Stuart wrote:
Hi Shaun, me and my angling partner are booked up for a week on Gigantica in France. I know that you have had great success on this venue and its one you regard high, but have you any tips/ advice or baiting strategies etc that you can share. Regards, Stuart M. P.S. We’re on peg 2.
Hi Stuart,
I have only been to Gigantica (St Christophe as it used to be called) once, this was August 2007.
I got lucky and started to catch from the off. It is difficult having your own bait factory and deciding what to take and what not to take with you.
I went along with just Liver B8 boilies and the Garlic Feast particle mix. I have total confidence in both of these baits working anywhere so decided not to confuse the issue any further.
I too fished peg 2 and found the bottom rose from around 25ft to 19ft 100 metres out in the lake. I baited this slope and fished all four rods on the same baited patch in different depths of water up and down the slope.
I was baiting up just once a day at around 4 – 5pm casting out (I was the only one on a full lake casting) and leaving the swim totally un-disturbed until the fish moved in. Nothing happened for me during the night but from 9am until around 12 noon I caught fish each day. Most other anglers were winding in and re-casting in the mornings and probably spooking the fish.
I was spreading around 4 kilo of boilies over my baited area each day and a bucket of Garlic Feast. I tried heavier baiting one night but didn’t have so much action the following day so reverted back to what had worked so well from the start. Largest fish I had was 54lb 4oz and looked as though it had never been caught before.
I will definitely return.
Best fishes, Shaun
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