgob on peg 8

Fear the Minx. Gem in to a fish on peg 9

Captain Birdseye (Geoff Palmer) on peg 10

Cybermanc with the keys to Peter Mortons peg 13

Match organiser Dave Collier on peg 14

Ant Haywood on peg 18

Steve Akal on peg 22

Getting back round to my peg I saw a familiar sight. Dave Webster on peg 24 in to another carp 😀

Dave on peg 24 playing a carp with John Bennett looking on

Nearly there

In the Net

Feederless Feeder fish 😀

Getting back to my peg I set up the rig for the 5 meter line and went in with a banded pellet, fish on right away and that was the story for the rest of the match for me. A nice steady run of fish. Like everyone else I was also suffering from loosing foul hooked fish 🙁

On the all out Hooter I thought Dave had managed the win but thought I would be close behind him. Word was the little lake had fished poorly and Malc had won that section.  On to the weigh in.

Going round the lake as usual from peg 34 it was clear to see that the little lake had indeed fished hard with Malc catching the most weight with the help of some big fish which have been showing around the lake again. Everyone was eager to see what Gem had done on peg 9 as a lot of people had struggled.

Gem put 52lb on the scales, from that point on people where just hoping not to get Minxed. Ant Heywood on peg 18 put the first ton weight on the board with 109 followed by another from peg 22 fished by Steve Akal. Next was Dave ‘Feederless Feeder’ Webster on peg 24, he weighed in 136lb and was looking good for the win until we weighed in my fish, Just one fish separated us. I put 144lb on the scales to take the win for the day. I was surprised as I thought I had about 120lb but have never been good at guestimates 😀 It was a good battle Dave thank you.

Results…

Position Name Peg Weight
1 Simon Mound 26 144-8
2 Dave Webster 24 136-4
3 Ant Haywood 18 109-4
4 Steve Akal 22 108-8
5 Malc Doyle 38 73-12
6 Peter Morton 28 62-0
7 Dai Thomas 2 56-4
8 Gem Doyle 9 52-12
9 Clive Pritchard 32 46-0
10 Methodgob 8 44-4
11 Cybermanc 13 42-4
12 Geoff Palmer 10 37-4
13 Mick The Chippy 34 33-8
14 Dave Collier 14 31-0
15 Terry Goff 7 29-12
16 Dave Moore 6 26-4
17 Chris Withall 4 19-8
18 Marcus Burgess 40 DNW
18 Tommodiesel 30 DNW

Thanks to Dave Collier for running the match.

After the match everyone settled around the BBQ to discuss the days fishing.

BBQ time...

Malc preparing for Saturdays Match

A rare sight, Steve Wilson Smiling

Saturday and Sunday’s Reports to come. Thanks for reading, Si and Eddie.

Sunday Open Match. 1st August 2010

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A good turnout at the lake today for a rare Sunday open match. 22 anglers turned up. Fishing was from 11.15 till 4.15. With Ginger on peg 8 most people had already set themselves up to win the section they were fishing because all thought he would win the match as he normally does from peg 8.

On the all in I had a fish right away as did a lot of people but after the first hour people were really struggling for a bite. Paul Jay on peg 34 had already been trashed in the lilies.

John Bennett came round the lake to take a picture of Dave Whitemans 22lb’er

Dave with his smashing carp

For the rest of the match the only people really catching well was Simon Enticot on peg 28, Ginger on peg 8 and Malc on peg 13. Pat on peg 4 had a steady run of fish throughout the match as did Kev over on peg 38.

The results tell the rest of the Story. Most people tipped back so the weights on the results are those from the weigh sheets. It was a close match though.

Results

Position Name Peg Weight
1 Ginger 8 191-10
2 Simon Enticot 28 182-4
3 Malc Doyle 13 131-4
4 Pat Pritchard 4 123-4
5 Kev Doulton 38 112-8
6 Simon Mound 6 79-0
7 Pete Archer 32 75-8
8 Mickey 19 72-10
9 Jeff Edwards 2 72-0
10 Mat Edwards 7 69-6
11 Bill Lovelock 16 59-8
12 John Hague 25 47-12
13 Nick Williams 31 46-0
14 Paul Jay 34 34-0
14 Dave Whiteman 10 22-8 (1 Fish)
15 Adam Griffiths 40 16-0
16 Gary Haisman 26 13-8
17 Mick Jones 18 12-8
17 Mark Orchard 9 11-8
18 Aiden Maylson 29 11-0
19 Brian Green 14 10-12
20 Chris Lovelock 20 9-12
21 Marcus Burgess 22 DNW
22 Jack Harness 23 DNW

A superstar at the lake

Jinx Series, Match 5. 31st July 2010

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Today was the penultimate Jinx League Match. Most people were already at the lake having fished the Evening match the night before. Most were in a pretty bad way due to lack of sleep and/or the amount of beer consumed.

