Apr 2012

March Review, 3rd Apr

A quick review

There’s been a lot going on at Lac Du Villefond in March partly due to the fact that the lake was frozen for almost the whole month of February. March has seen the finishing touches completed on the new mobile home accommodation and this is now available for our customers to use. Also this month saw the final Villefond baits field testing sessions, the filming of a promotional DVD for Angling Lines and the arrival of the first customers of 2012.

Once again the Villefond bait range has put a lot of fish on the bank in the field testing sessions and also to our customers who have purchased and used it. The lakes catfish appear to have woken up a little earlier than usual due to the warm spell we have had and a 67lb 12oz specimen was taken on a zig rig. The filming of the DVD also went well with some fish being very co-operative for the cameras, including one very special one which leads nicely into my next section.

Fish of the month

Its time for my fish of the month section and despite plenty of nice fish being tempted to the bank including lots of 40’s, for me the decision for fish of the month has been an easy one.

The capture took place during the filming of the promotional DVD and was all caught on film, adding to this special capture - you can see the video here .

The fish was Bennett’s and the reason for this being my fish of the month is not only because it was caught on film but also she broke the 50lb Barrier for the 1^st time at 51lb+, becoming the lakes 4^th known 50.

Again she demonstrated the cunning of these big Villefond fish and the bite was nothing more than a few beeps and some heavy twangs on the rod tip. She fought slow and deep and you only have to watch the video clip to see how huge she looked.

Bennett’s was stocked in 2008 as a low 20 and a year and half later was banked for the first time at a whopping 34lb it seemed then that she was destined to become one of the lakes biggest fish. She took a little longer to reach 50lb+ than we expected, mainly due to her tendency to get heavily involved in spawning activities. With her huge depth across her shoulders and massive frame there is no limit to what weight she may achieve in the future she is a real brute of a fish.

In the 4 years since Bennett’s was stocked she has more than doubled in weight and has become a real character and one of the real target fish in the lake. Definitely a worthy fish of the month.

Mar 2012

Rigs to Catch a Villefond Monster, 25th Mar

Over the last few years since I first stocked Lac Du Villefond I have been witness to a lot of changes at the lake not least how the fish have grown into absolute monsters in a relatively short space of time. As the carp have grown in size they have become accustomed to more and more anglers trying to pose for a photograph with them and as a consequence of this they have seen many rigs and become experts at spotting or ejecting carp angler’s rigs.

Gone are the days when I could pop down the lake after lunch with a PVA bag of shelf life baits, flick them out in front on me on a basic bottom bait rig with little thought of hook or presentation and land a few fish before dinner. Now as the fish have grown in size they have grown in cunning and in the following article I will try to show some of the rigs used to bank some of the real characters at Villefond.

First I’ll start by explaining the problem. Some weeks at our lake have proven very frustrating for anglers; some even having 15+ fish take the bait and give them absolute screaming takes before they strike only to have the bait come straight out of the carps mouths. The problem also comes in ... read more here

Mar 2012

Rob Inns Feedback, 19th Mar

You'll have seen the video below showing the capture of the 50 last week.  The captor was Rob Inns, the cousin of owner Mark Lambert, so we can't enter his feedback as a customer... but it's worth recording, so here it is;

Customer... Rob Inns

Holiday date... 13/03/2012 to 15/03/2012

Anglers... 2

Details of catches;

Mark caught 2 fish 39 lb 4 oz and a 42 lb 4 oz and Rob caught a monster 51 lb 1 oz mirror which was a new PB and lake record for a mirror carp 

Tactics/bait/rigs;

All of our fish were caught on pop-ups fished over boilies

General comments;

My 3rd time fishing at Villefond and every time I have gone away well pleased.  The lake is fantastic and very picturesque and the fish never fail to amaze me as they continue to go from strength. The average size of fish is enormous with very few fish under 30 lb, I don't know of many if any other lakes with such a high average size of fish.