Catching Monster Carp at Cherpont Lake in France with Euro Carp Tours & Innate Baits

Monday 21 September 2015

So... Fishing in France... What can I tell you? Monsters! Absolute monsters! I was lucky enough to be given the opportunity to fish at Cherpont Lake (Etang de Cherpont) in France with Euro Carp Tours and what a trip it turned out to be ;)

Lost count of the number of fish that graced the net! The sun even put in an appearance.

Too good!

Another Excellent Evenings Fishing Up at Bitterwell Lake

Tuesday 28 April 2015

Another excellent (if a bit bloody cold!) evenings fishing up at Bitterwell lake.

12 or so fish split between a method rod in the margins with corn and up on the surface with mixers.

The biggest was a 11lb common who I swear I've had out before, really recognise the split drop tail.... It fell to the faithful Enterprise Tackle mini mixer off the surface and went mad when it was hooked!

Happy days ;)

17 Carp In 2 Hours At Bitterwell Lake!

Wednesday 22 April 2015

Amazing session up at Bitterwell lake this evening - I managed to catch 17 carp in the space of 2ish hours! Oh, and one duck (thank you Karl Alden for helping me sort that one out...).

All but one fish fell to surface baits, namely chum mixers as freebees and a enterprise tackle mini mixer on the hook.

The first 5 five where all commons around 9 to 11lb and in tip top condition. The fish continued to feed even once it got dark with the last 3 fish coming in complete darkness (lost a couple too, nearly managed to make it to 20!).

Rio also managed to catch one for the camera ;)

So another excellent session up at Bitterwell - if you've not yet been, grab a bag of mixers and get up there!

Brilliant evening session at Bitterwell Lake

Thursday 19 June 2014

Brilliant, brilliant session at Bitterwell Lake this evening.

Fish on the surface, the feeder rod doing the business on sweetcorn and amazing colours over the water at sunset.

Love this place, it's sooo good to be out in the evening catching fish!

Quick 4 Hour Session At Bitterwell Lake

Sunday 18 May 2014

Tricky arvo/evening session yesterday at Bitterwell Lake - felt like everything went wrong: caught up in a tree, shredded hook links, snagged landing net, spilt bait, hook-in-the finger, hook too big/small, bait bands too big for the mixers, hook pulls... The list goes on!

BUT I did manage to catch my biggest carp so far from the venue on the 2nd to last cast ;) A nice chunky common with a huge mouth and shoulders. Must've been 12/13lb and put up a cracking fight on light gear. Would've loved to get a snap but the feeder rod went off while I was unhooking him ;)