Gem’s hat victims for the day were none other that Clive Pritchard and Ade (Slim Shady) They are also partners in the Jinx league pairs too 😀

Pairs and Hat partners, Clive and Ady

People today caught most of their fish in the final two hours of the match. Marcus Burgess (Budgie) managed his first win at the lake and his second Jinx ton also mainly fishing down the margin to his left on peg 15. Well done mate.

Peter Moreton on peg 8 had caught well but had been through the bushes more times than he would have liked loosing numerous rigs. Fred Parker fished a fine match and managed to survive the 2010 Jinx series without once getting MINXED. Everyone else fishing has been MINXED at least one time 😀 Fred will not be at the next match due to a holiday but were all sure Gem would have got you 😀

Dave Collier also managed his first ever Section win on a Jinx match, well done mate. Al Loader also managed to catch the first ever 20lb + Carp on a Jinx match with a carp weighing 20-8 from peg 23. Superb.

The Final Jinx Match for 2010 is on the 21st August and then the lake should be fishing back to normal without Malc been down the lake 😀

Results

Peg Angler Weight
1st 15 Marcus Burgess 130lbs 08ozs
2nd 8 Peter Morton 128lbs 00ozs
3rd 5 Fred Parker 115lbs 08ozs
4th 2 Ant Haywood 112lbs 08ozs
5th 7 Mat Edwards 106lbs 08ozs
6th 23 Al Loader 105lbs 00ozs
7th 11 Dave Collier 100lbs 08ozs
8th 32 Clive Pritchard 99lbs 12ozs
9th 38 Simon Mound 98lbs 00ozs
10th 28 Malc Doyle 94lbs 00ozs
11th 31 Geoff Palmer 87lbs 12ozs
12th 40 Steve Akal 85lbs 11ozs
13th 10 Alex Clark 85lbs 00ozs
14th 36 Tony Roberts 73lbs 10ozs
15th 26 Dai Thomas 68lbs 12ozs
16th 29 Nick Williams 66lbs 00ozs
17th 34 Steve Wilson 59lbs 12ozs
18th 13 Dave Webster 54lbs 12ozs
19th 17 Gem Doyle 53lbs 04ozs
20th 22 Nick W-P 52lbs 08ozs
21st 25 Ade Williams 52lbs 00ozs
22nd 14 Paul Roberts 48lbs 08ozs
23rd 18 Mitch Auger 48lbs 04ozs
24th 19 Jon Hatch 44lbs 04ozs
25th 4 Dave Moore 39lbs 08ozs
26th 20 Terry Goff 18lbs 12ozs
27th 9 Kevin Loveland 10lbs 08ozs

Rolflake’s 3rd night match 23rd July 2010.

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As Rolfslake entered its 3rd night match of the year, news had got out of the prize on offer to the angler that broke the lake record of 530-00 of a Lamborghini Gallardo or a Vespe / Rolfslake tee shirt and these prizes i am sure helped swell the attendance on tonights match.

Prize to the angler that broke the lake record on tonights match only.

Also tonight we had the rare treat of the Jinx Minx aka Gemma Doyle join the guys for a nights fishing but as the regulars are not part of the Jinx League they are unaware of the term minxing or the significance of her scream when she caught her first fish.

Stupidly i was talking to Simon the day before when he told me that Gemma was going to fish and i muttered the words i will never be minxed at Rolfslake but would these words come back to haunt me ?.

The Minx Gemma Doyle on the prowl for new victims.

Peg 32 the winning peg on the last two night matches had Lee on it tonight and he was hoping to fill his nets as there is a massive head of fish in this area at the moment, and on peg 9 Neil Riddy had drawn the peg for the second night match out of three. With only two pegs left in the bag it was left to me and Paul Jay to draw and when i pulled out peg 26 i was more than happy to see Paul draw very little used peg 35 in the small lake.
The match started with the usual flurry of bites and early fish but my biggest fear happen after 20 minutes when from the motorway bank there was a shreek as Gemma caught her first of many carp so i was already playing catch up, and for the next four hours i watched as Gemma landed fish after fish as it got dark and at one stage i estimated i was 6 fish down so i dont think i have ever concentrated so much in order to put some carp in the net.
Along the motorway bank the usual suspect were catching fish with Dave Whiteman catching steady and next to him Derek Hammond was also catching slow to start with but getting quicker as the match went on. The anglers on the motorway bank were struggling like me with foulhooked fish and from where i could see also pegs 9 and 32 were struggling to line the fish up, and John Hague on peg 8 was finding it frustrating trying to locate where the fish were and what baits they wanted.
In first place today was Rolfslake regular Geoff Edwards who yet again was lucky to have his wife Vicky  bring him good luck and also an end peg. The combination of good angler + good peg normally = match win and today Geoff fished just two lines one at 4 to 5 metres and the other down to the edge to his right at a range of 3 metres just down the first shelf. By fishing paste on the deck Geoff was able to keep the fish coming by feeding constantly which brought a run of big fish { Geoff’s last two fish went 38-08 } which helped him amass his weight of 273-05 and another match win and peg king {well done Geoff.
In second place was Paul Jay who fished a very good match from a poor peg and who fished banded pellet on the deck at 6 metres feeding heavy but suffered a lot of lost fish but still managed to catch plenty of fish to double figures in his weight of 184-04 and also peg king for peg 35.
Completing the frame was Derek Hammond on peg 29 on the car park bank and after a slow start was able to catch fish at 8 metres i think as i could not see that clearly in the dark, and after five hours caught 153-04 for another frame.
After the match and weigh-in the anglers were treated to a lovely barbeque provided by John and the anglers relaxed by the lake recalling their match and telling of lost fish and big battles with Rolfslake’s monsters.

