Well all you eager anglers just waiting for the weekend to come and for a chance to win the Rolfslake festival here is a current lake update to hopefully help you.
Over the last few weeks the carp have started to spread around the lake {in the big lake the fish are around the middle of pegs 14,16,18,22,23,24 and in the small lake around pegs 40, 2,, 6 and 34} and have started to feed confidently as the weather has started to warm up. The current top weight this year is from Simon Mound from peg 22 at 211-12 caught up in the water but last Sunday Maurice Woodley caught a superb 175-12 all caught on paste so John tells me.
As in previous festivals the ideal draw would be sections B,C then A as the small lake usually takes time to warm up and currently the top baits are corn , pellet and maggots if you need to catch silver. The carp are starting to come closer in as Mick Jones who has had a few good results recently has been catching carp closer than 9 metres on the meat, so if it gets warmer don’t neglect the edge swims as there has been a lot of fish in both parts of the lake.
The festival is fished over three days with the winner of each section getting 8 points desending down to 1 point for last place in section ,but you have to weigh-in to get the point. The winner of the festival is the angler with the most points at the end of the three days and in the event of a draw on points it will be decided on section placings count back and if that is the same then it goes down to weight.
Things to remember, the lake provides each angler with three keepnets and a landing net top to use but you will need to provide your own keepnet attachments to fix these onto your seat box as there are none down on the lake to use.
The fishery WILL enforce the no fish over 10lb in the keepnet rule as to be fair to all anglers, and as there are plenty of weigh stations around the lake within a short walk there is no excuse for this rule to be abused. The fish at Rolfslake are in fantastic condition and they have had to endure a really tough winter so John has to ensure that they are well looked after so no pulla bugs or brown hydro are allowed down on the lake. The current rules are on this site so please read them and if you have any questions please ask John before the match starts so there is no confusion.
There will be no bank walkers allowed around the lake except for John, Pauline and their match stewards on the three days so you will not be interupted or have your fish spooked by someone standing up by your swim.
The festivals at Rolfslake are always fished in great spirits and always enjoyed by all the anglers and hopefully everyone has a great time which is the aim for John and Pauline and there will be locals on hand to help our visiting anglers to make the Rolfslake experience a memorable one .
Have a great time from Eddie, Simon ,John and Pauline Bennett.
P.s dont forget to renew your rod license that runs out the end of March !
