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Fishing carp at Bin El Ouidane, really 'kicked off' now...The water level is presently approx. 7m below maximum level. That means, 6 m lower, compared to the same period, last year. All area's at the lake are now producing fish...
Morocco Carp Fishing has done some big investments by buying a new taxi car, new boats for transport and a big catamaran type of boat,
ideal to transport people and goods under all weather circumstances.
The biggest news of all: Morocco Carp Fishing has participated in taking over a new hotel in the town Ouaouizaght.

Update 05/05/2011
Mike Hoogenraad (Nederland) heeft Bin El Ouidane bevist, eind maart 2011. Hij heeft ons een aantal van zijn foto's doorgestuurd vergezeld van volgende tekst: "Bedankt voor weer een meer dan geslaagde sessie, 4 vissen boven de 20 kg, vele 30 plus vissen, kortom meer dan 65 mooie vissen met als topper een spiegel van 23,9 kg. Verder hadden we ook gezellige buren. De eerste was een Engelsman. Daarna de Duitsers Ralf met zijn maten. Toen Leo en Guus...Ik hoop dat jullie nog mooie vissen gevangen hebben? Guus jammer van de hond maar jij hebt je best gedaan, top! We hebben lekker weer gehad, een gezellige avond met Frank, Tessa en Stein in het nieuwe schone en gezellige hotel. Marc bedankt voor alles en op naar de 8e keer!

Mike Hoogenraad (Holland) fished Bin El Ouidane, at the end of March 2011. He has sent us some of his pictures accompagnied with the following text: "Thank you, for a fantastic trip again. Four carp 20+ kg, a lot of 15+ kg carp...to cut a long story short, over 65 beuatiful carp topped by a 23,9 kg mirror. I have made a lot of fun with my neighbours, the weather was nice and I enjoyed the new, beautiful hotel accomodation. Marc, once again, thank you very much for everything! I can't wait, to go again, for the 8th time already...!"



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Update 17/04/2011
Marcel Sommeling en Lesley Roos, uit Nederland, hebben Bin El Ouidane bevist, midden maart 2011. Dit zijn de woorden en foto's die van Marcel en Lesley ontvingen: "Inmiddels was het voor Marcel alweer de zesde keer in Marokko en alles was weer prima geregeld. We hebben gevist van zaterdag 12 maart tot en met dinsdag 22 maart, 2011. Marcel was ook al in februari geweest, samen met Dennis Klerk. Zij hebben toen 25 runs en 22 karpers gevangen. De karpers waren toen allemaal onder de 20 pond. Deze keer, hebben Marcel met Lesley 13 runs gehad en 12 karpers gevangen. Deze keer zaten er wel zware en mooie vissen bij. Dat maakt karpervissen aan de boorden van Bin El Ouidane zo'n prachtige hobby...elk jaar is verschillend wat betreft aantallen en gewichten. Lesley en marcel weten al één zaak zeker, volgend jaar zijn wij weer van de partij!.
Marc, het was een genoegen om bij de eerste gasten te mogen horen in je nieuwe hotel. Een prachtige aanwinst, iets waar je erg trots op mag zijn. Nogmaals wij willen iedereen bedanken voor de prachtige en fijne tijd." MVG Marcel en Lesley.

Marcel Sommeling and Lesley Roos. from Holland, have fished the lake in the middle of March 2011. These are the words and pictures, we received from Marcel and Lesley: "Up to now, it was the 6th time that Marcel fished the lake and again, everything was perfectly organized. We fished from Sat. March 12th until Tue. March 22nd, 2011. Earlier on, this year, Marcel fished the lake in Feb. together with Dennis Klerk. That time, they had 25 runs and caught 22 carp, all under 20 pounds. This time, Marcel and Lesley had 13 runs and caught 12 carp. This time, they succeeded catching bigger ones. This makes carp fishing at Bin El Ouidane so beautiful...each year is different when it comes to numbers and weights. One thing is already for certain, next year they will come over again!. Marc, we enjoyed being the first guests in your new hotel. This hotel, really is an improvement to your organization. Again, thanks a lot for a very nice fishing trip and greetings to you and your co-workers." GRTS Marcel and Lesley.

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Update 01/04/2011
Fishing carp at Bin El Ouidane, really 'kicked off' now...The water level is presently approx. 7m below maximum level. That means, 6 m lower, compared to the same period, last year. All area's at the lake are now producing fish... Morocco Carp Fishing has done some big investments by buying a new taxi car, new boats for transport and a big catamaran type of boat, ideal to transport people and goods under all weather circumstances. The biggest news of all: Morocco Carp Fishing has participated in taking over a new hotel in the town Ouaouizaght.
The new name off the hotel will be: "Morocco Carp Fishing" ! The hotel is operational since two weeks now. All this to improve and optimise our service to our customers... We received some pictures from the French Team 'Fabrice', who fished the lake in March. No numbers, no weights were given to us. Enjoy the pictures!




