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May 2012
110 carp... inc. 3 x 50's! Sapphire Interview
Pete Newman reveals the tactics & techniques they used to take over 100 carp, including 3 x 50's, on their April '12 session.
Apr 2012
Sapphire does it again
We have just received an update from Graeme Bonser's group who fished at Sapphire during the week commencing the 7th April 2012. This is what Graeme said:
Quick update from our Sapphire session least week. I had a further 7 fish (34.08, 36.00, 39.01, 41.13, 24.03, 31.08, 33.02) after you left bringing my tally up to 43 fish - 21 x 30's 18 x under 30lbs, and 3 x 40's.
Austin Reade had a 54.04 common (same fish has Pete Newman) and Antony watkins caught a 50.11 mirror. Not sure if these are lake records?
This is indeed two new records for Sapphire. Graeme's group ended the week with well over 100 carp - well done to all of you !
 Austin Reade - 54 04 New Lake Record Common |
 Antony Watkins - 50 11 Mirror - New Lake Record |
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Apr 2012
Two Lake Records at Sapphire
Chris Carr, fishing at Sapphire this week with his two mates, has taken two lake records with;
* 50lb 3oz Mirror on Tuesday 3rd April
* 53lb 6oz Common on Wednesday 4th April
.... the first two 50's to be caught at Sapphire.
His mates Gary Brown and Lee Berry both smashed their PB's as well, with a 43lb Mirror to Gary and a 34lb Mirror to Lee.
The total haul included another 17 x 30's.
Well done to you all!
 The 50lb 3oz Mirror |
 The 53lb 6oz Common |
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Nov 2011
Sapphire netting reveals fantastic stock of large carp
Sapphire was netted in October 2011 to remove its silver fish and small carp... so this was an excellent opportunity to assess the current stock.
Some carp will obviously have escaped the net but every netted fish was weighed and listed. So here's a summary of the known fish in Sapphire, taken straight from Michel Bigot's hand written list on the day;
- 2 x 50's - a 52lb common and a 51lb 8oz mirror
- 16 x 40's - 5 of these were over 47lb
- 105 x 30's (mostly mirrors) - 15 of these were high 30's
- 192 x 20's
- 22 doubles were returned, a mix of koi, commons and pretty mirrors
A total of 335 carp were returned to the lake and, worked out straight from Michel's list, the average size was just under 30lb.
There's no wonder that some Sapphire anglers had very big hits in 2011... and with the carp growing all the time, 2012 promises to be even better!
Nov 2011
Sapphire lake bed
The recent netting gave us a unique opportunity to see the lake bed - invaluable information for serious carp anglers!