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<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.anglinglines.com - Carp Fishing in France at 36 Lakes.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04369414467695785688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737005203192282417.post-8710024331953904082013-12-11T08:30:00.000-08:002013-12-17T08:30:28.112-08:00A DAY’S WINTER CARPING<header class="entry-header" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Cabin, Calibri, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; padding: 0.4em 0.7em 0px;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d4065; font-family: inherit; font-size: 24px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">
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As this is my first blog for Angling Lines I thought I’d start with a bit about me and my fishing background. I, Steve Bedford, started fishing aged 5 when my dad would take me fishing off the pier at the town of Donaghadee; we never caught anything but I really enjoyed it and from then on I was hooked on fishing. A few years later I moved back to the UK and started course fishing, starting out with a rod and reel and moving onto the pole, which I loved, this just made my passion for fishing grow. I am a strong believer that everyone who goes fishing, whether it be for carp, pike or match fishing should start out by course fishing. Not only does this give you the confidence to catch more/bigger fish but it also gives you the experience at handling fish and give you a respect for not only the fish but also other anglers.</div>
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My carp fishing started when I was about 26, I was fishing my local water Pilsworth Fishery on the small lodges. It was just a normal day fishing with my pole catching roach, rudd and bream when suddenly the float ripped away to my left under an over hanging tree, straight away I could tell this was something a bit special, after a 10 minute fight the fish gave up and started coming towards my landing net, soon going over the cord. I couldn’t believe it, my first carp and it was a nice little common, as I was fishing on my own I struggled taking a photo on my phone and carefully slipped it back in the lodge. From then on I was hooked on carp fishing, the pole went away and the carp rods came out.</div>
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I’ve learnt a lot over the years about fishing for carp and hopefully I can share some of that knowledge with whoever reads my blogs and at the very least I hope it’s a good read for someone. Anyway, enough of the past, lets bring you up to speed with what I have been doing this year. Due to work and family commitments I haven’t been able to get on the bank as much as I would have liked to this year, however, I have managed to get out a few times and have started my plans for next year. For the remainder of this year I plan to fish my usual lake at Bradshaw Hall Fisheries, Lake 2. I have had a fair bit of success on here throughout the years but next year I fancy a change.</div>
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My most recent trip to Bradshaw was last week, I managed to squeeze a short session in on one of my days off work, the weather seemed to be good, the wind on the day I chose was set to change from a North Easterly to a Westerly wind with no rain forecast and the only downside was that the temperature on this day was set to be the lowest of the week. With all this in mind I took a trip to a local tackle shop and stocked up on some new boilies and PVA mix.</div>
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During the winter months Bradshaw is only open from 8am until 4pm and night fishing is not allowed, this combined with the fact that it is usually busy every day with tons of bait going in constantly I had to make sure that my bait was a little different from everyone else.</div>
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I arrived at the lake at around 9am, there were already 2 people on the lake in one of the usual hot pegs, but I managed to get to another hot peg on the other bank. I don’t normally get to pick this peg as its usually the first to go so my hopes for the day were high. Shortly after arriving and setting up I decided to fish my right hand rod about a third of the way out to where the fish are usually seen and caught, there wasn’t much in the way of fish showing today so this was my best guess. This rod was setup with PVA bags with a mix of 2mm and 4mm carp pellets that had been coated in a light drizzle of Mainline Baits Banoffee stick mix liquid the night before and mixed with some Mainline Baits Tiger nut stick mix. As for my hook bait, I decided to start with Korda slow sinking Fishy Fish plastic dumbell.</div>
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My left hand rod was setup on a running inline lead attached to my favourite D-Rig with Sticky baits Buchu Berry Dumbell Wafter, this was also cast about a third of the way out to the left of my swim. Both of the rods were followed by a scattering of Activ-8 Boilies. Shortly after casting out a few line bites followed but no other real interest.</div>
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At around 10:45 I decided to change my baits over as there was no real interest in my current baits, the left hand rod was changed over to my homemade slow sinking banoffee cell boilies and also moved to the left hand margin as this is usually where some of the lakes bigger fish are caught. The right hand rod was changed to Cell dumbells that had been soaked in Almond Goo and the PVA mid now included a splash of almond goo for extra attractant and to hopefully pull the fish closer in.</div>
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As the day went on the right hand rod in open water had a few more line bites but no real action. By mid day there was about 9 other people on the lake, considering the size of the lake (1.9 acres) that’s fairly busy and there were a lot of lines in the water. A few of the other people on the lake were fishing for silvers and there was even a guy opposite me using a spinner! Considering this is the main specimen carp lake of the fishery and there are no pike in there it seemed a bit odd.</div>
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I tried a few different baits during the day as I usually carry a fair selection of boilies but nothing seemed to work. As I spoke to some of the other anglers there it was apparent that no one had seen any carp or had any bites and that it seemed like the last few days were just as quiet. Not the best start to my new blog!</div>
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At around 4pm I decided enough was enough and I packed up. Unfortunately I got nothing this time but that doesn’t change my opinion on my baits, I usually see a lot of people on the bank and on forums complaining about certain baits when they go a session without catching on them, I am a strong believer that certain baits work better on some venues than others and that one day a certain bait might not catch much but on another day it will do really well. For my next session I will try to the same baits again and hopefully on the same peg just to make sure I give them a fair trial.</div>
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The weather wasn’t in my favour on this session but I guess that’s the same with all winter carping, the main thing is to not give up and keep trying, winter carp are a little bit more special than summer carp as they are harder to catch and are usually at their premium weight this side of winter ready for the colder months.</div>
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For my next blog I plan on explaining some of the rigs and baits I use and show you how to make them. To me, catching fish on homemade baits and rigs is a lot more satisfying than using shop bought gear, I’m sure if you try it too then you will agree.</div>
