Malc Doyle has done a report from the Post Pals auction winners.
Great report Malc and love the amount of pictures.
It is located HERE
I think Eddie may be adding some of his pictures from the day to this post later.
Plenty of elastic pulling 😀
The Cartel Fight Back episode 2.
Firstly i would like to thank all my fishing buddies for their kind birthday wishes as it was my birthday down on the lake yesterday. In a dream that i had a few days earlier i was to catch carp after carp on my birthday and not only win the match but i was to beat all the cartel members { Bennett, Powell and Lane } and my Nemesis Jeff Edwards and Paul Jay, so one out of five was not be considered a good days fishing.
As we waited for the draw to commence i could see the pleasure anglers catching along the car park bank on the small lake so this was looking promising for a good days fishing, and as a nice suprise John and Paul had decorated the lawn mower with a happy birthday sign , a birthday candle on top {not good on a petrol mower} and the keys to have a ride around the lake {they certainly know how to push the boat out}.
As the draw took place i was hoping to draw the car park bank from pegs 26 to 32 and as i opened my hand lucky peg 7 was in it leaving John Bennett the last peg and with it newly pruned peg 9, so i was going to receive plenty of abuse from him and also Phil Powell on peg 6 brilliant.
As the all in was called i was into a fish straight away on my 12 metre line but this was to be a false dawn as i managed to perfect the art of foul hooking fish for the first two hours, and from were i was i could see the anglers on the car park bank all catching so hopefully a good bagging day was awaiting us. Phil Powell on peg 6 was tying with me for the first two hours then his up in the water roach line all of a sudden turned into a carp line and he just pulled away from me bummer !.
As i was restricted with my view of the match all i can tell you is that the winner of todays match was Mick {David Guest} Lane who was to be spoilt for choice on peg 16 on the motorway bank. Today Mick fed three lines, one to his right one to his left and one a little further straight out. Mick fed pellet and was fishing with paste as hook bait and he tells me that the carp were up on the silt bank very quickly today but he had to resist the temptation to go on it early as if he spoked one early they might of disapeared, so a combination of fishing the two margin swims kept the fish coming. At the end of five hours Mick had caught fish to 15lb in his final weight of 191-08 and only one fish off the double ton but at least he got his name on the peg kings board { well done Mick }.
Todays winner Cartel member Mick Lane.
In second place and on a good run of form was Pat Pritchard who was fishing current form peg 26 on the car park bank. Pat today was having a real ding dong battle with Liam Barry on peg 28 and after catching fish for fish on shallow rigs Pat decided to add more sections of pole to fish further out and by doing so stole the fish away from Liam which managed to keep him ahead. Pat used banded pellet as hook bait feeding regular to keep the fish active and after an enjoyable match put 182-08 on the scales and only one fish off victory.
Completing the frame and getting very close to his fish as he played them in my peg was Phil Powell on small lake peg 6, who started off fishing on the bottom with pellet switching to up in the water fishing at depths between 2 and 4 feet and ended up fishing the margins with paste { god Phil is good }. Phil caught fish to double figures from both his shallow and edge pegs and ended with 170-04 and only three fish off victory.
The amazing thing about today during the weigh-in was the amount of anglers happy to see me fail today especially the Cartel and Paul Jay as they kept reminding me every time someone beat me. Also today i found out that Jeff Edwards needs more maths tuition as he certainly can’t count because he told me he was struggling with about 85lb only to end up with 144-02 and another place down the line i went. The person that was giving me the most stick was John Bennett followed by Paul Jay but as John was fishing flyer peg 9 i was always going to struggle against him put i smashed Pauls weight to leave him second last after his victory last week.
