2009 News

Winter fishing at "Deux Pierres" - 2009/2010

As from 14th November 2009 until the 6th March 2010 we will be open for fishing at a cost of 100 euro's per week WEATHER PERMITTING.  If you fancy a winter trip and you can get away at short notice please feel free to get in contact with either Graham or Jane to find out if the lake is fishable.

Wishing all our customers a very merry christmas and a happy new year

28th November - 5th December

18 fish to 42-8 for Les on The Beach

After 3 fruitless days in The Lonely, Les moved to The Beach and took 18 carp up to 42-8.  While Charlie sat it out in "Pierre 2" for just 2 fish.  Graham had a go for nearly a day and took 3 x 30's and a 20 from The Lonely, but we won't go there!!! 

21st November - 28th November

16 fish for 4 anglers from Holland

The Beach came good this week for Rob who took 10 fish to 37-4, Richard in The Lonely had 3 to 34, another Rob in "Pierres 2" had a 41-8 within 1 hour of casting out while Ari in Marcelle's had 2 x 20 commons. 

14th November - 21st November

2 x 40's for Steve Toward in his 6 fish catch

Steve fished in "Pierres 2" for 6 fish including 40's of 43-10 and 41-2 plus a common of 37-4.  Steve was accompanied by Julian who despite moving three times couldn't get amongst the fish, but saved a blank with a 20 mirror.  Look forward to seeing you again next November.

31st October - 7th November

This week saw the arrival of Jarek and Sicco from Holland and by Tuesday morning things were looking very grim with no runs at all in what looked to be very good conditions, wet and windy and at last some rain.  However things picked up with the rain still falling and Jarek ended up with 13 carp to 38-8 and 4 x 30's while Sicco had 4 x 30's to 37-4. 

24th October - 31st October

8 anglers 89 carp 6 x 40's plus 38 x 30's

This week saw the return of the UK Carp Crew led by Steve Milner.  Check out their web-site/forum at www.ukcarpcrew.co.uk .  Tyler fished in The Lonely (again) and done well with 24 carp including 2 x 40's, 7 x 30's and 15 x 20's, it's quite unusual to catch a double nowadays and you are definitely more likely to catch a 35+ than a double.  Rob fishing in Marcelle's had what in his words "thes best ever weeks fishing" with 23 carp, 1 x 40 plus 11 x 30's.  Phil fished "Pierres 2" for 12 carp, 1 x 40 and 4 x 30's.  Ed in Mid-Drive had 11 with 4 x 30's.  Mark in "Pierres 1" had a very slow start but ended up with 6 fish, 42-14, 39-6, 38-3, 31-8, 30-2 and 30lb!!  Ant fished in The Grandstand and took 4 fish to 45lb which smashed his PB to bits (enough said!).  Steve and Dave shared The Beach, the cooking and all the chores and even had 7 carp to 38-3.  More pics can be seen on the forum.

17th - 24th October

8 anglers 109 carp, 5 x 40's, 56 x 30's

It finally felt like Autumn this week and after a slowish start probably due to the overnight frosts on Saturday and Sunday things picked up with "Pierres 1" and "Pierres 2" producing 43 fish to Coen and Marcel from Holland.  They shared the swims by swapping over half way through the week although Coen caught the lions share of their 43 fish total including fish of 46-12, 44-2 and 40-4 plus 19 x 30's to 39-8.  Father and son Chris and Callum shared The Beach with 13 year old Callum showing great potential by taking 18 carp including 13 x 30's to 38-4.  This young angler done all the work his self and even spodded for his Dad.  Chris whose first fish out of 8 was 46-8 smashed his PB by 30lbs.  Not content with this Callum put a pike rod out and set a lake record for a pike at 17-8.  Kev took an impressive 14 fish from Mid-Drive including 11 x 30's to 39-8.  Tom fished Lilly's and then The Grandstand for 11 fish up to a PB of 44-6.  Ben took 10 from The Lonely up to 37-10 while Tom took 5 with 4 x 30's from Marcelle's. 

3rd - 10th October

5 anglers 51 carp 3 x 40's to 47-12 and 24 x 30's

Marcelle's produced well this week for Ben with 21 carp including 1 at 47-12 and 10 x 30's.  Matthew took fish of 44-9, 40-2, 32-6 and 32-4 from The Lonely on his first trip to France.  Darren's best fish from The Beach was a 38-8 common followed by 4 more 30's and 2 x 20's.  Steve and partner Caroline fished "Pierres 1" and "2" with Caroline taking 10 from "Pierre 2" to 38-6 while Steve had 9 from "Pierre 1" including 3 x 30's on the first night. 

