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.
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