Rolfslake’s Wednesday Open 8th February 2012
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
Simon, the result was as follows… JD 15-4, PJ 8-4, NR 5-0, MC 4-12 and JB 1-0… hope that helps
lol im sure Simon just makes things up as hes going along
i bet it was an amazing day. That wind was so cold it was enough to make an eskimo cry I bet
Somebody send for the doctor!
These guys must be lunatics!
lunatics is putting it mildly lol
it wasn’t that bad on peg 10…. hardly any wind!… it was cold when i walked round to the van at the end of the match
Hi, Neil.
3rd off peg 10, keep that up and I will have to change my opinion of the peg.
missed too many bites, Mick……and 1 carp!
Well done, John.
An excellent effort given the conditions.
we’ll see how peg 10 does when every peg is on that section and when there are some fish in the small lake and we’ll see how it is then……….double dog crap !!! LOL
smashed up by 13/9/8/7/2/34
and 4 when it gets a bit warmed
I was fearing the worst when I drew 10 on 1st match
ah all you guys moning about how cold it is.
its still very warm i had to even take my shirt off in the sun bed just a bit chill thats all
Neil thats the results John gave me so thats what i post.
was there a match today if so how was it
No match today…..I might go tomorrow and fish a 1 pegger
lol
missus picked me up from pub in Reading at about 12.30 last night and it was -10!! i thought my eyes were going mad cos I was drunk lol
just been out now and its -6 already
It’ll be warm where im going tomorrow, the red lion!!!
Edit from Simon…..Removed swearing, Kids read this site too please keep it clean. Thanks
sensable lol i am not because i am up stafford for a week so i hope i can get a day out
Stafford moor or Stafford in staffordshire
warm next week, pellet shallow!!