Rolfs Winter league - Match 3

This week I am fishing B Section which is pegs 8 -19 and listening to the chat around the car park while waiting for the draw it looked as though due to the drastic change in the weather this week the best pegs today were going to be from 16 round to 28

As my name was called I stepped up to the draw bag and unleashed the draw bag terror that is my left hand and was pleasantly surprised and happy to see it come out of the bag with peg 9

I have always wanted to fish peg 9 as it looks a great peg and I have spent a few matches watching people bag up on it from the other side of the lake

It's also 1 of the pegs that Rolf has recently put a nice new platform in and also it's not too far to walk to the weigh station

Talking to the guys on the way round to peg 9 I discovered that most people loved the peg and had had big weights off it in the past and that the best way to fish it is 8m out in front and top3 or top4 down the right hand side tree line

I also chose to fish a line just over the bush to the left of the peg

Bait today is 3mm feed pellets, 6mm cubes of meat, 6mm soft hooker pellets and bread

I started with a small pot of pellets out in front at 8m and a small pot down the right hand tree line at about 6m and a handful of pellets just over the left hand bush

Well that's about it for the fishing not a lot happened no bites no indications no swirls no signs of a fish

I tried all the hook baits at different depths and combinations I dropped right down to a size 20 hook on 0.12 line and a 4mm soft hooker in the hope of finding some silver fish but nothing

From what I could see down the lake it was pretty much the same for most people

My team mate Chris on peg 30 had a small Carp right at the start then not much since and the guy on 32 lost 2 foul hooked fish early on and eventually managed to land 2 small carp in the last hour and in the last hour Lloyd next to me (again) on peg 10 found some Carp down the inside

In the last 30 mins I was getting desperate as I was still fishless and needed something to get some points so I went out in front with a size 20 hook and a small piece of bread and after alot of jiggling lifting and dropping I managed to hook and land a 2oz Roach

About then Rolf blew the whistle and made us all stop

A hard day to be sure I think next match I'll be packing a few maggots and a tub of worms

Alough Rolf did mention after the match that due to the lower number of fish in the last few matches that he was lifting the ban on corn so that's back on the menu for next match too

With my gear packed away and back in the van I headed off round the lake to help with the weighing in which wasn't going to take too long today

Best weight on the day came from peg 18 with 114lb and second on the day came from peg 17 with 84lb with 2 or 3 50lb weights round the lake then it dropped down to a few lbs then ounces not too good at all

My 2oz got me 3 points Chris had 6lb from peg 30 for 6 points and Paul had DNW from peg 37 Leaves Team Desperate Dann's with 9 points this week

Winter League 2006

Team--------------------Total
RS Baits ----------------.-65
Rolfs Team Gold-------.--57
Hayes---------------------56
Fisherman's B------------49
Desperate Dann's--------40
Rolfs Team Diamond---.-38
Fisherman's A -----------35
Musketeers---------------34
Throwbacks---------------24

Leaves us in 5th place with 3 matches to go

I'm back on C section next match lets hope the weather settles down a bit before then and gives the fish a chance to get used to it