vallee

[lee]

Just got back from vallee, fishing was tough not quite what i expected had four fish for the week, my mate had a 46lb sturgeon on the saturday and a small cat, i had two carp on last two nights 31lb 12oz mirror P.B and 28lb 12oz common P.B the lake produced only about 20 carp for the week between 9 anglers one lad on peg 10 had a good week with 7 carp to 52lb and two sturgeon biggest 66lb, its a great venue which was well run but he fishing was a bit slow with nothing coming on the first 4 nights was told after by a few lads who had fished it before that peg 3 was not the most favoured peg on the lake. I would deffinatley fish it again but do it with a different attitude it is deffinatley a big fish venue with a 72lb common being the biggest in the lake but not a runs water. Broke my P.B twice for french fish so all was not lost

[FURNI]

Well done mate

[lee]

Cheers mate hopefully get the photos on tomorrow

[Wooly]

Originally Posted by lee

Just got back from vallee, fishing was tough not quite what i expected had four fish for the week, my mate had a 46lb sturgeon on the saturday and a small cat, i had two carp on last two nights 31lb 12oz mirror P.B and 28lb 12oz common P.B the lake produced only about 20 carp for the week between 9 anglers one lad on peg 10 had a good week with 7 carp to 52lb and two sturgeon biggest 66lb, its a great venue which was well run but he fishing was a bit slow with nothing coming on the first 4 nights was told after by a few lads who had fished it before that peg 3 was not the most favoured peg on the lake. I would deffinatley fish it again but do it with a different attitude it is deffinatley a big fish venue with a 72lb common being the biggest in the lake but not a runs water. Broke my P.B twice for french fish so all was not lost

Well done on the PBs.
I often find the second trip to any venue is the most productive as you can go back with the knowledge gained from the first trip. This allows you to formualte better plans on swim selection , rigs, bait etc.
A 72lb common, now there's a target.........

[lee]

photies from vallee

[ChrisKnapper]

Originally Posted by lee

photies from vallee

Hi mate

Well done on your trip to vallee..

We went to the same lake in May.. would say that it is defo a big fish water and would most certainly go back there...

Funny how they have got no pics of the 72lb common though ay??

Was John the baliff still there when you went??

Chris

[lee]

Yeh he was still there nice enough bloke would do anything for you, it is a good lake was told about the 72 by a guy who hires the lodge three times a year, apparently it had come out a couple of weeks before, you could have some good hits on there but does seem a bit peggy and i think april would be a better time to go, nothing came out during the day, met some guys from leicster who had fished it three times and each morning they would wind in for the day, i just couldn't do it with not catching and wanted to optimize my chances, i also think the sturgeon cause a problem to the carp fishing with mopping all the bait up and basically bulling around the lake, god they are ugly, six sturgeon in the lake came out 9 times in two weeks.

[ChrisKnapper]

Yes we met the bloke who hires that cabin three times a year.. was he with his missus??

That sturgeon with the cut in its tail came out 4 times the week we were there, my mate alex had it at 70+

See the thread....

Back from Vallee..

Chris

[lee]

Yes he was with his missus, Tom his name was peg 1 and 2 deffinatley good pegs on the lake, he was the guy who told us about the 72 common did he tell you, i wonder if he gets discount for the lodge he did seem genuine though. The 70+ sturgeon came out on the friday as we got there, like you said it is a good venue with everything being nearby, the town is pretty good also, looks like there are plenty of lakes to go at round there also la valdore is 10 mins up the road.

[ChrisKnapper]

Yes thats the bloke.. Tom his name is..

Ye reckon he gets discount.. he seemed well liked by the owner.. think the owner was a bit of a *** to be honest but everything else was good..

Yes, pleanty of lakes round that area..

The town was good lee, but didnt you feel like it was land of the dead??

They have more holidays than working days, think the shops were only open 2 days for the 5 days we were there!! lol

Chris

[lee]

Yeh he will be liked shelling that dough out three times a year, we only saw the owner once and then he blanked us must be the northern accent, found a nice kebab shop in the town with a bit of pointing and what little french i know got myself a chicken kebab with hot sauce, with some hot chicken wings and a few beers to wash it down, fantastic, did not see many young people in the town all 40-50 and above.

[ChrisKnapper]

Kebab!! Cant beleive you went that kebab... lol, the pictures of the meals in the window looked revolting.. plus the fact that below the picture of Donna Meat and Chips it was labelled up "ASS KEBAB"... i have a picture on my phone of this, if i get chance when i get home i will put the pic up.. dont know if you noticed it!!

The Supermarket was good...but like you say, i didnt see one fit bird at all, and there i was thinking we would of bumped into some nice french young ladys

Chris

[lee]

Ha Ha yes we saw the ass kebab too but were desperate for junkfood, when its spicy enough it doesn't matter what it tastes like, we saw one nice young french girl in the super u but she pen and inked , my mate was nearly heeving she was that bad.

[ChrisKnapper]

Originally Posted by lee

Ha Ha yes we saw the ass kebab too but were desperate for junkfood, when its spicy enough it doesn't matter what it tastes like, we saw one nice young french girl in the super u but she pen and inked , my mate was nearly heeving she was that bad.

FPMSL!!! Not good.. they musnt bath like us over here.. lol..

To be honest, that kebab shop wasnt open when we were there, or we would of gone.. especially the day we went into town to get some supplies then ended up doing a pub crawl of the french bars and ended up getting letherd on leffe

Chris

[lee]

The lads we met from leicster went to a bar one early afternoon and came back wasted, they said they didn't even no what they were drinking just said it was dirty brown and strong only had about six glasses. Must have been pretty potent stuff, maybe give it at try next time.