Catch report 28/06/08

Rouge

As reported below, the three anglers on Rouge had a smashing week! Not only did the Williams brothers bank the brace of catfish I showed you in my last update, at 80lbs and 113lbs (new lake record) but, along with Terry, they also managed three thirty pound plus Carp, and a host of twenties.

Terry and Andy have been visiting our lakes for years, and have always done exceptionally well. Last year, Andy banked a 90lb+ Catfish from Bleu and lost another couple of biggies, so these guys are no stranger to good fishing, and big fish. However they could barely believe the pace of the sport that arrived on their second night, and improved again on their third when they banked the big girl. By resting the lake during the day, and stalking on Vert or in other areas of Rouge, they seemed to be able to get the fish feeding heavily over their baited spots. The frantic action started as soon as the rods went out at night, and continued until they were too tired to cast them out again.

It says a lot that during the entire week, I barely saw a rod in the water, and drove past a couple of times after 10am to see rods strewn at all angles, and a steady stream of ZZZs emerging from all three bivvies!

Charlie was on his first visit to Etangs Des Papillons and, indeed, his first serious carp fishing trip for 8 years. Needless to say, the carping bug came back with a vengeance when he saw the lakes, and I'm delighted to say he managed a thirty pound carp from Rouge, in addition to his stunning 80lb catfish.

The other two thirties were taken off the top by Terry from 'The Stalking Bay' and the double swim, the result of plenty of patient baiting, and the odd shenanigan too... :-)

Our own Premier Baits Lobster and N-Butyric GLM mix did the trick for a lot of the fish caught at night, fished in conjunction with plenty of pellet and other goodies.

Thanks for a cracking week lads!



Vert

A few of the fish taken from Vert during the day:



Bleu



Tight Lines
Will James