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| Update 25/08/2010 | |||
| Raymond Hakkert and Steven Blom (Holland) fished the lake, the last week of February 2010. They fished for 8 days and caught, in total, 18 carp, under extreme weather circumstances.For two weeks, there had been almost continuous rainfall. The fishing trip of Raymond and Steven started during the last days of this 'rain inferno', than they had 4 days of nice summer time and the last two days, again, there was storm and lots of rainfall. According to Marc (red.: The owner of Morocco Carp Fishing), the water level was rising up to its highest level in 20 years. Every day, the water level was rising substantially. The position of the bivy's had to be altered up to 3 times, until, finally we ended up under the tree's at base camp. Hakkert and Blom were catching carp, in an area, where 3 days before, the bivy's were located. After having adapted to the exceptional circumstances, the fishing started to pay off, with a nice 44+ lbs carp included. All together it was a good fishing trip, despite the bad weather circumstances. These are the words of Raymond: " Without any shatter of doubt, this is the most beautiful lake I ever fished for carp. Just magical. Here, all the pieces are fitting together. Beautiful big carp, beautiful small carp, beautiful common and mirror carp, adventure, sun, vacation, rain, storm, wilderness, good food, being lazy, wine, beer, friendly people, blue colored water, red mud, Africa, impressive, swims, depth's, shallows, bay's, rocks, little beaches, and above all...Fishing with a capital F!" These are the pictures we received from them. | |||
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| Raymond Hakkert en Steven Blom (Holland) hadden in 8 dagen in totaal 18 vissen, onder extreme omstandigheden. Dit, de laatste week van februari 2010. Er was twee weken bijna non stop regen gevallen. De eerste dagen van hun trip waren de laatste dagen van deze ‘waterhoos’, daarna 4 dagen lekker weer, met de laatste 2 dagen wederom storm en regen. Hoogste waterstand volgens Marc sinds 20 jaar. Het water steeg elke dag enorm. Men heeft de tenten op een en dezelfde stek wel 3 keer moeten verplaatsen, tot aan de bosrandbij het basiskamp. Een aantal Italianen die in kniediep water stonden konden net op tijd van de ondergelopen eilanden worden geëvacueerd. | |
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| Hakkert en Blom vingen op een gegeven moment vissen op de stek waar 3 dagen daarvoor nog de tenten stonden. Na tactisch te hebben ingespeeld op de omstandigheden en een aantal malen te hebben verkast begon het aardig te lopen met als toetje een mooie 40-er erbij. Het was ondanks de slechte weers-omstandigheden toch een geslaagde trip. Woorden van Raymond: “Zonder meer het mooiste meer waar ik ooit karper heb gevangen, betoverend gewoon. Hier valt eigenlijk allesop zijn plek. Mooie grote karpers, mooie kleine karpers, mooie schub-, spiegel-, leder- en rijenkarpers, avontuur, zon, vakantie, regen, storm, ruigheid, goed eten, luieren, bikkelen, wijn, bier, aardige mensen, blauw water, rode modder, Afrika, indrukwekkend, stekken, dieptes, ondieptes, baaien, rotsen, strandjes, en vooral... Vissen met hoofdletter V!" Dit zijn de foto's die ze ons hebben opgestuurd. | |||
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| Update 16/08/2010 | |||
| Harmjan Halfwerk, Frank Schurinck en Theresia van 't Klooster (Nederland) hebben het meer bevist, in maart 2010. Harmjan en Frank zijn ondertussen regelmatige bezoekers geworden. Dit zijn de foto's en begeleidende tekst die we van hen mochten ontvangen: "Allereerst willen we je weer hartelijk danken voor de mooie weken die we weer hebben gehad in het mooie Afrika. Alles (zoals altijd) was weer super geregeld. Hierbij nog een paar foto's van ons verblijf en hopen dat we volgend jaar weer van de partij mogen zijn." |  |
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Harmjan Halfwerk, Frank Schurinck and Theresia van 't Klooster (Holland) fished the lake, in March 2010. Harmjan and Frank became regular visitors. These are the pictures and the accompanying text we received from them: "First of all, we like to thank you for the wonderful weeks in Africa. Everything (like always), was fantastically arranged. Herewith we send you some pictures of our stay at Bin El Ouidane, and we hope to fish the lake again, next year." |
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| Update 26/07/2010 | |||
| De winnaar van de 'gratis Marokko-reis' tijdens de VBK-meeting van december 2009, Frank ('Foxie') Lust en zijn vismaat Kristiaan Leleu (Belgie), hebben het meer bevist van 14 t/m 21 februari 2010. Dit was Frank zijn begeleidende tekst bij de twee foto's die hij ons heeft doorgestuurd: "We zijn heelhuids terug van ons avontuur in BEO. We hebben de 4 seizoenen meegemaakt in een paar dagen. De Morocco Carp Fishing - medewerkers, zijn ons verschillende malen mogen komen evacueren. Het water steeg dat het niet meer normaal was. Het eiland waar we ons eerst op bevonden behoorde al snel tot de onderwaterwereld. Het tweede eiland (Franse punt) stonden onze bivies zo'n 80 meter van de kant verwijderd en ze zijn ons opnieuw moeten komen evacueren. In de tent van Kristiaan stond 10 cm water. Op maandag 15 februari ving ik mijn eerste vis (tevens enige vis), een schub van 20.2 kg waar ik absoluut tevreden mee was. Later zijn we dan dichter bij het basiskamp gaan vissen, daar ving Kristiaan de laatste dag nog een schub van 15.4 kg. Eén ding weten we zeker, volgend jaar zijn we terug van de partij maar dan hopelijk met wat beter weer. Clement vertelde ons dat het "the worst week ever" was. Zelfs de toegangsroute tot het meer was, op een gegeven moment, volledig geblokkeerd. Nog een beetje en we konden er blijven?! In naam van Kristiaan en mezelf dank ik jullie voor de perfecte organisatie. |
