Doctor Kibble
Lac Salagou 1990 - It's Good To Smile.....Lol
In 1990 I told local anglers to me, who at the time were much more experienced fisherman than me. I'm going to fish that lake Salagou in France. Bare in mind I had only started carping in 1987. Though Salagou was a lake I believe at the time you had more of a chance of getting a run compared to St. Cassein back in the day. I don't know much about Salagou these days. Though then I was met with comments like Salogou is even bigger than Cassein you nutter. I think Salagou is about 1,800 acres in size, but don't quote me on that. I managed to knock a couple out of there though, the largest 22Lb. Luckily they were only small ones compared with what was in there. Well I thought I had stepped up to the plate at the time. Using far heavier tackle. Back home previously I'd been using lines as light as 8Lb to catch carp up to 32Lbs. I was now in France on 15Lb line, and angling with 2½ Lb test curve through action rods.. Which at the time I thought I was fully beefing it up tackle wise. I remember taking twenty kilos of red smelling fish boilies with me, and bringing back home ten kilo's.
I didn't go on my own though. I went with some other blokes known as 'The Chettles Carp Catchers'. It don't seem so many British carp anglers adventure abroad nowadays to fish large lakes or rivers. Like they did in the eighties, and nineties.
Maybe now more fish the smaller runs waters, because they want to be in with more of a chance of a near definite capture. Also unfortunately life become more expensive. So many now can't afford the bait, tackle, food, petrol etc costs. Though it proves you don't always need lots of bait like some tell you do, when fishing a short sessions on such a water like Salagou.
Though it's good to see some Brits are still getting out to the larger waters in France and further a field, and still catching a few. Though their tackle is far more superior to what I've ever used. I always end up hiring boats with holes in, or my dingy always ends up a carp mat, because the wind on such lakes and rivers always just throws me about to much. Making it impossible to bait up from my dingy. So I usually end up always fishing close in and pulting free baits out, but it's not ever prevented me from catching.
Lac Salagou 1990 - It's Good To Smile.....Lol
In 1990 I told local anglers to me, who at the time were much more experienced fisherman than me. I'm going to fish that lake Salagou in France. Bare in mind I had only started carping in 1987. Though Salagou was a lake I believe at the time you had more of a chance of getting a run compared to St. Cassein back in the day. I don't know much about Salagou these days. Though then I was met with comments like Salogou is even bigger than Cassein you nutter. I think Salagou is about 1,800 acres in size, but don't quote me on that. I managed to knock a couple out of there though, the largest 22Lb. Luckily they were only small ones compared with what was in there. Well I thought I had stepped up to the plate at the time. Using far heavier tackle. Back home previously I'd been using lines as light as 8Lb to catch carp up to 32Lbs. I was now in France on 15Lb line, and angling with 2½ Lb test curve through action rods.. Which at the time I thought I was fully beefing it up tackle wise. I remember taking twenty kilos of red smelling fish boilies with me, and bringing back home ten kilo's.
I didn't go on my own though. I went with some other blokes known as 'The Chettles Carp Catchers'. It don't seem so many British carp anglers adventure abroad nowadays to fish large lakes or rivers. Like they did in the eighties, and nineties.
Maybe now more fish the smaller runs waters, because they want to be in with more of a chance of a near definite capture. Also unfortunately life become more expensive. So many now can't afford the bait, tackle, food, petrol etc costs. Though it proves you don't always need lots of bait like some tell you do, when fishing a short sessions on such a water like Salagou.
Though it's good to see some Brits are still getting out to the larger waters in France and further a field, and still catching a few. Though their tackle is far more superior to what I've ever used. I always end up hiring boats with holes in, or my dingy always ends up a carp mat, because the wind on such lakes and rivers always just throws me about to much. Making it impossible to bait up from my dingy. So I usually end up always fishing close in and pulting free baits out, but it's not ever prevented me from catching.