Rolfslake Saturday Open 18th October 2014.

Report

Today saw a low attended open but with a few more weekend opens coming up this will hopefully change quickly as if todays match was anything to go by the fish are still happy to feed as the weather was still quite mild for mid October.

Today saw the anglers fish the middle bowl outside the cafe from pegs 9 round to 32 and with fish crashing around the lake hopes for a good days fishing would keep the anglers busy. With the all in called Kev Dolton on peg 9 was the first into fish but spent most of the 5 hours playng tug of war with the carp in the bush to his right. Steve Williams on peg 13 was also catching carp now and then until his pole broke on the fat end trying to pull for a break.

As for me i had the most frustrating day of the year so far as i hooked and lost fish after fish from the chanel on peg 32 as the wind had blown them into the gap but managed to land a few big carp which averaged 10lb each. Another reason to be frustrated was watching Steve Waters on peg 30 give me a right old battering on the next peg but also a masterclass of edge fishing by fishing to the platform on peg 29.

Steve fished 3 lines a short one to his left for the silvers but was smashed up by the carp, the second was a long line at 16 metres which gave him 3 carp and finally the third line tight to the bank by the platform which gave him the majority of his fish. With the rules being relaxed today in the regards of weighing fish so we could get a few photos and also all the anglers had to use multiple nets to give the big carp plenty of space it was amazing how many double figure fish Steve caught { about 15 out his 25 } and in what great condition they were in.

Steve fished corn hookbait feeding corn to keep the fish coming and was telling me there was little sign of fish in his swim but with his skill kept the fish coming for his final weight of 275-01 which in my book is a great weight for this time of the year { well done Steve on your win}

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Todays winner Drennan sponsored angler Steve Waters.

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