The new visiting anglers had a great day and promised to return, and just as the terminator would say I WILL BE BACK to battle again against the Cartel in my quest to be one of the first anglers to top 400lb this year. The score now stands at John Bennett 4 me 2 so until our next report tight lines Eddie and Simon.
| Position | Name | Peg | Weight | Method | Sponsor |
| 1st | Mick Lane | 16 | 191-8 | Paste ML 1 down the right edge | Rolfslake |
| 2nd | Patrick Pritchard | 26 | 182-8 | Shallow 14.5 mtrs | Rolfslake |
| 3rd | Phil Powell | 6 | 170-4 | Shallow, Paste down the edge | Rolfslake |
| 4th | John Bennett | 9 | 167-8 | Pellet, paste . | Rolfslake |
| 5th | Malc Doyle | 14 | 164-4 | Jinx league | |
| 6th | Liam Barry | 28 | 163-4 | Pellet shallow. | Rolfslake |
| 7th | Gary Haisman | 4 | 160-8 | Banded pellet right hand edge. | Bag-Up Angling. |
| 8th | Geoff Edwards | 13 | 144-2 | Pellet, paste right hand edge | Reading Angling Centre |
| 9th | Mick Jones | 22 | 142-8 | Meat. | Rolfslake. |
| 10th | Rich Lovering | 32 | 141-8 | Rolfslake. | |
| 11th | Eddie Taylor-Green | 7 | 120-8 | X4 paste, 8mm banded pellet | Rolfslake / Walker Floats. |
| 12th | Mark Ponting | 18 | 118-4 | Rolfslake. | |
| 13th | Paul Jay | 24 | 82-0 | Pellet ,paste . | Rolfslake. |
| 14th | Steve Barker | 8 | 48-0 | Bush to the right. | Rolfslake. |
2 new Peg Kings after this Match.
Today Rolfslake welcomed Malc Doyle’s Jinx League, in which Malc invites anglers to fish a six match competition with a pairs competition thrown in.
The Jinx league draws anglers from around the country who meet at Rolfslake and continue with their banter from previous matches ,but the only thing they want to avoid is a minxing from Gemma Doyle {the only lady to fish this competition}. As agreed the angler that gets beat has to wear a girly pink fluffy cowboy hat and for this match the honour went to Steve Akal {Steak} much to the amusement of all the anglers and i don’t think he expected the amount of cameras to be brought out for this most not wanted occasion.
Today the match was separated into three sections small lake, front bowl by the hut and back bowl at the end of the big lake so each of the anglers could see their rivals and keep tabs on who was catching. Another feature of the match was the anglers viewing the peg kings board by the tree and with most pegs in play today the chance to see your name on the leader board was an attractive proposition. As the match started on a sunny day i expected the anglers to empty the lake as it was a near perfect day sun ,no wind and fish cruising all around which is normally a good sign for catching.
Today John decided to take Pauline out for the day so he left me in charge but with these anglers in particular he had not need worry as they are a brilliant bunch of guys and girls and always abide by the rules and the only person i had to tell off today was Rolfslake regular Paul Jay {Paul was invited for this match only} who was threatening to catch some fish but i had need not worry as he managed to lose most of them.
From where i was sitting i could see most of the anglers in the big lake and within 10 minutes of the match both my web partner and his girl friend Gemma were both into fish and both lost them after a couple of minutes. Around the lake anglers were picking off the odd fish but it was not frantic by any means, except for Simon on peg 26 who was fishing shallow and using boilie as hook bait and was catching by swinging and slapping his rig on the water to entice the fish.
The dreaded thing happened after 50 minutes when Gemma on peg 29 hooked a carp on banded pellet and with most of the anglers praying for her to lose it played it out and slipped the net under a 12-04 carp and also made her peg Queen for peg 29 { well done Gem}.
Dave Moore on peg 13 was catching a few fish on paste , with Malc giving everyone an hours head start after stepping on his number four section and coming to the shed to repair it with only a hacksaw and a spanner for tools which weren’t much use.
In the small lake Geoff Palmer was putting a very good bag of fish together on barren peg 37 and after 3 hours was walking around the lake taking photo’s after already catching 60lb and making the peg king board {well done Geoff}. Elsewhere in the lake both Ant and Slim Shady on pegs 7 and 2 where catching a few on long poles fished on the deck so at least 3 good weights were coming from this area.
As the anglers approached the last hour Simon had abandoned his edge swim as the long shallow line was getting him plenty of fish although he had to keep adjusting the depth to keep the fish coming and there were plenty of doubles ready to grab his boilie hookbait and even John Hatch from peg 27 was catching on the pellet waggler trying to steal some of Simon’s Fish. In the last hour i convinced / persuaded Gemma to try paste so i got some of my X4 from the car to see if it would help her and after a few bites caught two more carp and missed several bites so at least it got he closer to a few more anglers and maybe a few more minxings.
Dai Thomas with a lovely 15lb common.
Just to test my X4 theory i gave Steve Akal some and as he had caught nothing it was never going to hurt, and in the last two hours managed two carp and lost a couple but at least save a blank.
As Malc called time it was apparent that Rolfslake had fished hard today but the anglers still had a fun time even with all the abuse being hurled around the lake. As i helped with the weigh-in it was easy to see Simon had won the day with a great weight of 156-00 {well done Si} but the the minxing was definitely on for quite a few of them, and Gemma’s biggest scalp was hopefully going to be Pete {mugger} Morton as the rest thought he would look great in pink brilliant.
Today's winner Simon Mound.
As the anglers packed away their gear away the only bit of business that had to be done was the handing over of the dreaded hat and with that choice going to Gemma it was decided much to everyone’s delight that the next suspect was going to to be Pete Morton Sorry Pete.
Now for the role call of Minxed anglers.
Nick W-P, Paul Dolby, Terry, Mick Lenton, Al Loader, Steve Steak, Dave Webster, Steve Wilson, Pete Morton, Paul Roberts, Dave Collier, Marcus Burgess.
Well done Gemma.
The Minx Gemma Doyle
Mugger Morton
I can’t wait until round two tight lines Eddie. And thanks Malc and the guys and Gemma for a fun Day.
Simon’s report on the day… Click Here
| Name | Peg | Weight |
| Ant Haywood | 7 | 126-8 |
| Slim Shady | 2 | 100-12 |
| Geoff Palmer | 37 | 87-0 |
| Mitch Auger | 6 | 44-8 |
| Nick W-P | 8 | 21-0 |
| Paul Dolby | 38 | 20-0 |
| Terry | 40 | 16-0 |
| Mick Lenton | 4 | 12-4 |
| Name | Peg | Weight |
| Dai Thomas | 32 | 99-4 |
| Dave Moore | 13 | 65-4 |
| Malc Doyle | 9 | 51-0 |
| Tony Roberts | 10 | 45-8 |
| Gemma Doyle | 29 | 33-4 |
| Al Loader | 11 | 31-4 |
| Steve Steak | 30 | 17-0 |
| Name | Peg | Weight |
| Simon Mound | 26 | 156-0 |
| Paul ‘ringer’ Jay | 15 | 55-0 |
| John Hatch | 27 | 51-12 |
| Clive Pritchard | 24 | 51-0 |
| Dave Webster | 14 | 31-8 |
| Steve Wilson | 18 | 31-4 |
| Peter Morton | 21 | 20-0 |
| Paul Roberts | 23 | 18-4 |
| Dave Collier | 17 | 8-4 |
| Marcus Burgess | 19 | 2-4 |
Malc Doyle and John Bennett got together to arrange a way of raising some money for Post Pals
What they came up with was a days pleasure fishing for 2 anglers at the Lake. Something John does not normally allow, so the winners would have the whole lake to themselves for the day also the chance of some tuition from some of the regular rolfslake superstars.
The auction was a follow up to Bill G’s charity match at Monks lake. Over £1000 has been raised so far for Post Pals.
Following a week of bidding the winner of the auction was Keith with a winning bid of £110 but there was a twist to the auction. Keith was unable to fish so Terry kindly offered to buy the day for a further £110. And further twist was Terry’s friend who would be joining him for the days fishing also donated £50 making the total £270 going to Post Pals.
Terry and his mate will be fishing at the lake on the 18th May. I will do a report on the day. Malc will be at the lake on the day taking some pictures and hopefully not Jinxing the two auction winners. 😀
Fantastic effort from all concerned. Well done.
