Latest Catch at Carp Quarry
This is Rob with a 31lb Mirror Carp caught on swim one.
21st Aug 2010
This week we had Chris and his wife and grandson Kieran and his girlfriend Megan from Lincolnshire, It was only the two guys fishing what a week they had, it did not stop raining until the day they left which was a shame for the girls but I think they loved it sitting in a warm house watching many episodes of Gavin and Stacey,As for the guys they were soaked all week so it didnt make alot of difference to Chris when he fell in trying to get the baitboat out. As regards the fishing they had 8 fish from mid 20s to just over 30lb once again the bigger fish have kept a low profile someone very soon will have a few big hits
14th Aug 2010
We had James and girlfriend Kayliegh and James 2 for the week just the guys were fishing they had a hard week and only managed to land 2 fish in the upper 20s but lost/missed a staggering dozen fish. I am sure next time you will be sitting by your rods.
Andys catch report 9th Aug - 13th Aug 2010
We had guests Andy and his son Rory over from Hampshire for a short midweek session They managed to get 9 fish on the bank and lost 5 which was pretty good considering they only fished for a little more than 3 days the fish landed were Mirrors of 21 lb, 22.8 lb, 24 lb, 26 lb, 26.8 lb, 30 lb, 30 lb, 34 lb and a wildie of 8 lb. Well done guys.
Catch report for w/c 31/7/10
Rob and Jacqui from South London came to stay with us at Carpquarry only Rob was fishing I think he had a bit of a frustrating week with losing 6 fish but he still managed to land 4 fish 25lb, 26lb8oz, 29lb and a new PB at 31lb4oz most of the action was close in in swims 1 and 6 and all the takes were on our Peach and blackpepper and Squid scopex and robin red boilies on a bed of Carpquarry pellet. Should have some new pics on the website soon.
3 hours 3 fish 31lb, 34lb and 41lb now thats good fishing
Just thought I would pop down to the lake for a quick session as no one is booked in.
Anyway what a session 3 hours fishing 2 fish lost 2x 30lb plus and a 40lb plus all the fish were in swim 1, 3ft from the rod tip on our squid scopex and red robin boilies with a handful of Carpquarry pellet.
1 x 31lb
1 x 34lb
1 x 41lb
Have done a bit of a video but like a true professional batteries run out so have only got a bit of all the fish, the video is on the news page of the site.
I have not named the 41lb fish I will leave that upto the next person who catches her.
Carpquarry catch report 25may - 28may2010
We had Ivan,Rob,Simon & John from Surrey and Kent for a short mid week break and what a time they had 78 hours fishing, 3 new PBs, 19 takes and 10 fish landed all the runs came on our squid, scopex and red robin boilies capped with a piece of plastic corn except Simons which was on Solar club mix and all on a small bed of Carpquarry pellet.Detail of the fish and times are -
Swim 1 - Ivan
Swim 2 - John
Swim 4 - Simon
Swim 5 - Rob
Tuesday 25th
Ivan 13:20 28lb 4oz
Ivan 18:35 37lb 7oz New PB
John 18:40 25lb 2oz
Ivan 21:00 24lb 12oz
Wednesday 26th
Ivan 04:00 27lb 8oz
John 06:15 24lb 11oz
John 11:40 28lb 12oz New PB
Thursday 27th
No fish landed
Friday 28th
Rob 06:30 31lb 9oz
Rob 06:45 40lb 13oz New PB
Simon 11:00 26lb
Well done guys thats a good 78 hours fishing and who know when you return you might land that monster of the deep Rob that tried to pull you in and straightened your size 4 hook.
What a start to the week
This week we have Ivans Group of 4 doing a short week,What a start for them 3 hours fishing, 3 fish landed from 25lb8oz to 37lb8oz, 2 new PBs and a couple lost, the fish have the munchies they could be on for a great week at this rate.
Catch report 15thMay-21st May 2010
This week we only had two guys fishing Gary and Sean from London, Again it wasnt the easiest weeks fishing but saying that the guys caught fish from the smallest 25lb8oz to early 30s,again none of the larger carp over 35lb were caught they seem to be more interested in eating the millions of tadpoles that are present at the moment.Well done to Gary and Sean who both had fish over 30lb and I hope you had a good 50th Gary and we look forward to seeing you again at Carpquarry.
