Rolfslake Open Wednesday 9th January 2013
A very cold day down the lake.
Today there were 6 anglers fishing the match and 4 pleasure anglers in the small lake so at least everyone had a little space, but for the three luck anglers on the car park bank { Pete, John and me } it was very cold.
The match started off very slow with the odd few silvers coming out and with Pete on peg 24 foulhooking a carp in the tail and losing it there was not much going on in the first hour. It was at this point that Pete decided to start catching silvers and was catching roach every put in but this changed when I on peg 22 caught a carp fishing 12 metres fishing corn hook bait and this put me in front. After that all of the 6 anglers went long and were rewarded with carp even though it was not frantic by any stretch even with the carp cruising on the surface playing hard to catch.
Todays winner was Pete Archer on peg 24 who started on the tip with no success apart from a lost carp, but after that caught a mixed bag of 10lb of silvers caught in about an hour and 5 carp . Pete fished long about 14 metres into the middle of the lake and was feeding 2mm pellet and the odd grain of corn fishing on the deck to catch his carp and after a patient 5 hours was rewarded with his weight of 56-14 for another win { well done Pete }.
Todays winner Pete Archer off peg 24.
Results
6 fished
| Place | Angler | Peg | Weight | |
| 1st | Pete Archer | 24 | 56-14 | Vespe |
| 2nd | John Bennett | 26 | 35-12 | Rolfslake Cartel |
| 3rd | Neil Hutchins | 16 | 31-08 | Rolfslake |
| 4th | Eddie Taylor-Green | 22 | 22-14 | Rolfslake Cartel |
| 5th | Butch | 18 | 9-00 | Rolfslake |
| 6th | Paul Jay | 14 | DNW Tipped back 30lb | Rolfslake |
Old man Bennett rises off his sick bed to claim victory over the Pirate.
John reclaims last weeks point back.
The score now stands at.
John 1
Eddie 1
Thanks for reading Eddie, Simon and John.
Was certainly a lot colder your side Thames pauls bank when i popped in
I was really cold Malc especially having my feet in the water.
Great thing today was all the carp were around 10lb each and in mint condition.
Well done John you stuck it out for those late carp even though you were poorly coughing all day.
Note to self have a waggler rod set up as there were lots of carp up in the water .
lol bit late now the match is over Ed
how much were they feeding Eddie to catch shallow? interesting
What happend Eddie that worse than me on peg. 13
Andy Pete Archer caught one shallow and John had a go.
They were out of range on peg 22 as they were in front of 18 and 19 but those that fed 4mm pellet got the more bites.
All the carp were caught at long range on the pole fished on the deck.
I see Paul ‘have pellets will lash’ Jay ‘tipped back’ 30lb…Oh really lol
Fed too much in the first 10seconds Dawg?
lol have pellets will feed!
pelletshovel.com
I can’t wait to see the result for Wednesday 16th Jan. “today three anglers brought their ice stakes down to the lake and enjoyed as session of synchronised skating between pegs 28 and 22”