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FLYING DUTCHMAN 24 HOURS AT DU DER FISHING RESORT
depths and interesting hot spots. The lake has a very sharp slope away from the bank and Hans told me that some anglers try to land the fish from the bank, resulting in losing a lot of fish because their mainline would break, all fish needed to be played from a boat, so I prepared my small boat. I decided to fish all rods with just a solid
PVA bag applied with a short fluorocarbon rig, almost invisible in the clear water. That slope also meant that I could easily lose the fish, so preventative actions needed to be taken. So I decided to use the Hit N Run lead
system from PB products. With this extremely safe system, the fish would travel around with only the rig instead of a rig with a leader and a piece of lead, like most systems when the mainline breaks. In my opinion all anglers should use those safe systems for safety purposes.
From peg 1 I could fish the middle of
the lake with 2 rods, and I could also fish in front of the bridge or even to the dam.
This way I could spread out my chances
of catching one of those big fish traveling around in this lake. Once all rods were positioned it was time to relax. I didn’t get much time to relax though,
because within an hour the first rod took off, and after a hard fight from the boat the first Du Der resort lump was landed. Fighting an enormous carp with a 8.6 ft JRC stealth rod from the boat in clear blue water is just amazing! Once back on the bank I realized that I just had landed a mirror carp that clearly would exceed 20kg. The scales proved me right as I had just landed a 53 lb mirror! I was over the moon!
The future’s bright .. the future’s orange? Peter with a few of the team members from AVK Cobri and PB Products (top) and his last fish caught at Resort Du Der (above).
After the big mirror it was dinner time and
I enjoyed the sunset, preparing myself for a night sleep. That night, however, I didn’t get much sleep at all, as I landed a few smaller fish. During the night I could hear the big fish jumping and crashing in the water, how exciting. In the early morning I ended my session with another gorgeous looking smaller mirror carp in the mid-twenties. What a way to close off the session, happy days! All fish were caught from the middle part of
the lake, fishing the slope of the deeper parts. And all fish were played from the boat, and
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within an hour, the first rod took off and after a hard fight from the boat the first Du Der resort lump was landed
that makes fishing even more exciting. I can’t imagine why other anglers prefer to fight a fish from the bank in those conditions, when you will have the opportunity to play the fish from the boat. It even makes fishing more like an adventure and you will have more chances of successfully landing the fish.
After breakfast I decided to pack up and
have a social with the other anglers in the beautiful looking resort. Peter and Richard had caught several
fish from the lodge and we talked about our captures as we had some coffee. All too soon it was time for me to leave, and after I had a good chat with my friends from Shimano at Lake Chenet (Berkley lake), I followed my road trip through France.
Thanks Carp Connections for the
invitation and an awesome 24 hours session at Du Der fishing resort! I’ll be back!
n PETER VLaSVELd
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