Here is a link to the whole topic on Maggotdrowning.com LINK HERE
Today Rolfslake welcomed the anglers of Feltham Piscatorials Society to the lake, and a eager bunch of anglers were eager to experience a good days fishing with hopefully a few personal bests and a chance of victory. The day today was a cool start with it getting warmer during the day but more importantly the wind had died down from yesterday which normally helps putting a big bag of fish together.
John tells me there were only 13 anglers fishing today as the remaining anglers were fishing a team competition, but the anglers were going to get a bit of space today as the whole of the lake was in use ,and with big weights coming from most of the pegs {look at our peg king Board for the current top weights on each peg} a chance of a big weight is defintely on.
The winner today was Gavin Millis on peg 8 and Gavin decided to fish long across ,which is a good 16 metres and normally quite difficult to do, and was rewarded with plenty of fish. Gavin fished the hard pellet feeding pellet and he caught fish to double figures in his final weight of 194-00 and goes top of the club match winners board {well done Gavin}. In total the anglers caught 4 ton weights with fish to be caught for all the anglers in what John tells me was an enjoyable match for the club.
Results.
| Place | Angler | Peg | Weight |
| 1st | Gavin Millis | 8 | 194-00 |
| 2nd | Peter Styles | 24 | 129-14 |
| 3rd | Malcom Stanniford | 7 | 123-00 |
| 4th | Paul Stanniford | 16 | 107-00 |
| 5th | Norman Dunne | 2 | 87-14 |
| 6th | Dave Sinclair | 22 | 83-12 |
| 7th | Steve Harriett | 4 | 78-04 |
| 8th | Alf Burt | 40 | 67-06 |
| 9th | Jamie Burt | 13 | 64-06 |
| 10th | Tom Stevenson | 10 | 31-00 |
Club Results top 10.
| Place | Angler | Peg | Weight | Club |
| 1st | Gavin Millis | 8 | 194-00 | Feltham Piscatorial Society |
| 2nd | Dean Elliott | 16 | 139-00 | A.E.C Angling Club |
| 3rd | Carl Jefferies | 13 | 108-04 | Atomic Angling Club |
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Only 10 turned up today for the match as the weather was quite poor. Drizzle all day and a Cold blustery N/E wind going across the lake making presentation very tricky today.
Today match winner Ramsay King fishing from peg 4 had started in the margins and was finding it tricky so cast out on the tip rod with punched meat and never looked back. He also beat his personal best match weight by more than 70lb. A big well done to Ramsay King. He also gets Peg King for peg 4 and almost takes the lake king title.
The rest of the weights round the lake are quite spread out. John Bennett fishing peg 21 lost a 18lb+ carp on the whistle costing him the section, unlucky John.
| Name | Peg | Weight |
| Ramsay King | 4 | 258-12 |
| Dave Whiteman | 7 | 163-0 |
| Robby (Ginger) | 8 | 102-0 |
| Chris Loveridge | 19 | 100-2 |
| John Bennett | 21 | 92-4 |
| Doug Richardson | 14 | 89-0 |
| Adam | 13 | 88-4 |
| Jamie Gilland | 9 | 85-8 |
| Kev Doulton | 18 | 65-8 |
| Barry Parker | 16 | 46-4 |
Hope the weather picks up for next week for the Wednesday open and the Jinx Series which starts next Saturday.
No Open match next week because Starting next Saturday (15th May) is Malc Doyle’s Jinx series. 20 anglers battle through a series of 6 matches (plus one bonus night match) at Rolfs Lake. All the anglers have a few aims, mainly beating their matches weights and PB fish but mainly NOT getting Minxed by Gemma Doyle.
Anyone getting MINXED this year will be treated to having to wear this hat for the next match. With the amount of camera’s around the lake it’s something no man would want 😀 Steak (Steve Akal) has the honour of wearing the hat for the first match as he got beat by Gem at the Maggotdrowning.com fund raiser match at Lindholme Lake 😀
Reports for these matches will be appearing on here so check back next week for all the gossip.
Thanks for reading, Si and Eddie.