All systems go for France 2008

[Greenheart]

[mithrandir]

I will be banking cheques and cash received tomorrow and posting off the deposit this weekend. When I receive final confirmation I will let you all know. Any outstanding deposits I am taking on trust that I will receive them before the end of the month.

Any more suggestions as to places for a couple of pre trip meets?

I reckon one east and one west then as I am relatively central I can travel to both and for those a bit further afield it is not too long a haul for you to meet up with most of the crew.

I already have 2 weekends booked up in september this year, 8th and 23rd, but I can take a couple of mid week days in september near the back end as I now do not have to fly off to Australia with work.

[fishypaul]

i see in one of the catch reports for the lake somebody caught a 90lb sturgeon,
would you like to be connected to one of them ?

[mithrandir]

90lb Sturgeon! that has got to have been one hell of a fight, the 15lber I had was enough of a fish to bring in, I would love to try one at that size just to see what it was like.

[fishypaul]

roll on september 2008.i for one will be after the cats and sturgeon for most of the week

[Rob M]

What did you guys catch Spurgeon on at Paradise Lakes?

[fishypaul]

Originally Posted by Rob M

What did you guys catch Spurgeon on at Paradise Lakes?

there wasn't a particular bait they were caught on, they were just trawling up all the feed, in other waters i have heard they have a liking for luncheon meat

[Greenheart]

Originally Posted by fishypaul

roll on september 2008.i for one will be after the cats and sturgeon for most of the week

I think these are going to be my target species too. Never caught either, although i'm hoping to get a Cat at the Todber meet.....

[devondave]

oh catfish are great! there is local lake near me that has them to just over 30lbs although he doesnt advertise it! the put up a hell of a scrap and u know if one has picked up your boilie.. that alarm just screams

never caught a sturgeon but ive heard stories! and a 90lb one? remind me NOT to bring luncheon meat!

[mithrandir]

The sturgeon I caught was in shallow water near the margin on a large bed of old boilies ( the freezer ones that had gone a bit mankie), the hook bait was a boilie, plain and simple. The sturgeon are bottom feeding hoovers, they pick up all the bait laying around.

The luncheon meat was a good bait for the cats, though I will be trying liver when we go to Todber as I have been told it is a killer for cats.

When I caught the sturgeon the first thing it did was leap out of the water like a blue marlin, they fight like hell, when you do land it it will probably take longer to revive it than it did to catch it, they do not come to the net until they have given their all, they are exhausted when you land them, and if it was a 90lber then I guess you would be exhausted too!