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RIP Le Grand Etang

Those of you who are regular readers of this blog will remember that last year I spent a lot of time fishing a public lake, where I had several small carp and a couple of high doubles. At the time I remember the euphoria surround the capture of these ‘wild’ carp, and looking back I […]

Big fat blank!

Another short overnighter ‘Up the Grand’, resulting in a disappointing blank. A clear and chilly night, followed by a heavy dew and a fabulous misty dawn brought only one small liner. I had hoped for a little more action, since there were fish (not necessarily carp though) crashing around my end of the lake.
Interestingly, there […]

Thursday night’s fishing…

A quick and dirty blank up at ‘The Grand’ (the new water i’ve been fishing, see previous entry). I think i let my spot go quiet for too long, with nearly 2 weeks since my last session there. Still, i baited heavily before i left on Friday morning so hopefully next time they’ll be in […]

What the hell have I been up to?

Rest easy, this is not another abandoned blog! However with work commitments I’ve found little time to update the site with my exploits, but here’s my attempt to recap the past 6 weeks or so…

Mixing it with the public

Now that the season has begun on the Exclusive Angling Holidays lakes, and the temptation to indulge in the fishing there has been permanently removed, I am finally able to really focus on my target water. The lake in question is a stunning ‘Carte De Peche’ (municipal) water of around 12 acres that i have […]

It was time to brave it. I’d put it off for too long, but today was going to be my first French ‘Public Lake’ experience. My reservations stemmed from a fear of the garde du peche (and not trusting my translation of the information that came with my carte du peche), and getting too used […]