Sun, sweat and sulking carp.

This week started with high expectations as the wicked n/e wind had dropped and all looked well. Little were we to know that saturday saw the start of a heatwave that would see daily temperatures in the high 30’s and night time just a little cooler. Water temperature has risen to 29c for the first time since we have owned the lakes and as a consequence the fishing remains slow. The tally so far is only around 20 fish including just the one 30 and a couple of 29’s along with a few smaller fish. A catfish of around 40lb (not weighed) has also graced the bank but other than that the conditions really are more tropical than carpy. As I write this blog I am running with sweat and the anglers are either catching for fun out of Poplars or skulking in the shade of the tree’s. Its times like this that a wooded lake can make life a little more bearable as opposed to an open lake where there is little relief from the sun. All our hopes are for the promised storm that seems to hover on the horizon but never quite arrives and I am confident that a downpour and drop in atmospheric pressure will see the carp up for a good feed. I have spoken to 5 lake owners this week and its strange in as much that 5 of us have the same story to tell on catches (with one lake having just 4 carp out so far to 12 anglers) and it seems that most of France is suffering in much the same way.

We had a little episode reported this morning that a couple of the anglers witnessed what appears to be a coot being taken by a big catfish !!! Its something i have actually witnessed on another lake but was not aware that our cats were into to waterfowl. With lots of big fish crashing around in the nightg and showing at times over the baited area’s I am confident that a change in the weather will see a change in the fishing fortunes. Lets hope that tonight is the night !!

~ by jimeveriss on July 2, 2009.