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Top French carp angler Bruno Médou has just sent us a report from his latest trip to the central ‘Morvan’ region of France, and area rich in carp waters and renowned for the large fish that populate its waters.
The region is heavily forested with a large variety of pines, and as Bruno says it gives it a Canadian feel. The beauty of the setting contributed immensely of the pleasure of his trip.
Bruno had the good fortune to spend his trip on three different waters, which had never seen carp anglers before, and was fortunate to bank specimens on all three over the magical 15kg mark (33lb).

An accomplished photographer Bruno has sent us a series of beautiful photos. See Slideshow below:

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Vince wrote:

Why do I end up with holes through the centre of my home rolled boilies ? I have tried adding more liquids / oil to no avail. I am using bog standard semo/soya/milk powder etc with the inclusion of finely ground nut/seed mix in proportion

Hi Vince,

I’ll pass on your query to my friends at Quest Baits, also who will have a better appreciation of the problem than I,  but here is perhaps the reason.

It’s a long time since I rolled my own bait there are a few things I remember as crucial to getting round baits.

1) Make sure your mix is right, ie. The right consistency, number of eggs and wet ingredients to get a mix that is firm but not too dry nor too wet. This will take some trial and error, especially if you are putting together your own base mix blend from dry ingredients.

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Pellets are great carp catchers. Period. Most anglers have used the usual trout, salmon halibut, betaine or corn steep liquor pellets in the past, but there’s far more to pellets than meets the eye!

genets-record.jpg” alt=”" width=”300″ height=”260″ />Hi All,
Just got this e-mail report through from Les Genêts lake owner Larry Arnold.

[..Ben Rook from Nottingham landed a Mirror of 45lb 7oz at 11 30pm Wednesday 30th April. He was fishing the swim opposite the house after moving from the pads swim.This carp is not the same fish as last years record of 44lb 2oz. Ben fished Boilies over lake pellet and without the aid of a bait boat good old fashioned casting. Well done to him on this superb fish.
Cheers
Larry...]