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News from Glehias lake
Oct 2006
What a year! And we’ve only just begun….., 1st Oct
It’s the end of the holiday season and while most other venues are winding down for the year, we at La Gléhias are still gearing up for our first ‘reel’ season in 2007.
The Farmhouse accommodation is just about finished now - complete with the new barbeque and play area - and ready to receive its first guests in the new year.
Lake Lauren has been beautifully landscaped and we are really happy with the results – even though we do say so ourselves – and the lake itself is now stocked to the back teeth with massive Carp and Cats.
Although you can never guarantee the weather or the fishing, you would be hard pushed not to catch something! In fact almost every one who fished it broke their PB, some people several times!!!
Not having had much time to fish the lake earlier on in the year, I have been very dependent on the catch reports from the few ‘Day Ticketers’ and friends we have had at the lake, and although all the reports have been really encouraging, it’s still not like testing the water yourself. I did however manage to get on the banks for a few days here and there through September and October and give it a proper go.
I found watching the water for an hour or so for clues of where the Carp are has paid off immensely when you cast in, and you can usually pull out fish after fish after fish when you find one – Just ask Darren (see Sept 2006 – Massive Haul). I think this puts paid to the ‘Urban Legend’ that big Carp don’t shoal.
Casting in blindly will still catch you Carp, but at a much slower rate. Margins should not be ignored and will often pay off even right under your feet, particularly in the deep end. Stalking into the shallow end margins can also be very exciting on float. Pre-baiting also seems to work very quickly, as in three or four hours after throwing in a few handfuls of broken boillie will produce Carp in the swim in most shallow areas of the lake.
Floating baits seem to be ignored by the carp at the moment, but maybe that will change as more and more people try and introduce it. Bottom baits seem to be best with popped up baits coming a close second.
Method feeding has hardly been tried at all, and I’ll be testing this out soon. I have also noticed a lack of ‘bleep bleep’ bites or drop backs on the buzzers, nine times out of ten the Carp bites tend to be ‘full on’ screaming runs with very little warning if any – heart attack fishing!
And several people have commented that the Carp in the lake seem to be extremely aggressive fighters. The Carp don’t appear to be put off by the rain either. In fact it seems to set the lake on fire!
All in all we are really pleased with the way the lake fishes and are very confident that our future anglers should enjoy some real good quality fishing, in terms of both size and quantity of fish. We are looking forward to a great year in 2007.
With warmest regards, Tracy & Lee :)
Sep 2006
Angling Lines Visit , 1st Sep
With Gareth Watkins from Angling Lines due to show up at La Gléhias for a video/photo shoot of the venue, Tracy and I organised there to be a couple people on the banks in the hope of catching a few good fish for the camera.
Gareth and his son William arrived quite late in the afternoon after being held up elsewhere. Having already had about seven good fish out to about 25lb before they arrived, things had started to quieten down a bit, and we were worried that we wouldn’t get anything on film.
Fortunately, not long after parking up his van, Gareth barely had time to get the camera out before Bob latched into a gorgeous 31lb Mirror. Excellent timing Bob! Colin and Brenda were also down for the day, and Colin encountered ‘Cod’ again, but this was earlier on in the day and didn’t make it to film. Sorry ‘Cod’!
Shortly after tea, Gareth’s son William Bivvied up for the night and had a few good fish out to 25lb, and a couple more the next day. The following morning, I met Gareth at the lakes for some ‘Rod Bending Action’ on film.
Sure enough, it wasn’t long before I hooked into a 23lb Mirror followed by a 27lb Mirror. Perfect!
Sep 2006
Massive Haul, 1st Sep
At about an hour before dark, with just enough time to buy bait, bivvy up and cast in, fishermen Darren and Russ arrived on the 30th September for a 24 hour session and had the time of their lives.
By sunrise, having had very little sleep through the night due to the non stop screaming of their bite-alarms, and having to get up constantly to land yet more fish, they were convinced that things would eventually slowdown enough during the day for them to catch up on some much needed shuteye. Fortunately, they were wrong.
The session produced 24 fish (not including six that were lost, one of which was estimated to be well over thirty pounds that snapped him clean off in open water), eight over 20lbs up to 28lbs with a guestimated total catch weight to be just under 400lbs! Not bad for a 24hr session!!!
Darren commented “although we didn’t land any of the 30s or 40s, it’s probably the best fishing I will ever have in my life.”
Unfortunately, I was only on hand with my trusty digital camera for a couple of the fish landed. The rest, the lads took photos on their camera phones which we couldn’t use.
Thanks for the great write up boys, Tracy & Lee :)
Aug 2006
Feedback from the lake............., 1st Aug
Keen to get some feedback and results on how the lake performs, we decided to let a few ‘Day Ticketers’ fish the lake for this season only. The feedback has been invaluable, all very positive.
However, whereas some of the more experienced fisherman have enjoyed fishing to the Willows in the lake, and were able to control the Carp away from them once hooked, the lesser experienced fisherman have been tending to lose a few good fish around them and were getting frustrated. Hence, they have to go! The trees that is, not the fishermen!!!
Catch results have been encouraging, with many broken PB’s and positive comments about the lake itself and the surrounding area - beautiful.
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