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News from Glehias lake

Oct 2009

Winding in for the Season, 1st Oct

One of the main things I have noticed this year is that the fish were more evenly spread over the entire lake. There seemed to be no particular concentration of Carp in the reeds or on the Gorse bank and from one week to the next, the productive areas would change.

Last winter the fish were only fed in the deep end of the lake, and I believe that this has stopped the fish being concentrated only in the shallow reeded areas which seems to have helped ensure that the catches are more evenly spread over a group of anglers. The intension is to do the same again this winter.

Unsurprisingly, Quest Baits Rahja Spice and Liver B8 seemed to produce the goods over the Season yet again; catching both most, and the biggest fish in a great year of PB busting fishing here at la Gléhias.

The fishing picked up well in April despite a bit of a slow start due to a sluggish spring warm-up, and although less fish were banked early on, the rewards for those who fished here at the beginning of the season were immense as the Carp had piled on a staggering amount of weight through the winter. Carp which were around 25lb last year were seen on the bank at between 29 and 33lb, in fact the average fish weight until mid May was 29lb 12oz, and almost every other fish landed was 30lb+!

Unfortunately none of the three lake biggies were banked before spawning, one of which was certain to be in excess of 44lb, with the others hovering around 40-41lb. May saw our biggest spawning since we opened in 2006, and it was a relief to see as the last three years spawnings were very drawn out due to inconsistent weather and angling pressure. The week after this gave for some difficult fishing which is normal as the fish recover from such an energetic event.

Although the average fish dropped 5-6lb over night, as they came back on the feed anglers enjoyed seeing braces on the bank and were achieving up to six runs in a night.

In June we stocked in a batch of 24 smaller Carp of between 15 to 29lb, including a few big Koi of around 18lb. This was to help make the fishing a bit easier for our younger anglers, and was also intended to create more competitive feeding between the existing big fish. It was three weeks before any of these fish began to show and I am guessing this was their settling period.

The big Carp continued to show steadily through out June and July with Nick Higgins putting the largest one on the bank at just under 39lb, this fish is well known to us and had already spawned, dropping about 4-6lbs two weeks before it was caught. My gut feeling tells me that this will be the first ‘la Gléhias 50’ at some point, it’ll certainly be interesting to see how heavy this fish is next year.

As the hot weather really began to pick-up in August, the bright sunshine slowed down the daytime fishing but the nights became much busier with as many as 30 fish coming out in a week. August produced some very pretty fish as well, including a couple of big Koi Commons and a pure white 10lb’er. It was also nice to see the Grassies putting in a regular appearance after being stocked in two years ago as babies to get rid of any potential weed problems.

Our smallest Cat was banked by Tommy (Top-Cat) Chantler at 49lb showing that it too had a 9lb increase in weight since last year; the biggest Cat is now expected to top 65lb if anyone can manage to land it!

September continued to fish superbly as it always does with the Carp starting to pile the weight back on for winter. Average weights were back up to around 27lb and catch rates were decent too with around 20 fish landed in a week.

Finally, a great BIG THANK YOU to all of La Gléhias' guests for visiting us here this year, and we are already looking forward to seeing next years anglers here on the banks of Lake Lauren.

Bon Pêche,

Lee, Tracy, Lauren, William, Sam and Jake :)

Sep 2009

Lake William Mini Progress Updateâ€¦., 1st Sep

The month of May saw our biggest spawning since we opened Lake Lauren in 2006; the combination of angling pressure and crappy summers over the last two years has made spawning a long drawn out stop/start affair which dragged on for weeks.

This year was very different, and it was all over after a four night and day lake frothing session, which was good news for the fish and our anglers. The result of this gigantic spawning is just becoming apparent with literally thousands of mini Carp showing up in the lake, including a high proportion of cracking little Ghost Koi.

Although most of these fish are only between 4 and 12oz in weight, I found it hard not to take advantage of their arrival and have taken out around 200 of them to grow on including 60 of the Ghosties before the big Cats devour the lot!

These rapid growing baby Carp have been moved up to Lake William which is currently being used as a stock pond to eventually become part of the stock for both lakes, and they should hit a minimum of 10-12lb within two years.

Lake William already contains a good head of fish which are growing on at an alarming rate. The stock so far consists of approximately; 50 Common and Mirror Carp of 5-15lb 140 baby Common and Mirror Carp of 4-12oz 12 Koi Carp of 6-8lb 60 baby Ghost Koi of 4-12oz 20 Grass Carp of 1-4lb 5 Albino Grass Carp of 2-4lb Crucian Carp of 1-2lb Golden and Green Tench of 1-4lb Roach and Red Roach to around 1lb 8oz Rudd to around 1lb 8oz Bleak to around 10oz.

This is probably the last of the fish to be added to this lake until the big change around happens, as we feel that any more may stunt the rapid growth of the Carp. The long term plan is to move half of all these Carp back to Lake Lauren along with a further 20 new Catfish to be added to the existing 3 Cats which presently go to 60lb+ to create a specimen predator lake with Carp to around mid 30s.

We will then move most of the big Carp from Lake Lauren to Lake William to create a 'predator free' specimen Carp lake with Carp to around 50lb and a good head of other coarse species to go for as many of our anglers do seem to enjoy a bit of float fishing as do I.

Meanwhile in Lake Lauren, the big Carp are feeding very strongly and the resident Cats can be seen on most evenings feasting on the thousands of baby Carp in the shallows, so the weight should be piling on nicely for next year!

Lee

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Aug 2009

The Chantler's are Doing It Again!!!, 1st Aug

The Chantler family are here for their third visit and have set the lake on fire yet again!

So far during their trip we have seen 30 fish banked ranging from 10lb up to a whopping 49lb, including a pure white Koi Carp of 10lb, a Grass Carp of 11lb, five 30's to 36lb, a gorgeous brace and to top it all, a huge Catfish; and they are only half way through their holiday! Current 'Lake Record Catfish' title holder Tommy 'Top Cat' Chantler is fishing for the Cats with squid on two of his rods and going for Carp with Quests superb Liver B8 on his third.

Tommy has incredibly managed to hook and land the first Cat to come out of the lake in a year on the one rod which he set up for the Carp! The 49lb Moggy is known to be the smallest of three in the lake and amazingly was last caught from exactly the same place and on the same bait a year ago by Thomas Chantler (Tommy's son) who had it at spot on 40lb.

Three quarters of the fish have been taken on Quests Liver B8 with the others falling to Rahja Spice and Pineapple Crush; so far……

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Aug 2009

A New Record to Beatâ€¦, 1st Aug

22 Grassies were originally introduced into Lake Lauren three years ago at weights of between 8oz and 3lb to control the growth of weed patches in some shallower areas of the lake. The fish did their job really well and have now grown on enough to get caught on 20mm baits, so we thought we would create a new award to go for as they grow on further.

Matt Clarke from Burton-upon-Trent has started the ball rolling with the new record awarded to him for catching a beautiful silvery 12lb Grass Carp. The vegetarian fish was tripped up at mid-day with a Quest Baits 20mm Rahja Spice boilie wrapped in Rahja paste, planted close in half way along the Gorse bank.

Matt is fishing here with his old school chum Lewis Gadsby, and between them have had many other cracking fish this week including a 47lb+ Cat, a 19lb Koi and Commons and Mirrors to over 37lb Superb fishing chaps, keep it up!

Lee