Fishing last season surpassed all expectations yet again on Etang Rendezvous. We have had mirror carp coming out up to 48lb 3oz which was caught by John Moorcroft and superb commons to 44lb. We have virtually doubled the number of different 40lb carp caught this year, with one fish in particular putting on over 20lb in weight in sixteen months - amazing! The year started off with numerous carp of 40lb+ being caught from the word go, with numbers of anglers catching more 40’s on their holiday.
Although spring was approximately 2 weeks late the carp actually started to spawn one month early on 18 April. One of our anglers, Roy Bailey, had a good week’s fishing with two 40’s and quite a considerable amount of 30’s. This year the catfish came on very strong from May until the end of September. Four out of five cats came out in daylight hours. Again the Shanley brothers did well. Adam Shanley caught a stunning 99lb catfish, with his brother Matt having two 40lb+ carp consecutively. Another angler, Mr. Stewart Pope, had an outstanding last night on the lake. He had landed a 42lb mirror carp and within an hour he had caught a 96lb catfish, breaking both pb’s, which certainly made his holiday.
We can still boast that nobody has blanked during their holiday.
Again pike to upper 20’s have been coming out accidentally on cat baits and we still do not know the full potential of the pike fishing in the lake. Your guess is as good as mine.
We have increased our fish stocks this month by adding 50 common and mirror carp averaging 25lb-35lb and 25 grass carp averaging 5lb-15lb.
The lake has maintained a good colour throughout last season with over 80 per cent. of the lake remaining free of weed growth and bad snags. There is still no sign of poisson chat or crayfish in the lake at all.
For next season our intentions are to keep the lake levels as high as possible making fishing the shallows better.
Our policy of having regular rest weeks for the lake still applies benefiting fish and anglers alike.
Our facilities were greatly improved last season with the addition of another larger cabin which now separates the facilities. The smaller cabin sleeps 4 and has a large vanity unit plus a shower. The larger cabin, i.e. the day cabin, is fully fitted with kitchen appliances – fridge, freezer, cooker, toaster, microwave and sky tv/DVD. There is also a large table with chairs for dining indoors if the weather is bad. Both of these cabins are completely independently wired for mains electricity.
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