Red Hot Lakes Carp Fishing Holidays Blog

Of course I jumped at the chance and the ferry was booked. After an easy 4.5 hour drive from Calais I arrived at Ian the owner's house, he showed me some pictures of the lake in its drained state and a few sexy spots were stored in the old grey matter. Ian showed me to the lake and on arrival I instantly thought how peaceful and quiet it felt. I chatted with the group of guys who were already a couple of days into their week session and was pleased to hear they were catching plenty already. As I walked round I was shouted to come over to Shaun's swim with the camera, i'd been on the water 15 minutes and the first Vivier fish I saw was a mid forty at 45lb and ounces... very nice I thought, i'm gonna like it here! Fish were showing all over the lake but a lot were boshing down to the far left near the dam wall margin so I decided to go in the tin hut swim near the activity, Ian showed me a few spots and I excitedly set my gear up.

After settling in and a good spread of bait deposited to each spot I sat back to watch the water with a glass of wine. It came to my notice that fish were repeatedly showing over one spot a bit further along the margin to where I was fishing so i decided to move one of the hookbaits to the area, 30 minutes later and it was away... 5 minutes later I was looking at my first Vivier carp at 24lb in the bottom of my net...nice start.

The area was topped up with a scattering of boilies and particle and the glugged hookbait was launched to back to the spot. Over the two nights I caught a further 17 fish to mid thirties all from that same spot even though fish were showing all over the swim... did the other spots need time or had I stumbled upon a natural feeding area? whatever the reason it was certainly a productive little area... oh how I longed for a few more nights but alas I had to get back home, before leaving I booked up for week session in September with my friends, i'll be sure to post how we got on shortly.