Happy Holidays!, for those of you "in the know", barbel season has arrived. Anybody that catches a barbel weighed by ourselves over 7lbs, will have their day's fishing money returned. So, 7lbs barbel and you fish for free! (Valid until 1st March 2012)
(I know for sure that there are, at least, 50 barbel over 8lbs, and up to 12lbs in my water) So, there is the challenge. Good luck!
Cheers,
Mike

Hi guys!,
Just to let you know that we now have a brand new pool table installed in the bar area (where it is warm!). Come up and have a game.
Cheers,
Mike

Hi guys,

Hope you can join us for some semi festive fun!

Cheers,

Mike

Sorry, I forgot to say that if you are coming to fish with us on Monday, wellies are needed. I speak from experience, it can get a little sticky.

Cheers,

Mike

Hi guys,

After our initial success on Monday, I am organizing another trip to the same place on Monday 21st November. Those of you who came before, if you fancy it, we will see you there, on the river bank, at 9:00am. Anybody else who fancies coming along, please contact me directly for details.

It seems that there is basically one method (through trial and error) to fish this river, which is feeder with groundbait, or ledger on the bottom with maggot on the hook. I will be taking maggots hopefully in enough quantity to cover everybody, please take your own groundbait, food, etc.

I have 7 keep nets available, please let me know if you require one.

Hope you can make it, the weather looks OK so far. Please, remember you have to have a current Andalucian fishing licence and insurance to come.

Cheers,

Mike

A big thank you to everybody who made it yesterday for the "barbel fish". In the end, we caught 2 carp, 6 or 7 grey mullet and approx. 55 barbel up to 3lbs. Not a bad total considering the weather and it was our first visit. In the next weeks I will be organizing another trip, either to the same place or the river near Sotogrande. We will keep you informed. Thanks once again,

Cheers,

Mike

NOTICE OF UP COMING PRE XMAS LUNCH

Hi guys,

Just to let you know that on Saturday, 17th December, we will be holding a pre Xmas lunch with free fishing all day for people who join us for the meal. Price, menu and details to follow shortly. Max. 30 diners.

Hope you can join us.

Cheers,

Mike

Hi guys!

Just a note to say that while we are under the winter timetable, on Saturdays, you can either have your discount stamp or a bacon roll and a cup of tea or coffee. Yum yum!

Cheers,

Mike

RESULTS OF THE 1st BUYRITE MATCH:

1st Heaviest bag: SCOTT, 49lbs 14oz

2nd Heaviest bag: BERNIE ONE KANOBI, 36lbs 14oz

3rd Heaviest bag: HANS "BOB" SOLO, 32lbs 8oz

Largest fish: SCOTT, 7lbs 14oz

Smallest fish: BERNIE ONE KANOBI, 14cm

Well done Scott! (Shame about your phone). Try not to through so many back in next time, well fished. Once again the Dynamic Duo from Granada are well in the prizes. Thanks to everybody who took part on a day where nobody blanked. Hope to see you at the next match.

Cheers,

Mike

RESULTS OF ROY'S 4TH MATCH
1st PRIZE, heaviest bag: Eddy & Barry, 61lbs
2nd PRIZE: Ric & Gresh, 53lbs
3rd PRIZE: Gaz & Headly, 31lbs 12oz
Heaviest fish: Barry, 9lbs
Smallest fish: Barry, 11cm

ROY'S TEAM versus RAY'S BAR TEAM:
WINNER: Roy's Team, 124lbs. RUNNER UP: Ray's Bar Team, 117lbs 4oz

Well done guys. A big thank you to Tony for helping with advice and weighing in. It has to be said that it was a bit of a slow day, quantity of fish wise, but I believe we all enjoyed ourselves. Barry who had the heaviest and smallest fish, had to fish alone and his total did not count for the team part of the match. But I would like to say that he did pull in 59lbs of fish. Well done to him.
Looking forward to seeing you all at the next one.
Cheers,
Mike

Hi guys,
I would like some response to the idea that I have for my next match. I suggest 1 rod per angler (the same one) for the whole match. You can only use a 2nd rod if the 1st one breaks. Also 4 or 5 baits maximum with a limit on quantity. I feel this would level the match and could be fun. Please, let me know your opinion.
Cheers,
Mike

Hi guys,
Just a note to say that anybody who catches a bass, please, keep it and call us because we need to remove as many as we can from the lake. I can provide you with a bucket or keep it in your landing net. This is the only way at the moment that I can hope to control the population of spotted bass which have been introduced here since I have had the lake, without my knowledge.
Cheers,
Mike

