Rolfslake Open Wednesday 27th October 2010.
Today a small band of anglers turned up together with 5 pleasure anglers hoping that Rolfslake’s very indiffernt form was a thing of the past but today was good for some and challenging for the rest. The one thing that all the anglers experienced today was a battle with the monsters of Rolfslake, and at the weigh-in of the 23 carp landed only 2 were under 10lb so it was a challenge with which rig to choose .
Paul with a beautiful common of 20-02
In first place today was Paul Jay fishing peg 24 and Paul used a combination of the pellet waggler and the pole fished with banded pellet. Paul over five hours caught 10 carp capped by this beautiful common of 20-02 caught in the last 5 minutes, but also caught carp of 17-00 and 15-00 in his final weight of 112-08 {well done Paul }.
In second place was Rolfslake form angler Mick Jones who was fishing peg 28 on the car park bank. Mick used a combination of short pole and the bomb using meat hook bait feeding pellet and was able to pick off carp at regular intervals and also caught carp to double figures in his weight of 80-12.
Pat with a 20-08 net of silvers.
That perch is what beat me today well done John B.
With the forthcoming silver fish opens Rolfslake will open a few anglers eyes with the quality of silver fishing to be had.
With the chance of catching silvers in nets upto 50lb Rolfslake will not only show how good a carp fishery it is but how brilliant an alround fishery it is with bites to be had on all baits and methods. So if you fancy a great days fishing with plenty of bites get yourself down to the lake and book on one of the silver fish opens you will love it.
Results the Top 5.
| Place | Angler | Peg | Weight | Bait |
| 1st | Paul Jay | 24 | 112-08 {2-08 silvers} | Banded Pellet |
| 2nd | Mick Jones | 30 | 80-12 {6-08 silvers} | Meat /Pellet |
| 3rd | John Bennett | 28 | 41-08 {8-00 silvers} | Caster /Maggots |
| 4th | Eddie Taylor-Green | 32 | 38-08 {7-08 silvers} | Corn /Maggots |
| 5th | Pat Pritchard | 26 | 31-00 {20-08 silvers} | Worm |
A days silver fishing
Today Dan Blackwell visited Rolfslake to see if he could catch a 20lb bag of silvers, with his dad Gary on hand to record the days events. Dan was today fishing peg 4 in the small lake and by fishing a combination of long and short pole using groundbait and worm Dan was able to catch quality Perch to 3-08 and roach to over 1lb . At the end of his session Dan put together a fantastic net of fish which when put on the scales went 28-00 {well done Dan } so for more details read Dans report on www.fishing101.co.uk
Dan Blackwell with a hard earned 28-00 bag of silvers.
Dan with a 3-08 Perch
As for me it was a nice days fishing until i saw John Bennett catch his first carp then i felt obliged to try and catch one myself and by doing so messed up my silver fish line. In the end i had the carp feeding on my short line swim and drove the roach away and took them a while to come back, and had i concentrated just on silvers i recon i could of had about 40lb in five hours. The roach were happy to feed on sensas roach groundbait and maggot hook bait and i was catching a fish a cast using a fairly heavy rig so all was well until i hooked a carp on my roach rig and wrecked both the swim and the rig.
The most annoying thing was losing to John Bennett by 3lb and going 12-9 down and time is running out to catch him up.
