The Baron's Blog

Apart from catching carp and fishing bait my next love would have to be fish farming, to
watch fish grow from egg to large carp is hugely addictive and massively rewarding. I
always make myself available to help out at Simon and Viv’s fish farm when needed. Only
last week Simon asked if I could help out for the day, so with the alarm set for 5am on I
was soon off on my way down to Sussex to literally get up close and personal with lots of
carp, mud and sweat!
Draining the ponds and moving the fish up to the holding tanks we set about grading and
weighing the fish. I have to say that these fish are absolutely stunning, just to have
these 6-7lbers in your hands and know that they will be off to big fish waters round the
country is positively humbling. I remember last year grading the fish that were destine
for the Carpark lake at Yately before Mick and Roo from Cemex picked them up. That was a
awesome experience that left me buzzing for the rest of the day!
The shot above of these two crackers sums up the day at VS fisheries. A very hard days
graft but very rewarding.

www.vsfisheries.co.uk