Jim Kelly fills us in on the first things he looks for when winter carping… I wrote this article some years ago, but my recent post regarding what makes a good bait has bought up the topic of winter carping, so here goes. Winter carping can be one of the most sole destroying pastimes imaginable. […]
Just a few photos from the netting today, which saw carp to over 60lb and a fantastic day all round. Small roach and zander were removed and the carp stock safely passed back over the net. Find out more about Jonchery here – Carp Fishing in France
On Sunday we carried out this seasons netting at Lillypool. A long and tiring day, but very successful. Lots of carp in the net, but most importantly, hundreds of kilos of silver fish removed. Here are just a few shots from the day. The third photo is Mark Baker with the big common, weighed in at just about […]
This is the ultimate winter carp fishing bible, written by Tim Richardson, you’ll find everything you should consider when tackling cold weather carping below… 1. Location, location, location! First find your fish; they may be indicated by other anglers catching fish, or come from where you caught previously. Past year’s records of hotspots and over – […]
Here’s our latest video from Laroussi. Filmed this September and featuring interviews with owner Mehdi Daho and well respected Laroussi regular Roy van Goor. Over the last 10 years Laroussi has established itself as one of the premiere big carp waters in France, containing carp to over 70lb. It’s a mature 15 acre gravel pit with […]
Well, it’s that time of year again when you are fishing for hard earned carp. Over the next few months I will be fishing very short sessions, in the hope of getting a couple of bites. Winter is generally a very non productive time of the year as the carps metabolism slows right down due […]
What a start to November, Congratulations to Michael Sharp! Last week, after a slow and heavy fight, landed a big mirror weighing 70lb5oz at Laroussi. Very nice dark winter colours and in great condition. Top angling! For more information on Laroussi follow the link – Carp Fishing in France
Villefond welcomed a new lake record of 64lb 8oz last week, here’s the feedback from the group fishing the lake… Holiday date: Sat 17th Oct to Sat 24th Oct 2015 Name of customer: Jamie Clayton Number of anglers: 6 Details of your catches: 64.8oz, 38.7oz, 49lb, 42lb, 37lb common x 2, 31lb mirror, 21lb mirror Your best tactics/bait/rigs: fishing small […]
Barry Oconnor has kindly sent in this write-up of the Jonchery Challenge this September, sounds like a cracking session! Ben and I were invited to take part in a carp match in France. It was on Jonchery Lake in Brevonnes. Jonchery was created by the Bachelier family who are fish farmers, the fishery is superbly […]
Laroussi regular Roy van Goor has just returned from a session on the lake this September. Despite a slow week, one very memorable mirror carp made it a trip to remember for Roy. It’s well worth having a read of the article he has written for Karperwereld below. Read the article here – Babe of the Lake… Luck Factor 2.0
After the worst week of weather all year, both of Lillypool lake’s catfish made an appearance for anglers Brian Edwards (59lb 8oz) and Martin Daws (50lb 8oz)… Brian’s breaking our current lake record by a little over half a pound. It’s unusual with just the 2 cats in the lake for someone to come with one […]
This April Old Oaks welcomed FOX international for a week to film their hugely popular ‘Edges’ DVD. Lewis Porter, Harry Charrington and Scott Day were not disappointed with some absolutely stunning fish on the bank including an incredible 53lb 13oz common. Watch the session below… For more information on Old Oaks follow the link – Carp France
Shaun Harrison, owner of Quest Baits, gives us a heads up on his winter baiting tactics… As the cooler weather is now starting to set in it is time for my annual autumn sort out of my tackle and bait but particularly the bait. From past experience I know that some of the baits that […]
An interesting and detailed feedback from Frank Reid after his recent trip to Mas Bas Main Lake, a 5 acre water with lakeside gite and swimming pool… Holiday date: Sat 5th Sep to Sat 12th Sep 2015 Name of customer: Francis Reid Number of anglers: 3 Details of your catches: 2 Anglers (Frank and Graham) caught 40 Carp in […]
A couple of photos sent over by Mark at Jonchery today. Rob, fishing swim 4 has only gone and landed an incredible 61lb 11oz common. Congratulations! And incase you were thinking of a trip over to this 30 acre lake next year, there is currently an offer of 50% off the first three weeks in […]
Well we all know that the carp in this country act differently and feed in different ways at different times throughout the year. Each season I have a different approach and this has helped me over the years to put a few more carp on the bank, here’s a quick overview of my tactics…. […]
The average weight now at Old Oaks is seriously impressive, with last weeks anglers landing more carp over 40lb than below. See their feedback here… Holiday date: Sat 22nd Aug to Sat 29th Aug 2015 Name of customer: David Dyson Number of anglers: 5 Details of your catches: Dave – 1 x 15lb grass carp, 5 x 30lb+ to 36lb, 2 […]
Mark Lambert explains how he found the right combination to catch carp on a very tough week out in France recently… Recently in mid August I had an opportunity to spend nearly a full week fishing Lac Du Villefond. This is a hard lake with some very large fish and August on any lake is one of the hardest […]
Another good result for angler Tony Chilton who has just returned from a carp fishing trip to Blue Lake, here’s his feedback… Holiday date: Sat 25th Jul to Sat 1st Aug 2015 Name of customer: Tony Chilton Number of anglers: 8 Details of your catches: For 1 angler – 1 x 41lb mirror carp, 1 x common […]
Last week Lillybelle welcomed team Ashima’s Emily Blake and Martin Earlam. A very productive week was had by both anglers, but Emily took all honours with most fish banked and biggest fish of the week too. To cap it all Emily also broke our current ladies record not once but twice, with a new pb […]
