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Hi Paul,
I read with interest your trip to the small lake at St Christophe last autumn.

Me and my mate are there in early June, could I ask you a couple of quick questions ?

I noticed on your lake map that there are a set of snags to the left hand side, what sort of snags are we talking about ?

Are they serious snags to be avoided at all costs ?

Also did you have any trouble with crays or chats during your stay ?

I have fished in France a good few times and have found on the gravel pit types of waters as this one that you can catch during the day as opposed to the siltier, older waters that seem to be predominantly night waters. Did you have any day action ?

And finally, how did you find the food at the owners place ? Could you book it for the same time every day ?

Cheers
Andy.

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by Gareth Watkins

No one can be unaware these days of ‘Global warming’, with conferences held regularly by ecological groups, scientists and governments the problem is a genuine and serious one. It is also one of the main factors in the increase of weed growth in many of our carp fishing lakes across northern Europe and in my case northern France.

Add to this the intensive agriculture in many parts of France, with its heavy use of phosphate and nitrate fertilizers and you can soon see why weed is becoming more of a problem every year.

There are many types of common pond weeds that we can see proliferating in our waters. Some are denser and harder to deal with than others. They do though offer a safe haven for fish and abundant food store.

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