| #1  02-08-2008, 08:38 PM | ||||
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| Costa Blanca Carp Fishing I thought it was about time I gave you all a fishing report from Spain. As a few of you know I left the UK almost two years ago to live in Spain. For most of the past year I have been working as a fishing guide and charter skipper. At this time of year, just like in the UK the fishing is pretty slow especially from the boat. I normally concentrate on fishing the lakes or Embalses as they are known over here. There are a good number of Embalses in the Costa Blanca, almost all of them man made and built under the orders of Franco. It was one of his better legacy's to Spain. All the Embalses contain Carp and a lot of them have Barbel and Black Bass, as well as Zander and Pike. In this area the smaller fish are predominately Bleak. One of my favourite waters is the Embalse de Amadario, which is situated only 12km from Benidorm, near the beautiful village of Orexta. We have just entered Spring, which is one of the best times of year. The Orange and Lemon trees are laden with fruit and the Almond trees are in full blossom. Couple this with the wild flowers in full bloom and you have a wonderful site.  I fished here with a Client today. Weather was nice, slight winds and a comfortable temperature of 21c. The water is at it's highest level with the damn being at 98% capacity. At the moment depths vary between 3m and 70m.  As you can see from the pictures the Embalse is set the floor of a valley with mountains on three sides providing a dramatic and stunning back drop.   Amadario is one of the very few private waters in Spain. It costs €12 a day to fish it. But it is worth every penny. It boasts Carp over 50lb. Although on the day we only managed a dozen or so, with the best topping just over 6lb.  This was due in main to the high volume of very cold water entering the Embalse. The most popular baits for Carp in this region are sweat corn and bread. I have tried boillies and pellets many times with very little success. On a water like Amadario you do need to put a lot of ground bait in. The main bulk of my ground bait is crushed down chicken feed pellets. During the summer I use the pellets as a fantastic float fished Barbel bait. They can often be seen in large shoals just below the surface of the water. They can sometimes be tempted with floating dog biscuit. Amadario is one of the best fishing areas in this region for Black Bass. They grow no more than 6lb in this area but are fantastic fighters especially on the fly, but that is another story. Like most of the Embalses in Spain, access to most of the waters edge is only possible with the use of a 4x4.   Unlike the UK where most of the land is fenced off and inaccessible, here in Spain you are free to drive most places.     |
| #2 02-08-2008, 09:10 PM | ||||
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| Re: Costa Blanca Carp Fishing Cheers mate. A cracking report and great pictures.  God I wish I had your job.  __________________ Three-fourths of the Earth's surface is water, and one-fourth is land. It is quite clear that god intended us to spend triple the amount of time fishing as we do taking care of the lawn - Chuck Clark |
| #3 02-08-2008, 09:51 PM | ||||
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| Re: Costa Blanca Carp Fishing what a smashing place,great report PP |
| #4 02-08-2008, 10:07 PM | ||||
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| Re: Costa Blanca Carp Fishing looks fantastic pp dead jealous dave __________________ 24 beers in a case and 24 hours in a day , Game on www.exmouthsaa.co.uk I have the body of a God, Pity its Buddha :-0 |
| #5 02-09-2008, 06:20 AM | ||||
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| Re: Costa Blanca Carp Fishing Cheers guys. It would be better if I could actually make a living out of it, but Spanish bureaucracy makes that almost impossible. |
| #6 02-09-2008, 04:06 PM | ||||
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| Re: Costa Blanca Carp Fishing I am hoping to get a trip into the Ebro in the next few weeks. Hopefully I will have some great fishing to report. |
| #7 02-09-2008, 08:35 PM | ||||
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 Re: Costa Blanca Carp Fishing Great reort & pics Sean. That looks some fantastic fishing.... |
| #8 03-13-2008, 11:46 AM | |||
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| Re: Costa Blanca Carp Fishing Nice pics, and a good read. Looks like fun to me... No carp fishing to be had here in Lanzarote. But we do have the drive anywhere thing you describe. __________________ Live Angler - Share your fishing photo's and videos with the world! |
| #9 03-13-2008, 05:06 PM | ||||
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| Re: Costa Blanca Carp Fishing Cracking read  __________________ Richard|Sea Fishing |Carp Fishing| Spud Gun | Zander fishing | Fishing Reports | Hunting Reports |
| #10 03-24-2008, 09:15 PM | ||||
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| Re: Costa Blanca Carp Fishing Hi Portland Pirate! Nice report and beautiful places you show us! Even if there's no fish, will be a very well spent time out! I'm not a freshwater angler, most because, I have no time enought to be it! Maybe one day!? The calm, the views and the esquisit technics atract me for shore! Best regards! Ernesto __________________ The better day of fishing, is that one witch ends grilling and eating the fish we caught, souronded by friends, family and good wine or beer! http://www.aminhapesca.blogspot.com |
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