Gordon Booth

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It was the first week of May 2011, and another trip to France for a good weeks carp fishing. The venue Eden Lake at the Jurassica complex run by Steve and Sue. Just a bit of information about the complex, you have Eden Lake of about 4 acres with carp up to 60lb and cats to over 100lb. Then Jurassica, which is the biggest 24 acres with carp to 70lb plus, and cats to well over 100lb. Last is heaven, which is a small 2.5 acres with carp to 50lb with a wooden cabin and there are toilets, showers and food available on site. Breakfast and evening meals can be at the lodge or brought round to your peg, brilliant complex.

I was quite confident this year, with trying out a new bait for myself, SBS M1, it worked well on my local lake

Since the end of 2011 the SBS products are available with the new designed packaging

The first couple of nights were very slow with no bites, but i put that down to the weather being up and down. Then, I got my first carp of the week. A 26lb mirror caught on a basic bottom rig.

Me with a nice 26lb mirror

As the week went on, it stayed slow due to a couple of frosty days, first time for everything, especially at that time of year and in France. I changed my bait approach and went with chopped boilies in a PVA bag. It seemed to work with a piece of fake corn on the hair with a boilie.
I finished the week with 11 carp and 2 cats, the biggest carp 29lb and my very first grass carp.

My very first grass carp

29lb mirror

Box standard rig, with piece of fake corn

With PVA bag chopped boilie

It wasn’t a good week fishing but the venue, food and fishing with friends made up for it. I had to work hard to produce the bites, but this year i think i can have a better week due to some new tricks up my sleeve and trying the M3 bait, which is more of a fruit bait.

Tight lines from Gordon Booth