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| The winner of the 'free Morocco fishing trip', at the VBK-meeting of last December, Frank ('Foxie') Lust fished the lake from the 14th until the 21st of February 2010, together with his fishing mate Kristiaan Leleu (Belgium). Frank has sent us 2 pictures and this was the accompanying text: "We are back from our Moroccan adventure. The weather was very unstable and in one week, we experienced, the 4 seasons! We had to be evacuated from our swims several times, by the Morocco Carp Fishing co-workers. The water level was rising at such a speed, never seen before. The isle, where we fished at first, soon belonged to the underwater world! At the second isle (the 'French Point'), we bivyd up at approx. 80 m from the waterline and soon the co-workers had to evacuate us from there as well! In Kristiaan's bivy, there was 10 cm of water. On Monday the 15th, I caught my first (the one and only) carp. A stunning common of 20.2 kg. I was 'over the moon' with this carp! Later that week, we moved to a swim, closer to base camp. There, on the last fishing day, Kristiaan caught a common of 15.4 kg (33 Lbs 9). One thing is for sure, next year we will be back! (Hopefully, in better or more stable whether circumstances). We were told by Clement, that this week was the worst week ever, concerning the weather. At a certain moment, even the road to the lake was completely blocked! We were lucky we could maintain our traveling schedule... Thanks for the perfect organization, see you next year. |
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| Update 21/07/2010 | |||
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Ali Saidi and Abdel Ghrich (Belgium) fished the lake from the 24th of May until the 1st of May 2010. These are the pictures they have sent to us, with the following text... "We had a very good time at the lake! For us, this really was 'the Mecca for carp fisher men'!Herewith we supply you with our catch report and some pictures. In total, we caught 54 carp... 47 common carp between 5 and 12 kg. 4 mirror carp of 5.6, 8.1, 12.2 and 19.7 kg. Our 3 top common carp weighted 18.0, 20.6 and 21.3 kg. Beslamma. Ali & Abdel |
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Wij hebben het daar aan dat meer heel erg naar onze zin gehad! Voor ons was dat 'het Mekka van het karpervissen'! Hier heb je alvast de vangst gegevens en een aantal foto's. Wij hebben in totaal 54 karpers geland... 47 schubs tussen de 5 en 12 kg. 4 spiegels van 5.6, 8.1, 12.2 and 19,7 kg. 3 toppers van schubs van 18.0, 20.6 and 21.3 kg. Beslamma. Ali & Abdel |
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| Update 15/06/2010 | |||
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Mike Hoogenraad and Michel Van Leeuwen (Holland), fished the lake in March 2010. It turned out, they had one of the best sessions of the season. They caught plenty 30+ pound carp, several 40+ pound carp, topped by 'the record carp' at a weight of 32,8 kg (72+ Lbs). Here we post the (few) pictures that we received from them. Regretfully, at the moment, the weights of the individual fish are unknown to us, neither the exact total catch. | ||
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| Update 25/05/2010 | ||
| Billy (from Australia) and his friend (from Jersey) fished the lake from the end of March until the beginning of April 2010. Billy is a regular visitor and great admirer of the venue. He has send us a few pictures. No weights were mentioned. The total catch is unknown to us. |  |
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| Update 14/04/2010 | |||
Marcel Sommeling (for the second time this year) and Lesley Roos (from Holland), fished the lake from the 9th until the 19th of March 2010. They caught a lot of nice carp, however, this time, no really big ones were hooked. They had approx. 75 runs, with 20 carp between 1.5 and 4 kg. 42 carp above 5 kg, with 3 mirrors of 13, 14.6 and 14.7 kg. Biggest carp were 15 / 2 x 16.5 / 3 x 17.5 / 18 and 18.5 kg. Marcel became a regular visitor of Bin El Ouidane and hopes to come back soon! |
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| Update 20/03/2010 | |||
Roger Bliekendaal and Marcel Sommeling (from the Netherlands) fished the lake from the 6th to the 14th of February 2010. They caught quite a bit of carp. Most carp weighted between 10 and 15 kg, topped by the biggest of the session...20.5 kg. At this moment, Marcel is fishing the lake again. We look forward hearing the outcome of this second session...