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This week saw a lot of finishing up of the exterior studwork including the toilet/gas cupboard wall. On the roof, the rafters were cut back and the facia boards fitted. The front door area was finished up ready to take the door frame and inside, the framework to carry the ceiling was put in place, this is also additional bracing for the roof and helps to stiffen the whole upper structure even further.</div>
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The roof is now ready for its covering and final measurements have been taken to start making all the external joinery next week.</div>
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Our second installment of photos from the <a class="kblinker" href="http://www.anglinglines.com/Castle-Lake/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="More about Castle Lake »">Castle Lake</a> netting have arrived. Just in case you missed the first post here’s what Gary, Tom & Co have been busy with at the lake;</div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.anglinglines.com - Carp Fishing in France at 36 Lakes.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04369414467695785688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737005203192282417.post-75708297800333524612013-12-11T08:21:00.000-08:002013-12-17T08:21:37.699-08:00WILDLIFE CAMERA AT BLETIERE LAKE<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Cabin, Calibri, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; margin-bottom: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 20px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
I have for a couple of months now had a wildlife camera at <a class="kblinker" href="http://www.anglinglines.com/bletiere/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="More about Bletiere »">Bletiere</a> that I am able to leave out 24/7. It has the software to be able to take HD quality night time photos and videos. I have attached the first few practice videos where I have managed to capture the animals that activated the camera. As you’ll see I still need to practice as it’s not easy getting the angle and height of the camera correct when it’s strapped to trees.</div>
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The reason I bought this camera is that I was always wondering what was creeping around the woods and fields at night. I also had a lot of the fisherman who would say they heard strange noises down in the woods at night. Well now we can all see what it is!</div>
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I will post more as I perfect the videoing and as more animals show themselves, but here are a few to look at, these are all night shots. The first is a deer, the second clip is for those of you that have never seen a Coypu, here is one going back to next doors lake but luckily we don’t have many problems with them as the two dogs scare them off so they don’t hang around very often! The last clip is a fox cub that seemed to like being filmed.</div>
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Well David Bailey started needing practice,</div>
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Tight lines,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />John , <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Owner @ Bletiere</span></div>
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An aerial flight over <a class="kblinker" href="http://www.anglinglines.com/commons/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="More about Commons »">Commons</a> Lake, designed to give you a real taster of the lake’s layout and features.</div>
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We’re well into our Inflight series now with 13 episodes under our belt covering all sorts of venues, you can watch the rest <a href="http://anglinglines.com/blog/category/videos/inflight/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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One of the essential items in my bait bag is boilie paste. This method is extremely effective at any time of the year but becomes even more important as temperatures fall and the fish become less inclined to feed. Anything I can do to attract carp and stimulate a feeding response has got to be done. Paste is an ideal medium under these conditions. It has all the attraction of your hookbait but dissolves and diffuses over a larger area and amplifies what your hookbait is achieving. The beauty of this is that you are attracting but not feeding, the only food available is your hookbait.</div>
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Initially I used a paste wrap around the boilies. Apple coring the boilie by nibbling the skin from its sides improves the adhesion of the paste to the boilie. Later I started to use gripper leads as an additional method of carrying the paste. The rough coated flat pear leads with a hole in the centre are my favourites. You can rub the paste into the textured surface and mould paste around the lead and into the hole. Quest Baits pastes are ideal for this being just the right consistency for moulding and having a fairly slow dissolve rate. The paste can be lost from the lead on impact with the water but always remains in the hole dissolving more slowly than the wrap on your hookbait. The particles of paste lost on impact are all located around your hookbait and that has got to be a good thing. This is a method that requires you to cast more often to replenish the paste as it dissolves.</div>
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I fish on a water where lead size is limited to three ounces. This can be a real problem when the fish are showing at range. My solution was to wrap a three ounce gripper with paste moulded into an aerodynamic shape. The three ounce weight becomes a four and a half ounce weight and is capable of being cast far greater distances. Again the paste explodes from the lead on impact; but provides that much needed attraction when you are fishing at ranges where normally you would be relying on the attraction of a single hookbait.</div>
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It’s a method that has certainly put extra fish on the bank for me. Give it a try, you won’t be dissappointed.</div>
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Cheers<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Ron Key</div>
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Here’s a customer shot video of a 2013 <a class="kblinker" href="http://www.anglinglines.com/lillypool/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="More about Lillypool »">Lillypool</a> session which we love!</div>
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Here in the office, we’ve been making a few changes to the website. We’re trying to make everything easier whilst keeping you super informed. By far one of our most exciting improvements is the new map facility on every venue’s home page. In short, you can now see every individual swim on a lake in relation to others, with picture and description. You can also check the weather and cloud formations on the run up to your trip.</div>
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You can find these on every venue’s <a href="http://www.anglinglines.com/Genets/lakemap" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Lake Map</a>. Particularly useful for the few venues where you have to pre-book your swim. I’ve used <a class="kblinker" href="http://www.anglinglines.com/Castle-Lake/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="More about Castle Lake »">Castle Lake</a> as an example below…</div>
