Golden Times

21 September, 2011.

Frederic Roth

Far from the public water, so it has to be...

Welcome to the Club of Pioneers! This is early May and it was again a great success to discover unknown waters in the heart of France. The sparse information didn’t keep us back from spending two weeks here. We couldn’t catch the "Big One", but over 100 runs with beautiful fish ensured a lot of tension. Adrenaline and entertainment. An unbelievable "carpige-Location" in unspoiled nature, far from wild contemporaries of usual fishing tours. Only a trio of very nice Dutchman crossed our paths.

New Friends, new happiness

Unfortunately, the chance of a fish in open waters was very low, because it all happened in front of bushes, trees and water-lilies, close to the shore. The fish behaved incredibly aggressive and each drill was therefore a real challenge. A spectacle is the minute, when the frequent joy and sorrow were close to each other.

Thanks for the good time in France

It was a wonderful time. The session gave me everything carp fishing really makes. I hope we would have more trips of this kind with my friend Mathis. More about it soon, in a detailed article.

With good baits a step ahead

To be at home again there was nothing to feel from the pioneering spirit. No lake, no waters without from jealousy embittered anglers, without needless restrictions, without unknown fish, without farm association. Either I make it there or I have to plan to have a long trip. I wanted to be flexible and spontaneous this year, and forgo an eternal drive after work. So I have decided to aim for two lakes nearby.

First local May fish

Steep sloping bank edges ensure me top places in late spring. Here regularly pull the fish at the depths of 1 to 4 meters along. I feed a stripe from the shallow the edge down into the depth and put down the rig up to 2 to 3 meters. Although I place my baits at a certain depth, I don’t consequently fish in a given depth range. Since I feed the same spot over different depths, I have significantly bigger chances to get those fish to the edge which go round at other depths.

Nothing to warp

Here can be used only small baits, such as half boilies, mini boilies, particles and small pellets. Otherwise it might happen that the bait settles in a lower range or remains lying. As a rig, gripper-lead in combination with a short stiff-rig is recommended.

Fast result

I have often experienced on heavily fished waters that the fish spots where the edge is steep are more careless in case of flat and shallow, and also take the food more comfortably.

Golden June

It is true that June is the most effective month of the year. It is always worth investing most of the time here. Year to year there is the phase that carps behave blindly and have an incredible feeding mood. Those who handle it here at the right time at the right place can achieve his yearly goal within a short time. And this way I could lure out many of the favourites of the waters in a short time.

17 kg without corners and edges

The last and only scaly of the waters

Innovative bait combination

The new Wafters Boilies! My absolute favourite bait. These are perfectly balanced and practically float on the bottom of the waters. Meanwhile the big advantage is that these baits behave like natural food, can be easily absorbed and the carps come toward with more confidence.

New and always voted for each other

Even in combination with a small Pop-Up results a perfect upright snowman effect. With general Bottom-Baits a smaller Pop-Up wouldn’t result a real snowman effect, it would only lie on the side.