Flash : Woodslake 19/06/2010

A 44lb mirror caught on woodslake today

Saules catch report : Remco Grit team fishing week 05/06/10

"2 anglers 
1 x 51lb6 common new PB, new lake record, new complex record
3 x40's up to 46lb
7 x 30's up to 38lb
9x 20's up to 29lb."

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Saules catch report : Stephen Aulton team fishing on week 29/05/10 ending the 5th June

"1x 58lb2 mirror,
12x40's up to 47lb (a grass carp 45lb8),
25x30's up to 39lb8,
15x20's up to 29lb.
Best fishing ever.
Pascal brilliant + thanks for the pie.
Regards Steve,Keth,Lee,Neil,Terry"

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Botte catch report : Phil Campbell team fishing week ending 12/06/10

"8 anglers 90 fish to 42lb

7 cats to 60lb  

Too many small fish"

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Botte catch report : Dave Savage fishing week 05/06/10

"Last morning Dave Savage 52lb5 cat only one fish for me. 42lb common for Pete Willis. 73 fish total. Very good week"
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Etang de la Botte : Watford Gang fishing 29/05/2010

"Watford gang caught 200 fish including cats to 60lb, sturgeon to 56lb5 and carp to 54lb60. Best common 42lb12. A wonderful trip that will be remembered. Thanks to our host Pascale"
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The Great Lake : Jan Viebrok 2010

16.5kg fully scaled.
Stunning fish

His firts trip to France in 2006 ; A PB at 19.5kg

Graviere de la Traque Special offer

For this year, there is one week available on the 03/07/10. The normal price is £ 1550 but we offer an exceptionnal 10% discount on this week as a last minute booking.
For the football fans, we precise that there is a TV with English satellite in the lodge at the farm : so you fish and enjoy the football world cup.As you can see on the blog or on Sandrine facebook page, the fishing there was excellent this year.
Please email Sandrine for more infos : infos@hortonfishing.com or text her on 0033 679409252

Domaine de Boux : Remco Grit team fishing from 08/5 to 15/05/10

Awesome fish moved from summer point despite the cold weather, notherly wind.
Total 68 carp (english pounds)
4 40s
15 30s
Amazing !

Joost
19 lb mirror
27 lb mirror
23 lb mirror
16 lb mirror
25 lb mirror
31 lb mirror
37 lb mirror
28 lb mirror
28 lb mirror
41 lb mirror
35 lb mirror
25 lb fully scaled

Remco
33 lb common
40.2 lb leather
16 lb common
24 lb common
31 lb mirror
25 lb mirror
27 lb mirror
40.1 lb mirror
33 lb mirror
23 lb mirror
32 lb common
28 lb common
23 lb fully scaled
24 lb mirror
28 lb mirror
29 lb mirror
21 lb mirror
23 lb mirror
19 lb mirror
28 lb mirror
27 lb mirror
19 lb mirror
17 lb common
26 lb mirror
24 lb mirror
27 lb mirror
29 lb mirror
19.6 lb mirror
28 lb mirror
30 lb mirror
24 lb common
39.3 lb common

Ben
38 lb mirror
33 lb mirror
27 lb mirror
26 lb mirror
17 lb common
35 lb mirror
41 lb leather

Robert
37 lb mirror
29 lb mirror
24 lb mirror
38 lb mirror
28 lb mirror
24 lb mirror
29 lb mirror
28 lb common
28 lb mirror
29 lb mirror
21 lb mirror
37 lb mirror

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Domaine de Boux : Dean Raper and Danny Fletcher fishing 01/05 to 08/05/10

A wet and wild week with rain for 4 days and strong northerly winds to 50 mp/h !!
Fish moved all over the lake during the week and we followed them around as best as we could in the conditions.
40 fish caught in total...but no 40's !