Hi guys, here are the results of the annual Don Wood match:
1st heaviest bag: John Morgan, 130lbs
2nd heaviest bag: Steven Broadbent, 58lbs
3rd heaviest bag: Bernie One Kanobie, 54lbs
Largest fish: John Morgan, 9lbs
Smallest fish: Steve Walker, 20cm
Well done to everybody, especially John taking two prizes. Don must have had a laugh at Steve, who got the smallest fish, which is the prize he won in the last match that he took part in here. Thanks for your support guys. I will be posting the details for the next match this week.
Cheers,
Mike

Hi Anglers,
As you probably know, my next match is on the 17th. So far we have 10 pegs filled. After so many people saying: "when are you going to have a match?". Here is your opportunity. Come on guys!, show a bit of support and let's have a full match.
Regards,
Mike

Hi Anglers,
Yesterday, we lost Don. A true angler and gentleman. He is now, for sure, reeling in "the biggun's" in a better place. We will miss him dearly and will always have a peg reserved for him.
Fish in peace, friend.
Much loved,
Mike & Zulema

Hi Anglers,
I am happy that so many of you share my concerns over the management of my fishery. All constructive comments or ideas are welcome and will be noted. At the moment, the changes are: No rental without a licence of some sort. No dog food or meat products allowed (frankfurters and luncheon meat are allowed). Permission is needed for any guests who wish to join you around the lake (and will be limited).
Cheers,
Mike

ROY'S 3rd MATCH (Pairs / Match between Roy's Team and Ray's Bar)
1st: Rob, Rabbit and Aaron, 154lbs 5oz (Roy's team)
2nd: Rick and Ant, 98lbs 4oz (Ray's Bar)
3rd: Chris and Mark, 89lbs 8oz (Ray's Bar)
4th: Roy and John, 72lbs 12oz (Roy's Team)
5th: Grosh and Heatly, 49lbs 8oz (Ray's Bar)
6th: Barry and Dennis, 30lbs (Roy's Team)
Largest fish: Rob, 9lbs 14oz (Roy's Team)
Results of match between Roy's Team and Ray's Bar:
Winner Roy's Team : 257lbs 1oz
Runner up, Ray's Bar : 237lbs 4oz
What a match! Almost 500lbs of fish pulled out. Big thanks to Tony for helping out. It half killed us weighing in that many fish. Everybody fished with respect for the animals and we had a perfect day.
Thanks to all of you who took part. Hope to see you soon.
Cheers,
Mike

Hi Anglers,
Lately the lake, at times, has been fully booked. I allow a maximum of 18 pegs on any day. Please, make sure you phone me before you come and fish to avoid dissappointment.
Cheers,
Mike

Hi Anglers.
On arriving at the lake today, I removed a 14lbs, 11lbs, 6lbs and 3lbs dead mirror carp from the lake. I will be changing all of the regulations in the next couple of weeks. Frankly, I almost closed the lake there and then. From Tuesday 23rd August, nobody will be able to rent equipment from me unless they hold a current Spanish or European fishing licence. People who are not fishing are not allowed round the lake unless expressed permision is given. Anyone found using barbed hooks will be banned for life. The only reason any of my fish are dying is because of bad angling practices. By this I mean stricking too hard, not playing the fish long enough, dropping the fish, keeping the fish too long out of the water, etc. None of these practices will be tolerated here. In the last two months I have lost nearly 60 fish. There is no disease here and the water quality is good.
I would like all my regular anglers to please inform me if anybody is seen who is not capable of fishing here. Please, let's not forget this is not a lake suitable for beginners and there are fish in here over 20lbs. I will soon be offering angling classes to people and may appoint somebody to police the waters for me to check hooks, etc. Failure to follow the regulations could lead to expulsion.
Anyway, I will be emailing everybody the new regulations as soon as I have them prepared.
Isn't it typical of the human race, than a few bad eggs spoil something for the rest of us. I do this primarily in the protection of the innocent fish and I hope that we will all benefit in the end.
Please, send me any comments.
Cheers,
Mike

Glorious news!!!!!!!
I have found my watch! It was probably where I had left it, but completely failed to see it! Maybe it goes invisible just to drive me half insane!
Thanks to all for listening,
Zulema

Hi everybody,
I am devastated, I missplaced my watch yesterday, 17/8/11 at the lake. I have had it for 19 years and it means a great deal to me. If anyone could help find it, I would highly appreciate it. Reward offered. It is a quite large silver watch.
Many thanks,
Zulema

Hi Anglers,
We are in mourning today here at Lago El Dorado because FELIPE was found dead this morning. Unfortunately it appears his death (her death) seems to be, basically, bad angling. A sad day indeed.
Cheers,
Mike

