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News from Mas Bas Main Lake

Feb 2011

Winter update, 1st Feb

The waters at Mas Bas are ghostly still as I write , its hard to believe that the sun will be back to magically transform things. In the early morning, the temperature this week has been well down below freezing as far as –10° some days.

The carp will be coping well as gilles has been feeding them every day, even during the cold snap, as the warm afternoon sun kindly melts the the ice on the east edge of the lake. With such encouragement to gain weight, we have high hopes the new batch of 30’s added at the end of october will have settled in as well and will providing even greater sport for the coming season.

Improvements to Willow Cottage are about to start in order to extend the season beyond 'just the summer months'. The downstairs bedroom which is next to the dam wall gets a damp fusty smell from time to time. In dry summers its fine but if we have rainy spells it becomes a problem ocasionally.

Unfortunately all the bamboo has to be dug out from the lake side of the cottage so that the wall can be damproofed from the outside. So we’ll just have to lose that ‘tropical' feel outside for the extra comfort inside.

As soon as winter shuffles off, a new liner will be fitted to the swimming pool at Lake House, and then the usual team of painters, plumbers and gardeners move in and help us get ready for the season.

Hope perhaps to see you there?

view from bank to the right of lake house

Dec 2010

Additional stock added, 1st Dec

We've just received a small batch of additional carp.

Their weights, in lbs, were as follows;

* 38.06

* 2 x 33

* 3 x 26

* 3 x 24

* 1 x 22

These new fish fish will definitely help keep the runs rate up. Looking forward to 2001 season now!

Best regards, Leslie & Giles.

38.06

33.05

33.11

26.07

Sep 2010

A trip down memmory lane!, 1st Sep

My wife and I have such fond memories of Mas Bas, but about five years ago we learnt that the lakes were to be represented by Angling Lines, a company that would put the fishing on a much more commercial basis. We felt that this would change the holiday hide-away we knew and loved, so we decided that it was time to move on. This was no great hardship because since 2005 it has been fly-fishing that has taken up most of our time on the rivers and lakes.

It was not until we were looking through some old photographs that we realized how much we missed our excursions to Mas Bas and the good friends we have made in the area. So one evening back in July we decided that, regardless of how the fishing might have changed, we would book a week’s break at the end of September and drive down from St Malo.

The journey was easy now that the new motorways are open, but it was with some trepidation that we climbed the stairs at the side of the big house.

We needn’t have worried; some things never seem to change. Gilles and Lesley were still as welcoming as ever and the house had not lost any of its rustic charm. But the lakes seemed much larger. Gilles explained that the lily pads had died off and that we might be surprised by some of the fish. ‘Surprised’ doesn’t really cover the week we had!

For the record, the catch was as follows:

2 tench, about 3lb each… 5 Grass Carp at 6-9lb… 4 Sturgeon around 6-8lb… 2 Common Carp at 20.5lb, 22lb and 5 Mirror Carp, the best being 28lb, 32lb and 45.5lb.

This is undoubtedly the best week’s fishing that I can remember with the big mirror being my personal best Carp to date. The fish that gave me a bad back! The only downside to the trip was that I strained my back lifting the 32lb fish and was not able to lift the bigger one!

Our thanks to all concerned for making it a great week… ….we’ll be back!

Chris Sandford

45.05

The carp that gave me a bad back!

Mar 2010

21 x 30lb+ carp stocked, 1st Mar

The aim of this years re stocking at Mas Bas was to increase the numbers of 30’s. Gilles went up to the fish farmer at La Brenne in the west of France and picked 21 beautiful mirror carp, all between 30 and 35lb.

As you can see from the photos they are in absolutely prime condition and after the five hour journey, were eager to investigate their new home.

17 were put into the Main Lake and 4 into Lotus Lake. These additional fish should provide some great sport for our visitors this year.

Best wishes, Giles & Leslie