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<img alt="carp lake map" class=" wp-image-17332 " height="499" src="http://anglinglines.com/blog/wp-content/images/2013/11/lakeap2.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(44, 44, 44); box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%;" width="656" /><div class="wp-caption-text" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 4px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.anglinglines.com - Carp Fishing in France at 36 Lakes.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04369414467695785688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737005203192282417.post-29227633164017614522013-12-07T08:15:00.000-08:002013-12-17T08:15:45.744-08:00MORE CARP STOCKED AT OAKVIEW<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Cabin, Calibri, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; margin-bottom: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 20px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
The 2013 <a class="kblinker" href="http://www.anglinglines.com/oakview/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="More about Oakview »">Oakview</a> catch reports show one in every three fish banked was a 30lb+ carp (and sometimes a 40). To ensure all of these bigger fish continue to compete for angler baits, we’ve introduced ten more mid 20lb carp (all virgin Bigot fish).</div>
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This consisted of 4 commons between 24lb 4oz and 26lb 2oz + 6 mirrors between 24lb 2oz and 25lb 6oz. Apologies for the photos – the lighting engineer is on notice!</div>
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An aerial flight over <a class="kblinker" href="http://www.anglinglines.com/beaurepaire/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="More about Beaurepaire »">Beaurepaire</a>, designed to give you a real taster of the venue’s layout and lake features.</div>
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Beaurepaire has been a well kept secret by many who have fished it. It’s a beautiful natural gravel pit, just 2½ hours from Calais that’s stuffed with carp to high 40′s and catfish to 50lb+. Ideally suit a group of up to six anglers looking to book a lake exclusively… but individual bookings are welcome too. There are no designated swims but there’s plenty of room to bivvy up.</div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.anglinglines.com - Carp Fishing in France at 36 Lakes.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04369414467695785688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737005203192282417.post-60265960553599122192013-12-06T06:25:00.000-08:002013-12-06T06:25:00.859-08:00WINTER CLEAR-UP AT BLETIERE<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Cabin, Calibri, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; margin-bottom: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 20px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
We are now well into November and have started at <a class="kblinker" href="http://www.anglinglines.com/bletiere/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="More about Bletiere »">Bletiere</a> to get all the jobs done to keep the place looking nice but without spoiling the natural look. We are very keen to try and not disturb too much of the natural growth around the lake and woods as there is a host of wildlife that lives in it. The only real time we have to take more drastic action is when it may become a safety issue with our guests and, of course, us and then we have to remove things that we would not normally touch.<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></div>
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A lot of our guests ask what we do in the winter as I think some believe it’s a lake owners rest time and a chance for a holiday. This is far from the truth for most of us and its normally the time for the real work to start. We have now been here for seven years in December and a lot of things are starting to look tired and some need replacing. Even the lake needs attention some times, so to follow on from the previous blogs I wrote a couple of years ago about finding and opening this venue, I will try and write about the projects and the maintenance we plan this winter before our first guests in March.</div>
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Every year the first thing we do, after the last guest has been, is to get all the swims cleared, checked and a mental note of any repairs we may need to do before next season. This year I noted that the logs I use for edging need replacing as they are starting to rot. This would be a fairly easy job except for the fact that with it being rock a few inches below the grass it’s hard to get pegs in to support the logs and stop them moving, so this winter I want to try and get some metal pegs into the ground to make it safer and keep the edging more stable. Once all the swims are repaired and we are happy that they will be safe as well as any obstructions or snags cleared we will leave them until February when we will buy about 10 cubic metres of chipped bark to replenish the swims. We use bark as it’s more natural and a lot better for walking on, you don’t get the noise as with gravel and it helps to keep the anglers gear clean when it rains as there’s no mud to walk or sit on. Also one advantage for the early visitors is the smell of pine from the chipped bark, it’s always nice for a couple of weeks.</div>
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This year we have decided to cut down to a more manageable height a lot of the trees around the lake as some are getting very big and cutting out the sun light to the grass paths and other plants. I would like to at this point thank a good friend who I went to school with (so both old) who came over for 10 days and helped me cut down most of the big trees and to clear away the debris, so a big thanks Kevan and hope your back has recovered. I have attached some photo’s to show what we have done and those of you that have been here will see the difference, and hopefully see the work has also opened up the view across the fields… Another reason for cutting back so hard was that a lot of the trees were hanging over the lake a long way and anglers were getting caught on them so this will hopefully stop a lot of that, and it will make the trees spread out lower down so still give the fish some shelter next summer. As those of you that have been here will know, down at the narrow end I have planted a lot of lilies that were being slow to grow, now hopefully as we have let more sunlight onto the lake this will encourage the lilies to grow faster and again give the fish some shelter from the sun.</div>
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The next big job after a couple of frosts is to strim the whole lake bank which I do every year and I do it as it seems to help the natural flowers to grow and keep some of the nettles and mares tails under control, even weeds can look nice when they flower and the insects certainly appreciate them in the summer. That’s just about all the main jobs around the lake I can think of at the moment but as and when we do anything else I will post a blog to tell you all.</div>
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Lesley has just had a trip back to the uk and while she was there chose some paint for the gite as it’s going to get repainted from top to bottom, this will get it back looking clean and bright for next season. We are also going to replace anything that is getting worn out or looking tired and also look to see if there is anything we can add to make peoples holidays here more enjoyable, so if you have been here and think of something let us know.</div>
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Well that’s all for now and we will add things as and when we do work, may we take this opportunity to wish all of you a happy Christmas and a great new year.</div>
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We couldn’t resist putting this one up here; one of the big <a class="kblinker" href="http://www.anglinglines.com/margot/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="More about Margot »">Margot</a> koi made an appearance on the bank last week. The honour fell to Seb Hodge and weighed in at 37lb 8oz.</div>
