Fishing in France for the week

[nobbyathome]

I have always fished but only now and then and my boy Steve has been a mad fisherman and goes every year to France or Spain this year just me and him went got here Saturday and set up we are at juvanze lakes and we are fishing javanze blue one of the three lakes here on Saturday night I caught a 39 lb mirror carp the biggest I have ever caught since then I have had nothing my Steve has had 10 so far the biggest one 47 lb this is my 39 lb carp 

This is Steve’s 47 lb 

[TIGHTCHOKE]

WOW!

[nobbyathome]

[nobbyathome]

Steve has just had a 45 lb mirror

[dead eye alan]

Reminds me of 30 years ago fishing lake Cassian, but 23lb was the best my son and I caught.

[dessyb]

looks a nice venue

[Penelope]

3 hours ago, dead eye alan said:

Reminds me of 30 years ago fishing lake Cassian, but 23lb was the best my son and I caught.

Proper french fishing.

[nobbyathome]

38 lb mirror carp about four this morning 

[Bigbob]

Thats good going 

[oowee]

Looks like a cracking trip 👍

[nobbyathome]

Well my Steve has just equaled his personal best 60 lb 8 oz what a cracking fish  

[marsh man]

58 minutes ago, nobbyathome said:

Well my Steve has just equaled his personal best 60 lb 8 oz what a cracking fish  

That is some very special fish , is there any way you can tell the age of a fish that size ?

P S .. I wonder how our forum chef ( ditchman ) would get that in his pan   ( joking of course )

[clangerman]

some clonkers there good effort 

[Aled]

Cracking fish there well done. 

Edited August 20 by Aled

[nobbyathome]

3 hours ago, marsh man said:

That is some very special fish , is there any way you can tell the age of a fish that size ?

P S .. I wonder how our forum chef ( ditchman ) would get that in his pan   ( joking of course )

There must be a way of aging them but I don’t know so far I have caught three 20/37/38 and as the biggest carp I have ever caught was 15 lb I am over the moon and Steve just can’t stop catching we are here until Saturday   I am sure Simon will have plenty of recipes for it probably with oven chips 😂

[marsh man]

4 minutes ago, nobbyathome said:

There must be a way of aging them but I don’t know so far I have caught three 20/37/38 and as the biggest carp I have ever caught was 15 lb I am over the moon and Steve just can’t stop catching we are here until Saturday   I am sure Simon will have plenty of recipes for it probably with oven chips 😂

THANKS for the update , certainly some incredible fish , will it spoil you when you come back home knowing you are not likely to get the same size fish ?

It would also be interesting to know how long these huge fish live for ?

GOOD LUCK ,and the photos are great    MM 

[nobbyathome]

I spoke to the bailiff today mm and he said the fish over 45 lb are about 15 years old he said in France they put on so much weight quick they seem to live to about 20 where in England they are slower growing and can go to 30/40 years old 

[Penelope]

20 hours ago, marsh man said:

That is some very special fish , is there any way you can tell the age of a fish that size ?

P S .. I wonder how our forum chef ( ditchman ) would get that in his pan   ( joking of course )

Over 15 years, as that is the general skeletal growth period for carp. I would guess somewhere between 15 and 25 years. There a many different strains of Cyprinus carpio, that all have different growth rates.

[marsh man]

2 hours ago, nobbyathome said:

I spoke to the bailiff today mm and he said the fish over 45 lb are about 15 years old he said in France they put on so much weight quick they seem to live to about 20 where in England they are slower growing and can go to 30/40 years old 

 

2 hours ago, Penelope said:

Over 15 years, as that is the general skeletal growth period for carp. I would guess somewhere between 15 and 25 years. There a many different strains of Cyprinus carpio, that all have different growth rates.

Many THANKS for the update , 15 / 25 is a good ole age , 30 / 40 would possibly make them a bit on the tough side and at that age they had seen a few Winters where there living quarters freeze up , amazing how they survive all those years .        MM 

[Penelope]

16 hours ago, marsh man said:

 

Many THANKS for the update , 15 / 25 is a good ole age , 30 / 40 would possibly make them a bit on the tough side and at that age they had seen a few Winters where there living quarters freeze up , amazing how they survive all those years .        MM 

There are a number of carp in the UK into their 60's.

[oldypigeonpopper]

50 minutes ago, Penelope said:

There are a number of carp in the UK into their 60's.

Hello, I am sure the Richard Walker carp was around that age

[Penelope]

58 minutes ago, oldypigeonpopper said:

Hello, I am sure the Richard Walker carp was around that age

Walker's fish, 'Ravioli' although later named 'Clarissa', from Berinthian Pool, (Remire - nicknamed after the red soil colour) was caught in 1952 and was stocked in 1934 by Donald Leney of the West Sussex Trout Farm as a fingerling, so a C1 (one summer fish). The fish was from Holland and of the Polish Galacian strain, commonly reffered to a 'Leney's' in the UK and he stocked them all over for a number of years. They are, where still alive, are some of the most sought after fish in the country.

[oldypigeonpopper]

1 hour ago, Penelope said:

Walker's fish, 'Ravioli' although later named 'Clarissa', from Berinthian Pool, (Remire - nicknamed after the red soil colour) was caught in 1952 and was stocked in 1934 by Donald Leney of the West Sussex Trout Farm as a fingerling, so a C1 (one summer fish). The fish was from Holland and of the Polish Galacian strain, commonly reffered to a 'Leney's' in the UK and he stocked them all over for a number of years. They are, where still alive, are some of the most sought after fish in the country.

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