Rolfs Winter league - Match 2

This week I am fishing in A section which is basically all the small lake pegs 34 - 7
As so far the only peg I have fished in the small lake is peg 37 (twice) So I am looking forward to today and hoping to draw on the opposite bank to 37

So with this thought in mind I was up, loaded the van in double quick time and speeding my way to Rolfs for the 10am draw

10am arrived and so far the promised rain had not shown it's self
A section were called to draw first and when my turn arrived due to staff difficulties last match today was a right handed draw so I was happy to see peg 7 in my hand as it came out of the draw bag



As you can see as soon as I arrived at peg 7 it started to spit with rain so unfortunately it was going to be an umbrella day

Plan of attack today is going to be 3 main lines

Paste at 7m (just in case they are still having it)

Meat/pellet in front of peg 8 platform

And meat/pellet at 13m out in front

Peg 7 is more in the big lake than the small lake and still has a fair depth of water

On the all in I shipped a pot of pellets out to the 13m line a pot out to the 7m line and a few handfuls in front of peg 8

I decided to try the paste first so out went a lump to the 7m line I gave it 15 mins but nothing was showing no movement no liners no nothing whereas out at 13m I could see fish moving so I dumped the past rig (methinks that might be it for paste fishing this year) and went out to 13m with a 6mm pellet on the deck after about 3 or 4 mins alough it seemed more like a life time the float buried and my red hydro made it's first appearance of the day a nice steady battle and soon a 6lb common was in the net over the next hour I netted another 2 Carp around the 5lb mark but lost 10 or 12 fish which were foul hooked and was getting a nice collection of scales

I tried coming shallow I tried mid water and I even tried laying some line on the deck but could get nothing but foul hooked fish

So I swapped to meat and tried an 8mm cube out at 13m with an almost instant response of an 8lb Carp ripping the hydro out after a few hectic runs it was safely in the net and up to the weigh scales to weigh and record it I stayed with the meat feeding pellet over the top of it and alough I was still getting the odd foul hooker I was also getting a few fish and now had the 8lb a 9lb 4oz and a 15lb fish on the board and 4 fish in the net

Looking across the lake pegs 36 and 37 seemed to be catching plenty of fish and judging by the frequent trips to the scales they were decent fish too

By now the rain was hammering down and the level of the lake had risen by over 2 inches and my swim out at 13m had died so I shipped out a pot of pellets and swapped my attention to the inside line in front of peg 8

First put in with a cube of meat the float disappeared and I had a 9lb common in the net in double quick time next put in I had a long weight before the float again slid under the surface unfortunately it also went straight under the platform and round the legs try as I might I couldn't shift it from under the platform and eventually the line gave way undeterred I quickly put another rig on and went back out in front of the platform with a cube of meat and after what seemed like a life time I was treated to a dose of Deja vu as the float shot under the platform and around the legs yet again only difference this time being it didn't stop this time it just kept going destroying my rig on the way

With only 30 mins left I decided to give up on the platform and go back out to 13m and try for another fish before the whistle, eventually I managed to hook and land an 8lb 4oz mirror and that was it Rolf blew the whistle. Hopefully I had done enough to get a few points for Team Desperate Danns

Looks as though the torrential rain didn't put the fish off totally today as 5 ton+ weights were recorded with the winning weight going to Lloyd Moss again with 135lb 12oz from peg 2

I managed to weigh 67lb 12oz which gave me 6th in section and 4 points Chris had 45lb 4oz from peg 16 for 4th in section for 6 points and Paul was our top scorer with 67lb 4oz from peg 25 for 2nd in section and 8 points

Which on the day gave us joint second in the match but knocked back to third on weight but still in the frame and a bit of cash back for once

Winter League 2006

Team------------------------Total
RS Baits----------------------44
Hayes-------------------------38
Rolfs Team Gold--------------37---------------------------------------Fisherman's B----------------31
Desperate Dann's------------31
Musketeers-------------------30
Fisherman's A----------------26
Rolfs Team Diamond---------18
Throwbacks-------------------13

Leaves us in joint 4th after 2 matches with 4 more to come

Next match I'm on B Section and hopefully the left hand will be back from suspension and pull me a good peg out of the bag