Matchfishing Scene match 27th June 2009

The Red Kite at Rolfslake

Today Rolfslake welcomed Matchfishing scene for another match in their championship series and with 23 anglers fishing expectations were high for a good days fishing.

After Phil Powells 329-00 winning weight from Wednesday's match the anglers were hoping the fish wanted to have a good feed today. The weather today was overcast with rain expected and very humid ,which does not help as the fish just cruise around making fishing difficult.

The winner today was Vespe sponsored angler Chris Telling who was on peg 26 on the car park bank and he fished his favoured long pole fished on the deck and using soft paste. Chris feed regular to keep the fish interested which resulted in double figure fish visiting his landing net, and after five hours he had put together a super weight of 209-08.

In second place was Ian McCulloch who was fishing newly re-built peg 8 between the small and big lake, and he fished 16 metres across against the far bank grasses where the fish like to hide. Ian fished banded pellet catapulting pellet across to keep the fish there and this resulted in a mixed bag of carp and silvers and in the end was only one fish short of Chris with 201-04. Completing the frame was Jon Walker ,who was enjoying a good run of frames and today was no different. Jon was on flyer peg 4 in the small lake and fished both up in the water and on the deck using both banded pellet and meat, and he also had fish to double figures in another big weight of 190-12 and just one fish of another double ton.

Results.

1st Chris Telling peg 26 209-08.

2nd Ian McCulloch peg 8 201-04.

3rd Jon Walker peg 4 190-12

4th Pat Pritchard peg 9 91-04

5th Fred Parker peg 14 71-08

6th Malc Doyle peg 16 51-08

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The next match at Rolfs is a feature match about Jon Walker and his big match weights on the lake for Advanced Pole Fishing. The match is on Wednesday the 1st of July draw 1.30 fish 2.30 - 7.30 but is limited to 20 anglers so if you are interested please phone John Bennett on 07774618688 for availability.

Rolfslake open 24th June 2009

Anglers helping with the weigh-in.



Today i was not able to fish so i popped down after work to see the last hour and a half of fishing in another of Rolfslake's popular Wednesdays open. The weather was very warm with a northerly breeze just enough to make fishing difficult in the big lake.
Todays match was fished by all of the regular carp baggers Powell, Lane, Walker and Bennett so the anglers had to concentrate if they wanted to win .
With the fish very active it looked like the up in the water anglers were going to have the best chance today, and as i sat by the hut i had a great view of Phil ,Mick and Jon all fishing shallow rigs between 1and 4 feet using pellet and meat hookbaits. The anglers that had decided to fish on the deck rigs were struggling as most of the fish were in the warmer water between 1 and 5 feet searching for food.
The top angler today was Rolfslake's team Gold member Phil Powell who was on peg 13 on the motorway bank. By the time i got round to Phil he was in full catching mode, fishing at a range of 13 metres feeding very regular and catching a fish every 5 minutes. Phil had about 5 rigs for fishing shallow between 1 foot and 5 and every rig could be changed to fish slightly different than before, which gave him about 10 options. Towards the end of the match Phil was catching fish about every two minutes all caught on banded pellet or punched meat which helped him amass his super weight of 326-12 {well done Phil }.
In second place was Mick Lane who fished similar to Phil but who could not get the fish to feed confidently or consistently for his weight of 201-12. Completing the frame was Jon Walker who was fishing opposite Phil by the water pump but although the fish were there, they were very finicky and would not feed properly thus slowing Jon's catch rate down. Jon used banded pellet and meat fished at depths of between 1 and 2 feet but had to constantly change the depths to keep the fish coming in his final weight of 168-12.


Results
1st Phil Powell peg 13 326-12
2nd Mick Lane peg 14 201-12
3rd Jon Walker peg 30 168-12
4th Paul Jay peg 18 95-12
5th Mick Chapple peg 32 84-08
6th John Bennett peg 24 60-00
7th Rich peg 28 23-00

John Bennett has asked me to remind all anglers that there is a 20 peg special match on the 1st of July and there are only 6 places left, so please phone John to confirm your place and not just turn up. Until next week tight lines Eddie.

Rolfslake Open 17th June 2009

As the anglers gathered at the draw news had filtered about Jon Walker's massive 352-00 winning weight on the previous weekend's match, so confidence was high. With over 20 anglers now attending the Wednesday opens, it will only be a matter of time before one lucky angler gets the first 400-00 weight of the year.

The area the anglers wanted to be in was the small lake as the wind had been blowing into it for the last two days ,so pegs 40,2, 4,5,7,and 8 were most wanted. As the anglers one by one drew their pegs you could see the happy ones as they were off to their pegs like a shot.

Whithin a minute of the match starting Mick Chapple who was on peg 30 was into a fish which eventually went 13-08 and then proceeded to catch to catch five others ,so it was 6 - nil to Mick. Further along was Trevor Stanley on peg 32 who was happily catching carp and after 3 hours was about a 100lb in front of me ,as i had not caught a single fish {not very good i thought}.

Around the rest of the big lake most of the anglers had one or two fish but not more than that, so when after 3 hours John came and invited me to the hut for a coffee he did not have to ask twice as i was not catching. Sitting there drinking my coffee gave me plenty of time to watch Trevor, Mick, Ray on peg 7, and Mark Chard on 8 all catching fish so after about half an hour i decide to go back and fish for the last hour and a half.

My plan was to fish paste only and feed heavy a just see what would happen and as i layed my float in it just kept going resulting in my first fish. After that i had lots of bites as the wind had died down and i could see my float properly which was a great help as before what i thought were liners were actually bites which i did not strike on. Each time i went in was followed with a big handfull of pellets which drew more fish into my peg and resulted in me catching bigger fish than anyone else {up to 15-08} which helped amass my board weight of 121-00.

At the all out i was happy with my hour and a half's effort, but frustrated with the previous 3 and a half's hours fishing as i always do well at the end of the match but never at the begining so i will have to work hard to beat my PB of 211-08.

We started off weighing in Trevor on peg 32 who i was convinced had over 200lb but was surprised when he finished with 154-12 so it was next on to Mick on 30 who was claiming 60lb but ended up with 75-12. Next it was me and with a 121lb board weight to add to my net weight i was hoping for at least 150lb and was very pleased to end with a very hard earned 169-04. As we went around the big lake i was in first place and then we got to weight in Phil Powell one of the Wednesday Cartel members and i was chuffed to see him weigh in only 78lb so it was one down two to go. Next up was Mick Lane who was giving me some abuse from across the lake on peg 15 when i was not catching so when he only weighed 123lb you guessed it he got some back. The final danger man was John Bennett who i saw catching a lot of fish late, and i was worried he might of just caught me at the end but he only had 127lb so i had beaten all of the members of Rolf's team gold so i was extemely happy.

Then reality hit me as we weighed in the small lake to find Mark Chard on 8 had 187-12 for third place, Jeff Edwards on peg 4 had 230-03 of fish caught on pellet and paste for second place and finally Chris Telling who was on peg 40 had 241-04 again all caught on paste at between 13 and 6 metres fishing on the deck for first place. In ten minutes i had gone from first to fourth and was still happy as i had had one of my better days and had caught on paste PERFECT

The one thing that still strikes me about Rolfs is that you could win a match from most pegs in just the last hour with over 150lb, where else can you do this ?.

The paste anglers are starting to catch big weights of fish closer in now the water has warmed up so expect the weights to nudge the 400lb mark over the next three weeks.

John Bennett has asked my to remind the anglers that there is a limited number match {20 places only} on the 1st of July and that the lake is closed to pleasure anglers on this day so sorry for this.

Until my next report tight lines Eddie T-Green.