As for me i spent all night foul hooking fish and losing fish in the bush to my left and after spending 4 and a half hours swearing to myself i was very lucky to have four doubles in a row on paste to catch 74-10 and 11th place and only 2-06 in front of Gemma so i saved myself a minxing just, but i will not be stupid again to think that i can’t be beaten by Gem { sorry }.

If you would like to experience an enjoyable match with great company and a great barbeque give John Bennett a call to book on as places are limited due to health and safety of all our visitors.

Geoff and Vicky Edwards looking for cloud 9 on their way home.

Results.

Place Angler Peg Weight  
1st Geoff Edwards 7 273-05 Reading Angling Centre
2nd Paul Jay 35 184-04 Rolfslake
3rd Derek Hammond 29 153-04 Banbury Gunsmiths
4th Dave Moore 22 133-04 Jinx League
5th Dave Whiteman 28 130-12 Hydro 200
6th John Hague 8 123-04 Smithys
7th Aiden 15 100-10 PB Rolfslake
8th Mark Chard 16 92-04 Rolfslake
9th Simon Mound 31 86-00 Jinx League
10th Neil Riddy 9 83-14 Rolfslake
11th Eddie Taylor-Green 26 74-10 Rolfslake / Walker Floats
12th Gemma Doyle 18 72-04 Jinx League
13th Lee 32 58-04 Rolfslake
14th Chris Love 17 24-08 Rolfslake

Early morning fishing.

As i woke up at 6.30 am i was greeted by John Hague and his son Brandon who were happily bagging from peg 33 by the hut and after a short while Brandon’s float dissapeared and he was hanging on to a nice common carp of 14-08 which brought a nice smile on his face and even a bigger one on his dads { well done Brandon }.

John and Brandon Hague working as a team.

One of Brandons double figure commons.

Mark and Billy Chard.

Billy Chard with a common 13-08.

After watching Brandon catching a few carp young Billy was tempted into having a go and again by float fishing using banded pellet Billy was into a carp after a few minutes and with a little help from dad was able to play and land a nice common of 13-08 {well done Billy}.

Until our next report tight lines Eddie and Simon.

Jinx Series, Match 4. 24th July 2010

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Today the Jinxsters were back at the lake ready to fish their 4th match of the series. The draw was at 11.30 ish and fishing was from 1-30pm – 6-30pm. With delays both ways on the M40 a few people were late getting to the lake.

Jinxsters gathering for the Draw

Today was a free draw to see which sections everyone would be in for the remaining 2 match. So if you drew in A section this time you would be in B section for the next match and then C section for the final match. With the draw complete there was a worrying thought for everyone today…… Gem was on form peg 9 so there was a real chance of being MINXED today 😯 Fred Parker, fresh from a fine Wednesday Open Match Win and who had recently joined the 200lb club had soon set up having sussed the lake and had time to read the paper while everyone else wondered what to do.

200lb club and a new hat. Cool

Gem on peg 9. Scary stuff for the blokes

Steve Wilson on 17 and Mugger Morton on 18

Mitch on peg 32. Having a lovey dovey moment on the phone

Al Loader on peg 10 and Jon Hatch on 11

With the match underway most people were catching a few but were being plagued with fouler hooker’s, A scream from peg 9 went out across the lake signalling Gem had successfully landed her first carp. If you have never heard this then its a scary sound especially if you have not got anything in the net yourself 😀

Simon fishing on peg 14 was high on Gem’s targets for the day but he had already got 2 fish in the net but was finding it hard to keep the fish coming and was also suffering from loosing a lot of foul hooked fish.