All fish and lost fish was on there own bait T1 boilies and all runs came from the far side.
Carpquarry catch report 1st May - 8th May 2010
This week saw the return of Tony,Steve and Nick for there second visit after falling in love with the place back in the Autumn last year.This week was much colder than the last few weeks so no suntans this week. The change in the weather seemed to stop the bigger fish putting in an appearance but they still done quite well with the smallest king carp at 25lb8oz and the largest at only 32lb8oz. Well done to Steve with his lake record wild carp at 12lb.All the fish were caught from the far side tight to trees/cliff face on pop up foam on a chod rig or squid scopex & red robin boilies topped with a yellow pop up plastic corn or foam to form a snowman type bait.
Nick swim 1
Mirror 28 lb, Mirror 31 lb8oz and 2 lost/missed fish.
Tony swim 3
Mirrors at 25lb8oz,27lb,27lb,27lb8oz,28lb8oz and a wildie at 8lb, 4 lost/missed fish.
Steve swim 5
Mirrors at 27lb,29lb and 32lb8oz Wildies at 8lb and a lake record wildie of 12lb. 3 lost/missed fish
Catch report 10th April 2010
10/4/10 – 17/4/10
We have had our first guest over from Cornwall Sid and his wife Lesley and there friends Ron and Viv. This was not a hardcore fishing holiday, It was a holiday with the ladies with some fishing aswell. Sid and Ron both done well smashing there PBs and also a French friends son who popped over for day for a BBQ beside the lake also done well catching the biggest fish within an hour of being there. Carp were caught from the smallest at 25lb up to 35lb8oz all the fish and missed runs were from tight to the far side cliff face from swims 2 to 4 using a baitboat with a couple of handfuls of Carpquarry pellet with a few freebe boilies and the same type on the rig. All the runs were on the Carpquarry Scopex,squid and red robin boilies.
Well done on your new PBs and we look forward to seeing you again soon.
Overview of 2009 Carp Fishing Season
Well here we are looking forward to the 2010 carp fishing season at Carpquarry. 2009 was our first season, but Carpquarry was fished very little as we were still completing works and getting advertising in place. The people who did fish Carpquarry mainly our friends did well with the ave fish weight of 32.5 lb and the best fish at 44lb. We fed the fish all year and they are growing at an incredable rate with the food and perfect water conditions and no real angling pressure, this is why we are expecting our first 50lb plus carp to be landed in 2010 together with a large head of 40lb plus fish. So with that in mind there is still plenty of room in 2010 for you to book your holiday with us.It will not be long before Carpquarry is know as one of the best big carp small fisheries in France. We will continue to work on making Carpquarry the ultimate small carp fishery and the best place in France to go on your carp fishing holiday.
We will be updating the website weekly once the season gets started with all the latest photos and catch reports detailing bait/location/times etc. Also the odd video aswell ( on our news page )so make sure you keep checking out the website every week for all the latest information.
Please feel free to contact us by phone or email for any info you require about your holiday at Carpquarry. We look forward to seeing you at Carpquarry and one of you that is reading this will land our first 50lb plus carp and if that is you I will buy you a bottle of bubbly.
Carp quarry Catch Report 24/10/09-27/10/09
Dan, Matt and girlfriend Charlotte Came over for a weekend It was mainly the two guys fishing To be fair the fishing was hard going with very little action I know the guys were trying all sorts and all locations but the carp were being very ellusive even though the carp were topping. It was only about an hour before they were leaving and the guys were a bit down after feeling that they were going to blank when Dans alarm screamed at him as he was packing up he struck into it from the far side of swim 1 and he was into a good fish, after a while the carp was in the net now all they had to do was try and lift it out the water. The mirror carp weighted in at 44lb braking his PB by 10lb caught on cut down chilli tuna boilies.That just shows you keep at it, its not over till the fat lady sings she may be just about to be on the end of your line, I take it was worth the wait for such a stunning big fish. Well done
Dan 44lb Mirror PB
Comments from Tony,Nick & Steve
Hi Gordon
Just a note to say we all had a great time last week, the lake was picturesque, you were very helpful in always! we all came back very relaxed and we cant wait to come back next year! mays looking favorite, are the same arrangements ok? as a carper for 15 years i /we have to say pound for pound yours are the best fighting fish ive ever caught. im doing my best to get all the pictures from the lads and will forward when ive got them, in the meantime if i can be of any help with feedback or anything else for your website it would be a pleasure, look forward to visiting again already.
