Steve Sherlock’s Fishing Diary - Mirror Carp Fishing at Utopia, Soissons (Aisne, Picardy)
Capture Details
Description
35lbs 0oz Mirror Carp
35lbs 0oz
Utopia, Soissons (Aisne, Picardy), France- Utopia - Peg 6.
Steve Sherlock from Stoke on Trent (West Midlands) reported this 35lbs 0oz Mirror Carp from Utopia, Soissons (Aisne, Picardy) on Wednesday 29th July 2009 at 4:10 AM.
Maize (yellow). Baited up using large amounts of the partical mix provided at the lake.
Captor’s Comments:
All fish during the week came to the same method of fishing double maize over a heavily baited area using the bait boat. The fish caught during the week were as follows 33lb3oz Mirror, 28lb 6oz Mirror, 32.10oz Mirror, 13lb 5oz Mirror, 36lb 10oz Common, 26llb 4oz Mirror, 14lb 5oz Mirror, 35lb 0oz Mirror, 20lb 10oz Mirror, 22lb 0oz Mirror (not all photographed) as they were all at night and my partner was keen on catching up with his beauty sleep.
The 20lb 10oz fish resulted in a trip to the hospital when the fish flipped over, getting the hook firmly stuck in my finger, which had to be cut out 'ouch'.
Conditions:
- air temp
14°C - water temp
Unknown - water depth
6ft - water clarity
Unknown - wind speed
Unknown - wind dir
Unknown - weather
Clear sky (night) - air pressure
Unknown - moon phase
Quarter Moon
Also from Utopia:
Steve Sherlock 36lbs 10oz Common Carp from28/07/2009: Soissons (Aisne, Picardy)
Steve Sherlock 32lbs 10oz Mirror Carp from Utopia27/07/2009: Soissons (Aisne, Picardy)
Steve Sherlock 33lbs 3oz Mirror Carp from Utopia26/07/2009: Soissons (Aisne, Picardy)
Steve Sherlock 30lbs 6oz Mirror Carp from Utopia.11/07/2007: Soissons (Aisne, Picardy)
Steve Sherlock 4lbs 3oz Tench from UtopiaSoissons (Aisne, Picardy)
Also caught by Steve Sherlock:
6lbs 1oz Tench from Richworth Linear Fisheries...10/05/2006: Stanton Harcourt (Oxfordshire, South East & London)
25lbs 2oz Mirror Carp from Lakeside. My UK PB,...27/06/2005: Stoke on Trent (West Midlands)
19lbs 15oz Mirror Carp from Undisclosed. Single...28/03/2005: Stoke on Trent (West Midlands)