Angling Lines Blog

The first 2 anglers to fish Blue Lake this year are having a great session.

They have had 45 carp so far… biggest was a 35lb mirror & the majority are 25lb to 30lb+, with a good mix of commons and mirrors.  They’ve also had 3 sturgeon to 30lb.

They’ve been fishing mixed pellets and boilies & single baits over any flavour bait is working at present.  The weather was cold at first with only 2 fish on Saturday, but by Tuesday the weather had changed and they were back on the fish. It has been warm in day and is 16°C today.  Ian has had 31 fish from swim 2.  Darren started in swim 10 and changed later in week – he’s on 14 so far.

More news as we get it.

Fishing France at Blue Lake

This is Part 3  |  Part 1 is here |  Part 2 is here |

I know the list seems endless, but if you start organising things early it should all fall into place ready for your day of departure.  Make your list as early as possible and tick it off as you go.

Here are the lists I use;

LIST 1

This is a list of items that you need either for legal reasons or for piece of mind in case a problem occurs;

The all important E11 card

Documents

• Angling Lines confirmation letter with ferry details
• Set of the lake rules
• Directions to the lake plus satellite navigation coordinate
• Travel insurance
• European Health Insurance Card/E11 card (application form available free from your local post office) Get this in plenty of time as you do have to apply for it and it may take a few weeks to come through.
• Euros, or debit card, or both continue reading…

Are you preparing for a carp fishing trip to France in 2012?

Via this video diary Paul Cooper will take you through his preparation routine for a trip to Blue Lake.

Part 2 below (Part 1 is here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4U6stV_utQ)

Dave with a fine 20 caught in the snow

Call it mad but last week I decided to have a days fishing here at Lac du Val.

Enduring -1 to -2 °C freezing snow, with eyes and nose running both at the same time I managed to catch 3 nice carp and Terry my pal managed 2.  So 2 x thirties and 3 x twenties – not a bad result I’d say!

Sausage butties and Ovaltine provided by Sammy did make things a little more human!

Also with thanks to our new bait.  Believe me lads carp do still feed in cold water.  I have tested this by feeding our carp once a week in the margins, where I could see if it disapeared.  And it did! So I shall be out again this weekend…. wish me luck!

Ps; Yesterday Sammy and I went out and bought a new flat screen TV and Dvd for the lakeside dinning room.

Best Regards, David & Sammy

A video of photo stills created by the Mr Sansford party (AKA The Carp Hunters) who fished Molyneux in 2010…