A couple of Dutch videos

Here are a couple of clips shot by Dutch anglers Jan de Jager and Germ Bruinsma in April 2012:

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Part 2:

Croix Blanche Seasons

Over the last three or four years I have filmed the lakes and some of the fish during all of the seasons of the year. I thouhgt is would be nice to put a clip together showing these changing seasons and some of the varied fish that populate the waters of these lakes.

French Moggies

Boilies aren’t just about carp fishing. Boilies also make excellent baits for cat fish. The following is an extract from a diary by Alan Batham of a recent fishing trip to Croix Blanche Lakes in northern France. Alan highly recommends the lakes as a fishing venue. You can check out Phil’s Mogger-don recipe on the recipes page.

Saturday

After a long ball-ache of a drive (3am start from Luton) we finally arrive at Croix Blanche at about 1pm. I’ve been buzzing about this trip ever since it was booked about 6 weeks previous and have talked about very little else to those that would listen…. and those that wouldn’t. Yes I’m a sad old fishing bore – I love it!

Croix Blanche Lakes : Summer 2011 Video

A short clip shot with Andy Lear and his friends on the Croix Blanche complex during the summer 2011.

Andy’s Carping Adventures: Tortue Lake, May 2011

Uk Carper Andy Lear shares his “Carping Adventure at Croix Blanche Lakes, Tortue Lake in May 2011. They banked some cracking fish to over 40lb..

“51″ Runs at Croix Blanche

Belgian Carper Rudy Coussens sent me this video of his week spent fishing on peg 6 of the Croix Blanche lake. He totalled 51 runs with carp to over 37lb.

Andys Carpin Adventures- Croix Blanche 2010

Here is a post featuring a video of Andy Lear’s trip to the Croix Blanche Lakes in September 2010:

Andys Carpin Adventures- Croix Blanche 2010
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Croix Blanche Catch Report : Festival of Thirties!

Belgain carper Rudy Coussens enjoyed a successful visit to the Croix Blanche lakes on the first week of September.

Fishing on the Tortue lake on the now famous peg 13, he banked fifteen carp and a giant catfish. His average was very good with most of his carp going over the 30lb mark with a top fish weighing in at 35lb. Eleven of his carp were over the thirty pound mark.

To top of his haul of fish he also banked a large catfish that tipped the scales at 54.8lb.

His successful tactic was to use his homemade Mexican Onion flavoured boiles fished with a bait boat to ensure spot on presentation in 3.5 metres of water. These baits were introduced on his arrival and left for 24 hours. The fish soon began to roll on the spot.

Rudy said “…..the first day ( saturday ) I threw my boilies and waited till sunday to fish on it. The first day the carp started to roll like crazy, but I waited….” In all 13 fish fell to this tactic.

Well done Rudy!!

Check out the photos on the website!!

Also see Rudy’s video from his visit:  Big carp and catfish at Croix Blanche/Tortue

Cracking week on the Croix Blanche for young Dutch anglers

Young Dutch anglers Bob & Kaz Van Leeuwen proved this week that you don’t need to have years of experience to get amongst the fish. They lads aged sixteen & eleven banked 27 carp to over 34lb during their weeklong stay on peg 6.

The family had booked the mobile home so that the parents could share their week in comfort while the boys set up on the peg number 6. Fishing with their home made boilies they immediately got amongst the carp taking four fish the first night.

They continued in the same vein taking a mixture of carp and catfish too to over 40lb. The palm though for the week went to the young brother Kaz aged just eleven with a lovely mirror of over 34lb and a catfish of 41lb 8oz. Another fish of note was a fabulous 20lb plus linear also the the rods of young Kaz.

Top angling guys!!

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Zig Rigs, Weed & Bubble Floats

Few will have failed to notice that the carp spend a lot of time in the upper layers of the water during the summer months. In fact even in the winter they can often be found mid water in a comfort zone. The deeper the lakes the more this seems to be true. My last post talked about surface fishing, a technique rarely practiced in France.

If as one can observe the carp laying up or cruising in the upper metre of the water, it seems largely a waste of time presenting a bait on the bottom in anything upto 8 or 10 feet of water. I’ve seen this time and again, anglers blanking with a swim full of fish. This week I saw a couple of articles that got me thinking!
Why not present a bait in the water where the fish are?