Good morning!
We are on our way to the Lot, a new river for us, a bit more south this time
We have heard there must be a lot of catfish in the south of France so...
...that's why we go there this time
We have a long way to drive - 10+ hour drive
but then we have arrived at our house and we will make the stuff ready to...
...be able to fish hard tormorrow. Let's go!
Yo Simon
We are almost there, what are the plans?
First we will put our stuff in the house, then...
..we will buy some food for the next days...
...and if we then have time left, and it looks like it, we will put the boat on the river for some hours...
...just to see what it looks like and where we should fish the next few days
It's getting monotonous but I'm exited again :)
We have arrived at the Lot river
What do you think of it? - There is some current, not too much
so that's nice. It's pretty wide and deep
Yes it looks great, it's nice weather also..
...it was a nice drive towards here, especially the last hour
Yes indeed! - And it was okay to do also...
...we expected it to be about 12/14 hour drive...
...but we did it within 11 hours
And the time flies when you are exited to fish, right?
So now it's time to open a beer...
...just enjoying the moment, then we go to the house to see what that looks like...
..and maybe we'll discover the river
What are you doing Stef?
I'm going to try and catch a fish
The BBQ has been lit so we have to wait until the flames are out...
...it will take some time before we can go eat
And here is a nice little current that I will fish in the meantime
I don't know what to expect but I will cast a dry fly in there and we'll see
Cheers
On a very successful trip already
Yes indeed
This already is worth the 10 hour drive
So we have been barbecuing at the riverside...
...you have been flyfishing...
...without any result but hey...
...we had a great sunset, a great...
...great weather conditions and a briljant barbeque
A very nice BBQ indeed, with a good beer on the side
Behind us is a garden shed...
...owned by some happy Frenchmen...
...we managed to rent it via the internet, funny
Via AirBNB, highly recommended
Sadly there was no time left to go out with the boat anymore
But that's what we will do tomorrow. First we go to sleep
So let's go to bed and we'll be back at you completely
GUTENMORGEN, I have had a good night sleep
In this shed behind me, I will show you the inside
It's really cool
Good morning! - Morning Stef, eating breakfast now...
...some nice coffee, croissants, pain chocolat, we have it all
So let's eat the breakfast and then go and discover the river
So we had a good sleep in here
In our cosy tiny house...
...with a very cosy small bed...
...I was punching my elbows in Simon's back all night...
...I can still feel them
But we did sleep okay so that's nice
I will show the rest of the house, here's the bathroom...
...just nice and tidy...
...and the most important, a fridge...
...that's quite practical for us...
...stuffed with worms :)
Yo
Buying some groceries and then off to the water!
Wow, hey Stef what are you doing
I have a fish on!
Wow on the first drift
Yes it's a small fish but...
I think we were drifting for only 2 minutes and one fish came up already...
...without using the clonk
And he took the bait immediately
The bite was hard too!
Voilá
The first catfish (in French)
How cool!
Yes indeed, we are fishing for only 5 minutes now, the first drif...
...halfway the first drift without clonking a fish comes up...
...I'm reeling up my bait with the fish easily but the fish comes up so fast...
..and BAF...
Super cool!
The first one
Yes the first of the trip on the first day
We didn't know what to expect upfront...
...and still we don't..
...it can be a Lucky shot...
...but I don't think so, I think we are doing things right now
That was a quick release
Nice, fistbump!
We just wanted to do rock, paper, scissors to find out who could get the first bite on the bobber...
...but hey it already came on the rod I had in my hand, how bizarre!
So now the next fish is for Simon for sure
Yo Simon, can you tell us how we are fishing?
One rod in the hand...
...with the bait under the boat, on the screen of the sonar...
...rigged with a clonkteaser and worms
And behind the boat is a...
...bobber rigged with a treble hook filled with worms on about 4 meters of depth
just somewhere pelagically
For a catfish that might be scared of the sonar...
...it's more of an extra chance
We have just found a very deep hole
On an everage, the river is about 6 - 8 meters deep...
