Angling Lines Blog

Owner Dan takes us on a walk round Oakwood.  Looks gorgeous!

Fishing France at Oakwood

In this edition we bring you up to date with all the 2012 captures… no less than 15 lake records have been smashed!

Carp fishing in France

Around 160lb

The Laroussi lake record catfish came out yesterday, April 1st.  Of course we couldn’t have let you know yesterday or you would have thought we were just fooling around!

Matthew Parker has landed the Laroussi Monster which has remained uncaught (or should we say unlanded since its been hooked & lost several times we suspect) for years.

It was an epic fight of 1hour 20 minutes. His friend, David Nuttal, was standing in the lake ready to net the fish but he made a quick exit back to the bank when he saw the size of the monster coming towards him!

It was impossible for the guys to weigh because it was too long and their scales only went up to 120lb.  However, using internationally accepted tables to estimate weight based on length (the cat was 2.30m long) it comes out between between 70 and 80kg depending the width of the body.

So that means it’s a new lake record catfish for Laroussi, with the weight  between 154lb and 176lb.

The cat was caught from the Pointe swim, around 40m out.

Well done to Matthew and good luck for the rest of the week.

Carp Fishing in France

Here’s the video to accompany the post from a couple of days ago.  To recap Margot took delivery of 12 more mid 20′s and 12 more 30′s to complete its top-up for the 2012 season.

The largest of this batch weighs 36lb and brings the total stocked this winter to 50, including 30 x 30′s, 3 x 40′s and a 60 pounder.

Carp Fishing in France at Margot

In this edition we bring you up to date with lake stockings, review new videos from Paul Cooper bringing you carping tips, plus a catch report from Lac du Val were carp to 30lb+ were landed in the snow.  Finally we finish off with some stunning footage of our carp lakes in their winter clothes;