Rolfslake’s 2nd night match 9th July 2010

Brilliant John Hague takes Lake King in night match.

As Rolfslake entertained its 2nd night match of the year, it was great to see a good attendance and also some wives and children coming to watch their dad or husband hopefully catch some fish. The weather today was a warm evening with very little wind and with the big lake in play today { hopefully for the next match the small lake will be in } the anglers were pegged between pegs 32 and 9 which left John Bennett on peg 9 and John Hague on 32 both on end pegs.

As the match started  it was an omnius sign when both the two Johns were up quite quickly weighing fish so a big weight could be on the cards for the both of them. Around the lake anglers were finding catching fish quite a challenge even with anglers facing lots of bubbles in their swim but no feeding fish so a frustrating time was had for the anglers at the bottom of the big lake and also on the car park bank as with no breeze the fish would not settle down and have a go. However at the top end of the big lake in the bowl all the anglers were having fish with Dave Whiteman and John Bennett having a good fish for fish battle on pegs 9 and 10.

The big winner today was Brandon Hague for after drawing peg 32 for his dad negotiated a deal that would give him a cut of his dads winnings if he won with some added bonuses .

John however after being drawn on form peg 32 which also won the last night match, John fished a masterclass of banded pellet fishing which brought him a great run of big fish. You always know when a big weights on the cards when an angler is running to the weigh station in the first hour, but John had to run to the weigh station a total of 21 times as his weighed fish totalled a massive 301-00. John started in front of the bush to his left and caught fish to just under 17lb in a very strong first half of the match but it was in the second half that slowed John down as he moved to a 5 metre line which still brought him fish but stopped him from catching in his words between 500 and 600lb ,but after 5 hours John caught a fantastic 397-08 and also topped the king of the lake with his new personal best from one of the nice guys down on the lake { very well done John }.

Father and son John and his fishing manager Brandon.

In second place was John Bennett who has amazingly drew peg 9 again and you know when John is catching for he always is talking and calling for me, but it must of been his new pirate outfit that brought him good luck as John for a change managed to convert a good peg into a framing peg. John fished down the edge to his left and also short out in front and used this in conjunction with paste which brought John fish to double figures in his final weight of 233-04 and just one fish in front of third place. Completing the frame was Hydro 2000 sponsored Dave Whiteman who was fishing next to John on peg 10 and by using a combination of pellet and paste caught from down the edge to his left and also just out in front for his weight of 221-12.

After the match John and Pauline treated us all to a lovely barbecue which i think finished at 3am but i am not keen on the San Miguel beer that i had which had a taste of chilli sauce { thanks Jon W } so thank you from all the anglers.

New king of the lake John Hague.

New peg kings John Bennett for peg 9 and Dave Whiteman for peg 10.

The score between John and myself stands at John 5 Eddie 7 {well done John }.