Danny
29.8 lb mirror
20.8 lb mirror
26.10 lb common
36.10 lb common
34.6 lb mirror
21.10 lb common
19.14 lb mirror
27.8 lb mirror
28.12 lb common
17.0 common
25.8 lb mirror
35.0 lb mirror
17.0 lb koi orange
26.4 lb mirror
19.0 lb mirror
28.10 lb mirror
39.8 lb common
20.10 lb mirror
22.14 lb mirror
29.10 lb mirror

Dean
20.01 lb mirror
29.8 lb mirror
34.8 lb mirror
33.8 lb common
34.2 lb mirror
26.8 lb common
24.8 lb common
24.8 lb mirror
30.8 lb common
33.6 lb mirror
18.0 lb mirror
20.8 lb mirror
31.4 lb mirror
17.0 common
28.04 lb mirror
28.8 lb mirror
20.8 lb mirror
30.06 lb mirror
29.02 lb mirror
24.4 lb mirror

Most fish caught on small patches of bait...Quite a few caught on corn.
As we left, the fish seem to be in the far corner of shallow end.

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Domaine de Boux : Phil Pohl and Steve Barrow fishing from 24/04 to 01/05/2010

2 anglers

4 x 40s
5 x 30s
7 x 20s

Tough week first few days due to whole lake covered in floating weed. It cleared mid week and we had 16 fish. Then they started spawning. Unlucky week week after 74 fish last year.

All fish apart from 1 tight to far bank opp summer point in 4 -6 ft. Tried everywhere. Didn't even see a fish dam end.
Repaired boat ;seat kept falling off and 1 oar was a nuisance sliping out. Tied it up.

Good luck you possibly have a bonanza if they finish spawning.

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Domaine de Boux : Pieter Nortier fishing from 17/04 to 24/04/2010

5 anglers
Brilliant week, fantastic time !!
5 forties, 3 PBs

Tom 1st time
26 lb 30oz mirror
42 lb 13oz mirror
32 lb 6 oz common PB
44 lb 1 oz mirror
24 lb 0 oz mirror
46 lb 1 oz mirror PB
28 lb 7 oz mirror
36 lb 9 oz mirror

Pieter (Springbok)
28 lb 6 oz mirror
35 lb mirror
32 lb 6 oz common
41 lb mirror
25lb mirror
23 lb 9 oz mirror
23 lb 2 oz mirror
33 lb 12 oz mirror
29 lb 4 oz mirror
40 lb 13 oz common PB

Wormy Donk 1st time
25 lb 14 oz mirror
30 lb 4 oz mirror

Charles 1st time
29 lb 6 oz
25 lb 11 oz
28 lb 11 oz
32 lb 7 oz
21 lb 1 oz
25lb 11 oz

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Domaine de Boux : Jason Rider fishing from 10/04 to 17/04/2010

"64 fish
8 forties
Once again a great week at Boux. North wind all week. All fish from 9 to 13 feet deep.

  Steve Ross
26.00 lb mirror
31.04 lb mirror
24.06 lb mirror
27.08 lb mirror
30.06 lb mirror
32.02 lb mirror
32.12 lb mirror
31.04 lb mirror
27.08 lb mirror
39.08 lb common
29.14 lb mirror
28.10 lb mirror
23.06 lb mirror
18.00 lb mirror
23.10 lb mirror
35.10 lb mirror
28.10 lb mirror
31.04 lb mirror
36.12 lb mirror
36.00 lb mirror
35.04 lb mirror
23.04 lb mirror
20.00 lb mirror
26.00 lb mirror
21.00 lb common
23.04 lb mirror
38.04 lb common
33.06 lb mirror
23.10 lb mirror
33.08 lb common
24.04 lb mirror
42.10 lb mirror
42.00 lb mirror
29.02 lb mirror
17.08 lb mirror
31.15 lb mirror
28.04 lb mirror
20.01 lb mirror
30.08 lb mirror

  Jason Rider
26.04 lb mirror
24.04 lb mirror
13.02 lb koi
18.00 lb common
25.00 lb mirror
37.10 lb mirror
44.10 lb mirror
42.10 lb mirror
40.06 lb leather
28.00 lb mirror
41.08 lb common
45.02 lb mirror
38.08 lb mirror
17.08 lb commob
43.00 lb mirror
37.13 lb mirror
24.02 lb common
28.01 lb mirror
22.08 lb mirror
22.04 lb mirror
23.14 lb mirror
21.08 lb mirror
36.08 lb mirror
25.10 lb mirror
24.00 lb mirror 25.02 lb mirror"

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Domaine de Boux : Doug Stewart team fishing from 03/04 to 10/04/2010

"4 anglers, 20 fish fish. All were happy with PB's to 45lbs."

