Etang de Margot

A wee bit of old news but may be handy for the lads heading over in a few weeks and may help Denis sleep at night.

'News just in from Michel Bigot the owner of Margot.

He netted the lake last week to undertake routine fishery management. He took out 2.5 tonnes of Poisson Chat & about the same amount of silver fish. This will ease the problems the Chat have been causing with the carp baits no end!'

cheers for the update Paul might let me sleep at night knowing that some of the little menaces are taken out and not munching on my boilies. Hopfully it might be a little on the cold side so they don't go on the munch to bad.

Just the sturgeon left to melt your head now.

Here is a Pic of a Fish Tommy K had on Margot last year to help you sleep. :shock:

But the sturgeon give a good fight unlike the little chats
That koi is lovly thanks for wetting my apatite even more lads i can't wait
to get over there my last trip to france was a nightmare went to paridisehunters you probably all know the story with that one, so margot will be heaven compared to that, even if i blank well done tommy thats a smashing looking fish.

Should we throw up some more photos from the trip Natas? Maybe Niall's Grassie, some of the cats etc? Or maybe just leave them in the Photobucket file and people can see them there?

go on then paul put up a few pics of the cats plus all info on the tactics used to catch them nice one.

I'll get on it tomorrow. Up for work at half six. Need sleep.

One thing though, get onto the deeper water, 5-8 feet produced most of the bigger fish so an echo sounder would be invaluable.

thanks for that paul i'll have a look on tomorrow for the pics, i'll have a echo sounder with me for the boat on the lake so i'll look out for that. do you know what baits the cats where caught on? i'm bringing hallibut pellits with me all sizes about 10kg,going to put one rod just for the cats.

Here you go stem Niall Walker with a nice grass Carp.

that's smashing i'd say she went like a torpedo when he hooked it.
I can't wait to get on the banks and have a go. i met niall on decoy during the abby anglers match last year nice bloke, it's good to put a face with a name. nice one

Paul,
Heard about the chats alright,thats a lot of them out, but what is left behind. They should not affect us at the time of year we are going..We seem to be the first lads on the lake for the year. Should be some fun. broke all my P.B.S there last year, cats , sturgeon and mirror, looking for some commons and grassies this year..


As u say the quest crab worked well last year, there is a new improoved one for this year. But it might be a tad cold for it when we arrive, might go fruity dont know yet
Regards,
Denis................................................

read an article in crafty carper,red hot margot.two guy,s fished it in may last year.and were getting stick from chat,s .one fishing for 3 hrs with bare hooks.not even wrapped baits kept the little beggers off.michel told them to try tigers, as the chats cant stand them.judging by the photo,s it worked a treat,using multiple tigerson a hair,a blow back ring,and a cork ball.prooved too much of a mouthfull to eject.have a good one lads.

Cheers for that mike hopfully at the time of year were going the chats might not be feeding to hard with it being cooler. i think i'm going to take a good mixture of bait with me and see whats working then order more bait on the lake but tigers are a must i think.

at the end of the day,the guy,s said they wouldn,t buy the french tigers again,but would make sure of taking dynamite baits tigers on return trip.

3 x mini-tigers stacked with a 10mm cork is a nice hookbait - don't need a large hook either, size 8 should be enough, Richworths Tigernut flavour is good for boosting the hookers - not too much mind.

only 5 days left till were off to the banks of Margot can't wait

Fish the Swim left of the Lodge (midway between lodge door and the corner swim by the gate) if you can. All the deeper water is out in front of you. We found spots to 8 ft and that's where I had the 39lb12oz on the last morning. I hope one of you guys gets the big common and say hello to the sturgeon for us!

margot, is that where kordas show, "thinking tackle" was done?

if so, they caught ALL THEIR fish on a single tiger nut

No, I think that was a different lake. Both are stunning venues though.

Ya guys enjoy La Whore and La Tramp which were the names we gave the sturgeon after nearly every one of us caught them

have a good trip lads , hope the frogs dont keep ye awake all night!!!!!
if ye meet up with le tramp and le hoare give them my best!!!!!!

Four days and counting.....
Packing the last of the gear away tonight. Three night shifts left in work and then its off to France...........................
Regards,
Denis.......................

Best of luck to the party from everyone back here. Lucky gits!

have a great trip and tight lines