Here’s the video of Shaun Harrisons 54lb’er caught at Gigantica in 2009
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Richard Ward with the current Laroussi record at 76lb
The owner of Laroussi, Mehdi Daho, keeps meticulous records of the carp caught at Laroussi. He’s just updated us with his stock summary & we thought we’d reproduce it here too because it makes very impressive reading;
There are;
* 350 commons & mirrors
* Lake record is a 76lb mirror
* 4 different 60’s
* 18 different 50’s
* 35 different 40’s
* Grass carp to 52lb
* Koi to 23lb
* Sturgeon (brown backed) to 74lb (the current French record)
* 6 catfish between 69lb and 115lb.
If you’d like to see some photos you can do so here.
Our Villefond session; 25th March to Ist April 2011
Sick as a Parrott…
Our trip to Villefond was to celebrate my good friend Andy’s 40th Birthday. The weather had improved showing a large increase in temperature in just a couple of weeks in both England and France.
On arriving at the venue we were met by Mark and his mum, Debbie who welcomed us and showed us the amenities which were more than ample. The lake looked very picturesque even though spring wasn’t in full flow yet. As we walked around the lake we met the two lads who were just about to leave after a successful week having fished the far end of the lake. This having been the first angling week of the season on the lake and the fish seeing pressure that they hadn’t been use to for some 5 months, I was interested to see if they would continue to ‘slip up’ and plenty more trips to the bank were on the cards. Mark and Debbie left us to it and said they would see us in the morning.
Andy wanted to follow the lads into peg 4, something I am always dubious about being the cynic that I am! So after around 2 hours I dropped into peg 6 to cover a different area of water. The weather was still reasonably warm and dry but soon changed, and we to see a lot of showers some of which were very heavy at times bringing a lot of colder water in to the lake.
Our findings
Around the majority of the lake it is tree-lined with goat willows with a good sized grass verge to access your peg by vehicle. The lake was an online water body whereby it was fed from above and flowed out into the lower chain of other lakes. This being an advantage for the owners being able to manage the water level and to keep a constant trickle turnover of water to keep oxygen levels up. This also allows the owners to be able to drop the level in case any stock surveys or nettings were required in the future. All of which are recognized features of good fishery management. continue reading…
Fudgey’s @ 73.09 – Gigantica’s 3rd known 70lb+ carp
So, after a slow first week but with amazing weather so early in the year, last weeks lake exclusive of German anglers really raised the bar for all who follow this year.
Although the group only caught 3 fish for the week ( 6 anglers in the group ) they certainly made the ones they caught, the right ones !!
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Look at the width of that carp!
Having seen Fudgeys last year at spawning time, I had predicted that should someone be lucky enough to capture this huge framed fish during the winter, I was certain it would be Gigantica’s 3rd 70lb+ fish. Having made it through the colder conditions without slipping up, and with fish in general in the area showing signs of having fed well through the winter, I wasn’t at all astonished when I was handed the pics of the awesome fish at an all time high, and as predicted, Giganticas 3rd official 70lb+ fish at the massive 73.09lb !!
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As amazig as Fudgeys is, with its tell tale crinkled bottom tail lobe and huge frame I was actually blown away by the other fish caught as part of the huge brace.
Literally the next day, Klaus caught a fish which I had begun to dismiss as still being here in the depths of Gigantica. This fish, as amazing as it looked in the pics we had of it, from 4 years ago I must add was simply a stunning fish. So much so that D.F. named it the ‘Target’ because it was the ‘one’ we all wanted.
STOP PRESS – the Villefond lake record was broken yesterday with this magnificent 51.02 common. The captor was Andy Molyneux… he cast to a showing fish with a Mainline boilie and a size 6 Raptor hook.
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