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News from Glehias lake

Oct 2008

Variety does seem to be the Spice of Life!, 1st Oct

For the most part of 2007, Quest Baits 'Rahja Spice' was definitely King of the lake catching the most fish, with 'Special Crab' coming in a very close second.

We noticed that by the end of that season there were flat spots in the catch numbers for these baits, and we put this down to the fish wising up after being hammered on these flavours for several weeks at a time. For 2008, we made the decision to include Quests 'Liver B8' and 'Pineapple Crush' to the la Gléhias range of on site baits adding more variety of flavours, textures and colours, etc.

Now the 2008 season is winding down, and after looking through the catch records for this year, adding more flavours to our stocks does seem to have paid off as catch rates have been higher on average than last year.

We estimate that roughly the same amount of fish were caught on the 'Rahja' and 'Crab', with catch numbers being bumped up a bit with many good fish being caught on the 'Pineapple Crush', and with 'Liver B8' out fishing all the others. This became especially highlighted when anglers who had ordered a variety of flavours had consistently higher weekly catch rates.

Although 'Pineapple Crush' took the least fish, in all fairness this flavour was the least sold. However, it also seems to have most regularly caught the bigger fish, being responsible for breaking the "Ladies Lake Record" twice this year.

The 'Special Crab' fished superbly early in the 2008 season and then slowed up a little around the end of May, but still worked well when fished in conjunction with other flavours on other rods.

This bait was fished hard in 2007, as much as up to six weeks in a row, and on a small lake, the fish will soon start to get wary of it. I believed that the 'Special Crab' could have caught even more fish had it not been used quite so heavily, and this year seems to have proven exactly that. It has also been noted that more 'Commons' and 'Cats' are hooked on this flavour than any other flavour on our lake, so if you're after a big PB 'Common', make sure you've got some of these in your arsenal!

The 'Liver B8' worked much like the 'Rahja Spice' in the sense that it fished reliably well in all conditions, and kicks out fish when all else fails. For example, I have noticed that after a big cold down pour and a sudden drop in lake temperature that the catch rates can drop off a bit, but these two baits can keep the fish slowly coming in when nothing else seems to work.

When we are asked "Can we bring our own freezer baits?" (Maple-8's, KG1's, etc) we will always say yes, but do be aware that while some anglers have emptied the lake on their own baits, others have failed abysmally. For instance, plain prepared hemp can help your baiting no end, but oddly, Garlic hemp seems to act like a Carp repellent on our lake and 'Tutti-frutti' has never done well at all here.

We are extremely happy now with the selection of boilies that we sell here at la Gléhias, and are fully confident in our fishes love of them. When ordering baits (or bringing your own), we would suggest you bring a mix of at least two or three flavours, maybe one predominant flavour with one or two other flavours to back it up.

Quantity wise, 5-6 kg of 20mm boilie per man per week seems to be about right, and if you are using our 5 and 7mm pellet, again 5-10 kg should see you through the week. If you are going to use smaller pellet, particles or method mixes, you will probably need closer to 10-20kg per man per week of this as the silver fish and Tench will be able to get this away. For 2009 we will be adding a 9mm carp pellet to compliment our already extensive range of baits at the same price as the 5 and 7mm carp pellet.

We are aware that every lake behaves differently to different baiting so please don’t hesitate to call us if you have any questions at all.

Cheers and Bon Pêche

Lee

Sep 2008

An Unbelievable August, 1st Sep

What a month we've had here at la Gléhias; a staggering 110 specimen Carp have been banked and 4 Lake Records have been smashed along with many, many PB's.

Thanks to Tommy and Thomas Chantler, all three catfish were seen inside of one week after not seeing any for over a year. The smallest is now known to be 40lbs, and the largest is a monstrous 53lb'er (now named Top Cat or TC) which has put on an unbelievable 14lbs in the last twenty months.

Last year's bad weather really messed up the spawning season and made it drag on and off for months and this probably hampered the fishing a bit, but after two good spawnings this year the fish are definitly packing the weight back on for the autumn.

Carp averaged just above the 26lb mark which is actually not bad for summer weights, and the heaviest Carp landed in August was Golddigger at 37lb which was captured by 'Bluebell Lakes' manager Dave who was fishing here with Fox consultant Matt Ridley.

Lake Records broken this month include; the "Ladies Lake Record" now at 34lb 12oz, the "Men's Lake Record Catfish" now at 53lb and the "Juniors Lake Record Carp" was broken twice at 35lb and then two weeks later at 36lb 4oz by Jack Evans (14) who may also have been awarded the "Juniors Lake Record Catfish" title if he had called me to confirm the fish's weight, estimated to be 40-46lb as his scales only went to 40lbs.

It was also nice to see a pure white Koi at around 11lbs and an orange and black Koi at just under 14lb showing me that they are growing on nicely along with approximately 15-20 other Koi yet to be seen on the bank.

Small Grassies are now beginning to show a couple of times a week as they near double figures as four were seen last month at just under 10lb along with several others caught mainly on float between 5 and 8lb.

On the subject of smaller fish, 40 small Carp of around 2- 5lbs were moved last month from Lake Lauren and put into Lake William along with 40 small Grassies to get to work on the weed which appeared after it finished filling back in February.

Bait wise, roughly 65 percent of all fish were taken on Quest's new Liver B8, Special Crab or Rahja Spice, while the rest were caught with Quest's Pineapple Crush, Mainline's Maple-8 or Terry Hearn's Source.

September is looking like the fishing will carry on as brilliantly as last month as the fish seem keen to pile on the weight this year and are feeding stronger than ever at the moment. In fact, it's likely that we will see two or three fish well into the mid 40's for March, April and May next year.

Can't wait! Lee

Aug 2008

Junior Lake Record tumbles, 1st Aug

Adam Chantler (15) on holiday with his family, landed the big fish known as Halle at 35lb midday on Sunday the 3rd August. The Chantler Party arrived late on the Saturday evening and it was a bit of a panic to get the rods in before dark.

Adam's first fish came that night in the shape of a 27lb mirror and the next was the 35lb PB breaking monster, both fish were taken on the superb Rahja Spice. What a great start!

Well done Adam, Keep em coming!

Aug 2008

Lady's Lake Record hits mid 30's, 1st Aug

Congratulations go to an amazed Clare Chantler who landed a massive Mirror of 34lb 12oz to claim the "Ladies Lake Record" at 4.00am on the 4th of August.

The rain belted down all night until the buzzer screamed off and then it kindly let up while she landed the PB fish and it started raining again straight after it was released.

The big beast came from the BBQ corner and was taken on a single Quest Baits 20mm Pineapple Crush boilie with no background baiting at all.

An all round great result, Well done Clare.