Hi Dan I’m book on a trip to Gigantica in August. Could you give me some tips for the lake. How does the hot weather effect the fishing? What amount of bait would I need as I’m trying to work out a budget for the trip? Do you allow tiger’s? What is the cost to […]
An long distance casting article inspired by the owner of Laroussi & Old Oaks – Mehdi Daho, master caster! Read the full article here.
Father & son, Dave & James, experienced some prolific fishing at Lillypool, w/c 11th June 2011. By the time our cameraman joined them on the Thursday they’d caught 64 carp. In this short clip we share some of the action, plus get an insight into the tactics they used.
When Paul Blakeley visited the Notaires Lakes with his family, he had only intended to float fish for the roach and the perch. However, lake owner Chris persuaded him to have a dabble with the carp. On the Friday Chris set up two rods for Paul, fishing to the trees […]
A really useful tour of the Molyneux swims viewed from the water in a boat in the company of bailiff Wally. And there’s an unexpected event too!
I promised to video the carp when they started to spawn but I had no luck as I must have the only camera shy carp in France! Every time I went down to lake they stopped spawning and have now finished. With recent hot weather we have had an explosion of baby grass hoppers and […]
54lb & 32lb for father & son, Paul & Peter Mersh Paul & Peter Mersh enjoyed a fabulous Laroussi session (w/c 14th May) taking; Paul : 60lb 2oz carp ,22lb carp, 30lb carp, 16lb carp, 33lb carp, 43lb carp, 54lb carp , 36lb mirror, 40lb 3oz carp. Two sturgeon 57lb, 56lb 26lb grass – PLUS […]
The great runs run tells the story of how a routine filming visit to one Angling Lines venue developed into a quest to see how many venues and runs could be filmed in one single day. Everything you see here took place between 6.30am and 4.30pm on Thursday the 19th May 2011.
There is a new addition at Laroussi and it’s a little smaller than the usual leviathan residents! No it’s not a carp, nor indeed one of Mehdi’s giant vegetable, but Caroline has given birth to a beautiful healthy baby boy, weighing in at just over 9lb. Mehdi says he simply could not be happier at […]
French Bank Holidays and supermarket opening – does it affect you? Just a quick post to advise that most supermarkets in France are still closed on Sundays and those that are open only stay open until Noon. What’s more if the holiday date is say a Thursday the French have their own option of ‘Faire […]
Here’s a report from Shaun at Top Cats in Thailand; We have had a visit from big carp angler Nick Hill and he has had some fun. Two large 50lbs plus Giant Siamese Carp. Caught on in line rig with snowman rig. Well done.
Hi all at Angling Lines, I’ve just read Paul Cooper’s article on accurate spodding and a bit of help is required if you have a minute please. I always used to set my baited rods slightly longer than my spod rod to allow for the arc when the baited rods came to rest, but the article […]
This clip shows Ron Key & Dan Phesay fishing at Sapphire in March 2011. Dan caught his fish at catapult range in the old river bed but Ron located his fish at around 120 yards and Spombed bait out over the feeding area. In total they caught 41 carp from 20lb to 34lb 8oz including […]
Here’s the May Webcast…
Bill Holcombe had a stunning catch at Sapphire w/c 14th May taking 56 carp for a total of 1,159lb. Date Time Swim Fish Weight (kilos) Weight (Lbs) Bait Remarks 14/05/2011 14:20 #7 Mirror 9.7 21.3 Matrix + pop-up 14/05/2011 15:05 #7 Mirror 13.0 28.6 Tutti Frutti 14/05/2011 15:15 #7 Mirror 11.0 24.2 Matrix + pop-up […]
Hiya mate, I’m a reasonably experienced Carp angler based in essex and was just wondering what time of year you thought was best to book a trip to france? We are considering booking Gigantica after watchin ur carp cup shows on TT, but havent made our minds up as it did seem a bit ‘swimmy’? […]
