by Gareth Watkins
Most of my summer 2007 was spent out ‘On the Road’ to produce the 2008 DVD.
We generally get under way in April and set out a list of venues we need to cover. These are in priority the new lakes we have on our books, lakes that have seen significant changes to either the facilities, fish stocks etc and venues that we have not covered for a while.
Last year was made doubly awkward due to the absolutely lousy weather we had for much of the summer.
We were delighted to add some quality fishing to our portfolio, such as Molyneux, Commons Lake, Long Lake, Etang de Moulin and St Christophe. All these venues I’m sure will do well in 2008.
The other great thing about visiting the lakes in person is the people we meet. None of our video sessions are staged. We don’t bait a swim for weeks or re-hook fish. What you see on the clips is as it is. Some venues produce well others don’t. That’s not to say the venues who don’t throw up a biggy for the camera don’t hold such fish though.
In 2007 I was generally very mucky and on most waters I was able to capture some good action and some nice fish, even if I had to wait for them.
I think the highlight though was shooting with Shaun Harrison, what a star… not only has he never failed to catch when I’ve turned a camera on him, at St Christophe, against all the odds when the lake was fishing really slowly and many anglers blanking during the busiest holiday week of the year… he banked a fabulous 54lb 6oz mirror.
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Jeff writes:(…..why should we put up with this sort of poorly produced material any longer. For years, anglers have been sold off with videos from every half-famous Joe who fancies making a name for himself in the job of TV presenting. Most don’t suit and many should stick to their day jobs….)