Dear Anonimous,
The subject of barbless hooks.
After 2 years of intensive fishing, I find very little if no damage to the mouths of my fish. Unfortunately, there are a few who think they are marlin fishing and are rough with the fish. This bad treatement would damage the fish whatever the hook used and I try to keep this under control. There is a local lake I know of here where there is no control on hooks and many of the fish are without lips. Also, if a barbed hook is swallowed deeply, in my experience, the fish would normally die. Whereas barbless hooks offer a much better chance of survival, as the fish will naturally, in time, expel the hook.
There are very few snags in my lake, so you do not end up having to drag the fish through banks of weed or lilies, etc. This means that generally here the fish are cleanly caught and I believe this to be an important fact in the wellbeing of my fish.
PS. The rule here is: If you encounter any damaged fish, please advise me and I come to your peg and apply healing gel.
Cheers,
Mike

Hi anglers! Hope to see you soon, the lake is fishing beautifully with loads of doubles being pulled out. Do not foget we have food available and the bar is open. (With a shaded terrace).
Just a note to say as from now BASS FISHING IS PROHIBITED. The problem being that everybody has been catching carp. Obviously, I cannot allow the carp to be caught with barbed triple hooks. So, from now on, if you are lucky enough to cath a bass, it will be unintentionally.
Cheers,
Mike

RESULTS OF THE 6th MATCH:

1st BERNIE, 96lbs 12oz

2nd CARL, 35lbs 11oz

3rd BOB, 27lbs 1oz

Largest fish, HENRI, 6lbs 1oz

Smallest fish, DON, 18cm

OBIE BERN KANOBIE does it again with his youthful side kick HANS SOLO coming in third.

Well done to CARL and all who took part.

A special well done to HENRI, who caught the largest fish in his first match.

See you at the next one, if not before.

MAY THE FISH BE WITH YOU!

Cheers,

Mike

Bernie & Felipe

Well done Bernie! You caught Felipe (of the bent back), who is now weighing in at 12lbs 7oz.

See you at the match tomorrow! Your full English will be awaiting you.

Cheers,
Mike

Hi anglers,
A serious note to say that lately, I have been coming across barbed hooks in the fish and on the banks. As you all know, the rule is "NO BARBED HOOKS", unless you are fishing with lures for the black bass.
From now on, unfortunately (because of a few people), I will be doing random checks. Please, abide by the rules. I have to and will look after my fish and anybody caught using barbed hooks will be expelled.
I have barbless hooks here to sell for 3€ for a pack of 10. I also cannot accept the "I squeeze the barb down with pliers" method. I have tried it myself and do not accept the result.
Please, take this note as nothing more than maintaining the quality of my fish and fishery to the benefit of us all.
Sincerely,
Mike Taylor

We finally opened the bar on Saturday 14th of May!
The weather was perfect and we would like to thank you all for your support.
So now, if you want to fish, have a full English and a nice drink, you know the place to come. Menu will vary and you no longer have to bring those heavy ice boxes with you.
Hope to see you soon,
Cheers,
Mike & Zulema

It was great to see "LA PASADA FISHING CLUB" visiting us for three days last week.
Over the course of the 3 days, David Way landed 39,7k. and Georg Hamblin landed 30,09k.
Between the 5 anglers, 161k. were landed in total.
Well done lads! Hope to see you again soon,
Cheers,
Mike

RESULTS OF ROY'S 2nd MATCH, held on Sat. 7th May:
Heaviest Bag:
1st Eddy---- 50lb, 8oz
2nd Rick---- 32lb, 14oz
3rd Gary--- 28lb, 5oz
Largest fish:
1st Rick---- 10lb, 15oz
2nd Roy----- 9lb, 4oz
3rd Eddy---- 8lb, 14oz
Smallest fish:
Reece---- 11,5cm

Well done everybody. Thank goodness the weather was better this time and everybody caught something, with a total of over 300lb landed between the 10 anglers.
See you next time,
Cheers,
Mike

Hi guys,
A private match will be held on Saturday, May the 7th. Sorry no fishing, but spectators are welcome. Hopefully the bar will be open, please enquire.
Cheers,
Mike

MATCH NEWS
A private match was held last Saturday 5th Feb. Organized by Roy, 5 pairs fished in the end. I will not put anything in print about Roy's final catch. The results were:
1st Tim & John, 31lbs, 12oz (and a huge barbel)
2nd Rick & Terry, 9lbs, 12oz
3rd Julian & Denis, 4lbs, 8oz
Thanks to everyone that took part. Next time you can all sit in the sun, I promise.
Cheers,
Mike

Hello anglers,
Just to let you know we have changed the entrance to the lake. You now enter as you drive up the hill along the side of the hotel grounds, you will see the sign posts. This will make it better for everybody as we will no longer be bothered by all the people who wonder in from the hotel. Also it allows more parking space.
Anyway, the lake is fishing really well at the moment, this week we have had many 10, 12 & 14lbs fish caught and also an 18lbs mirror.
Hope to see you all soon and we will inform you all when we finally open the bar.
There is a private match being held on Saturday, Feb 5th (spectators always welcome)
Cheers,
Mike