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The group of four had a catch of 19 in total, including 1 at 52lb 6oz, 7 x 40′s to 47lb, 7 x 30′s to 38lb and 4 x 20′s to 29lb.</div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.anglinglines.com - Carp Fishing in France at 36 Lakes.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04369414467695785688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737005203192282417.post-83315080071154879942013-12-04T06:17:00.000-08:002013-12-04T06:17:00.311-08:00CASTLE LAKE NETTING<header class="entry-header" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Cabin, Calibri, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; padding: 0.4em 0.7em 0px;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d4065; font-family: inherit; font-size: 24px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">
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Gary Hagues, co-owner of <a class="kblinker" href="http://www.anglinglines.com/Castle-Lake/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="More about Castle Lake »">Castle Lake</a>, has been busy preparing the new Angling Lines venue for next season. The first job was a lake netting. Martin and Shirley from the A.L team were present to film the occasion and are busy putting together a video documenting the day, but for the mean time here’s a note from Gary…</div>
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‘I’ve just returned from a very hard 3 days netting at Castle Lake. Between removing nuisance fish, we returned approximately 220 carp over 35lb. Included in this were an incredible <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">80 carp </strong>over 40lb and up to 54lb.’</div>
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‘Below is a list of fish that were removed from the lake;</div>
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Due to the nature of the netting, we missed at least 300-350 so the overall stock will be around 500-600 carp. With removing a lot of nuisance fish the carp will rocket next year with much less competition for the rich food sources within the lake. I would like to thank all my friends who gave up there own time and a lot of effort to help with such a massive task.</div>
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Gary, <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Castle Lake Owner’</span></div>
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<img alt="Fishing France at Castle Lake" class=" wp-image-17150 " height="434" src="http://anglinglines.com/blog/wp-content/images/2013/11/castlefish44-1024x689.gif" style="border: 1px solid rgb(44, 44, 44); box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%;" width="645" /><div class="wp-caption-text" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 20px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.anglinglines.com - Carp Fishing in France at 36 Lakes.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04369414467695785688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737005203192282417.post-13244173021629547402013-12-04T06:13:00.000-08:002013-12-04T06:13:00.450-08:00GETTING READY FOR YOUR NEXT LONG SESSION<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Cabin, Calibri, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; margin-bottom: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 20px 0px 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<b style="box-sizing: border-box;">…and learning from past mistakes.</b></div>
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With the frosts forming with more regularity and the longer dark nights dragging on, there really isn’t a better time to start thinking about organising yourself for your next trip to distant waters. Next years fishing holiday may seem such a long time away but whilst the natural instinct of being indoors early each day sets in why not turn it into some productive ‘you time’?</div>
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If you are anything like me there are 101 things I mean to do through the warmer months but often never get around to doing them. I am very much an outdoor person and try and make the most of every available hour of daylight pottering around outside. There seems to be a natural reaction with many to stay indoors more than usual once the daylight hours disappear.</div>
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I do force myself out at least one evening a week after dinner for a few hours angling. I really enjoy this during the winter months getting mostly my first choice of swim everywhere as most others are tucked up inside watching the TV etc. I must admit that when the frost is forming or perhaps the rain or snow is falling it can be a bit of an effort to leave the warmth and security of my home. Once out there though, I love it and just a few hours bonus angling leaves me feeling that I have accomplished something for me.</div>
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But there are other evenings when I am not out and about. I have never really been a big TV fan like so many others appear to be and prefer to keep my mind a little more active. This last week I have spent a little time trawling through the internet looking at various venues I have been meaning to find the time to look into. In many instances there are videos available now which I find a great help when finally making my mind up as to whether the venue would suit me or not. It seems that almost everyone carries a video camera around these days and the quality has never been so good or so cheap to achieve as it is now and thankfully with sites such as You Tube you can generally find something about almost everywhere you can imagine.</div>
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Once you have found a venue you fancy visiting why not begin the organising now to make sure your hard earned holiday comes up to total expectation?</div>
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I don’t know if it is the years creeping up but after so many years of fishing with minimalistic kit and small shelters I have finally got to the stage that I don’t mind admitting I enjoy a little extra comfort whilst on the bank, particularly when away for several days. My last French trip I vowed never to go away for a week again without a double skin bivvy. I left the outer skin/canopy behind to save space in the car this last October but in hindsight I would have been much more sensible packing that and leaving some of the spare clothes out of the kit.</div>
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We had a lot of rain and in next to no time my sleeping quarters were wet through with condensation, caused mostly by water rising out of my damp clothes. Had I taken the canopy it would have been much easier to keep the bed area drier by fishing from the extended canopy section and leaving wet clothes there. I have been carp angling over 35 years but still make mistakes.</div>
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Ron who I was fishing with had taken his extended canopy and was living in much more comfortable quarters than I was. So, why do I mention this? Well with another summer drawing to a close it is a great time for picking up a few bargains. The tackle trade is coming towards its main trade show period and the shops get to know what new items will be released for the next trading year. This usually means they get tempted to drop prices on existing stock in order to make room for newer versions of the same. The newer versions don’t all end up as being improvements on the older ones either so now could be the time to snap up that larger bivvy or indeed an extra skin for your existing one.</div>
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Similarly a lot of anglers start selling a bit of their kit at this time of the year to make room for new kit when the weather warms again or if they have been given the nod and the wink about new product being released. Your next long session may be some time away but a little bit of hunting around during these long dark evenings could save you a fair bit of money later. Plus of course Christmas is just around the corner. Start making a list of what you have seen and would like for your next trip.</div>