26th September - 3rd October

8 anglers 56 carp to 45-2

With the weather still roasting hot for the first part of the week it was a very slow start but things picked up at least for Steve and Keith in "Pierre 1" and "Pierre 2" with Steve in "1" taking 21 fish including a 38-8 common and Keith in "2" taking 12 with another 38-8 common 30 minutes after Steve's.  Danny had 5 in Marcelle's to mid-thirties.  Brian in The Lonely managed 9 to 45-2.  Paul and James had 5 from The Beach.  Dave had 3 in Mid-Drive while Nick saved the blank by taking 1 from Lilly's. 

19th - 26th September still very warm 28-30 degrees

74 carp including a common of 47-8 for 6 anglers

The Lonely and "Pierres 1" produced well this week for Dave Baldry and Alan Poole who were involved in the record catch back in May.  Dave took 26 carp with 13 over 30 to 38-4, while Alan who is now a remarkable 75 years old took 17 fish to 43-8 including 7 on the last night from "Pierre 1".  Then friend Steve joined them in "Pierres 2" and took 11 carp with 5 x 30's on his first trip here.  Elsewhere Barry who hasn't been out for a while landed 7 out of 9 runs from a weedy Grandstand bringing newcomer to carp fishing Paul with him whose first fish was 40-8 from the Dug-Out.  Paul had one more of 33-8.  Last but by no means least Graham's son Daniel (son of Dirt) fished Lilly's, Marcelle's then The Beach for 11 fish including a 47-8 common plus 4 x 30's to 37-2.

12th - 19th September

63 carp including 25 x 30's, 3 x 40's and a 50

6 anglers this week shared 63 carp with Maurice on his first trip to "Deux Pierres" fishing in "Pierre 1" taking 16 carp including  fish of 50-11, 43-1 common and 8 x 30's to 39-15.  Also new to "Deux Pierres" was Sean in "Pierre 2" taking 10 to 40-12 plus 5 x 30's.  Josh and Kevin shared the runs on The Beach for 17 carp to 40-5 plus mirrors of 39-12, 38-3 and a common of 34-12.  Steve in The Lonely took 12 fish 5 over 30 to 35-8 while Adam took 8 from Buzzard Corner and Lilly's including 4 x 30's to 37-4 common.  The weather is still very hot here, HARDLY WHAT WE HOPE FOR IN AUTUMN!!

5th - 12th September

89 carp for 7 anglers including 6 x 40's and 1 x 50

The Beach again came good with Paul and Craig taking 35 carp including a 50-5 mirror for Craig on the last night.  Martin in The Lonely had 18 to 43-3 and 43-12.  Colin in "Pierre One" had 12 including a common of 47-4 and mirror 43-2.  The Grandstand turned up 16 for Merv up to 44-8.  Danny in Marcelle's took 6 to 40-4.  Ben who normally catches more than his share of fish managed just two from "Pierre 2".

29th August - 5th September

95 carp to 47-2 Common for 5 anglers

The Beach produced well for Konrad this week taking 29 carp to 47-2 common plus 9 x 30's to 38-5.  Dave fishing in The Lonely had 22 carp to 41-4 plus 9 x 30's to 38-2.  Paul in The Grandstand had a 40 plus on the last night in his 21 fish catch.  Vernon took 7 x 30's to 38-6 in his 14 fish from the Dug Out while Darren had 9 from "Pierres Two". 

22nd - 29th August

122 Carp Including 1 x 50, 4 x 40's and 38 x 30's

Eight anglers arrived on "Deux Pierres" this week sharing 122 carp with Dave fishing in The Lonely taking 25 fish to 48-8.  Mel in "Pierres One" had 19 including 50-2 and 45-12 plus 8 x 30's to 38-4.  John in "Pierres Two" had 16 fish to 41-12.  Jim in Marcelle's had 24 to 38-8, Matt in Lillys had 9 to 34-14.  Father and Son Paul & Kieran shared Mid-Drive for 12 to low 30's, while Tim and Son Joe shared The Grandstand for 17 carp to 41-10.

8th - 15th August

30 carp for Two Anglers to 41-8

This week saw just 2 anglers on "Deux Pierres" in temperatures to near 40 degrees.  Regular Koos from Holland with wife Marian had 20 carp from The Beach including 9 x 30's to 35-8 plus the sturgeon.  While Nikola also from Holland had 10 from "Pierres One" up to 41-8.

