May 2013

Shallow Bay Monsters, 27th May

LacDu Villefond has been fishing really well recently and with a gap in the bookings I decided to take the opportunity to spend some time catching the monsters that swim our waters. I wasn't able to fish a whole week so I decided I wouldat least pre-bait for a few days on the build up to Tuesday the 21st of May 2013 when I could finally get bank side.

I had decided to use two rods and pre-baited a spot in the shallows right in the margins as the week before I hadbeen told the fish had been jumping down there every night.I pre-baited withthe house bait Plum Nut with around 3kg a day for three days prior to fishing,the bait varied in size as I used the off cuts from all the bait I had beenrolling for fishermen the months before...        

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Apr 2013

Latest news, 13th Apr

Things are in full swing here at Villefond this and the fish's love for the new house baits are seeing some great catch reports coming in.

And this week was no exception we had a great group of guys all armed with the house Plum nut baits and despite some pretty awful weather they managed an excellent catch.

This catch included 2 x 50's ( one of the big mirrors known as Bennetts at 51lb 8oz and one of the big commons known as Arthur at 54lb 8oz ) 13 x 40's to 49lb 4oz, 7 x 30's and 2 x 20's. Great fishing and a top result.

It was great to have you out guys and look forward to seeing you again.

Apr 2013

Fish of the month for March, 8th Apr

My fish of the month for March is not the biggest fish in the lake by any stretch but was still a special capture. So what makes the capture of a 35lb 10oz mirror in a lake full of 40’s and 50’s worthy of the title fish of the month?

Well a few things; firstly the fish was one of 2 fish caught on a short 5hr session in unseasonal cold weather.

But the main reason for this selection is that this is the first ever recorded capture of this fish. Which for an established water such as Villefond where every capture big or small is logged for reference purposes is incredible. The fact that this fish has avoided capture for so long begs the question of how many other special fish have done the same swimming and feeding undetected.

The fight itself was also strange on lifting into the fish it came straight up and jumped clean out of the water, it then continued to fight in the surface layers rolling and half jumping several times.

A truly unique fish and definitely worthy of fish of the month...