Etangs De Breton - Catch Reports - 2002

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Here you will find an updated catch report on the fishing at Etangs De Breton.

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Dates
Lake
Captor
Capture Details
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19-23-10-02 Birch Steve Robinson 36-08 mirror - fished three nights only. All these fish (13) in total moved to Poplars Lake. Birch is being re-stocked in December. -
19-23-10-02 Birch Steve Grace 29-08, 28-08, 28-04, 27-12, 27-08, 27-00, 25-08, 20-12, 20-04, 18-00, 17-00, 17-00 - All mirrors, fished three nights only. -
05-12-10-02 Birch Mike Creaghan 48lb 8oz Wels' Catfish -
05-12-10-02 Poplar Jason Creaghan 27-08 mirror, 25-08, 15-00 mirror. Jason also lost a big cat after playing the fish for seven hours!
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05-12-10-02 Poplar Mike Creaghan 23-00 mirror, 34-08 mirror -
28-09-02 - 5-10-02 Birch Chris Platt 35-09 mirror, 13-08 mirror, 22-00 mirror, 24-13 common, 23-08 mirror -
28-09-02 - 5-10-02 Birch Steve Platt 45-00 Wels' catfish. 27-04 common, 28-01 mirror, 14-00 mirror, 15-02 mirror, 25-00 mirror, 6lb grass carp, 34-08 mirror, 27-12 mirror -
28-09-02 - 5-10-02 Birch Jon Marshall 26-08 mirror, 26-00 common, 29-04 mirror, 13-15 mirror -
14-21-09-02 Birch Sean Leverett 35-04 mirror, 27-06 common, 29-06 common, 26-00 mirror, 17-08 mirror, 24-12 mirror, 25-04 mirror, 13-08 mirror, 24-00 common, 26-04 mirror -
14-21-09-02 Birch Mark Johnson 6-00 Grass carp, 26-12 mirror, 20-11 mirror, 25-08 common, 21-04 mirror'
16-08 mirror, 27-12 mirror. Read about Mark and Seans week on Birch - Life begins at Forty!
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07-14 -09-02 Birch Mark Brennan 27-00, 27-00 mirrors - both PB's -
07-14 -09-02 Birch Shaun Dearing 34-00, 34-00 (both PB's), 25-00, 25-00 - all mirrors -
07-14 -09-02 Poplar Paul Lowe 31-08 mirror and 6 mirrors between 24lb-26lb. Plus a common of 22-00 -
07-14 -09-02 Poplar Robert Thomas 33-00 mirror and 5 twenties between 26lb and 28lb - all mirrors -
07-14 -09-02 Poplar Paul Marsh 24-00 mirror -
31-8-02 - 7-9-02 Birch Steve Jeffries 28-00, 27-00, 27-00 plus three doubles (all mirrors), 34-08 Wels' catfish -
31-8-02 - 7-9-02 Poplar Brian Hammond 31-10, 28-00 plus three doubles (all mirrors) and 52-08 Wels' catfish 52-08 catfish
31-8-02 - 7-9-02 Poplar Matthew Fenables 32-10, 28-00, 27-00, 26-08, 25-02 plus three doubles - all mirrors -
24-31-08-02 Birch Joshua Wareing- Junior pole angler Hundreds of gudgeon, American perch, roach, perch on the pole Pics to follow
24-31-08-02 Birch Paul McCormick 14-00 mirror, 35lb Wels' catfish. Pics to follow
24-31-08-02 Birch Michael Wareing 14-00, 16-00, 22-00, 29-08 - All mirrors. 28-00 common, 52lb Wels' catfish (best so far in 2002 from Birch.)
Pics to follow
17-24-08-02 Birch Andy's Father 27-08 mirror and a 22-06 mirror
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17-24-08-02 Birch

Andy Storey

14 year old Andy Storey with his 27-09 Birch common

27-09 common, 27-04oz mirror, 16-00 mirror, 13-06 mirror and a 12-00 grass carp

We had a fantastic time and would love to come back one day.
All our catches were on either Squid Octopus pop-ups or Pineapple and Banana bottom baits, mostly on quite simple hair rigs. Although the action was not constant, when the buzzers went they really put up a good fight and were beautiful specimens. We lost a further 4 fish during the week, one which looked a 30, right under the rod tip.

Glen was great very friendly and mostly left us to get on with the fishing.

I have only been fishing 18 months and am only 14 years old but I think our weeks fishing at Etangs De Breton will stay with me a long time and will take some beating.

I hope I can return one day !!!

27-09 common mirror 1 mirror 2 mirror 3 mirror 4
10-17-08-02 Birch

Ian Kelly and family

10 year old Jonathon Kelly with his superb PB mirror carp at 29lb!

