We’ve been watching the Margot feedback from the last couple of weeks and it’s become apparent that in addition to the nuisance caused by the smaller grass carp the poisson chat have also shown a sudden surge in activity. Prior to this we’d hardly heard mention of the chats.
The owner, Michel Bigot, has agreed to act immediately and has a netting for the poisson chat planned for the first available opportunity, w/c 16th July. Smaller grassies will be removed at the same time but he can’t promise that it will fully resolve the number of small grassies as they have a tendency to jump the net as it closes in. However, there will be a further netting in the close season to sort it totally.
The Bigot’s have already taken some steps by creating a small fish feeding station in the corner of the lake. This area only allows the very small fish access & they are then netted out… approx. 75kg of small fish including poisson chat have already been removed using this method.
Our latest report (today, Wed 6th July) direct from the anglers fishing the lake revealed that the situation was already improving and they’ve had around 25 carp, including 3 x 40lb grassies and a 45lb common. They have shopped local & bought ladies tights, using them to net the baits to keep any poisson chats at bay (the local shop keeper has drawn his own conclusions- no doubt!) Mr Hopkins speaking directly from the lake said they had had no issues themselves with small grassies either, the smallest caught so far being around 16lb. So… so far a good week.
We’ll keep you posted.
Post updated 26th July;
As a result of the nettings the Bigots have removed 600kg of poisson chat from Margot – they were very pleased with the results and it should solve any immediate problems. However, as with any of these nettings, they can’t guarantee that every last one has gone!
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