We completed the netting of Angele (19acre) this week and although we only caught around 75% of the fish in the nets it was still a very successful vidange. We removed over 1 tonne of Carp and Catfish which will help maintain the lakes incredible progress.
The morning of the netting
A view from down towards the clubhouse looking back towards the cut throughs into the big end bay
Some fisheries would take them out...We prefer proper carp fishing not a goldfish bowl
As you can see from the photos, we still had a big surface area of water which made the job more difficult but with such a big stock of fish and the lake being very shallow it was the best way for us to work as we had enough depth to put the carp straight back in the lake rather than into holding pools.
After 6hrs of hard work we were down to the last tonne!!
We caught 7 big Catfish from 52lb to just over 100lb which we moved into lake Sacha along with 66 carp between 15lb and 25lb including a few of the Ghosties.
These Big Catfish were moved into etang Sacha to spice it up in 2010
Now, the carp… We caught 340 carp with the net including over 150×30′s and 20×40′s plus another 100+ carp above 25lb. Add to this the fish we already have pictures of including several high 30′s and low 40′s that we missed with the net and the fact that we removed 66 of the smaller fish between 15lb and 25lb and you can understand why we are very excited about this lake for 2010. There simply isn’t space to add the pics of the carp on here so if you want to see the photos you will need to join us on facebook.
Here’s a few to get you started….
This Big Carp weighed over 40lb and is one of many that have never been caught!!
They don't come much prettier than this
This one isn't bad either
The two tone linear is well over 30lb now
Angele making sure her fish are being looked after properly
More info on the draindown will follow shortly so keep checking back…. and don’t forget to go onto facebook if you want to see the rest of the photos.