The Bigots have started sprucing up the faciliies at Margot.
They have fixed the toilet and tiled the toilet area completely and also the area where the freezers are kept.
Before the beginning of the season next year they will have sorted out the troublesome swims 1-4 as well. Research on the best permanent methods for this is underway.
62lb!
The Bigots have just added another 26 large carp to Margot including a magnificent 62lb mirror!
In total 26 carp with an average weight of 37lb 6oz were stocked; 1 x 62lb, 3 x 40lb+, 12 x 35lb+, 8 x 30lb+, 2 x 20lb+
A real Xmas present for the 2012 Margot anglers!
Margot was netted recently to remove nuisance species… but inevitably some of the larger residents found their way into the nets!
Dan with one of the week’s captures
Having just returned from Margot (w/c 6th August) I would like to say that the Poisson Chat problem does not appear to exist if anglers go prepared. They are in the lake and you will catch a few here and there, we caught about 10 between the 8 of us during the week.
Soft baits will initially need to be netted but once air dried we found they were untouched, harder baits such as Tigers are obviously unaffected.
If anglers prepare themselves then they should have a very successful week. We caught 110 fish between us with 5 over the 40lb mark as well as the albino cat at 61lbs, with the larger fish coming out on Tiger Nuts at the start of the week but as it wore on more and more were coming out on boilies, mainly Ace Baits Banana Twist or Bloodworm and Mainline Cell were all very successful.
Hope this helps,
Dan Bungay
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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