Dan Allen is the owner of Oakwood and through this Blog section he’s going to keep a diary of the daily life of a French carp lake owner. If you have any questions for him feel free to post them at the bottom of this post. Today I have been finishing the last application of siltex to […]
39lb of pure gold! As we only have 2 anglers here this week and Andy was happy for me to have a fish I thought I would give the new completed swim a go for a couple of hours in the afternoon. After a quite spell (other than watching the pike spawn, pictures on my […]
Steph & Chris Dagg run Notaires & Alder lakes. Through this personal Blog, Steph is going to describe her experiences of moving to France and living the dream of many UK carp anglers. It’s easy to fall in love with a fabulous property – or at least one with a lot of potential! – when […]
STOP PRESS – the Villefond lake record was broken yesterday with this magnificent 51.02 common. The captor was Andy Molyneux… he cast to a showing fish with a Mainline boilie and a size 6 Raptor hook.
Lillypool have installed a BBQ for the start of the 2011 season. Roll on those long summer evenings!
Arthur the common at 49lb Martin & Josh Bennett have just come back from Villefond (w/c 19th March) and what a great session they had! 24 fish, including 7 different 40’s; Arthur at 49lb Max at 42lb.14oz and one they named Bennett at 47lb.4oz plus a load of upper 30’s which are not far away […]
Jack with Big Lin at 43.02 Jack Cuthbertson has been helping out with the swim improvements at Molyneux. Each evening he’s been getting the rods out & he’s had some spectacular catches. Well now he’s topped it with a new lake record; Another day or two passed and with the fish becoming ever more active […]
What a fish! 45lb of real beauty! Mr Neales & Markham were the first anglers to fish Old Oaks this year (w/c 12th March) & they had a real Red Letter session; “We were the first group of the year and had a great haul of 41 carp !!! 3 x 40’s, 23 […]
Browsing YouTube we came across this video of Steve Pickering’s October 2010 Villefond session. Steve had a great session landing 20 carp including 3 x 40lb+ and 16 x 30lb+ You can read an article describing his trip here.
Paul Cooper is one of a small band of anglers we use to Field Test our venues. Over the course of several Blog Posts he’ll take you through his 2010 trips; 36.04 mirror from Paul’s Sapphire trip From early Spring to late November with Angling Lines; Part 1 – Sapphire Lake I have been field […]
Little Bailiff’s prize! Following my recent success on the 6th of March fishing on the baited spots I decided to make the effort at the weekend. It’s now the 13th March and with the bait still going in on the same spots it was obvious the fish were still on the feed The weather was […]
There’s lots of improvement work that’s been carried out at Molyneux. Here’s some before & after shots of the improvements to the swims.
The new pontoon swim at Sapphire The new pontoon swim at Sapphire is now in place. A boardwalk takes you straight out of the woods onto a large decked area, which juts out beyond the tree line. Anglers now have access to the area at the far end of the lake and the first anglers […]
29lb common for Jay the bailiff It’s Sunday March 6th and the weather is finally warming up over here. The nights are still cold, almost into minus figures, but during the day you can feel the heat in the morning sun and things are starting to wake up… animals and plants alike. The temperature has […]
If you buy this weeks Carp Talk there’s a free to enter competition to win a week at Villefond , including the ferry crossing.
I continually assess my fishing methods with a view to improving them wherever possible and I’ve come up with a twist to my glaçons or ice rigs (see Vaux BLOG Winter Carp Fishing – The Ice Rig dated 8th February 2010) as my earlier method was slightly inconvenient, owing to the fact that a hook […]
We’ve published information like this before but as the season approaches we thought it would be a good idea to do so again. So… some general information for travelling in France. If you breakdown or have a traffic accident: Immediate action Turn on your hazard lights and, if possible, pull over to the side of […]
We’re delighted to tell you that Angling Lines have been voted “Best Overseas Holiday Company in 2010” by the readers of Carp Talk. This is the 3rd successive year we have won the award. Many thanks to everyone who voted for us.
Welcome to the first Gigantica report of 2011. Though we have had no anglers on so far in 2011, I wanted to give you all a quick update on the lake. Throughout this wet winter we saw a huge influx of water which made water lever rise significantly and flooded most of all the swims. […]
Here’s the video of the fish which features on the front of our 2011 brochure. It’s Jake Langley-Hobbs current PB carp, caught in August 2009 from Gigantica. The mirror weighed 64lbs 8oz and is known as Staples. It fell for a Monster Tiger Nut boilie from the DB range.
