Bleu produces 98lb catfish



Rouge

The Cooper party returned for their second holiday with Exclusive Angling Holidays and once again Darren (2) managed a personal best carp of 35lb on the first night. The only problem with catching a big fish on the first night is that he couldn't wake anyone up to take a photo!

The fishing was pretty steady throughout the week although there were some signs of fish spawning for the second time this year.

We had a very exciting moment when Gary hooked a big cat which successfully snagged other lines. After a stand-off in the fighting chair for a good ten minutes with no movement we went out in the boat to try and get the fish in. Unfortunately we failed but had a good laugh about it afterwards.

All four fishermen caught fish but Dad Gary waited until the last afternoon to land the biggest fish, a 44lb cat.

There were at least four personal bests during the week and everyone really enjoyed their holiday.

Some of the other fish photoed during 'Waking hours':



Bleu

Blue also fished very steadily throughout the week with a monster catfish along with many carp up to just under thirty pounds.

Itchy-feet Wayne, who caught four carp and a cat on the first night, just had to have a morning session on Vert where he managed over 200lbs of carp before the scorching heat drove him back to the shelter of the trees on Bleu.

Many cats were caught with fish up to 70lbs plus before the star performance of a 98lb cat caught on Thursday night. The dumbbell rig proved very effective, the only problem being trying to catch bream of the right size.

Well done to everybody.



Tight Lines
John James