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Not everything costs an arm and a leg and many items are cheap enough to make you feel comfortable asking people for when they ask what you would like for Christmas.</div>
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One item that I always carry but rarely see anyone else with is my Basha. This is basically a large lightweight waterproof sheet that has lots of attachment holes and loops for anchoring with pegs, elastics or just simple plain cord. My Basha screws up to almost nothing but has been used for so many different things. It is perfect for throwing over a barrow to protect your gear or for covering tackle up in the rain whilst you get set up. It works great for a bit of shade or to keep the weather in general at bay if used in the manner they are meant for and on our last trip we even made a quick canopy over the front of Ron’s extended canopy to give even more room during a long prolonged period of rain. Personally I dislike being bivvy bound and the Basha at least gives the impression of being outside rather than having walls all around you.</div>
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You will get change from a £20 note with a lot of the Basha’s you will find for sale. Some you will even get change from a £10 note!</div>
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Whilst mentioning the Basha I must also mention the Grunt Lines that I also find invaluable and work well in conjunction with the basha. I must say I hate conventional bungee straps with the hooks on the end.. I have witnessed too many accidents when the strap has suddenly failed and the hook has ended up in someone. A friend was incredibly lucky when one went into his eye socket without doing too much damage.</div>
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Since first seeing the multi-purpose ‘Gruntlines’ I have retired my bungee straps. Gruntlines are basically a woven rubber strap with snap hooks on the end that won’t do anywhere near the same damage as a hooked end should something go wrong. The woven elastic that looks like woven catapult elastic can be parted and things hung from the gaps due to the incredible grip the elastics have. There is usually something close by to stetch the elastic between and straight away you have a washing line as well as somewhere to hang rubbish and bait away from troublesome ground scurrying vermin. Like the basha my Gruntlines are also used on the barrow and for many other purposes. Their only limit is your imagination.</div>
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I also have a black fold up water bag that can be hung from an elevated position and once the sun gets on it you would be amazed at how hot the water inside becomes. It even came with a warning when I purchased it to be careful! Even when the sun doesn’t warm it as much as it can it is nice having warm running water on tap. I have an adaptor with mine that turns the outlet pipe into a small shower head.</div>
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A table is another thing I like with me when on long sessions. Not a tiny bivvy table but a conventional height, fold up table. They look bulky but packed in the car first everything else sits on top. You will find a big range in the camping shops and since I first used one I must say I miss not having one around.</div>
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I like to sit at a table first thing in the morning with a coffee whilst scanning the water and making notes in my diary. I find it nice sitting and eating at a table rather than off your knee and just as importantly it is nice to be able to work at table height whilst putting fresh baits on and altering rigs as well as cooking at a sensible height rather than struggling along on the floor.</div>
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Yes, I like a table but see so few others used by other fellow Brit’s although our European cousins tend to use them a lot.</div>
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One final thing I will mention is some sort of mat between your bivvy and your rods. This bit of bank is going to be walked along constantly during your stay and on some banks the ground ends up in a mess all around your bivvy door so the mess ends up being trampled inside. A mat cuts a lot of this down and also helps prevent you from constantly kneeling on small sharp stones that have found their way into your bivvy. I have used all sorts of things for this and I used to buy those cheap grass/reed beach mats whilst at the coast for this purpose and simply throw them away after the weeks angling. Old bits of groundsheet can also be used. Whatever you choose it has to be better than a mud hole in front of your bivvy door.</div>
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Finally and this is a must have. Don’t take chances of catching Weils disease. It can be a killer. I never fish anywhere now either at home or abroad without a bottle of Dr Weils hand and surface sanitiser with me. Go fishing without it at your own risk. You have been warned!</div>
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I have simply mentioned a few items here that I find incredibly useful but rarely see others with and you don’t need to break the bank to add any of these items to your kit. Remember when you go away you are on holiday, you are meant to enjoy it. There is little satisfaction to be gained from roughing it in bad weather. Why not indulge in a few creature comforts and make that whole experience as comfortable and as enjoyable as possible?</div>
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Get on that computer and start trawling through the internet to see what money you can save by starting to get ready for next years trip, now.</div>
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Finally, what items do you carry that you are surprised more people don’t carry?</div>
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Best fishes<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Shaun Harrison.</div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.anglinglines.com - Carp Fishing in France at 36 Lakes.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04369414467695785688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737005203192282417.post-78338191263866177712013-12-03T06:23:00.002-08:002013-12-03T06:23:26.352-08:00A DREAM COME TRUE? – LIFE AS A BAILIFF, PT 1<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Cabin, Calibri, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; margin-bottom: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 20px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Like many British carp anglers, the thought of one day living and working in France as an Owner or Bailiff on a carp fishery has never been far from the forefront of my future thoughts and aspirations.</div>
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Four years ago, whilst on a fishing trip to France, I met Martin, one of the owners of <a class="kblinker" href="http://www.anglinglines.com/lillypool/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="More about Lillypool »">Lillypool</a>. He was on holiday and had Lillypool booked for himself, but he was kind enough to let my group fish the lake at very short notice after we had been badly let down by another lake we had booked.</div>
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After a really good weeks fishing and more beer than I can remember, we exchanged email addresses and telephone numbers. We would definitely keep in touch once back in the UK after having had such a good laugh all week.</div>
