| 2009 - month by month reports
Week
4/11th April 2009
2 anglers only this week taking carp to 45lb+
Week 11/18th April 2009
The Charlou carp were crashing all over the lake this week, cleaning
their winter coats off and moving into the shallower areas. With a
lake full of anglers on an exclusive booking they banked 32 fish in
total. We were noticing that these were the new stockies, which
were all up in weight by 2lb or 3lb. However, on the Friday night
Peg 6 produced a 50lb 1oz common described as a "pig with no
legs" to a very happy man. Great bunch of guys who were well
pleased with the venue.
18/25 April
things slow to start with but picked up from Tuesday onwards.
Biggest carp 46lb mirror from peg 11 with a mint common to the same
guy. Other anglers had fish to 41lb.
25/2nd May
Biggest carp this week was 36lb from peg 9. The best peg of the week
was 10 banking the most fish
2nd/9th May
Biggest carp this week was a stunning 54lb common from peg 6. The
banker peg this week was peg 8 with commons and mirrors to 31lb.
9th/16th May
Biggest carp this week was a 46lb mirror from peg 7 with peg 8
producing the most fish in the week with other carp up to 37lb
16th/23rd May
A good week for the forties with biggest carp going 47lb including
two others over 46lb and a slightly smaller fish at 41lb. There were
numerous twenties and thirties to back these big guns up.
23rd/30th May
Biggest carp out to youngest angler on this week came in the shape
of a 54lb mirror from peg 11. Two other fish at 42lb and 46lb+ came
from other pegs. There were also other upper thirties banked with
some smaller twenties putting in an appearance. Fish starting to
pair up ready for spawning so things a little slower than usual.
30th May/6th June
Biggest carp this week a 46lb common from peg 4,Most carp went to peg 11 with fish to 29lb
Other carp to 36lb out from around the lake.
6th/13th June
This weeks group banked a multitude of different size carp from mid
twenty to 56lb.
Every fish banked was a pb
Biggest fish was peg 4 in the shape of a 56lb common
Best peg was 9 banking carp from 35lb including a 46lb and 55lb
mirror
Other pegs produced carp up to mid forties
53lb plus common from the peg 5 margin
13th/20th June
Lawrence Wright and company had mirrors and commons to upper
thirties and giving some of them PBs to go away with.
20th/27th June
Heat wave on, and the fishing slowed right down. Fish were still
getting caught night times. Most fish from plateaus and shallower
spots.
27trh June/4th July
Fishing improved this week with the stormy conditions with more
beauties to 39lb. Everyone on this week beating their PBs. Pegs 9
and 11 producing the most fish.
4th/11th July
Trevor Maloney's party banked a good number of carp this week with
carp to upper forties. All pegs producing. Some really nice commons
out this week.
11th/18th July
Peter Clarke and his mate Nigel Burd had the lake to themselves this
week so couldn't cover much of the water but managed to bank the 2
lake record fish, Popeye and popeyes mate. Peter banked a 42lb, 52lb
plus and a 54lb plus mirror within 15 hours from peg 11, whilst his
mate Nigel stalked a 53lb plus common from peg 5 margin, other carp
to upper thirty banked also.
18th-25th July
Jason Lancaster and party set up and were well geared up to tackle
Charlou and were very positive. All good anglers, who worked out how
to trick our fish into the nets consistently. They all banked fish
with a few forties and upper thirties, so a good average weight this
week. Well done guys, some cracking photos on the website and carp
forum.
The last week of July we had very limited anglers but Charlou still
managed to produce carp to 51lb+.
August at Charlou
The temperatures rose rapidly this August in the
Champagne region of France, hence the carp at Charlou going into
basking mode for a couple of weeks and making their way up into the
shallower parts of the lake, just sitting under the surface for most
of the daylight hours making the fishing a little bit tricky for
some of our guests. Zig rigs were the best rigs in this situation
and banked most of the carp for these first two weeks of the month.
The second half of the month proved to be a lot better for the
fishing, with some cracking carp of all calibres up to 55lb being
landed using simple rig tactics. Heavy baiting was the key, using
particles, pellets and boilies to lure the fish down to feed on the
regular spots we like to use around the lake.
'Big Ron' Woodward spent a week on Charlou on his travels and took a
few nice carp ranging from 30lb to 54lb along the way.
Julian Brookes was all smiles when he landed a big common of 53lb on
his second trip to Charlou so no doubt we will be seeing him again
next year.
Ben Chowles broke his pb after a move to peg 4 with a 51lb mirror so
hat off to him.
William Harper tempted a dark carving of a mirror weighing 47lb from
peg 3 with other fish to mid thirties.
Sid from Kent managed carp to 48lb during his fourth trip to us from
peg 11.
Derek Smith and crew returned to Charlou in search of some more
stunning fish and all caught consistently with plenty of twenties,
thirties, four mid forties, and a 54lb common so looking forward to
seeing them back for a third trip one day.
Nigel Burds party pulled through the gates for their third time in
pursuit of some of the big fish on their wanted list and completed
their mission in style with no less than five fifties, five forties,
and numerous thirties to 38lb, so we were all very busy with the
cameras this week again. The action packed week was due to the night
time temperatures dropping right down out of the blue.
Septembers report
We had a lot of high pressure this month with a lot
of full moon s making the nights very light and warm with the
occasional dip in temperature.
5 12th
September
Pete Daws and his syndicate friends banked a
mixture of different sized fish with mirrors and commons from twenty
to upper forty. A good few of these were upper thirties and the
biggest carp was 47lb.
The cat was banked from peg 6 at 118lb
12-19th
September
A good number of upper forties out again this
week with twenties and thirties in between. Most pegs producing fish
with peg 7 catching in style with a brace of carp at 46lb and 45lb,
mirror and common.
19-26th
September
A fairly slow week with quality rather than
quantity. Peg 10 doing the business this week producing a really
stocky 52lb 13oz mirror which hasn’t been out for two years when it
was last weighed at 33lb in August 2007. So a massive 20lb gain for
’The Speckles’
Other fish included five forties to 46lb and some smaller carp in
the thirty plus bracket.
26-3rd
October
Peg 7 on form again with a 52lb mirror from
the plateau and peg 1 producing the most fish including two forties
on Solars Top Banana baits. Again, a very high pressure weather
front and a full moon cycle meant that fishing was rather slow.
Other fish caught including thirties and a 42lb common from peg 3.
October report
October saw some good action with multiple
catches to certain anglers. Peg 11 produced two very nice carp
including ‘The Bruiser’ at 51lb, which was last out at 42lb in 2008.
Tim and Rod from Cornwall took the teamwork approach and banked
seven fish between them on a very cold week made up of two twenties,
two thirties, two forties, and ‘Popeye’ at 56lb 8oz using HNV baits
rolled by Cornwall Baits. The lads spread the boilies over a huge
area very sparingly.
The boilies only approach seemed to be working the best this month.
Martin Blakey and two mates popped over to fish for three nights
whilst helping out with jobs around the lake. Their first night
started off slow but by night two they had banked a brace each from
pegs 10 and 11with mirrors and commons to forty plus. Martin fished
peg 3 and winkled out a mid twenty ghoastie on the third night so
everyone had caught before packing up.
Paul & Allison Miles
lake owners
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