| 2010 - month by month reports
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.
If you
fancy fishing at a stunning lake for some stunning carp with all
facilities then take a look at
www.charloucarping.co.ukand email any questions over to
paul@charloucarping.co.uk
Paul & Allison Miles
lake owners
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