Dear Paul,
We had a total of 18 carp during our week stay on Birch Lake, with fish to 29lb 10oz (common) to yours truly.
Jonathan had a mirrror of 29lb a new pb for him & Linda had 3 fish including the 26lb 10oz stalked mirror (off the top) from Poplars Lake again another pb.
We all enjoyed the experience of fishing Birch Lake none more so than myself - having being dragged around it for more than ten minutes in a little boat under every form of plant, tree, & shrubbery that was ever planted on the lake, by one of your larger feline friends. I feel I sort of saw more of it than anyone else! A hell of an experience and good entertainment to all on lookers.
Again thanks for everything & regards to everyone - please pass on our best wishes to Glen.
See you next year - for two weeks this time!
Regards,
Ian, Linda and Jonathan Kelly.

Ian with his 29-10 common
Ian with a 20+ mirror
Ian with a mid 20 common
Ian's mid 20 mirror
Ian's brace of mid-twenties
Jonathons 20lb mirror
Jonathons 29lb PB mirror!
Jonathons 25-08 PB common!
Linda Kelly's 26-10 floater caught PB!

03-10-08-02 Birch Darren Walker 27-00 mirror -
03-10-08-02 Birch Mrs Jane Walker 31-04 mirror -
03-10-08-02 Birch George Walker 34-00 mirror, 27-00 common -
03-10-08-02 Poplar Will 'Grandson' Atchinson 16-00 mirror, 12-00 mirror and 11-00 common -
03-10-08-02 Poplar Dave 'Grandad' Angel 32-06 mirror, 27-00 mirror, 27-00 mirror, 26-00 mirror, 23-00 mirror, 3 x 17-00 mirrors, 16-00 mirror -
03-10-08-02 Poplar Paul Ripley 26-08 mirror -
03-10-08-02 Poplar Raymond Salvat 33-00 mirror, 55-00 wels catfish -
20-27-07-02 Birch Heidi Selby 25-02 mirror Pics to follow
20-27-07-02 Birch Ian Barrett 31-07 mirror Pics to follow
20-27-07-02 Birch Mike Creaghan 26-08 36-08 mirrors, fishing two hours only Pics to follow
20-27-07-02 Birch Jason Creaghan 21-08 common, 25-08 common, 27-04 mirror, 27-08 mirror, 20-12 mirror, 25-01 mirror, 23-00 common, 15-00 mirror, 12-00 mirror, 7lb grass carp, 25-08 common, 27-08 mirror. Wels' Catfish 50lb Pics to follow
06-13-07-02 Birch Paul Rogers 25-00 mirror, 24-00 mirror, 10-00 mirror -
06-13-07-02 Birch Dean Scanlon 27.8 common, 27lb mirror, 25lb mirror. Wels' catfish 45lb -
15-22-06-02 Birch John 'Lizard' Crouch Carp: 23-00, 25-00, 30-00 (mirrors) 43lb catfish 23-00 25-00 30-00
15-22-06-02 Poplar Russell Kenyon 23-00 17-00 32-00 17-04, 31-04 22-04 24-02 11-06 14-00 18-01, 25-04 & 20-04 All mirrors -
15-22-06-02 Poplar Rob Kenyon 22-00 17-00 25-00 & 10-00 with a common of 11-00 -
08-15-06-02 Birch Steve Pinson 26-04 mirror, 13-04 mirror, 20-00 mirror, 26-12 mirror, 19-12 mirror, 15-12 common, 22-00 common, 21-04 mirror, 29-14 mirror, 15-04 mirror 22-00 common 26-04 29-12
08-15-06-02 Birch Laurie Wright 30-08 mirror 13-00 common. A large perch - not weighed - on floatfished worm. 30-08
08-15-06-02 Poplar Steve Pinson 15-02 mirror, 22-02 mirror -
08-15-06-02 Poplar Laurie Wright 31-02 mirror, 22-00 mirror, 30-08 mirror, 27-00 mirror, 15-00 common 22-00 27-00 31-02
25-5-02 - 01-6-02 Birch Gary Carter 25lb 12oz mirror, 28lb 8oz mirror, 39lb 12oz Wels' Catfish -
25-5-02 - 01-6-02 Birch Stuart Linden 25lb 8oz common, 20lb mirror, 15lb 8oz mirror, 24lb 12oz mirror, 20lb 4oz mirror -
18-25-05-02 Birch Rambo 24-08 -
18-25-05-02 Birch Graham Hughes 43lb 14oz Wels' catfish. Carp of 37lb 2oz, 25lb 2oz, 25lb, 21lb 8oz. First koi of the season too! 43-14 cat 37-02 25-02 koi
18-25-05-02 Poplar Gary Saunders 28lb 7oz, 20lb 4oz, 25lb 4oz All captures made on Pro-vit liver boilies. -
18-25-05-02 Poplar Peter Ray Carp of 20lb 11oz, 23lb 8oz, 28lb 11oz, 27lb 10oz, 24lb and 32lb 1oz. 32-01 28-11
11-18-05-02 Birch Julie Stevens 44lb Wels' catfish, 38lb Wels' catfish. Carp of 28lb, 27.8oz, 26lb, 25lb plus other twenties 27-08 & 26-08 brace 28-00 com 38-00 cat 44-00 cat
11-18-05-02 Birch Brian Stevens
25-08 mirror, 20lb common. 25-08
11-18-05-02 Poplar David Dobbs 6 x 20's to 28lb 8oz Pics to follow
11-18-05-02 Poplar Dean Ayres 29lb 8oz carp. 29-08
11-18-05-02 Poplar Jason Banks 54lb Wels' catfish, 53lb Wels' catfish, 35lb 8oz Wels' catfish. Carp of 28lb 4oz, 28lb 7oz. 35-08 cat
04-11-05-02 Birch Christian Fitzgerald 23lb Coming soon!
04-11-05-02 Birch Paul Branch 26-06, 28-02, 35-09 mirrors and a 36-02 common, plus a 43lb cat -
27-04-02 - 3-05-02 Poplar Paul Cooper Mirrors 20lb, 21lb, 23lb, 24lb, 17lb -
27-04-02 - 3-05-02 Poplar Keith Norris 28lb 8oz mirror, 28lb mirror, 24lb mirror. Common 17lb Wels' Catfish
Bottomed scales instantly at 55lb. Believed to be 60lb minimum!
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27-04-02 - 3-05-02 Birch James Cooper (aged 10) 27-00 mirror and commons of 26-08 27-00 and 28-00 All PB's! -
27-04-02 - 3-05-02 Birch Martin Cooper 27-08 mirror -
13-20-04-02 Birch Michael Sankey 29-05 Mirror. Coming soon!
13-20-04-02 Birch Mark Ireland 14lb 6oz (Mirror) 16lb 8oz (Mirror) 25lb 5oz (Common) 33lb 3oz (Mirror) 43lb 2oz (Catfish)
33-03 25-05 43-02 cat
28-31-03-02 Birch

