Lac du Charlou 

It has been a long time coming but the fish are now moving around and getting on the baits here at Lac du Charlou.  April started off slow what with the water temperature still very low after a hard winter but nevertheless, there have still been some stunning fish banked with lots of PB's to add to the excitement.  All pegs have produced now with most fish coming from close in.  All the carp are in really good condition with many of them up in weight on last year.  There have been two new 50's banked to add to the growing list of impressive carp.  The lake baits still doing the business with particle mix and pellet o regular spots being the best method.  Single boilie with plastic also doing very well. 

Paul Dunt aka 'Nobby' arrived for the start of the season and within 2 hours of setting up 'Silky' in peg 4 landed three carp to 36lb. Other thirties were caught from marginal reeds opposite peg 3 by Deano and the plateau in front of peg 6 producing this week too.  

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W/C 10th April

Andrew Heathers group caught a dozen or so fish from the margins this week but the water temperature still not warm enough for to much feeding actvity so it was a question of finding the fish which is the reason for Chris and Martin Harwood banked the maority of the fish this week. 

W/C 17th April

Tony Bury was more than happy when he caught a mint 44lb mirror known as "Pacman" from Peg 11 along with another few carp from around the lake.  

W/C 24th April

 Mark "the Plast" from Hampshire spent his birthday with us and took thr trophy with his 46lb 8oz mirror from Peg 6.  Other fish this week included a real lump of a common at 45lb and an absolute stunner of a mirror known as "the Jewel" at 37lb.   

W/C 1st May

 Rob in Peg 9 landed the smaller of the two cats at 85lb after an hour's scrap tempting it with a zig rig boilie. Only a couple of carp out this week due to a massive may fly hatch, tempting the carps appetite over any baits offered to them.   

W/C 8th May

 A few carp out this week but no biggies, however, the cat came out again, this time in Peg 6.   

W/C 15th May

 Peter Clarke took the trophy this week with "Speckles" at 54lb 8oz from Peg 6.  This happened within a few hours of his buddy Nigel Burd banking a new fifty for us at 52lb 10oz named 'Scrumpy Jack' from Peg 11.  Nigel's girlfriend Linda also had some action in Peg 10 next door landing a nice mirror of 42lb 6oz.  Nigel then managed a 46lb mirror and a few others to 33lb.  Peg 3 produced some crackers for Sid with his biggest going 46lb. 

W/C 22nd May

Peg 9 produced the most fish this week but fishing very slow due to fish grouping up ready for spawning. Nothing over forty out this week. 

W/C 29th May

Things picked up this week with peg 10 producing a range of carp from mid twenty to 49lb 6oz at last knockings.

Peg 9 and peg 3 banked a number of hard fighting stockies. 

JUNE

This June saw a number of quality fish on the bank despite some of the carp spawning in between.  With some very warm weather comin in, a lot of the carp were sitting underneath overhangs for the majority of the daylight hours and a lot of anglers also trying to escape the heat and joining them! 

As ever, a variety of tactics being used and a number of different HMV baits tempting some very impressive carp.  Needless to say, Charlou produced some new PB's and some fantastic memories this month.   

Still on top were the ever faithful Crab n Fruit lake specials with Mainline Cell closely behind.  Tipping single baits has been a real winner this season using either bright coloured plastic corn or a small tiger nut along side a single boilie.  Quite a few fish being lost recently due to people fishing with size 8 hooks which in our opinion are far too small for these fish.

5th - 12th June

A mixture of different sized fish caught this week with the biggest being a 44lb 4oz common from Peg 4.  Pegs 1, 2, 3, 9 and 10 also getting in on the action with some nice 20's and 30's.

12th - 19th June

No less than 6 fifties out this week all from different pegs.  Total tally for this week was, 50lb, 53lb 4oz, 53lb 8oz, 53lb 9oz, 56lb 10oz and 57lb 10oz one x 42lb, 10 x 30's, 15 x 20's 2 x doubles and 11 fish lost. 

19th - 26th June

This week was a lot slower with Peg 9 being the hot peg. "Bob the cake" taking carp to 48lb, this being a common so another pleasing PB for a regular visitor. 

26th - 3rd July

Another scorcher of a week and more fish spawning made things a bit tricky.  Only a few of the smaller fish out this week after four out of six anglers went home early due to the blistering heat.  

3rd - 10th July

With only two anglers on this week, taking a lake exclusive package, they picked up fish from Peg 10 and Peg 11 after the weather breaking and cooling right down.  Carp to 46lb + caught on fruity crab baits.

Not manic this month but some nice fish out between the quieter periods. The weather has seemed bang on for some action but the carp have had other ideas some days. 'How can we see so many carp crashing but not get caught?' Bad angling, clever fish, or just the time of year. OK, the weather has been rather unsettled recently, but with a lot of low pressure, winds, etc, I rather expected a few more fish on the mats.
One things for sure these carp will be at great weights over the next few weeks with some big kippers coming through to the forty and fifty milestones.
Here is a rundown of the last 3 weeks.
 
10th-17th July

There was a good mix of different sized carp out this week from various pegswith the biggest going to 39lb+ to my good friend Big Ron Woodward.
Ron fished peg 11 and also managed anotherreally nice scaly mirror known as 'The Jewel'.
A few other thirties were banked thius week. The best peg was 9 (left hand) with 6 fish to 39lb+.
Tim in peg 5 had a busy hour with four runs, banking three of them and losing one.
 
17th- 24th July

A better stamp of carp out this week, again from various different pegs.
The best peg going to peg 9 again this week with nine fish this time to 46lb+ (right hand side) caught on our ever faithful 'crab and fruit' lake boilies. This fish came after the bait had been out for two days on a nice plateau.
Another 40lb+ carp for 'Griff' in peg two who tricked this beauty on a seven foot zig rig presentation as darkness fell.
Other fish to 32lb were taken on a range of tactics.
 
24th-31st July

The Charlou scales getting bent round even further this week with the stamp of carp getting bigger by the day. Quantity was down, but the quality was definetly up with James Chapman aka 'Dave the bricky' in peg two filling our carp cradle to the max with a real lump of a mirror known as Grumpy. This 55lb unit is one to watch as it has put on over twenty pound in three years. James also outwitted two other mint thirties on a hard week. His mate Tom in peg six banked a pb of 44lb whilst on his first ever carping holiday in France. Tim in peg 11 landed a smaller mirror after losing two others one of which straightened a size 6 nash hook.
 

Paul & Allison Miles

lake owners