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Update 25/02/2011
2010 werd gekenmerkt door een bizar najaar. Karpers werden in grote aantallen gevangen, echter het merendeel daarvan wogen tussen de 10 en 20 pond. Natuurlijk zaten er af en toe wel 'de betere exemplaren' bij. In januari en begin februari 2011, was het moeilijk om karpers gevangen te krijgen. Dit is pas mondjesmaat beginnen verbeteren vanaf de tweede week van februari. Ook de grotere karpers begint men nu terug te vangen. De grootsten in februari, tot hiertoe, een gekende spiegel van 26,2 kg, gevangen door de Duitser Steffen Gehder (laatst gevangen in november 2009 op 24,7 kg) en een prachtige schub van 25 kg, gevangen door iemand van de Franse groep L'Haarbi. Vandaag liep er weer een bericht binnen dat er weer twee karpers boven de 20 kg zijn gevangen. Van zodra de foto's binnen zijn, zullen we ze op de site zetten. De waterstand staat momenteel op ongeveer 8m onder maximum. Aangezien het steeds maar (uitzonderlijk) goed weer blijft, ziet het er niet naar uit dat dit, op korte termijn, drastisch zal veranderen. In de baai van het basiskamp en op de andere ondieper gelegen stukken van het meer, beginnen zich nu grote wierbedden te vormen. Nog een paar weken, en de paai zal gaan beginnen...Momenteel vertonen de karpers zich nog niet massaal op de ondiepere stukken...



2010 was marked by a bizarre fall. Carp were caught in large numbers, but most of them weighed between 10 and 20 pounds. Of course, sometimes, the specimen were caught as well, but not in large numbers. In January and early February 2011, it was even difficult to catch carp. This situation started to improve from the second week of February onwards. Also the bigger carp are showing on the bank now. The biggest carp being caught in February, up to now, is a known mirror of 26.2 kg caught by the German Steffen Gehder (last time caught in November 2009 at 24.7 kg) and a magnificent common of 25 kg, caught by a member of the French group L'Haarbi. Today, a message came in, that two more carp over 20 kg have been caught. Once the photographs have been received, we will put them on the site. The water level is currently at about 8 m below maximum level. Given the ever (exceptionally) good weather conditions, it looks unlikely that this, in the short term, will change drastically. In the bay from the base camp and the other shallower parts of the lake, large weed beds are now beginning to form. Just a few weeks more, and spawning will begin ... Currently, the carp are not yet showing in large group...






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Update 05/12/2010
Two Italian teams, (Francesco Lucani, Allessio Arema and Luca Dini) + (David Del Sordo and David Incatasciato), fished the lake in August 2010. We received some pictures and text about their fishing trips.
The group with Francesco Lucani reported: "approx. 100 runs, 80 carp caught, avarage weight from 7 to 15 kg. Best carp: 4 carp of 17+ kg, 1 carp of 18+ kg and 2 carp of 20+ kg.




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Update 25/04/2011
Anne Maasland and Johan Veerman fished the lake from March the 15th until the 26th, 2011. They caught approx. 45 carp. Here are the pictures... Anne Maasland en Johan Veerman hebben het meer bevist van 15maart t/m 26 maart, 2011. Ze hebben samen ongeveer 45 karpers gevangen. Het volledige reisverhaal, zoals opgetekend doorJohan Veerman, is terug te vinden op de volgende links: Hengelsport Volendam Hengelsport.com






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Update 15/04/2011
Following fisher men have sent us a picture (all caught in March 2011): Andrea Zanchin, Italy (no weight given) / Yohann VDM, France, 23 kg / Mark Googh, mirror, 21 kg / Yohann Sionneau, common, 24 kg.

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Update 25/02/2011
Gaël Galtié (team Fox France) et Damien Simian Mermier fished the lake from 05/02 till 18/02/2011. We received some pictures about their fishing trip.