Paul Selman

Paul Selman with his 31-00 wels catfish

FishingWarehouse Editor, Paul Selman, managed to fish just a total of 30 hours on Birch Lake at his Etangs De Breton complex over the Easter period, but was rewarded with no less than fourteen carp up to 31lb 12oz, plus a bonus catfish of 31lb 4oz! "I was working on the lakes, and also visiting various locations on business in the region, so I only managed to fish a few hours each day. However, the action was constant, and in fact I had to reel in several times as playing fish was interfering with working," joked Paul. " I lost the biggest fish I hooked and would have really bagged-up if I'd have been fishing properly."

Paul landed mirrors of 25lb, 12lb, 18lb 8oz, 16lb 8oz, 11lb, 31lb 12oz, 12lb, 13lb, 22lb 6oz and 26lb 8oz, plus commons of 23lb 6oz, 18lb 12oz, 24lb and 26lb 8oz. All Paul's carp were caught on either Nutrabaits Pineapple and Banana readymades or Trigga fished over pellets fished to the far bank.

26-08 31-04 31-00 cat
25-30-03-02 Poplar Patrick 'GB' Leigh and Mark 'Kipper' Bowden Read Paddy's article on a very special venue - Can you do some piccies mate?  
17-24-02-02
Poplar
Paul Selman
In a total of 26hrs fishing I landed fish of 27.8, 27, 25.12, 25.8, 24.8 plus two doubles. All on PVA bagged Nutrabaits Pineapple and Banana readymades fished over Trouw pellets. I fished the Middle Swim and most of the fish were caught at close range next to the marginal trees.
25-08 25-12 27-00 27-08
17-24-02-02
Birch

Steve Grace

Wigan angler Steve Grace enjoyed winter success on his first visit to Etangs De Breton Lakes.
Fishing Selman's Swim on Birch Lake, Steve landed mirrors of 30lb 2oz (his first winter thirty), 27lb 4oz, 26lb 8oz, 25lb 8oz plus two doubles. He also bagged two 25lb plus commons.

His companion Andy Cooper from Macclesfield also took a mirror of 24lb 8oz plus four doubles.
All of the fish came on double bait rigs fished over pellets, with the hookbaits an usual combination of Nutrabaits Trigga and Pineapple and Banana boilies. Steve also lost two of Breton's large catfish in the frosty conditions

22-05 25-00 25-08 26-08 27-04 30-02