...and now we have found a spot where it's 14 meters of depth
actually on a straight body of the river
And on the edge of that hole...
...is exactly where Stef caught the first one
We start off with one drift completely without using the clonk...
...a nice silent and finesse approach
Just by wiggling the bait is also how Stef caught his fish
We didn't make the clonk wet yet
It's more of a subtile approach
and if, after a couple of drifts we don't get any action anymore...
...we will start clonking and see what happens
Wauw! First there was one fish rising...
...and came up all the way but didn't grab the bait...
...until we saw a second fish underneeth, looking bigger
And that fish came up and took the bait!
You can still see the fish on the sonar
Hey this looks like a nice fish Simon
there it comes
I see him
Cooool!
Wow, very beautiful fish man
Dude, we both have a catfish already
Yes we are fishing for 4 drifts now!
Yes this is a little bit nicer one
What will it be? 1.30 m?
Yes something like that - A bit similar to what I...
...caught in the previous catfish trip to France - Yes looks like it
So, catfish number two!
Wow what a nice fish, how big will it be, 1.30m?
Yes something like that - between 1.30m and 1.40m?
Really nice
Super cool, such a nice way of fishing
And this is only the first spot we fish
Hahaha yes, the first spot we fish and we catch 2 catfish
We have the idea that it could be good fishing next days!
We didn't measure it but that doesnt matter so much
Beautiul fish, first one for me, in total the second fish
We have two bites and two fish in the boat so that's good
It's heavy so I will put him back now
Look him go!
Okay next one for Stef
A tradition: we need to celebrate the first catfish
It came early so we will drink beer early
And?
It's even still cold, nice
Yes that's the advantage of quick action
We got another fish rising on this spot now, using the clonk
So we will move to a next spot now, but we can always come back here
But hey we have only seen one spot now
We have only fished this 150 meters of the river
I think there is enough to discover
Yes exactly
Something is happening right? YES! Yes got him!
Haha a smallie
A cute little small fish
Nice colours on this fish, nice dark brown
Yes it's beautiful indeed
My second fish this trip
how big will it be, 70-80 cm?
A nice little baby
Off to the next one
Very fat little fis, they have enough to eat here
Bye
This morning and the beginning of afternoon it was...
...nice and without any wind, so we could make natural drifts...
...using the current of the river. We had 4 bites and 3 fish in the boat
Now there is some cloud cover coming in
It's a little cooler so we have to wear a sweater again
And drifting is also a bit less relaxt with the wind that came up so I have to do way more steering
So we will try to find a spot that is more sheltered from the wind...
...so we have the chance to catch another fish
This fish only bumped the bait... *sshole
Yes? Yes?
No!
Again missed...
The idea is to have a nice BBQ
Had a nice BBQ, now it's time to do a last...
...couple of drifts in the evening hours, to see if...
...we can get another bite
And if not, it's okay because...
...the day is complete already right, with three fish in the boat...
....and some more bites and ativities, so...
...for a very first day it was brilliant but...
...we will just try and see if we can catch a last fish that would be very nice
Wow, a lot of fish rising in here now, we are really in the last light of the day
Had a lot of fish rising and a couple of subtle, nibbling bites
Just bumping the bait a little bit
And in the end, I believe...
...there were three catfish on the screen, under the bait
I saw three different signals under the bait
And one of those took the bait very hard and out of nowhere
It feels like a nice fish
Yes there it is
Hopla! - well that's a good fish my friend
Yes, right?
Beauty - That splitted tentacle, wow
Yes it has some sort of double tentacle
Wow it's running away
Wow so cool, that was fish number 4 today, fistbump
I think we will now get our stuff together, deflate the boat and...
...head to our beds so we can hit it again tomorrow
I think so!
Goodmorning!
Day two today!
So yesterday we have caught 4 catfish, very good for a very first day
We caught most of them here just behind the bridge, so we will start off in there again today
After that we are going to search for spots because tomorrow it will be sunny and without wind...
...so then we can fish perfectly and don't want to lose too much time on finding spots
So that's what we will be doing today
Nice big and fat worms...
