Etang de Planchon - Catch Reports 2011

The final week of a great first season at Etang de Planchon.

A big thank you goes out to everyone that came to Etang de Planchon this year, I hope you all enjoyed your time here as much as I enjoyed you all being here.

Week 32 saw the arrival of William Clement de Grand Prey, Matthew Lower, Tristan Parsons and Benjamin Davidson from East Sussex.

The previous week there was no one fishing the lake so the fish were fed each day until the day before the guys arrived, when they did arrive the lake was buzzing with lots of fizzing all over the lake, which made it difficult for the guys to decide between themselves as to which swims they wanted.
They all decided on lady luck and having paired up ready to go each side they decided the toss of a coin would make the final decision on which side they would fish.

Will & Ben ended up on the right of the lake and opted for Owl & Harrier, while Matt and Tristan ended up on the left and opted for Buzzard and Kestrel. There was no rivalry between the guys, or so I was led to believe, but in the words of Will in his parting comments in our visitors book it was ‘Game on’.

The guys had come prepared and brought some bait with them but they had all ordered some cooked maize and Will also decided to start with some cooked hemp.

Between the 4 guys they managed to land 78 fish totalling 1786 lb 2 oz, a good catch for the week, and there were a few whispers from will that he didn’t record all of his fish because he forgot (likely story).

They even managed an impromptu close range boilie fight.



So here’s how they fished.

Matt fished Buzzard and caught the most fish for the week, 30 fish totalling 673 lb 4 oz, his biggest was 33lb.
The majority of his fish were caught on Grange and Corn.
This is what he caught: 33 lb, 29.8lb, 28.8lb, 26.6lb, 26.2lb, 26lb, 24.10lb, 2 x 24.8lb, 24.6lb, 23.10lb, 2 x 23.2lb, 23lb, 22.8lb, 22.6lb, 22lb, 21.2lb, 20.10lb, 20.6lb, 19.14lb, 19.10lb, 19.8lb, 19.4lb, 19.2lb, 18.10lb, 18lb, 17.10lb, 16.4lb & 16lb.

Ben fished Owl and caught 13 fish totalling 289 lb 10 oz, his biggest fish was the largest for the week at 35 lb 2 oz.
The majority of his fish were caught on Trigga topped with fake corn.
This is what he caught: 35.2lb, 29.2lb, 28.4lb, 25.2lb, 25lb, 23.10lb, 21.6lb, 20.2lb, 20lb, 19lb, 18.10lb, 17.4lb & 16lb.

Tristan fished Kestrel and caught 22 fish totalling 514 lb, his biggest fish was a 31 lb common that he caught twice within a matter of days.
The majority of his fish were caught on corn or Grange.
This is what he caught: 2 x 31lb, 27.10lb, 27.6lb, 2 x 25.8lb, 25.4lb, 25.2lb, 24.10lb, 24.8lb, 24.6lb, 24.2lb, 24lb, 23.6lb, 22.14lb, 21.2lb, 19.10lb, 2 x 18.8lb, 18.4lb, 16.4lb & 15.8lb.

Will fished harrier and caught 13 fish totalling 300 lb 4 oz, his biggest for the week was 29 lb 10 oz.
The majority of his catches were on DVB N-Tice topped with green corn.
This is what he caught: 29.10lb, 29.8lb, 26.2lb, 24.2lb, 23.4lb, 22.2lb, 3 x 22lb, 21.6lb, 21lb, 20lb & 17.2lb.

A big thank you again to everyone who graced the banks of Etang de Planchon this year and also for all the support I have had from all of you this year.

I look forward to seeing most of you next year.

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