It’s a bit of a mixed up 1st catch report although a very encouraging one…
It all began with our booking agent in Holland arriving along with 4 other anglers to fish a long weekend on the big lake and hopefully get some good footage to make a video. They arrived Friday 2nd April and within an hour or so they were organising there bivvys on etang Louane.
Etang Louane - April 2010
We had frosts in the morning and hailstones in the day for the 1st 24hrs and then lots of rain and then upto 20c over the next 72hrs. Despite the crazy weather; the fishing was good and when we arranged a flight over the lakes in a gryo-copter and got some superb photos and filmed the lakes too, it felt like it was a great start to the season. The fishing on the lake produced 24 carp, 18 of them over 30lb and topped by mirrors of 44lb and 46lb.
They don't get much better than this 40lb mirror!!
Roys 1st fish of his session was this stunning 36lb mirror
This fantastic 46lb mirror is becoming a very special fish, it weighed 39lb 6months ago
Looking down at swims 11 and 12 on the island
Rainbow over Freedom lakes in FranceRoy with a 44lb mirror
This beautiful 37lb common had never been caught before!