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News from Mas Bas Main Lake

Mar 2013

Stocking Update at Mas Bas - Two New Fifties and a Forty!, 12th Mar

Spring seems to have finally sprung at Mas Bas.

The weather has been absolutely atrocious over the past couple of months. We have had rain virtually every day and Gilles has impatiently been waiting for the opportunity to drain down the main lake and remove all the surplus grass carp which have become more and more annoying to our anglers over the past 2 years.

Last year we had drought conditions and so couldn't empty the lake as we weren't certain it would fill back up ready for the season. It’s a very tricky situation which calls for patience from us and understanding for our anglers.

More importantly some additional larger carp had been ordered before winter and a delivery slot was eagerly awaited. We finally got news of their impending arrival and happily it coincided with a break in the weather which enabled us to take some nice photos.

These three beautiful mirrors from the fish farmer Frederic Delmares weighed in at 55lb5oz, 50lb9oz and 43lb3oz respectively. The biggest one unfortunately had some injuries to its tail during transport and so will prove to be highly identifiable when caught. Hopefully it will recover well and grace the nets of many of the anglers later this season.

Tight lines to all our anglers coming over this year... we look forward to seeing you.

Gilles

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Mar 2013

Spring bank holiday week is now available!, 5th Mar

25^th May Spring bank holiday week is now available again.

Due to a cancellation the charming Lotus Cottage has become available on 25^th May with fishing for 2 anglers on the main lake. Usually this busy week is booked out well in advance but sadly due to illness a cancellation has been received.

So if you are looking for somewhere suitable for a small family or partner with use of a swimming pool too, then this could be your chance.

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Feb 2012

Constant battle with contemptible Coypu!, 10th Feb

Here at the lakes we have a running battle with Coypu so here's an update showing just what damage they can do! Every 2 years or so we have to rebuild the walkway between our beautiful lakes, because they have burrowed and collapsed areas the bank.

Coypu, cute but a real bankside barbarian, were imported from South America to Europe during the 20thC by the fur trade, released after becoming commercially unviable, they proliferated during the 60’ and 70’s and happily was totally eradicated in the UK during the 80’s.

Unhappily for us, it still proliferates in the wetlands surrounding lakes and rivers in France, burrowing deep into the banks and eating huge quantities of roots and stems they are the cause of enormous environmental damage. Producing between 1 and 13 young twice each year, they are a big problem getting out of hand extremely quickly unless regularly destroyed.

Here at Mas Bas, Lotus Lake holds a particular delight to these vegetarians as they are quite partial to lotus roots (the size of a banana) and are capable of diving and burrowing deep into the silt to dig up these luscious delights.

So Gilles has to literally rebuild the banks. Wooden stakes are driven into the ground and timber fixed onto their bankside edge. The space is then filled with huge amounts of soil and compressed to recreate a stable bank.

Apart from the upset they cause us as lakeowners, coypu (often mistaken for otters) are not attracted by rubbish and therefore do not come around the houses hoping for a freebie from the bins. They are seen generally at dawn and dusk either swimming across the lake or grooming on the bank, and as I said in the beginnning, looking really quite cute.

However, despite all our efforts of one thing I am sure, just like Arnie , 'they will be back!'

lesley Morland

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Nov 2011

End of year report, 18th Nov

Well, absolutely no complaints after such wonderful season's fishing.

This year we have seen the biggest catches since starting up in 2004 and coupled with fabulous weather (apart from the last two weeks of July when it was dreadful) all our visitors left with either great tans or long arms, often both and all but a few having broken their pb’s.

Take a look at Sander Beijderwellen's article ‘how to satisfiy 4 female creatures on a fishing trip’ he has some great photos of his catches…he was very busy.