Angling Lines blog

by Bridget Keep
Being part of the Angling Lines team is a challenging but enjoyable job. We get to meet lots of new and many repeat clients each year… some of whom go on to be real friends and we also get the chance to share our passion with other like-minded people. We love this business because we are arranging holidays, something that we know people will enjoy – so I think we are really lucky in that respect. But I guess one of the most interesting parts of the job is the lake visits. Its important that we try to visit all our lakes on a regular basis – it gives us real perspective and updates us on changes so when we are talking to people we know exactly what we are talking about.

So it was that three of us headed out to France to visit around 13 of the venues including 5 new ones! Our first port of call was Genets, where we had been promised a big English breakfast to start the tour. Heathers breakfasts are renowned and we definitely needed the walk around the lake afterwards to get us moving again! Genets is a lovely lake and is going from strength to strength as the carp are growing on very quickly. The swims were in superb condition with the main bulk of the fishing from the wooded bank onto the far margins and talking to our hosts and the anglers on the lake everyone was very happy despite the unsettled weather, they were catching well. continue reading…

Wayne Richardson wrote:

Hi, I’m just after some info on Morganes as me and a friend are booked up for a week from 19th April.

How’s it been fishing lately? Any tips for the carp at this time of year and will the cats be likely to feed?
thanks for any help.

Hi Wayne,

Well it’s early days yet to to say how the lake has been fihsing is a bit premature. It has not been fished since last year and the first groups are only now this week booked on. We will of course, in due course post the catch reports we are sent.

As to tactics for the venue, I’d say don’t go in over complicating things, get the basics right first. Decent rig, decent bait…..KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) I’d choose one or two good boilies as the basis of your attack on the lake. My choice at present would be Quest baits Rahja Spice and second Special Crab.

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By Gareth Watkins

As you can see from the previous post I’ve been out and about visiting some of the venues over the last few days. I teamed up with Bridget at the Bigot’s venues for the stocking of a few new fish. You can see from the post below that we called in at Margot to see those fish introduced.

Also on the agenda was a visit to the Bigot’s two other waters Morgane and Commons.

First off though we all met up at the fish farm to load up the trucks with carp. These carp were netted from one of the holding ponds. This was the first time that Bridget had actually attended a netting and stocking, and immediately got stuck in with helping to weigh and load the fish.

Other than the ten carp and two sturgeon destined for Margot there were six fish to be added to Commons lake. These fish weighed in between 24lb and 28lb. (Michel had already added a mid thirty common last week). Once the trucks were loaded first stop was Margot (see article below) and then on to Commons.

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