Rolfslake Saturday Open 31st October 2009

Rolfslake through the round window

On a very unseasonally warm day down on the lake today the anglers were hoping for the recent good weights to continue and for a few of the resident lump to make an appearance so with a strong field assembled they were eager to get the draw done .

With both the big and small lake included today it was going to be interesting to see if the fish were still in the shallower water as the small lake has been a little under used in recent weeks. As the draw took place John Bennett had drawn peg 38 so a few rigs were going to have to be made as they were all set for deeper peg 9, Phil Powell was on peg 14 and Derek Hammond was on flyer peg 8. John tells me that from the start of the match Jon Walker was off to a flying start catching 6 quick fish and for the rest of the anglers it was slow going. Fish were swirling on the surface and bubbling around both parts of the lake and in some pegs the fish were sucking on the leaves that were on the lake and that tempted some anglers to have a go fishing shallow { 1 to 3 feet} but with little success.

Rolf's Team Gold's Phil Powell came very close today
with a super weight of 283-00 and in previous matches

would of won all of them but not today.

The winning peg - peg 6

Jon Walker with another small common of 18-04

The winner today was Jon Walker on little used peg 6 in the small lake and after his very quick start settled down to catching on his 3 set lines, one at 13 metres towards peg 7 an 8 metre line straight out in front and a line further out at 13 metres.

Jon alternated between all three lines but found both the 13 metre lines the most productive as the fish would not respond on the closer line and by using a combination of feed pellet and corn hook bait fished on the deck Jon could keep the fish coming.

Jon again by getting his feeding right was able to get the bigger fish to feed as he had 157-00 of weighers and by again dotting the float down and lifting and dropping the fish were tempted by his hook bait and after 5 hours was just in front with 285-00 {well done Jon}. Hot on Jons heels was Rolfs Team Gold member Phil Powell who was on peg 14 on the car park bank and was today catching the carp up in the water with a lot of success at a range of 14 metres and also opted to fish at 4 to 5 metres on both margin lines. Phil again like Jon had big fish {all 100lb's worth} in his catch but had to work hard to keep the fish lined up and again by fishing between up in the water and on the deck using pellet and corn and again by moving his bait and feeding correctly was able to pick the fish off. At the end of the match Phil weighed 283-00 and was only one small carp off a match win and now the weather starts to turn cold Phil should start to frame more regular and he always does well at this time of year. Completing the frame was Steve on peg 28 who again fished the margins and a 10 metre line to catch his fish and by using pellet and corn was able to get a run of fish to double figures in his weight of 126-00.

Results

1st Jon Walker peg 6 285-00

2nd Phil Powell peg14 283-00

3rd Steve peg 28 126-00

4th Mike Stimson peg 4 109-00

5th Derek Hammond peg 8 92-00

6th Chris Duke peg 80-00

A special mention about Mark Orchard who from peg 9 caught a beautiful common of 20-04 and joins a small group of anglers to catch a 20 in a match {well done Mark}.