Rolfs Winter league 2 - Match 6

Well the last match of the league has arrived and as usual for this league match day has strong winds and now even snow promised

So I'm not expecting too much from the day but I am fishing C section so things could be worse

On arrival at the lake I saw that Rolf had pumped most of the extra water out again and the platforms were once again above water

On the team side Team JCS is once again 1 man short as Paul is still missing and unfortunately this week Rolf was unable to find us a replacement not that it really mattered as we had been last in the league from match 1 and never really looked like getting going

Steve was fishing B section and drew peg 31 and I drew well for once and pulled out peg 18 on C section

As you can see peg 18 is still under water but at least I can still get on the platform

Talking to Ernie on peg 17 it appeared that pegs 17 and 18 had not produced any Carp in the pairs match last week and had fished really hard

My plan of attack today was going to be fishing bread on the feeder over towards the boat between 19 and 20

And I set up the pole to fish out in front at 11.5m I also set up a waggler rod to fish out towards the middle On the all in I cast a feeder full of crumb with a bit of bread flake on the hook over towards the boat and waited ready to pounce on the rod as soon as it whipped round

But unfortunately it never happened and I spent the next 5 hours watching John Bennett bagging up from peg 23 fishing bread on the feeder to the other side of the boat totally amazing that I could be fishing 4 or 5 feet away and not be able to get a bite but that's fishing for ya

Pegs 23 24 and 25 had all caught Carp in the first hour and both pegs 14 and 15 had had a couple of Carp which just left me on 18 and Ernie on 17 without a Carp so I decided to sit it out for a Carp and not bother with the pole to try and get a few silvers for points as an extra point wasn't going to make any difference either way to our position in the league but a few Carp would get some decent points so I sat on the feeder hoping the fish turned on late in the match but as I said it never happened I went right up to the whistle without a single bite and just to make it worse Ernie on 17 had 4 Carp in the last hour fishing bread shallow on a splasher waggler

John Bennett won the section and the match with 110lb of Carp from peg 23

So my DNW earned Team JCS 0 points today and Steve had 6lb 8oz of bits from peg 31 for 2 points leaving us in last place in the league

So that's the second winter league over not the best of weather or conditions on match day and some poor draws but the people fishing the league are friendly and always willing to offer advice and help and Rolf is always welcoming and if you want to get to know a venue you need to see it at its worse as well as its best

But tbh for me summer and decent paste fishing can't come soon enough