Catch results 16/08/08

Rouge

As promised, I've included some photos of the many fish that Jason, Mark, Yvonne and Bradley caught during their 2 weeks with us. Amongst the approximately 1600lbs of fish the caught were 3 carp over thirty pounds, bags of 20lb+ fish and big cats all round. Jay bagged a cracking 80lb specimen, whilst Yvonne is pictured below with her first solo catfish (I couldn't put the video up unfortunately; I couldn't find the 'Bleep' button ;-)) Congratulations to everyone, including Mark on his new PB carp with 'Broken Rib' at mid-thirties.




Vert

Clive returned for his second visit of the year to Vert, this time bringing his two sons with him to share the sport. The lake fished, once again this year, fantastically. All three anglers banked carp in excess of 20lbs, and did brilliantly to land some of the better catfish in the lake.

Well done guys - send me some pictures if you have any and I'll get the up ASAP.

Bleu

Another Father and Son party returned to Bleu for their first visit in 5 years, and had a very productive week despite some serious rain. Though they fell just short of the 30lb barrier, a good number of fish over the 20lb mark softened the blow - as did some of the whopping catfish landed during the week. The real monsters managed to evade them this time round; both anglers were snapped by unseen giants of the deep - but I'm sure they'll be back for revenge next year! It was a pleasure to meet you guys, thanks.

Thank you to all three groups, who left the lakes in immaculate condition - it is always appreciated.

Tight Lines
Will James

Catch reports 02/08/08

Rouge

Jason and family are on Rouge for two weeks, so their update will follow next week. Plenty of fish coming out though, along with some decidedly mixed weather!

Vert

Returning after a five year break, two anglers on Vert (ably assisted by their other halves) had a superb week's fishing. Both landed carp over the 20lb mark, including some cracking big commons. I Vert is getting a bit of reputation for these, they seem to keep popping up at ever increasing weights. To top the week off in style Steve landed the biggest catfish of the lot on his last day - a beauty that broke the 40lb barrier, well done mate.



Bleu

We had the pleasure of welcoming back two long standing customers onto Bleu this week. The competition wasn't fierce between the two as they battled it out for the biggest cat of the week - it was much more serious than that!

Fishing mainly with livebaits and large pellet hookbaits, they had successfully banked two cats over the 80lb mark by mid-week, along with a generous helping of nice carp up to high twenties. However the most spectacular result was saved for the end of the week when, on reeling in a rod, Alan met with firm resistance, that then started to move! After a lengthy battle a 99lb cat was banked - foul hooked in the flank. No doubt one of the beasts that regularly slip the hook and leave our anglers vowing to come back for another shot. The fish was returned in good health after a couple of pics to prove the size of it.



Nice one guys!

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Will James

Catch report 26/06/08

Rouge

5 Dutch lads arrived to fish Rouge this week, and made the perfect start to their holiday by banking a 31lb mirror within the first hour of having rods in the water! The sport continued in both the summerhouse swim and the roadside double as 3 more thirties fell throughout the week, topped by Rouge's biggest of the year at 37lb. On of this two scale-bottoming catfish came out of the summerhouse swim, and plenty of smaller specimens. Though the numbers of fish caught were fairly low, the quality and size of fish was excellent as ever.



Vert

Regular visitors Wayne and Richie brought brought along the third generation of the Hall family with them this year, as they once again set out to top their PBs. Richie showed up Dad and Grandad on the first day with a whopping 40lb+ cat, and went on to bank another 2 40lb+ specimens. These accounted for a sizable chunk of his weekly 700lb+ catch, with the rest made up from just 38 further fish - notably 'Big Head'/'Humpy' at 22lb 8oz and a couple of other 20lb+ carp.

Dad, Wayne, was focused on breaking the 1000lb barrier for the week, and did so at the final chance with another 100lb day on Friday whilst packing up. Though he didn't get any of the 40lb+ cats in the net, he managed a stunning 28lb common along with several other 20lb+ fish. A total weight of 1088lb represents a lot of hard graft, and a fantastic achievement - nice one!

Dave, a former match fishing legend by all accounts, took his own time getting used to the different techniques that Carpers employ, but found his feet soon enough, banking 550lb for the week. This was made up of mostly carp, including 6 over twenty pounds topped by a stunning 25lb 8oz common - a new coarse fishing PB.

Thanks for a great week fellas - very enjoyable :-)



Bleu

After hearing all Wayne's stories of the 'Carp of Papillon' from 2007, Karl couldn't resist booking his own lake and getting a slice of the action this year. Three anglers fished and had a fantastic time on their first trip to France. During the week 3 30lb+ carp were caught, with the biggest weighing in at 34lb - a fish that was weighing in at 28lbs at the beginning of last year. Despite getting smashed by a few of the bigger cats, all three anglers were delighted to land sizable specimens, to just under 50lbs during the week. One angler passed 1000lb for the week, whilst the other two made up 1200lb between them to bring up a fantastic total for the week, with an average fish size hovering around the 20lb mark.

Well in guys, and get some of those monster cats in next time!

I write this update with news of a 99lb cat for next week's bulletin - but from which lake?! You'll have to wait and see :-)



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Will James