It was the end of March and Jim Kelly and I were about to take on our first field testing trip of 2013. We were off to Northern France to fish a lake on a trial for Angling Lines. With these first exploratory trips on a new lake, our purpose is to provide feedback to both to the owners and Angling Lines, with the prospects of the lake being taken on as a viable concern.
This was supposed to be Spring
Friday Morning
We have our first visitors of the year to Bletiere with Duncan and his wife Sharon here for two weeks. Duncan took advantage of us being empty last week and arrived on Thursday night to give him a couple more days fishing.
On the Friday the cold front hit and we woke up in the morning to a layer of snow and -3 temperatures, so things were not looking good for fishing.
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Despite the weather up until Sunday evening Duncan had managed to get 5 carp out and although the biggest was only 26lb 12, what a stunning fish it is and I cannot wait to see this grow.
Thankfully it has warmed slightly and so far, fishing only days with a break at lunchtimes Duncan has had;
1 x 40
3 x 30′s
2 x 20′s and 3 x doubles
Tight lines,
John, owner at Bletiere Fishing Holidays
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Tags: Bletiere, Winter Carping
Margot proves that early season carping pays off by producing a number of cracking 40′s and 50′s throughout March, here’s our picture round-up. We also got footage of Mick landing the 57lb common pictured below, click here to view.
Colin Robertson 47.08
A selection of carp caught at Roseau between the 23rd and 30th of March this year, despite the worst March weather conditions in 50 years, temperatures reaching -5 at points.
To see Glenn, Chris and Alans full feedback for Roseau Large Lake click here.
Glenn Hook with his new 35lb PB
Kieran (36lb 2oz) and Glenn Lack (32lb)
I was looking forward to this for a long time, all through the very cold bitter winter England was having. The dates crept up and before I knew it there were 2 weeks until the trip. So the preparation began. Rigs were being tied, reels were being spooled. I was preparing for a week of action at Morgane. Joining me on this trip was my Dad Glenn, and our friend Dave; we had the lake exclusive for the first session on Morgane for 2013. We were all very excited and hopeful of a few fish being banked.
Friday night came round very quick, I finished work and I knew I had a week of fishing to look forward to. Luckily a lot of the hard work was done; the van was loaded with the majority of the gear. continue reading…
Tags: Morgane, Winter Carping
