{"id":9266,"date":"2012-11-17T03:21:24","date_gmt":"2012-11-17T02:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/?p=9266"},"modified":"2013-11-18T23:50:42","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T22:50:42","slug":"24hour-winter-carp-session-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/24hour-winter-carp-session-in-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Carp Fishing in France"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Long Two Tone at 47.12<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

24hrs at Lac Du Villefond<\/a>, 7\/11\/12\u00a0<\/span>
\n<\/strong>by fisheries manager, Mark Lambert<\/em><\/p>\n

Wednesday the 7th of November 2012 was the start of my 24 hour session on my lake Villefond . I had my tent set up from a previous session the week before so after a quick setup of my rods I was fishing by about 10\u2019oclock. My approach was simple – remain quiet & use the on site boat to drop off two rods on a gravel spot in the middle of the deeper water.<\/p>\n

One rod had a whittled down 15mm pop-up on, the other a 15mm bottom bait. My third rod was going to be used to chuck at showing fish or experiment on different spots. As I was fishing swim 6 (the woodchip swim) I decided to drop a bottom bait just in the margin by the sluice gate to my right.<\/p>\n

With all rods back leaded and now on my spots I settled down preparing for a long wait. With the weather sunny but still quite cold especially in the shade of all the trees round swim 6 I sat close to my rods scanning the water for signs of fish.<\/p>\n

At 10.30, only half an hour after being put out, my middle rod with the pop up on beeps at me. I watch my rod tip & standing over the rod I see the line start to tighten and with one more single beep I strike.<\/p>\n

Immediately I know this is a good fish. It’s moving very slowly, swimming straight towards me & it doesn\u2019t really start to fight until it comes close to the bank. As the fish gets tired I lower the net into the water and turn the fish. As its head turns I see the width across its back and know its going 40lb+.<\/p>\n

She topped the scales at 47.12lb and is a fish we know as the\u00a0Long Two Tone. That was an amazing start for me and I quickly boated my bait straight back out and dropped it with more bait right back on the spot.<\/p>\n

Still chuffed with my catch I continued to study the lake looking for signs of fish anywhere but there was none. This didn\u2019t bother me because if I didn\u2019t catch anymore I was happy with one fish, especially such a nice fish on just a 24hr session.<\/p>\n

At 12.14 my middle rod beeped at me again… the beginning of a take. Again before it turned into a run I struck and was in.<\/p>\n

Again the fish moved slowly but powerfully through the water indicating to me it could be a big fish again. Once again as I pulled the fish over the net I saw a massive head. At first because of the width of the head I thought I had caught one of our 50\u2019s, a monster called Bennett\u2019s. \u00a0But I knew when I lifted it from the water it wasn\u2019t Bennett\u2019s but I thought it was a very nice stocky fish.<\/p>\n

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40.04 – The DIY Ghostie<\/p><\/div>\n

The scales stopped at 40lb 4oz, a fish we know as\u00a0DIY Ghostie\u00a0and a fish that has been on my top ten fish to catch for a very long time, so I was over the moon again!<\/p>\n

After this fish I checked my hook and found it had become slightly blunt in the process of catching these two fish so I quickly tied a new rig, put a new pop up on and I was ready to get the bait back in the water.<\/p>\n

By 13.00 I had put the back lead on and set my swinger on my middle rod when I notice the line has looped around my last eye on my rod. As I unhooked it with a landing net handle I get a single beep on the rod and the line tightens and a fish starts to take line. I can\u2019t believe my luck as I strike into the fish and again it swims straight towards me, once again fighting hard close\u00a0in.<\/p>\n

It was\u00a043lb 4oz and yet one more lump on the bank… and now I\u2019m starting to feel really lucky. \u00a0How many people get to fish a lake like Villefond where the average weight is so massive. I spend most days helping people catch these monster fish and have watched them grow and documented their captures from stocking in 2008. So you learn a bit about each fish and it becomes a pleasure to seem them on the bank. After checking our records this particular fish is a rare capture with only two other people in four years catching it.<\/p>\n

With all three fish coming off the same pop-up rig off the same spot I decided to change my bottom bait on the same spot to a pop-up. After boating out both rods all goes quiet and I don\u2019t see a fish until the next morning.<\/p>\n

However, at 8:30am on the 8th<\/sup>\u00a0I was again standing over my rods when I saw the beginning of a take on my middle rod. \u00a0Once again I struck and fought and landed a hard fighting carp.\u00a0It weighed 42lb 8oz and once again I was a very happy angler.<\/p>\n

\"Carp\"

42.08 – my last capture of the 24hr session<\/p><\/div>\n

That was my last capture and I packed up for home later that day to post my pictures and identify the carp I caught.<\/p>\n

Four good forties in 24 hours – I was very happy and hopefully during the coming winter I will get more opportunities to bank some of these fantastic large carp.<\/p>\n

Thanks for reading!<\/p>\n

Mark Lambert.<\/em><\/p>\n

Winter\u00a0Carp fishing in France<\/a> at Villefond<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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