WEDNESDAY 16TH JULY OPEN MATCH

New lake King in todays match.

Today saw a low attended match down the lake which was unusual as the day was sunny and warm especially for the anglers on pegs 16 and 18 me and Kev but the lake looked perfect for a good days fishing and with the all in sounded it was just a matter of settling down and getting a few early fish. The only people i could see catching fish were Kev on peg 16 and Mark and Graham on pegs 26 and 28 but for the rest it was pretty slow.

It was at about the 2 and a half hour mark todays winner had one of those special memorable Rolfslake super bagging sessions that he wont forget for a while and that angler was Middy sponsored Andy Quarmby .

In Andys own words had an absolute afternoons fishing of a lifetime at Rolfslake. Drew mega bunghole peg 32 and in the last 2 and a half hours caught fish using a 7 metre margin pole fishing shallow using red hydro .24 line and a size 12 hook using 6/8mm pellet. Andy had 350lb in 2 and a half hours and he adds it was a once in a lifetimes fishing as he fed a handfull of 6mm pellets he could literally see 10 carp flashing under the surface ready to grab his hookbait and they did that on a regular basis. Andy recons he lost about 40 minutes having to weigh fish and with an extra hour he believes he could of caught 600lb but in the end he set a new PB for himself at Rolfslake with 442-08 { very well done Andy }.

New lake King. Middy sponsored Andy Quarmby with a new PB for Rolfslake with 442-08.

In second place today was Mark Newbold on peg 26 on the car park bank and after a very slow first couple of hours of fishing out in front switched to fishing between pegs 26 and 27 in about two feet of water feeding loose groundbait and was very soon into fish and some very big as well. by regular feeding of his swim Marks catch rate accelerated even after breaking a top kit on a fish and in the end Mark recorded just one fish short of a rapid 300lb in 3 hours with his weight of 297-07.

3rd place John Bennett

Completing the frame was lake owner John Bennett on peg 13 in the shade and John also had a very good days margin fishing by only fishing just his top two and his short fighting number 3 section. I knew John was catching  a fishng even though i could not see him as his bite indicator Olly the dog barked ever time he caught a fish { and that was pretty much for 5 hours} and by feeding heavy with 6mm pellet fishing paste on the hookbait john on a regular basis and after 5 hours caught 246-10 of big fish to 18lb.

The Pirate takes his medicine in todays match.

John 9

Eddie 6

Thanks for reading John , Simon and Eddie