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Fast forward three years and after numerous more holidays and trips to help on work parties and a few boozy nights out in the UK, Martin and I had become really good friends. Martin then tells me about a second lake he is thinking about opening as his second carp fishery and he’s looking for a partner to share the project. After a quick trip out to see the lake and plenty of discussions on costs, my house is up for sale. There is enough equity for a share in Martin’s new project. This could be it – the dream was getting closer!</div>
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Another year passes, two sales have fallen through and the economy in the UK is dreadful. Selling my house is going to be far from easy. The dream is fading somewhat, but I know that nobody else has bought into the share of the second lake. Maybe there are other ways and I’m still in with a chance?</div>
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Only a few weeks pass since the last house sale chain breaks, it’s early April 2013. I receive a call asking how my meeting with the bank had gone… In principle, I could re-mortgage to release funds. ‘Great news’, was the reaction. ‘There have been some further developments. The current Lillypool bailiff is going back to the UK in six weeks time and I was wondering if you are interested in a job’. After nearly soiling myself, I said that of course I was interested.</div>
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The next 4 weeks are somewhat hectic. If I can sort all my things in the UK, I’m moving to France!! Needless to say, I wasn’t going to let this opportunity slip. The house, money, job and all, sorted! This is it – I’m moving to France on the 4th of June. The time comes and I can’t wait for the challenges that lie ahead.</div>
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Six months on, many a friend made and many a trial navigated, I have settled in nicely and am very happy here in France. The dream has most definitely become a reality. The reality though, is very far from what I had dreamt! The last six months have been a massive learning curve and far more demanding (both physically and mentally) than I could ever have imagined.</div>
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Despite the volume of rain we have seen lately, the project is still running on schedule; there’s no better way to slow a job down with time spent covering power tools up constantly instead of cutting the timber!</div>
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This weekend we have managed to get the doorway opening set out and the bulk of the roof framework in place. It was really pleasing to feel the whole structure become rock solid and square itself up after the 6 hip rafters were fixed in place; this is exactly how I had designed the structure to work, with lots of triangulation.</div>
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Next weekend, the plan is to finish up the roof structuring and complete the studwork on the last of the external walls which will partly house the toilet area and gas cupboard. The Toilet will be set in a room which projects slightly into the decked area (the perimeter walkway).</div>
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After this comes making all the external joinery such as windows and front door. Three of the windows are round and one is a panoramic rectangle. The front door will be arch topped, again with a round window in it. These should keep me busy for two or three days working on a bench indoors out of the rain!</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Want to know what Old Oaks is really like? This episode is a short aerial flight over the lake, designed to give you a real taster of the lake's layout and features. Over the past year this lake has really proved itself and stepped in to the same big fish league as it's sister lake Laroussi.</span></div>
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For more information on Old Oaks follow the link - <a href="http://www.anglinglines.com/Old-Oaks/" target="_blank">Carp France</a></div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Fishing a week this October at <a class="kblinker" href="http://www.anglinglines.com/Castle-Lake/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="More about Castle Lake »">Castle Lake</a>, Steve Bardens came away with 17 carp in total, here’s his feedback below…</strong></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #ff6600; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Details of your catches:</span> 17 carp in total, vast majority over 35lb, biggest 39lb. We fished grassy point on far side.</div>
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Fishing for the monster Wels catfish of the river Ebro is something I have always wanted to do, so when I got the chance I grabbed it with both hands. My anticipation was at an all-time high and I was desperate to get started, I had set myself the rather ambitious target of catching a fish bigger than myself in weight but realistically would have been ecstatic with anything over 100lb in weight.</div>
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We arrived at Barcelona airport on the Saturday but wasn’t due to head to our guide’s secret “big fish swim” till the Monday. But he could see how eager I was to get fishing so took me to his local swim for a short session on the Sunday. And it would be in this swim I would get my first taste of the Ebro catfishing experience.</div>
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Each rod was baited with a string of 5 Halibut pellets on the hair and a couple of handfuls of pellet scattered around each hook bait. And I sat back in the morning sun and waited for a bite. This was a stunning part of the river with a large island in the distance and lush green margins all around a great place to be whilst I waited and time passed quickly. It seemed like no time had passed before the rod tip started lunging down signifying a take.</div>
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After a short fight I soon had my first Ebro Catfish on the bank, at just over 28lb this was far from the monster I was after, but gave me a good chance to get a real good look at a Wels catfish close up. I had always over looked Wels catfish as being scavengers more than they are predators but I would soon realise during this trip this opinion couldn’t have been further from the truth. The Wels catfish truly is the apex predator in these waters and there is nothing they won’t take on.</div>
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We packed up during the heat of the day to go and do the shopping for the week ahead and returned for another short session that evening. This session resulted in another catfish for me, another kitten of 32lb but at least the fish were getting bigger.</div>
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The next day with a couple of bonus cats already under the belt we drove an hour and a half out into the mountains to the “big fish swim”. This swim was totally different from the one we had been fishing the lush greenery was replaced by rocks and mountains. This rugged and wild landscape was the perfect setting for me to do battle with a true monster.</div>
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My guide rowed the hook baits along with half a bucket of free offerings per rod to a distant under water snag and began to row back to the bank. When he got about half way back he shouted out that he could see a very big yellowy coloured cat swimming in the direction of my hook baits which just added to the anticipation.</div>
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We spent the next half hour or so with binoculars watching Eagles and other birds flying high above the mountains. Through the binoculars I was watching a goliath heron hunting in the far margins totally oblivious to the fact that it was also being hunted. A large Wels catfish was slowly approaching the bird along the bank and, when it felt it was close enough it struck, just missing the panicked bird as it took off. This was the first time I got to see the fearlessness and aggression of these predators.</div>