We bought them at PS Lifebaits...
...You don't want to save money on good bait but this guy Roy, is doing it very good
We left on saturday and..
...I asked him to deliver me the worms on friday so that...
...we didn't have them at home for too long
That was not a problem and all are perfectly packed and as you can see...
...it are very nice worms and they are fresh and alive and kicking
So that's for sure a good one I recommend
Yes!
Nice! - Lost it... ah damn!
But he is still there, drop the bait!
It's coming up fast
yes, now you have it!
Yes! How does it feel?
Not that big, somewhat smaller then the previous one
Ah not that bad
Coool!
Got him!
So cool!
We had three bites on the first spot...
...of which Stef caught one...
...now it's time to...
..head to the next spot, let's see if we can make even as nice drifts in there as we could here
Yes!
Well Simon,
This means it is my turn again now! - Yes indeed
A fish of about 80 cm?
Yes something like that
Bye!
This morning started a bit drizzly with some rain and..
...some cloud cover, but now the sky is clearing!
We are looking for some new spots again...
...and now we have found a place with 15 - 16 meters op depth, wow
Yes this really smells like a good fishing spot - Look at that drop off
A lot of dirt on the drop off
This really looks promising again
yes, got him!
Number three!
Yes? hit it man!
I'm rigging the hook with new worms again because I just got a bite
And when you reel it in then, there are several worms missing again
Aaaand yes, got him
Good job
Yes!
Strike on video
So cool!
Hey that's number four!
One more and we broke our day record!
Crushed it! ah no, just broke it
Your first really small fish of the trip
yes but a fish is a fish
Go and grow bigger
Got him!
And number five, another small fish
Well this is probably the smallest catfish I have ever caught, I hope it will stay like this
It's biting mi thumb right now
Bye bye my boy!
Fish number six today
Hey number 10 of the trip!
But a very careful bite it was
But it does have both of the hooks in it's mouth
Good one
Hopla!
Number six!
It's going good like this
This is one of the better fish of today right
Yes this is a very nice one indeed
Well that was number six for today...
...we measured the fish and it was 104cm...
And...
The hook are completely empty, it has taken off all the worms...
So time for me to do the rigging
We are now in the middle of our last drift today...
...the sun just disappeared...
...it's starting to get dark so it's time to...
...wrap up the day
But hey, yesterday I caught a nice fish in the sunset...
...so I think we will continue for 10 minutes or so
Yes!
Well this fish went very far
There were two fish under my bait at the same time...
...and this one was the top one...
...a different fish that looked a bit bigger was beneath so I tried that one at first but id didn't react...
...and when I reeled up the bait very fast...
...this fish wasn't scared but just came up with the bait
It grabbed the bait but I missed him, the fis stayed under the boat...
Then I dropped the bait again, just a bit too fast
like really on top of it's head...
...but it was lying with it's mouth open, so it took immediately
And there it goes again
Yes!
I just said to Stef...
..these are the last couple of clonks and then we head home again
But then a fish came up again
And it's a nice fish
The biggest so far I think - yes without doubt
But I was allowed to fish for 'that fish'
And he was swimming a...
...couple of times very shallow
around 2 or 3 meters of depth...
...so then it's very hard to keep it on the screen of the sonar...
But it turned out good, and he grabbed the bait...
...and it's on the hook now...
...and I'm very happy
Yes got him !
This what we came for right?
Indeed!
On the very last stretch of the drift...
...a last couple of conks...
...and a fish came up
Came up to look at the bait a couple of times, came up higher and higher...
...we were above 12 meters of water...
..and I believe we were around 3 meters with the bait...
And bof, he took it. Good fight,
And this is him! Shall we measure it? - sure!
We measured it on 1.34m...
..but it's fat and heavy built
That's why it is so heavy and so strong
So cool, time to release him
yes
see you later
okay
time to go home
To organise things and...
...put on dry clothes and so on...
But what an insane day, this was fish number eight?
Incredible, first day 4 fish, today 8 fish...
...and the coolest is, we still have 3 days left!
So cool!
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