cheer tony
Carp quarry Catch Report 10th-17th October 2009
Tony, Nick and Steve arrived from Plymouth and Bournmouth after pulling straws on the ferry Tony won and picked swim 1 the rock, Nick went for the double swim 5 and Steve in swim 3.Tony's right hand rod screemed of within 3 hours of him starting fishing and was rewarded with a stunning 37 1/2lb mirror caught on boilie only 3 ft from his rodpod in 12ft of water this smashed his PB by 6lb and now he had thrown the gauntlet down to his mates. Two hours later Nick in swim 5 responded with a 32lb mirror braking his PB by 2lb the fish was caught again close in of the tree to the right of the swim on pineapple boilie.
After this the lake became very quite the fish know the anglers are here after Sunday and Monday came and went with no action Gordon from Carpquarry met the guys to discuss tactics the outcome was that the baits should be cut down in size to 6 - 8mm the same size as the feed pellets used at the lake. On carrying out the new tactics Tony in swim 1 was awoken with the first frost of the year at 2am by his alarm sreaming and was rewarded with a 25lb mirror he lost another a little bit later but did land another mirror at 30lb at 11am. This all seemed to be down to the fact of using small cutdown baits that were brown in colour.
Wednesday at 1am Tony was dragging himself out of his bivvy again in the frost to land a 29lb mirror and Nick was into a large fish at 3am from swim 5 from the far bay of swim 6 only to loss it at close range within the tree to the side of his swim. At 11am again in swim 1 Tony's close in rod screemed of and to show that his first fish was not a fluke landed another large mirror at 37 1/2lb. But now at the half way point of there fishing holiday it was time to change swims Steve in swim 1, Nick in swim 3 and Tony to swim 5.
Nick in swim 3 was the first to catch with a 31 1/2lb mirror from the far bank again on pineapple boilie at 9am Thursday then 30 mins later missing a run on his other rod again from the far side.Friday morning it was Nick again in swim 3 with the action from the far cliff-face on sauce boilie and landed a 29 1/2lb mirror feeling pleased with himself got back in his bivvy to warm up only to have his other rod take off with another large carp only to loss it at close range all this action was at 4am. At last Steve's alarm went at 7am in swim 1 and it was worth the time spent waiting as he was rewarded with a craking very long original mirror weighing in at 34lb caught on crab boilie.
After being up most of the night Nick packed up at lunchtime on Friday to catch up on some sleep before leaving early Saturday morning but was pleased with his fish of 29 1/2lb, 31 1/2lb and 32lb PB also a few lost fish and missed runs.
The other two guys fished on knowing that they could both brake there PBs Tony's now at 37lb8oz and Steve's at 42lb. Friday night and Saturday morning was all quite in swim 1 but Tony in swim 5 hooked into another large carp from the far bank only to get snapped up close in, a little later Tony was in again from the far bank with a very large carp that Tony said went like a battleship and made the other carp he caught seem small unfortuntly he lost it when it straightened his hook, I guess he felt the power of one of the big original commons.
The guys all left with 30lb+ under there belt and 2 out of 3 new PBs Tony was just greedy with 2x 37lb8oz fish in the bag. The ave fish wieght was over 32 1/2lb. The guys were all using standard tackle like Korda wide gap hook links and safty clip lead systems.
Nick - 29lb8oz,31lb8oz,32lbPB
Steve - 34lb
Tony - 25lb, 29lb, 30lb, 37lb8oz, 37lb8ozPB
Well done to you all and look forward to seeing you again.