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As we sat talking about what we had just seen the bite alarm sounded and I was in. This was a clearly a big fish and it stripped my reel of line at an awesome rate, before I knew it I was down to my backing line and had to really clamp down to stop the fish from getting away. Trying to stop a big Wels catfish that doesn’t want to be stopped is no easy task and I soon found myself being pulled along the bank. Luckily I was able to turn the fish back in my direction and get some line back on the reel, but the fish was far from beaten. The big catfish take big power lunges stripping line from the reel with ease and this fish continued to fight hard.</div>
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When the fish surfaced the guide instantly called out that he was sure it was the big yellow cat he had spotted from the boat and when he pulled the fish onto the mat I was gob smacked by the sheer size of this fresh water monster. This was clearly a big fish but had I achieved my target of catching a fish bigger than me? I’m about 5ft 9 so the fish clearly dwarfed me when it came to length but what about weight, I’m 11st/154lb. As we hoisted the fish up on the scales I soon found that at 158lb it was a case of mission accomplished.</div>
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It wasn’t until I was holding the fish in the water while it recovered that I realised the pain in my, now blue, groin where I had been resting the butt of the rod during the fight and the aching arms from the battle but it was all definitely worth it.</div>
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As the week went on I received more water ski lessons courtesy of monster catfish as well as catching numerous carp and it was one of these that gave me another example of just how aggressive the Wels can be. This particular 26lb common had fresh wounds of a catfish attack running all the way round its body, where it had been unfortunate enough to find itself head first down the mouth of a catfish (but at the same time fortunate enough to have escaped).</div>
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So far on my fish adventures I have not experienced anything quite like doing battle with huge Wels catfish and I personally can’t wait to go back for another battle.</div>
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November 9th 2013 and Nick Johnson and Dave Proctor return to <a class="kblinker" href="http://www.anglinglines.com/villefond/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="More about Villefond »">Villefond</a>. This was Nicks forth visit to our lake, being the last booking of the season the same as the year before.</div>
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On their last visit to Villefond they landed 1 x 20, 6 x 30’s to 39lb 10oz, 6 x 40’s to 47lb 8oz and 2 x 50’s to 54lb 4oz. They had to go some to beat that, and go some they did! Unfortunately Dave struggled with a few lost fish so didn’t land any this time but Nick certainly did land some monsters. He went one better than last year and landed 3 x 50lb carp to 54lb 7oz, which meant a new personal best again! Nick also had a 47lb mirror, a few thirties and a few below the 30lb mark.</div>
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The exciting bit for me as the fisheries manager is every one of the 5 fish over the 50lb mark that Nick caught were different fish, none were the same fish and two of the 50lb fish he had this trip were carp going 50lb for the first time! For people that follow our fish on facebook (under villefond fish) will know Max the fish and that we were expecting him to go 50lb soon so it was exciting for me to finally get the news he has.</div>
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The fish have really piled on the weight at amazing rates this year as our house bait has been the main source of food put in the lake by far. So for me again this is great news and more proof of what a great bait it is turning out to be and how good it is for the fish.</div>
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So all round this has been a great week and it’s looking good for my winter blog with an amazing amount of monster carp to catch!</div>
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Thanks again guys, great fishing! <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #003366; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mark Lambert (Fishery Manager)</span></div>
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We have this last week had a delivery of Avid safeguard XL cradles for use around <a class="kblinker" href="http://www.anglinglines.com/molyneux/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="More about Molyneux »">Molyneux</a>. Before making my decision I looked at many different makes and types of unhooking mats. I truly believe these are the best out there at the moment with regard to ease of use and fish welfare and our fish and anglers deserve the very best.</div>
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I am also in the process of ordering some weigh slings for the start of next season. With large well padded mats taking up so much space in the car and hopefully smelling of carp on the return we thought it was something else we could offer which would make the anglers that visit us life’s a little easier.</div>
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If Carlsberg made carp lakes……………</div>
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For more information on Molyneux follow the link – <a href="http://www.anglinglines.com/Molyneux/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="French Carp Lakes">French Carp Lakes</a></div>
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<span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit;">Around this time in France fish farmers are in full swing managing the nettings on their many lakes. It is because of this that Heather and I made a trip over to France this November. We called in to visit the Bacheliers, who were going to be netting both</span><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit;"> </span><a class="kblinker" href="http://www.anglinglines.com/Jonchery/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="More about Jonchery »">Jonchery</a><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit;"> </span><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit;">and</span><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit;"> </span><a class="kblinker" href="http://www.anglinglines.com/Brocard-Large/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="More about Brocard Large »">Brocard Large</a><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit;"> </span><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit;">over two days.</span></h1>
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The dates of nettings are pencilled in as autumn approaches, so a ‘window’ for our visit was set, but the wet weather was to play a huge part. Normally the first netting of the season is the top lake at La Horre. However, Paul Bachelier had kept me updated and even 10 days after the start of the drain down the lake was still full, simply due to the constant rain. As the labour is already organised, they opted to drain Jonchery first as this lake’s water level was more easily controllable. So, with 1 days notice, we packed the warmest clothes we could find as well as all our photography gear and waders.</div>
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Day one was spent documenting the netting at Jonchery, which you can read about <a href="http://anglinglines.com/blog/annual-netting-at-jonchery/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">here</a>. On our second day we were up bright and early to make the 30 minute drive from Jonchery over to the Brocard Complex. Arriving at the lake, even with the water drained down to leave all but a sizeable puddle, it never fails to amaze me how lovely the setting is. It really is a natural beauty, exactly what you would expect from a centuries old lake nestled into a forestry reserve.</div>