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Book now for 2011 to avoid any disappointment

Dear angler,

The bookings are now open for the 2011 season. As you may see on both our blog  and facebook www.facebook.com/Sandrine.Hortonfishing that so far this season fishing results are awesome and creating an immense interest in the whole carp fishing community.

If you have not already shared your fishing experience with us whether good or bad on those public interfaces and communities we invite you to do so and please include some pictures.

We would like to inform you in priority that some dates are likely to be booked up very quickly and if you have any date of your preferred choice or imposed work holiday date we would recommend that you secure it as quickly as possible. Should you have any current financial challenges you may discuss those with me so as to spread out payments rather than miss out on the fishing.

As usual you may email me infos@hortonfishing.com or hortonfishing@orange.fr, or text me on 0033 679 409252.

Please do not hesitate to contact us for any further information.

Many thanks for your trust.

Sandrine

Flash : The Great lake 08/06/10

3 people and already 14 fish today.
Biggest 45lb 2 x 40lb, 1 x39lb, 2 x 34lb, 1 x 33lb, the rest is between 24lb and 30lb

Flash : Graviere des Saules 06/06/2010

New common lake's record 51lb60 caught on 06/06/10  evening by Joost Van Klaveren

Robin Lake week fishing from 29/05/2010 to 05/06/2010 Brad Fowle

88 fish
1x42lb
20x 30lb up to 35lb
3 doubles
all the rest were 20's

Traque week from 29/05/2010 to 05/06/2010

On Traque week from 29/05/2010 to 05/06/2010 :
3 x40's up 46lb8 common
21x30's up to 38lb15
26x20's up to 29lb9
3 x grassie biggest 33lb

Flash Saules 04/06/10 :

Just today :  6 fish this morning. The average of them is 41lb5 !!!!!! Incredible!! Biggest 49lb5

The Great Lake week from 29/05/10 to 05/06/10

Great lake this week :

2 people having 14 fish, 3x40's up to 41lb, 11x 30's up 37lb.

2 people having 3x 30lb up to 34lb,, 3x20's up to 20lb

Flash : Graviere des Saules New lake record

A new record for saules a 58lb2 caught !!!!! 

They also already caught 8 40s

Steve Aulton with his 58lb2 NEW LAKE RECORD and his friends with a 41lb mirror and a 39lb12 common. Caught on Saules on the 02/06/10, 3 runs at the same time!!!

New lake record 58lb2 by Steve Aulton on the 02/06/2010 on Graviere des Saules

 Congratulations Steve !

Flash : Graviere des Saules 02/06/10 Steve Aulton

On saules this week : already 5 x 40's up to
47lb, 13 x 30's up to 39lb8, 12 x20's up to 29lb08

A 31lb mirror just caught on Great Lake 31/05/2010

31lb

31lb

Flash : Etang de la Botte 31/05/2010

Today on Botte: 57lb sturgeon, 59 fish already!! 

2x 40's up 42lb12

12x30's up to 37lb

24 x 20's up 29lb12

all the rest doubles

Flash : Saules on 31/05/2010

On saules today, 18 fish, 1x 47lb, 9x30's up to 39lb5, 8x20's up to 29lb5

Article from Vopi : Graviere de la Traque week 22/05 to 29/05/10

Trouble with my mobile

But now it works fine. Time for a little update, i know... Our party, same as all the years, 3 from switzerland one italien and me & britta had quite a few fish, must be round about 15 together. 3 of them over 20kg, one under 15kg, the rest between 17kg and 19kg+. Me and britta are in peg long haul, this area is overloaded with carps, hundreds! And they are spawning! A lot of weed to the left hand, the whole margin where the fish is sponing cost me some carps, maybe because of barbless hooks. 3 fish came out for me during sponing, one from 14kg and two 18kg+ and a grass carp. Hopefully they end with spawning and turn into feeding.

Heavy Thunderstone

...last night! And the night before no sleep. Lost a few ones, no rods in since yesterday. But we could manage 10 carps from 12kg up to 21kg! Including 3 amur up to 20kg which jumped 4!! Times out of the net, terrible fish. We did'nt take pictures and put these sensible fish asap. Weather changed, cloudy, little bit rain and some degrees colder. The fish stopped spawning. Rods are out now again, see what happens the next hours, days...