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Update 21/12/2010
Catch report for the English Group of 4 that fished 11th to 20th November 2010 Dave & Saul fished the large Island near base camp. They had 71 fish between them, most fish were between 15Lb & 20Lb with 4 between 20lb & 30lb topped with a 33Lb common & 38Lb 4oz mirror carp. Dave’s fish came at approx 100m range between 30 and 40 feet deep on giant maize hookbaits fished over a bed of normal maize. Saul caught most of his fish in slightly deeper water with the two over 30lb coming at around 50 feet deep. Again most were caught on giant Maize fished over a bed of standard maize with some fish falling to a fleuro pop-up/atlas boilie snowman presentation. Anton & Jezz fished the small island left of base camp but moved after 3 days as were only catching small ones between 6lb and 12lb with one 20lb, though did have a total of over 20fish from this first swim. Then moved to the small flat Island at the top end of the lake and found 2 nice plateaux and a silty point. The fishing here was better and in the remainder of the trip caught around another 40 fish, mostly between 10lb & 15lb with 4 between 20lb & 30lb and one 32lb common. All of the fish from the small Island were caught at approx 150-200meters range in 29 to 45 feet of water. Most to a string of 3-4 grains of maize topped with fleuro maize. Some were caught on fleuro pop-up boilie/atlas boilie snowman but were having problems with atlas boilies being whittled by small fish, even after air drying them. The stone sofa on this island was a great feature. We did add a coffee table & foot stool for extra effect……. Just needs a flat screen TV now! Can’t wait till the next trip in summer 2011!


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Update 05/12/2010
The group with David Del Sordo reported: "At the first swim, we fished for 4 day's and we caught about 30 carp between 5 and 10 kg, biggest fish were 3 carp between 15 and 17 kg. At the second swim (in the 'French Bay'), we fished for 5 day's caught approx. 50 carp with the majority of the carp between 3 and 7 kg and various carp between 10 and 13 kg. At the third swim (north of our first swim), we spent the rest of our fishing trip (4 day's) and caught lots of carp between 8 and 11 kg and also 9 carp between 15 and 18 kg.


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Update 12/11/2010
The new African record carp at 33.4 kg (73 Lbs 6), caught by the German Ralf Emmerich, at Lac de Bin El Ouidane in Morocco, in April 2010!!!


In his text, Ralf Emmerich did not mention that he caught 'the record carp of the lake' at a weight of 33.4 kg, ( 73 Lbs 6) which is the biggest carp ever caught on the African Continent! In zijn begeleidende tekst, heeft Ralf niet vermeld dat hij 'de record karper van het meer' heeft gevangen op een gewicht van 33.4 kg. Dit is momenteel de grootste karper, ooit gevangen op het Afrikaanse continent!

Ralf Emmerich has written down 'the record carp - story' in the German Magazine 'Carp Focus' You can read the story at following links: Read here And here

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Update 12/11/2010
A group of five, Gerhard Alswede, Jakob Notzem, Ralf Emmerich, Peter Novotney, Reiner Hilkert and Stefan Wagner (all from Germany), fished the lake from the 1st of April until the 9th of April 2010. Recently, we received some pictures from this group, accompagnied by this text of Ralf Emmerich: " It was very difficult for me to sort out a dozain of pictures, as we have so many shots. All together, (5 carp fisher men), we had 176 runs. We landed 131 carp. Most of the carp weighted between 10 and 16 kg. ( 22 to 36 Lbs). Ofcourse we had also some smaller carp and some bigger carp, between 16 and 20 kg. We caught 5 carp, over 20 kg. The weights of the biggest ones were carp and some bigger carp, between 16 and 20 kg. We caught 5 carp, over 20 kg. The weights of the biggest ones were 20.2 kg, 20.4 kg, 2 x 20.8 kg and 21.4 kg. (44 lbs 5, 44 Lbs 9, 2 x 45 Lbs 8 and 47 Lbs 1)".

Een groep van 5, Gerhard Alswede, Jakob Notzem, Ralf Emmerich, Peter Novotney, Reiner Hilkert en Stefan Wagner (Duitsland), heeft Lac de Bin El Ouidane bevist, van 1 april tot en met 9 april 2010. Van deze sessie hebben we onlangs een aantal foto's bekomen. Dit was de begeleidende tekst van Ralf Emmerich: " Het was zeer moeilijk om een tiental foto's uit te zoeken om alzo een impressie van de sessie weer te geven. Met zijn vijven, hebben we samen 176 runs gehad. Daarvan hebben we er 131 kunnen landen. De meeste van de karpers wogen tussen de 10 en 16 kg. Natuurlijk vongen . we ook een aantal kleinere en aantal grotere karpers...(tussen de 16 en 20 kg). De weegschaal ging 5 x over de 20 kg. De gewichten van de grootste vissen waren 20.2 kg, 20.4 kg, 2 x 20.8 kg en 21.4 kg"


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