Nick W-P (Monkey) over on peg 26 was having a jolly day and was catching regularly and was well on target for his first ever ton weight. Malc round on peg 5 was catching well and so was Gem on peg 9. Also sneaking a few in was Fred on peg 15 fishing paste out at 6 meters and down the margin to his left.

Stick was flying from the hut today, John and Eddie were watching the match and cheering Gem on hoping she would get her first match win at the lake. Eddie had set rumours flying about that if Gem won a match at Rolfslake Simon would get down on one knee and propose to her. So John and Eddie were measuring each other up for suits and ringing the bell in the style of church bells trying to put Simon off his fishing and doing a very good job of it too 😀

Luckily for Simon Fred Parker was doing a fine job of catching so Simon thought he would not have to get any grass stains on his knee’s

Simon trying to avoid a MINXING on peg 14

Action from peg 9. Gem Doyle

Fish On..

Gem's biggest of the day 16lb 4oz

Mitch on peg 32

With the match over banter started… Had Gem won the match… Had Fred managed to save Simon from getting his knee dirty 😀 Had Monkey done his Ton ???

Before the weigh in started Paul Roberts had dropped his keepnet adaptor in the lake and needed it for a match on Sunday so there was only one thing for it……

Now where is it.......

That's not it ......

Ahhh here it is....

In all the excitment his flip flop escapes 😀

Now where's my towel

On to the weigh in and it seems Simon was safe after all as Malc fishing peg 5 saved his bacon with a fine weight of 176lb and to rub salt in to the wound he also took Gem’s peg king off her too 🙁 Gem had managed a fine 126lb from peg 9 but it was only good enough for 4th place today and Fred Parker on peg 15 had 173lb and Peter Morton on peg 18 had 133lb and was only saved from been Minxed by 3 skimmers 😀

The next but of excitement was when the scales rolled up on peg 26. Would he or wouldn’t he ….

Has Nick done his first ever Ton ??

Yes, easily. 126lb 😀 Well done Nick.

All round the weigh in people were telling him he had done it but he wouldn’t believe them and said….

“If I have done a ton I will jump in the lake”

True to his word 😀

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Results.

Position Name Peg Weight
1 Malc Doyle 5 176-4
2 Fred Parker 15 173-0
3 Peter Morton 18 133-12
4 Gem Doyle 9 126-12
5 Nick Williams 38 123-0
6 Nick W-P, Monkey 26 109-12 PB
7 Clive Pritchard 4 97-12
8 Marcus Burgess 13 92-8
9 Simon Mound 14 90-12
10 Steve Wilson 17 88-8
11 Dave Webster 34 81-0
12 Mitch Auger 32 79-0
13 Paul Dolby 2 68-4
14 Terry Goff 31 66-4
14 Ant Haywood 25 66-4
16 Al Loader 10 57-12
17 Dave Moore 23 57-0
18 Tony Roberts 22 47-12
19 Geoff Palmer 8 47-12
20 John Hatch 11 36-0
21 Mat Edwards 20 35-4
22 Dave Collier 7 30-0
23 Steak 19 27-13
24 Paul Roberts 28 24-0
25 Dai Thomas 36 15-8
26 Kevin Loveland 40 3-12

Overall Winner and A Section Winner, Malc Doyle

A Section Second place, Nick Williams

B Section Winner. Gem Doyle

B Section Second place,. Nick W-P

C Section Winner. Fred Parker

C Section Second place, Peter Morton

Liam Doyle won the 'Guess the weight' competition

One last issue need to be sorted before everyone left the lake. Who would be wearing the dreaded MINX hat for the next match. Gem certainly had enough to choose from….

Now who shall it be ...

Plenty to choose from ...

And the winner is .....

Clive Pritchard 😀

The next time the Jinxsters are at the lake is next Friday(30th July) when Malc holds his annual night match at the lake to get everyone warmed up for match 5 on the Saturday after. The night match is not part of the Jinx series so there are just 2 match remaining to go.

Thanks for reading, Si and Eddie

Wednesday Open Match. 21st July 2010

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Fred Parker won today’s open match with his first double ton weight. Fred was fishing from peg 8 and caught fishing the feeder across on meat and down to the bush on his left. Well done Fred.

Position Name Peg Weight
1 Fred Parker 8 212-12
2 Mick Lane 32 194-12
3 Chris Telling 30 183-8
4 Steve Rich 28 153-8
5 Trevor Stanley 9 135-12
6 Paul Jay 4 119-8
7 Pete Archer 39 110-4
8 Justin Watkins 6 97-4
9 Gary Kelsey 38 90-12
10 Shaun 7 79-8

Dont forget also that there is a night match this coming Friday (23rd July) If you would like to fish please call John to book in. His number can be found by clicking on the ‘Contact’ Button above.

Fishing is from 7-30pm to 12-30am. The draw will take place at 6-30pm.

Todays winner, Fred Parker

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