A tough day down the lake as the artic weather continues.
John tells me that as the anglers arrived down the lake they were greeted with ice so thick you could of driven a car across the lake. It was decided that todays match was to be a walk off with the anglers deciding on which swim would take the least amount of effort to break through, but i can tell you that would of been no easy choice. With the weather at about minus 2 and a horrible cold breeze going across the lake you could of though the seven anglers must of been mad to spend 5 hours freezing hoping for a bite.
The winner today was John Draper fishing peg 30 by the hut and John had managed to cut out a swim to 13 metres and by using expander pellet he managed to put together an all silver weight which consisted of some good skimmers which were happy to feed in the cold, and at the end of a tough 5 hours weighed 15-08 for another victory { well done John }.
In the second place was Paul Jay who was also on the carpark bank this time peg 25 and Paul also caught all silvers this time using maggots for his weight of 8-08 closely followed by Neil Riddy on peg 10 who also caught silvers for his weight of 8-04.
Whilst many fisheries around the country remain closed due to the lakes John and Paul have been working really hard in keeping parts of the lake ice free so not only can the anglers fish but also that the fish stay protected by having some open water for the oxygen to enter and the gasses to escape. The fact that there were no carp caught today just goes to show two things 1. carp dont like feeding in really cold water and 2. there are plenty of other species to catch at Rolfslake.
Results
7 fished.
| Place |
Angler |
Peg |
Weight |
|
| 1st |
John Draper |
30 |
15-08 |
Rolfslake |
| 2nd |
Paul Jay |
25 |
8-04 |
Rolfslake |
| 3rd |
Neil Riddy |
10 |
5-00 |
Rolfslake |
| 4th |
Mick Chappell |
14 |
4-12 |
Rolfslake |
| 5th |
John Bennett |
13 |
1-00 |
Rolfslake |
Thanks for reading Simon, John and Eddie