25th July - 8th August Holiday Fortnight at "Deux Pierres" 

171 carp plus a lake record catfish 129lb

This two week period saw Lawrence and Son Charlie (Little Bob), Andy, Kelvin, husband and wife team Mac & Ann join us for what is becoming an annual social event.  They were joined for the first week by Lee and Dad Steve for their first trip to "Deux Pierres" and for the second week by regulars Tommy and Anthony from Liverpool and Jacco from Holland.  171 carp were landed in the two week period up to a PB 45-2 for Tommy and a massive 129lb catfish for Mac.  Also Tommy's Brother Anthony caught a huge ghost carp, although we are unsure of the weight (please see photo below).  A great time was had by all and roll on next time

18th - 25th July

No-one booked this week so Graham fished 3 nights in The Beach and took 15 carp including 3 x 40's to 49-14 and 5 x 30's from a heavily baited area at 65 yards.

11th - 18th July

23 carp for 4 Anglers

Once again the fish are still more interested in natural food but some good fish were caught.  Regular Tommy Hargreaves made the long trip down from Liverpool and fished in The Lonely taking 9 carp including 5 commons of 35-14, 34-5, 33-14, 32-1 and 30-7 and as always had a bloody good laugh.  Sorry no pics.  Andy fished on The Beach accompanied by Partner Claire for his first fishing trip in France and was well pleased with 7 carp to 46-15, plus 4 x 30's to 36.  We were joined on Wednesday by Chris Smith and Sam Green who were out in France for the European Championship Clay Pigeon Shooting Finals and wanted to relax for a few days after the competition.  They started in The Grandstand and The Dug Out before moving to Marcelle's and Sam who by his own admission is more into shooting than fishing (he actually won the Junior section of the competition) had 2 carp, a 28-6 common and 27-4 mirror.  However big Chris fared better at the fishing taking fish of 52-4, 42-2, 34-6, 32-4 and 21lb.

4th - 11th July

19 carp for 3 Anglers

After having had a rest last week with no anglers on we thought the fish would be well up for some bait but instead they decided to feast on the natural food and proceeded to tear the lake bed up making some areas of the lake more like a jacuzzi what with all the bubbling going on, this proved to be very frustrating for the 3 anglers on this week.  However Daniel managed 10 carp to low 30's from The Beach.  Reece and Ben fished "Pierre 1" and "Pierre 2" for their first trip to France with Reece having 6 carp to 33-2 and the Sturgeon (which Daniel also had) and Ben taking 3 to 39-2.  So all in all considering the hammering the fish here have had this year, not too bad a week. 

WE HAVE AVERAGED 96 FISH A WEEK THIS YEAR AND NO-ONE HAS BLANKED.  HOW MANY COMMERCIAL FISHERIES OUT HERE CAN SAY THAT?  UNLIKE SOME, WE TELL YOU WHAT HAS BEEN CAUGHT EVEN IF IT IS NOT TOO MUCH.  Pics please Dan.

20th June - 27th June

With temperatures soaring to 35 degrees plus and the fish having a second spawning it was never going to be a great week but 41 carp were caught this week plus the Sturgeon twice and an 88-8 cat fish.  Kiwi Ian was well chuffed with PB commons of 32-2, 38-8 and 39-10 in his catch from "Pierre One".  Bad Luck Bob (formerly known as Bacon Bob) took the Sturgeon and mirrors to 30+ from The Lonely.  Jim and Bryan fished Lilly's and Marcelles for fish to 40+ while Jeff was made up with a cat fish of 88-8 (pics to follow).

13th June - 20th June

92 carp for 5 anglers

The Dug Out which has been unfished for a good while turned up 27 carp this week for Wayne.  Robin took 26 from The Beach.  Husband and wife Bob and Dawn had 20 from Lilly's while Miles had 19 from Buzzard Corner.

6th June - 13th June

120 carp this week including 40 x 30's and 7 x 40's

The Beach continued to produce the goods this week with Chris and Tim sharing a 53 fish haul including PB's of 39-12 for Chris and 41-2 for Tim.  Phil fishing in Marcelles took 29 including a PB common of 44-8 and a PB mirror of 45-1.  Craig and Leanne shared "Pierres 1" for 21 fish.  Paul fished in The Lonely with son Nathan taking 10 fish to 40+, while Terry fishing in The Grandstand went for quality rather than quantity taking fish of 49-1 common and mirrors of 45-2, 42-8, 39-8 and 36-8 in his 7 fish catch.

30th May - 6th June

59 carp for 4 anglers

This week produced 59 carp for 4 anglers with Adrian Slatter taking the lions share from The Beach with 34 carp including commons of 39lb, 36-8 and 36-2.  Craig Baldwin took 10 from Buzzard Corner to a PB mirror of 41-4, Ian Wonnacott had 8 from "Pierre 2" including a PB common of 37-8 and mirrors to 37-12.  While first time fishing in France John Ashment had 7 from "Pierres 1" up to a PB of 41-2.

23rd May - 30th May

155 carp this week to 52-10

Another great week at "Deux Pierres" saw 8 anglers take 155 carp with 50 fish going over 30lb's.  Patrick Kelehers first trip to France was rewarded with 30 carp including mirrors to 41-6 and commons to 38-9 from "Pierres 1".  Darren Ford took 28 carp from The Beach to a PB 52-10.  Party Leader Simon Moore had mirrors to 45-6 and a PB common of 40-2 in his 27 fish catch from The Lonely which also included 10 x 30's to 39lb.  Marcelles (previously known as Durrants) produced 26 carp for Jeff Fox including a PB common of 34-2 and PB mirror of 39-12, Jeff included 11 x 30's in his catch.  Keith Russel shared The Beach with Darren for 20 carp including 7 x 30's plus an 82lb cat fish (good old reliable Flip Flop!!).  Roy Bentley was well chuffed with a PB 48-8 common in his 13 fish catch from Mid Drive.  However, the normally productive Grandstand and Buzzard Corner were not visited too much by the carp this week with John Fox in Buzzard Corner taking 7 carp and Ben Bentley in The Grandstand managing 4.

16th May - 23rd May

91 Fish to 53lb

After last weeks record haul the pressure was really on for the 6 anglers this week but they still had a good result with 91 fish to 53lb.  Top rod was Rob Carpenter who took 31 fish to 38-3 mainly fishing from Buzzard Corner.  Tim Hamlin shared The Beach with Richard Cronin taking 24 fish including a mirror of 53lb, a cat fish of 85lb (Flip Flop) and the sturgeon at 23-8, while Richards first fish at "Deux Pierres" was a 40lb mirror in his 11 fish catch.  Steve Barber took 11 to 37-7 from "Pierres 2", Richard Baker had 9 from "Pierre 1" also to 37-7 and Dom not arriving till mid week had 5 from Durrants.

9th May - 16th May RECORD 224 FISH CAUGHT

Dennis McFeitrichs Whole lake booking smashes Lake Record Total and Individual catch with 224 carp for 6 anglers and an incredible 74 carp for Dennis

Fishing from down on "The Beach" Dennis took 74 carp to 40+ in his record haul.  John Baker equalled the old record with 51 carp to 39lb from Durrants.  Dave Baldry had 12 x 30's to 38-15lb in his 30 fish catch.  Alan Poole in The Grandstand took 27 fish to 38-12 (not bad for a 74 year old).  Ken Martin in "Pierres 2" managed to catch 26 to 36lb 8oz, plus his first ever cat fish of 84lb.  Charlie Ratchford started in The Dug-Out with a cracking first night brace of 39lb 4oz mirror and 39lb 12oz common in his 16 fish catch before moving to The Lonely.  On top of all this Graham's Son Daniel made his first visit to the lake and in 3 short sessions in The Dug Out had 6 fish including a stunning 48lb 8oz PB common (his first fish from Etang des "Deux Pierres".  Well done everyone and what an enjoyable week.

2nd May - 9th May 110 Fish out This Week

This week produced 110 carp plus the Sturgeon 3 times and a whopping 85-12 cat fish.  Top rod was Ken Wilkes with 35 carp to 39lb and a cat fish of 85lb 12oz from Durrants.  Peter fishing in Lilly's took 21 carp including 40's of 40-8, 41-12 and 46-8.  Colin fished The Grandstand for 17 fish to 41lb.  Barry had 13 from Buzzard Corner and The Dug Out, while Dean and Son Tom had PB's of 43-11 for Dean and 34 for Tom included in their catch from "Deux Pierres 1" and then Mid-Drive.

25th April - 2nd May

49lb 2oz common for Jason

A slower week due to the spawning with 53 fish out but Jason fishing in Durrants nudged the record common nearer 50lb with a cracking 49-2 common and 43lb 13oz mirror in his 11 fish catch.  Lenny in Buzzard Corner had 12 to 39-8.  Young Jacob fishing down on The Beach with Father Jimmy had fish to 35lb.  Guy in "Pierre 1" had 10 including 4 x 30's and done the business managing to land the first cat fish of the year (without the aid of a boat) estimated at 120lb plus (well done Guy).  Tony "The Magpie" (excellent!!) had a leisurely week entertaining and cooking and still managing to catch fish to 36lb from Mid-Drive. 

18th - 25th April Vinny Sets New Record with 51 fish

(Oh and the fish spawned as well)

This week saw 120 carp landed with JRC Consultant James Vincent (Vinny) breaking the record catch with 51 carp to 40+ as well as 15 x 30's and 30 x 20's from"Pierres 2" , all this before the fish started spawning on Wednesday.  Graham Searle was well pleased with 16 fish to 43lb including 9 x 30's from The Dug Out.  Gary (good to see you again) took 1 x 40, 6 x 30's and 15 x 20's from The Lonely also having our only Sturgeon twice.  Mike Senior took 15 fish to 36 common from Mid-Drive, while Rob and Mike Junior had 8 each from The Beach and The Grandstand.

11th April - 18th April

164 carp this week

This week saw 164 carp landed up to 50-08.  Top rod was Anthony in The Grandstand with 38 carp to 43-10.  David fishing in "Pierre 1" had 31 including 3 x 40's and 9 x 30's to 39, Steve fishing down on The Beach with partner Caroline shared 33 fish to just over 40, while Tommy fished "The Lonely" for 23 fish to 42lb.  Jim took a PB of 50-08 in his catch of 17 fish with another of 41-04 and two 36 commons.  Dave moved several times for 14 fish to 36lb.  Even Graham found time from his never ending chores (aaahhh!!!!) to fish two evenings for 9 fish to 34lb.  Well done to you all and look forward to seeing you later in the year and thanks for looking after the carpet........!!

4th April - 11th April

108 carp for Jarek and Friends From Holland

This week saw "Deux Pierres" regular Jarek arrive with more friends from Holland.  Between them they caught 108 carp including 6 x 40's to over 46lb and 36 x 30's.  Once again The Lonely was top swim for numbers producing 42 fish for Alex and Herman (A) while Wesley (keep walking!!) and Gerben took 25 from The Beach including fish of 46-4, 45-2, 43 and 38-8.  Eric took 18 fish to over 40lb from "Pierre 2", while Jarek had 12 from The Dug Out and Lillys including 2 x 40's to 44 +.  Sicco and Herman (B) shared the rest with fish from "Pierre 1" and Durrants.

 28th March - 4th April

Record Haul for Ben with 50 carp

This week saw the record individual catch beaten by 3 fish with Ben taking a staggering 50 carp from The Lonely including 3 x 40's to 48lb.  The week also produced 4 other 40's in the total of 86 carp caught.

21st March - 28th March

105 fish haul for 6 anglers

This week saw 6 anglers book the whole lake and share a 105 fish catch including 7 x 40's and a 50.  Top rod was Adam with 34 fish from Mid-Drive including 4 x 40's and a 51 plus 5 others over 35lb.  Adams average weight per fish was just over 30lbs.  Steve fished "Pierres 2" for 18 fish, the best being a 48lb common.  Kevin fished from The Beach taking 18 fish.  Josh and Gary shared Lillys with Josh taking the majority of their catch up to 43lbs.  However, the highlight of the week for Graham was catching up with MURREE a childhood friend who was on only his second ever carp trip and with a bit of coaching managed 17 fish to 46lb including 2 x 36lb commons (a bit different to fishing with bent pins down Jack Sears pit for tench hey Murree!!).  It was great to see you after a long time.  Hope you can make it back in September with the others.

14th March - 21st March

69 carp this week including 2 x 50's for Tom Kemp

Despite bitterly cold north winds and overnight frosts, the season got off to a flying start this week with 69 carp being caught.  Top rods were Tom and Tyler fishing "Pierres 2" and The Lonely who managed 24 fish each with Tylers best fish a cracking 44lb common.  Tom had a great result taking 50's of 51-12lb (an afternoon in Buzzard Corner) and 51-14lb in a 24 hour period.  Danny and Paul shared The Beach taking 17 fish between them and Nick and Brian sat it out in Lillys and Durrants for 4 fish.

1st March - 7th March

Work Party Week produces 27 carp to 44lb

A weeks works party went nicely for Flawrence, Andrew McJock and Kelvin who came out to help Graham gravel the track round the lake.  The lads managed to catch 27 carp after a couple of nights blanking including a PB 37lb for Kelvin and PB 44lb for Andy.