Rolfslake Wednesday Open 4th November 2009

Rolfslake was a tough nut to crack today

With only a few anglers down on the lake {10} it was decided to fish the big part of the lake today, and with plenty of fish visable on the surface hopes of catching fish were dashed as soon as the match started today. With the weather mild to start with and turning VERY cold during the match the only thing the anglers had to contend with was keeping warm.
Thanks to John B selling me a Jon Walker designer beanie hat otherwise i would of froze on the motorway bank as it kept me very warm but some of the other anglers spent more time drinking coffee from their flasks than trying to catch fish.
In first place today was Kev Dalton on peg 18 in the corner of the lake and although his peg was black with fish he found it very difficult to get many bites at all and by alternating between the bomb ,waggler and the pole managed to get about 10 bites in five hours and a total of 6 fish {two on the bomb, one on the waggler and three on the pole} all caught on the corn. After a very hard five hours he put a very modest but a hard earned 38-00 for a match win {well done Kevin}.
In second place and only two fish behind was Mike Stimson who was fishing next to me on peg 13 and who fished long at a range of 14 metres using corn for hook bait and fished on the deck and after a few lost fish put 4 fish on the scales for 33-08. Completing the frame was Ron Allen on peg 9 and after catching a quick 3 fish down the edge to his right on corn that was it ,not another bite but at least he caught a fish at 12-00 to boost his weight to 21-04.

As for me i had lots of fish in front of me to target but after fishing up in the water for two hours with not so much as a bite i managed to mug a fish at 4 metres for a very poor 5-08 but my ray of sunshine was John Bennett who caught one carp smaller at 5-07 on what was one of the coldest days i could remember down on the lake for vears. With the current changing weather conditions dont forget to bring warm clothes a flask of drink to keep you warm and a rod to get you out to the middle of the lake as the fishing was very slow.

Sorry for the lateness of this report as i have been working late hours down the shop, but normal service is now resumed ,until my next report tight lines Eddie.

Results

1st Kev Dalton peg 18 38-00

2nd Mike Stimson peg 13 33-08

3rd Ron Allen peg 9 21-04

4th Paul Jay peg 10 15-00

5th Eddie T-Green peg 14 5-08

6th John Bennett peg 16 5-07