Friday 12th March 2010 and Sapphire receives another 25 large carp to add to it’s existing stock. These were mostly commons, the smallest of them weighing 35lb 5oz.
These bigger specimens come from large stock lakes which take all day to net, so it was nearly midnight before the fish transport lorry arrives at Sapphire.
11 of the carp are between 35lb and 40lb, 12 are over 40lb and 2 more over 50lb.
All of the 40lb + carp are long torpedo shaped commons which come from the exact same place as the 60lb and 70lb+ commons we see at Margot, another famous Bigot venue.
The final phase of this mega stocking is set to become the icing on this grand cake when the largest of the stock lakes will be netted. This very secret location holds the high 50s and 60lb+ carp which are ear-marked for Sapphire.
The recent storm which recently swept through the whole of France was the sting in the tail of the worst winter for years and it has meant that the water level in this stock lake is still too high for netting its fish.
It’s now a race against time for the water level drop enough to allow the stock lake to be netted before the summer and Michel and Laurent will let us know just as soon as netting becomes possible.
Even so, Sapphire can already boast of a fantastic stock of over 375 carp, with a huge head of 30s and 40s and 4 known 50s. None of which will have been caught before.
Video to follow in the next few days…
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