2012 End of Season Carp Catch Report at Vaux

Martin Williams with a 46lb 12oz Carp from Vaux in Oct 2012

Our apologies for the delay in putting up our 2012 End of Year Report.  It has been a very busy Winter for us, but I thought I had better let you all of you who are interested know before we get any further into 2013, our tenth season.  We hope that all our angling and family visitors had a great Christmas and we wish them all a belated Happy New Year

2012 saw bookings slightly down due to the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Celebrations, the Olympics and the Paralymphics.  This has lead to a disappointing drop in the numbers of carp caught throughout the season.

Out of a total of 474 (2011 – 541 : 2010 – 490) recorded carp landed in 2012, there were;

*  120 x 30lb+ (2011 – 141 : 2010 – 109) and of those, 58 were 35lb+ (2011 – 68 : 2010 – 39)

*  20 x 40lb+ (2011 – 22 : 2010 – 8), of which 7 were 45lb+.

In the second week of October 2012, Jayne repeated her 2011 final day by banking a 40lb08oz mirror, her last fish, on the last day of her two week holiday.  The only fish that David caught during the first week of August was a 42lb mirror, making him top rod on size of carp for the week and finally, in one day’s fishing in July, Chas’s last carp was a 43lb08oz mirror, on a day when he banked two 40lb+ and six 30lb+

In the first week of April, Sam’s first catch was a 40lb08oz mirror and then in the first week of June, the first fish that Jezz landed was his PB of 45lb3oz

The highest number of thirties landed by visiting anglers in one week was eleven, which happened twice in the season, firstly in May by Gary’s party and secondly in October by Mark and Jayne.  There was just one week when only carp under 30lb were caught.  The largest number of carp caught in one week was 36, also during Gary’s week, and the average number banked per week in 2012 was 17.

Thanks again to all our visitors for the care they give to our venue.  We appreciate your consideration.

Good luck to our 2013 visitors;  we are looking forward to seeing you

Chas and Josie

Fishing Holiday at Vaux