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The team tackle the job a section at a time, doing partial nettings around the remaining pool and pulling them steadily back to the bank. It is here that any large carp and catfish netted are checked and passed back over. Small nuisance catfish, carp and silver fish are then removed and placed into buckets. These are hauled up and sorted into aerated tanks on the back of the lorries heading for Pisciculture Bachelier HQ, where they are then transferred to smaller stock ponds.</div>
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We saw a huge selection of the scaley mirrors the Bachelier waters are reknown for, plenty of sizeable <a class="kblinker" href="http://www.anglinglines.com/commons/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="More about Commons »">commons</a> and around twenty large catfish.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">After more than a decade of testing the theory and keeping detailed records, I’m convinced you can improve your catch success by being aware of how the moon affects carp behaviour and their feeding.</strong></div>
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Have you ever wondered why you can sit by your rods for hours on end with your indicators seemingly “glued” to your rods, and then completely out of the blue, both of your rods scream off at the same time with a carp on the end? What triggers the fish to feed? What causes that uncanny feeling when you feel you are going to get a bite? What follows are my thoughts on what could be part of the explanation.</div>
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A lot of anglers will agree, or believe, that the moon and its gravitational pull play some part in fishing. You will often hear anglers talk about their favourite moonphase to fish, whether that is a bright full moon or the dark nights of a new moon. A large part of my fascination with carp fishing is an understanding of why I am successful on some sessions when everything seems to go right, and perhaps more importantly, why there are times when the alarm going off is a somewhat distant memory and I cannot buy a bite.</div>
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An article I read some 12 years ago sparked off my interest about the moon and its possible effect on my successes and failures so I did a great deal of research and started keeping detailed records of both the times of my captures and in relation to moonphase and the moontimes within those moonphases. 12 years later and I’ve become a massive believer and developed an approach to my carp fishing which includes this relationship with the moon, which I have no doubt has added to my catches of both numbers and size of the fish I catch.</div>
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To set the scene, let me start by giving a brief explanation of the moonphases.</div>
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As you are probably aware, there are four moonphases, New Moon, First quarter, Full Moon and Last quarter. In very simple terms, these phases are caused by changing angles (relative positions) of the Earth, the Moon and the Sun, as the Moon orbits the Earth.</div>
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The gravitational pull of the moon, and therefore potentially the biggest effect on our fishing, is on or around 2 days each side of each moonphase. For example, the most recent New Moon was on the 3<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">rd</span> November, therefore the best days for fishing would have been the two days before the New Moon (the 1<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">st</span> and 2<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">nd</span>, abbreviated to NM-1 and NM-2) the New Moon itself (3<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">rd</span> November, NM-0) and the two days afterwards (the 4<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">th</span> and the 5<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">th </span>, NM+1 and NM+2). The same applies for each of the moonphases. The periods in-between are when the moon has less affect and therefore potentially the least productive. That does not mean you will not catch in these times, it’s just that if you want to stack the odds in your favour then ideally you would try to fish during the better periods.</div>
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However, that is only one part of the puzzle…</div>
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The moon rises and sets just as the sun does, except it does not have a 24 hour cycle like the sun. A moon cycle takes approximately 24 hours and 50 minutes which is key to identifying our <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">best possible times</span> for fishing.</div>
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Each moon cycle has a moon RISE, HIGH ORBIT POINT (H.P), SET and LOW ORBIT POINT (L.O). Bearing in mind what I wrote above, these times move by roughly 50 minutes each day. Therefore a RISE, H.P, SET or L.O can be at any time of the day or night depending on the time of the month.</div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Minor</span> feeding periods occur at RISE and SET for <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">approximately</span> 3 hours, 1 ½ hours before and 1 ½ hours after the RISE and SET times.</div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Major </span>feeding periods occur at H.P and L.O for <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">approximately</span> 4 hours, 2 hours before and 2 hours after the transit time. At these points, the moon is nearest to the earth and its energies most intense.</div>
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You can find out moon RISE, SET and H.P times by finding and downloading the appropriate software off the internet then adjusting to your own time zone. To calculate the L.O transit time, add 12 hours and 20 minutes to the previous H.P time (this is approximate).</div>
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To optimise my chances, I aim to be fishing at least <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">90</b> minutes before a RISE or SET, and <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">2 hours</b> before the H.P and L.O transit times. Big carp are most apt to be active at the start and end of feeding periods, or very close to the RISE, SET, or transit times.</div>
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One thing to watch for at the start and end of major and minor periods are changes in wind. Wind will often pick up at RISE and SET or drop off completely at transit times. This wind often results in us feeling “positive” and is what could lie behind that “uncanny” feeling we sometimes get moments before we catch. Other things to watch out for coinciding at key points are when you find yourself yawning, hearing dogs barking and other animal noises (fish are not the only creatures to be affected by the moon). Even watching the birdlife on your local water at these times can give you a clue.</div>
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I am not claiming this is the “be all and end all” to improve your catch rates, it just adds another dimension to my carp fishing enjoyment. To me, carp fishing is about trying to get everything as right as possible in order to get the best out of each session and having this information certainly doesn’t do any harm. Next month, I will share with you how I approach my short and long term fishing sessions whilst including this knowledge.</div>
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