Rolfslake Wednesday Open 26th February 2014

A mixed day down the lake.

Today saw a low attendance down the lake but there were still a few bites to be had with anglers starting with catching carp in mind but swapping to catching silvers if the carp did not repsond and this was evident in the catches of the top two.

In first place was Paul Jay on peg 22 who started on the tip fishing sweetcorn which got him two quick carp { one going 17lb } then swapping to to the long pole catching another two but after that had a a go at the silvers which he had 20lb + of silvers which after 5 hours gave him a winning weight of 65-08.

In second place was Kev Dolton who started on the tip trying to catch carp but after an hour with no joy opted to go for silvers and had a lovely day catching a near all roach catch of roach to nearly a pound but nearly 350 of them for his best weight of roach down the lake of 29-15. Kev played around with the speed of his caster hookbait falling which determined what size of roach he caught the slower the fall the bigger the roach.

After the match I had a go for a carp and casted a waggler fished at 18 inches spraying pellet fishing a pellet hookbait into about 20 carp on the surface and caught a carp of 12lb within 5 minutes. Kev had a go but this time on peg 25 in to about 50 / 60 feeding carp on the surface and caught a common of about 10lb but it was crazy to see so many carp up in the water on a cold evening.

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie