Carpin' closer to home!

15,3 kilo spring mirror

After returning from France, it was about time to get my carp fishing started here in Denmark – a bit later than usual, but the weather and my fishing mood just haven’t been right. I decided to start on a lake, I had visited a few times years back and since I have not made any special plans for my spring fishing this year, this seemed like a good venue as any to start. I blanked the first weekend there, but I did see active carp – so I was back a few days later for another 2 nighter… I got set up in the swim and a few were showing in front of me – so I put out a scattering of around 2 kilos 18mm coldwater mix boilies. The first night was uneventful, so I started thinking about moving into another swim for the last night, but as the day went on, more and more carp started showing. The rods went out on the same spots, with 3-4 handfuls of free offerings over each rig to top up. Again the alarms were silent during the night, but around 9 o clock the following morning, the left rod was off as I was packing up my gear. I quickly grabbed the rod and bent into the fish, which kited heavily to the right and after a powerful battle I managed coax the angry mirror into the net. It went 15,3 kg on the scales – Just after returning the fish the right rod was off, this fish was more eager to play along, and after a short scrap, the carp was safely in the net. A Lovely dark character that spun the scales round to 17,1 kg.. Both fish were caught on 18mm coldwater mix boilies topped with matching 12mm pink washed out pop ups. 



17,1 kg sneaky dark character

SG Bleaks Rocks!!

Tiden var inde til at få testet de nye SG Bleaks – vi sejlede ud og fandt hurtigt fiskene, men kun i korte perioder, og vi opdagede snart at vi skulle lede en del efter fiskene, fordi de flyttede meget rundt på sig. Det opsøgende fiskeri gav pote og vi fik rigtig mange fisk i båden. Desværre var der lidt langt mellem de helt store fisk, hvor de største af dem var omkring små 1500 gr., men det til trods så var det nogle vildt sjove og helt fantastiske fights på det lette grej. SG Bleak Paddle Tail monteret med 5 gr. jighoved, fisket i et jævnt tempo, stod for en del af fiskene, men det var SG Bleak Minnow fisket som drop shot, som gjorde den store forskel!

Mikkel

New toy!

Since I finally got started up with Pelagic vertical zander fishing this spring ( There will be an update on this later on ). I decided that I had to get my hands on a new echo sounder - and since I already have a Lowrance HDS 5" generation one, I wanted to "crack the piggybank" and invest in one of the top models on the market. After going thru all the different brands, the final choice fell between the Lowrance HDS 12" gen 3 touch and the Humminbird Oinx 10" SI. In the end I opted to change from Lowrance, which I have used for years without any problems at all. And I put down the money for the ONIX - simply because of the Auto Chart Live function. I think this feature will make a massive difference in my fishing.. Just think - when I am carp fishing in France I can generate a depth chart in real-time! But I will give the ONIX a test over the next few months and write up a full report.

Peder    

French mirrors

The first French trip of the year is over. It proved to be a difficult week, where the carp didn’t want to "play ball" – there could have been many reasons for this, weather and bottom conditions of the lake, who knows? Sometimes you just have to accept this. I managed two carp during the week, mirrors of 24, 4 kg and 19, 9 kg both taken on the new DT “howler” boilies. Gary and Jörgen caught some nice fish – but that is their story to tell.  Well, anyways we will be back in the end of September. 

Early morning mirror of 24,4 kilo.

19,9 kg near leather.