Angling Lines Blog

Lee Johnston, our Lake Owner at Glehias, recently answered a query about the Catfish in the lake, a good read if you’re going out to the venue this year!

Hi, beginning to plan for our visit at the beginning of July, hoping to have a go at the catfish as well as the carp, any advice or tips for bait’s we can bring with us?

We currently have around 27 Catfish in the Specimen Lake, the three biggest are around 45lb, 55lb and an estimated 65-70lb. Five others are between 18lb and 26lb and all the others are between 12lb to 16lb and growing rapidly.

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The best baits for the cats have always been live baits (Roach, Tench or Carp) float fished on a size 1 barbless hook somewhere around 2-5 feet off the lake bed (You can catch small Roach, Tench and Carp from the stock lake on float with sweetcorn when you are here). Ledgered dead fish or small squid come a close second place. Large halibuts have caught the odd Cat though I wouldn’t rate these very highly on our lake but they will catch the Carp with the odd chance of picking up a Cat. continue reading…

Still looking for a family friendly venue in summer?

Consider ’Glehias‘

• Great for families (limited space still available in school holidays) & 1 hour from Beaches.
• Great for groups of 1 to 4 anglers, with the luxury of having the lake exclusively to yourselves. 
• Traditional 3 bedroomed french farmhouse, with all the mod-cons
• Home-cooked meals available
• Under 2 hours drive from the nearest port of St Malo

“Lee & tracy were exceptional hosts again. They always make us feel very welcome and at home. They’re always willing to help and give advice. We have all had a fantastic week and are desperately sorry to be leaving. Can’t wait to come back!! Just wish we could come back more often. 5 star all round!”
Steven Calthorpe,  Aug’12 continue reading…

Andrew Edwards was over at Glehias for a week at the very end of March, coming away with a trio of eye-catching thirties…

Details of your catches: 8 carp – 1 x 4lb, 4 x 25lb-30 and 3 x 30lb+
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Raja over pellet at shallow-end.
General comments: Brilliant week with excellent fishing, just wish it was warmer! Will be back in the summer.

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For more information, articles, videos and feedback from Glehias follow the link - French Carp Fishing

30.08 the ladies record for a common

Nottingham based Macmillan Nurse Roz Bexon, here for the week with hubby Neil and son Chris, managed to bust not one but two La Gléhias Ladies Lake Records!!

At around 23:30 Monday evening, Roz’s middle rod ripped off from the shallow end of the Gorse Bank where it meets the reeds and landed herself her first record breaking fish of the week; the gorgeous 30lb 8oz Common was taken on a T1 with Peach & Pepper pop-up snowman rig.

Roz’s Prize

The second record breaker came midday the following afternoon from a hollow in the bushes midway along the Gorse bank; this time a pretty Mirror coming in at 36lb, again on a T1 but this time tipped with a bit of plastic corn.

Roz’s husband Neil has had 15 fish to 35lb this week and son Chris has had a whopping 143lb of catfish and carp up to 31lb+ this week too!

Well done Roz!

French Carp Fishing at Glehias

Will Winkles Out a Whopper!!!

16 year old Will Waterton of QES, here at Glehias for the week with his family – dad Mark, mum Claire and sister Nina from Lancaster – managed to bag himself a rather large Catfish this morning. Large enough to break the current ‘Juniors Lake Record Catfish’ at least!!

Will hooked into the monster moggy weighing 27lb 1oz under the overhanging foliage in the deeper end of the Gorse bank at 4:40am on Friday 27th July; a Quest Bait’s LiverB8 boilie tipped with a white pop-up was just too tempting for the big Cat!!

Just 5 minutes after the record breaking Catfish run, Dad Mark’s rod also tore off which resulted in him landing a nice 26lb15oz Mirror, this time taken on a Quest LiverB8 boilie but tipped with a pink pop-up. So far this week Will is beating his dad 6 to 5 on the number of fish caught and is also beating him by a few pounds in the heaviest fish caught – a lovely 35lb 8oz Mirror.

Well done Will, you showed the big boys how it’s done!!!

French carp fishing at Glehias