New Lake Record – 73lb 8oz (33.3 Kgs)

Well, knock me down with a feather !

It was only 4 weeks ago when I posted our new lake record as 72lb and here I am already having to update it, what a pleasure it is for me to see my fish coming on so well.

It is that time of the year when the big carp stop growing their skeleton size and start putting some meat on their new bone structure and piling on some weight in preparation for what they expect to be the long cold Winter ahead.

Dogs and Cats grow new fur for the winter, big carp just get fat !

This year we have had an extended growing season, the warmer weather arrived in February and as I write this today we are expecting temperatures up to as much as 30C. The lake is still alive with natural supplies of food and all of the fish are coming out 2-3 pounds heavier than we would normally expect.

Paul, a first time visitor to Le Moulin, has the privilege of holding the new lake record of 73lb 8oz (for now) :

His mates on the lake all gathered around and ensured that the weighing was accurate, they were not going to give him an ounce that he was not entitled to claim, as the water drained away out of the weigh sling and as the ounces dripped off, the scale finally settled on 73lb 8oz:

The end result of this is one very happy carper:

Hopefully the weird weather patterns will continue and in the event that we have a mild winter I for one cannot wait to see what next season produces.

We only have 2 more groups on this year before we close for the winter but they are all very keen carpers. Even when the weather cools down the lake will take weeks, if not months, before it cools down sufficiently to put the fish off feeding.

Well done Paul.