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Dit is de begeleidende tekst, bij de foto's die we van Marcel en Roger mochten ontvangen:
"Bedankt voor de prachtige tijd aan het meer.
Alles was weer prima geregeld, ik ben wezen vissen met Roger Bliekendaal. Voor Roger was het de eerste keer dat hij in het buitenland ging vissen. Voor mij was het de derde keer in marokko, ik kom alweer terug op 8 maart aanstaande. Ik ben de dagen aan het aftellen." Groetjes, |
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| Latest news 15 February 2010: |
The last week, there has been lots of rain at the lake area. The weather forecast predicts the same kind of cloudy, rainy weather at least for one more week. The temperatures however are not as cold as in January…daytime 15° to 20° C, night time 5° to 10° C. Some joyful news came in yesterday. It looks like the carp has moved into the fishing areas. Since a few days, lots of carp is being caught at all swims! Also the bigger fish is ‘very regularly’ being caught now…! More news and pictures, soon at this site. Furthermore, due to the (heavy) rainfall in the past, the water level of the lake is steadily rising and is almost at the maximum level. The weather forecast is giving more rain in the forthcoming week(s)…so, we can say that the lake will be ‘full’, the whole spring time. As we know from last year, these are very good fishing conditions! Keep the lines tight! |
| Update 30/01/2010 | |||
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Alijn Danau and Stefaan Bleyenberg (Belgium) went fishing the lake from the 21st until the 29th of January 2010.On the arrival day, the weather was like 'summertime'. The second day, the weather changed completely to windy, cloudy, rainy and above all...very cold. They were struggling to catch carp. Moving to another swim was not succesful. For the last three days, sunny weather was predicted again, so they moved (again) to another swim were the carp was likely going to be active. Finally, they managed to catch their share of the Bin El Ouidane treasures.Among some smaller ones (all between 6 and 17 kg), Stefaan en Alijn also caught the first 3 carp, over 20 kg, of 2010. |
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| Overview December 2009 / January 2010: |
In the months December and January, there have been a dozen of groups fishing the lake of Bin El Ouidane. In December, it has been quite a struggle to catch the carp. However, each group finally caught a series carp. Remarkable, a lot of smaller carp (2 to 8 kg) has been caught, but also a 17 and 19 kg carp. The two last carp of 20 kg +, of 2009, have been caught by two Italian anglers. In January, only 4 groups have visited the lake. The weather was very variable. Nice and sunny days interchanged regularly to cloudy, cold and windy periods with lots of rain and snow, up in the mountains. Only low numbers of carp were active on the Morocco Carp Fishing grounds. The success of fishing the lake varied together with the weather. It was in lower numbers, but finally everybody caught some carp. Except for the French group, who blanked despite the efforts made…This is the first time that somebody blanked at the lake, in 13 months! The first 3 carp over 20 kg of 2010 (among some smaller ones), were caught by the Belgians Stefaan Bleyenberg and Alijn Danau who fished the lake, the last week of January. Also the Italians caught 3 carp over 20 kg (among others) shortly after them. It looks like we still have to wait a little longer for better temperatures and the moment that the carp will be massively active again. Until March, for the overview of February! |
| Update 19/01/2010 | ||
From half December 2009, up to last week, there has been a lot of rain in the Atlas mountains.
As a result of this, the lake's water level has rised again up to 'full level'. This means, since the beginning of
November 2009, that the level has rised by approx. 7meter. Since last week, the weather has been very nice,
with daily temperatures between 20 & 30 degrees C. (More weather information via the link on the homepage,
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Roman Kainzbauer en Phillipp Alteneder, from Linz (Austria) fished the lake in the beginning of November 2009. They have set us the following pictures... |  |
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