Very slow

After the weather has changed and with strong wind, no bleep during the day. In the morning two of my friends had 3 fish. In my peg, long haul 1, i could see many fish just very slow cruising or still standing in the weed at the margins. Britta and me are now in the farest corner, little bit stalking. We saw each day carps in there, realy big lumps and a big big orange koi. Its raining, cold, muddy, sitting under an 15y old leaking aqua brolly, but we are fishing...

Hard work for nothing...

...but thats fishing, you never know. After 5 hours until one o'clock in the night and 5 hours this morning from 5 to 10 stalking the far end of long haul with lots of rain and wind and fuck and shit and ants and everything the result was....i was completly wet and tired, perfect, hard work for nothing. If i think about it now, completly dried since 5 minutes, i asked myself if it is the hot sun or my age which makes me crazy to do such things instead of golfing, surfing or whatever. But who knows, maybe i have to do it and thats fishing, you never know! A fact is, that all (ok, most of them) fish moved to the other end of the lake, so that my friends started to catch. And thats fine, so everyone will catch fish at la traque, realy social. The weather now is a much calmer than this morning, and who knows, maybe there is one big lump left in long hauls area;-) never give up... 

Muddy Banks, only trainig...

Low temperature and lots of rain with strong wind from north seems to made my swim empty. At the other end of the lake my mates could bank good fish. I had a few bleeps last night ( no not me, my delks), but only from the lake cleaning patrol, a team of these black/white scuba diving fuc.... Chicks. Realy professionels in diving, also in the dark. But not to forget how to do it, i'lk do some training in the morning. Last day and night is broken... Cross fingers! 

New session record !

One of my friends from switzerland starts the session in the first night with a nice 22,5kg mirror. But this session record was broken today from another swiss mate, peter. He had broken his own pb now for the third time this week! He starts with a pb from 18kg, then a new pb from just over 20kg and today a realy nice fat mirror for him, pb broken again, take a seat.......25,2 kg, bingo !! The rest of us at the north had good fish up to 18kg. Me and my italien friend at long haul one and two had only two smaller fish. The weather changed again, rain and coldness in the morning, at midday the wind changed and it is sunny, so maybe sone lumps come back from the north end to mum and dad in the south, fingers crossed. But if not we had a beautyful week at la traque and with the circumstances of spawning and dramatically change of weather, we had quite a lot of fish and big ones! So nothing could get wrong for the last hours. And one thing is fact, we will be back again soon! And of course, because of the homemade lovely pie from pascal, big big thanks to her for the service and everything!

Time to leave little paradise ! 

And i do not know if i'm happy or not. Maybe not because i could spend two weeks more, no month more at this complex. Would be great, every week a fresh homemade pie from pascal:-) thanks again for everything! the last night was cold and slow, three fish in total, biggest 17kg. But as i wrote before for such unlucky circumstances we did a good job with nearly 60 fish together and big ones! Don't wanna think about it when all plays for you and you know how to do it, i promise that it is possible to catch over 100 carps. So the complex has two regulars more for two times per year, britta and me, definately! But there is one thing that's horrible on the lake we fished and i really didn't like it!! And that is maybe you?! I found a lot of braided mainline under and in the trees at the margins, we caught 4 carps with a hooklink from maybe 80lbs and barbed hooks! Also two of them with one meter of finest thick leadcore leader, that's shit son's, big shit! Be fair to the fish, to the complex and to pascal! Use your brain, not braid to catch carp! Last but not least, like everytime, sorry for my bad german school english and i wish you only the most and big ones!

Catch report Woodslake week 22/05 to 29/05 2010

"Many thanks for your help this week. 
Only 2 cats. 20 mirror up to 34lb, 15 commons up to 27lb5, too many grass carp to list but from 30lb - 6lb"
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Catch report The Great Lake from 22/05/10 to 29/05/2010

"It was a great week on Great lake and we will come back for 2 weeks. Thank you Pascale.
38lb mirror, 34lb mirror, 33lb5 mirror, 1 sturgeon 74lb, 4 carp lost. 2 people"

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Flash : Graviere de la Traque 31/05/2010

On traque today,32lb mirror,27lb10 grass carp, 29lb1 mirror, 25lb8 common,34lb2 mirror, 21lb8 mirror, 22lb4 common, 27lb8 mirror, 32lb4 mirror, 28l10 mirror, 30lb1 common, 37 lb1 mirror, 18lb20 mirror.