Gary Western had a prolific week at Boux – the lake that famously gave Tim Paisley his first 50lb’er years ago – this month, culminating in setting the new lake record at 54lb 10oz. Quality fishing & cracking pictures too, nice one Gary! ‘Just some photos for you and for your records from our trip […]
Good fishing from Old Oaks last week for Tom Swain’s group. Some lovely looking 40’s and 50’s and even an 11lb lake record bream. You can see the feedback and photos below; Holiday date: Sat 26th Apr to Sat 3rd May 2014 Name of customer: Tom Swain Number of anglers: 5 Details of your catches: Peg 1 – 11lb 12oz […]
Arnold, our biggest resident male at Villefond and one of the top 3 biggest fish in the lake has finally been caught again and has now broken the lake record at a massive 57lb 4oz!! Not only that but on the same week to the same angler two more different 50’s were landed! Have a […]
More often than not we all come across a water where the carp simply will not feed away from the far margin, over hanging trees, or snags. Cast short of your target and you may as well leave the rods on the bank. Generally the reason for this is through angling pressure or the over […]
Hello all, having just returned from a weeks fishing at Beaurepaire, I would like to invite you to read a few articles regarding this great lake. I’d like to cover all aspects of our group’s fishing trip, from bait, tactics and execution through to results and where we got it right and sometimes wrong. This […]
With the capture of Slate Grey last week I have decided to delve into my archives once again to give you a little bit of history on this mighty old warrior. Slate Grey got her name quite obviously from her grey colour which coupled with her massive size makes her an easily recognisable fish. Another […]
Unfortunately for us, the angler, the line we buy is loaded in different ways and what works with one make of line doesn’t necessarily work with another make of line. The only fool proof way of loading line without twist that I have found is the method I use myself and works with every type […]
Two of the best looking carp we’ve seen in a while! We’re still awaiting the full feedback report from last week’s anglers at Brie but in the mean time Paul, bailiff at Brie, sent us these two pictures of carp caught from the venue last week. Set in a Nature Reserve, 15 acre Brie is booked […]
An interview with Joe Morgan, avid carp angler and presenter of the popular monthly release Carp TV. Matthew Fleet from the Carp Marathon asks the questions… I have been a big admirer of Joe, his angling and his presenting skills, for some time now. So when this opportunity became available I grabbed the chance with both hands. I […]
Late winter and early spring is one of my favourite times to be out on the bank. With the longer daylight hours it seems the whole of the natural world knows it’s time to start altering their habits once again and everything slowly unfolds back into life. I am sure the longer hours of daylight […]
Slate Grey was the biggest fish of a fantastic weeks fishing on Villefond last week at 53lb 2oz. Well done to the guys; you can see their feedback below… Holiday date: Sat 5th Apr to Sat 12th Apr 2014 Name of customer: Matt Drury Number of anglers: 5 Details of your catches: 1 x 50, 6 x 40, 5 x 30, 3 […]
Steve Bedford goes through the basics of carp behaviour, areas to fish to and different weed types… Carp naturally prefer slow moving rivers, streams, canals and still waters. You’ll often find that carp in still waters tend to grow bigger and have deeper bodies than those in moving waters and carp in rivers often grow […]
A good week at Villefond for forties, here’s the catch report and some lovely looking carp… Holiday date: Sat 29th Mar to Sat 5th Apr 2014 Name of customer: Nigel Nancarrow Number of anglers: 3 Details of your catches: 2 x doubles, 4 x 20’s, 3 x 30’s, 6 x 40’s and 1 x tench (the lakes first). Your best tactics/bait/rigs: House Plum boilies, simple bottom bait […]
An angler interview with Steve Whitby, Carpology contributor and the man behind ‘The Carp Catcher’ Youtube channel. Matthew Fleet from the Carp Marathon asks the questions… So then Steve, when did your passion for angling begin? When I was about 5. Mum would buy my elder brother Andy and myself ‘nets’. This was a 6 inch mesh […]
These days we see venues stocked with a greater biomass of carp than we have been used to seeing in the past. Productive waters will always be popular as the biggest majority of anglers can’t cope with waiting for a couple of possible chances a year. Having said that I can confidently say there will […]
More and more of you are heading out to France for an early season session around March and April, fantastic times for fishing. Occasionally however this means you can be arriving at a lake with still fluctuating water levels. So what can we do when faced with more water than we bargained for? The first […]
We’ve resurrected this post from a couple of years back, there’s some really wise advice in this short list of tips. Written by Lee Johnston, owner of the beautiful Glehias. 1. Information, Information, Information. Always speak to the Lake owner and find out as much as you can before your visit. Email or phone as many questions as […]
We came across this front cover from Issue 111 of the much loved Carpworld, featuring Tim Paisley with a mirror from our very own Boux, a 14 acre exclusive big carp venue. An incredible French lake with stacks of history within the French carping scene and it’s still at the top of it’s game. For […]
Chris Blunt was out fishing at Villefond last season with 3 friends, here’s his account of the busy week following… Take a look at this little 8 acre gem I fished with 3 of my mates, Carl ‘Bob’ Byworth, Terry ‘Trigger’ Jennings & Chris ‘de Burger’ Goddard who had never picked up a rod let alone […]
Fantastic start last week at the Jonchery Complex. Here’s the catch report from Jonchery #7 and some cracking pictures too! Holiday date: Sat 22nd Mar to Sat 29th Mar 2014 Name of customer: Maurice Whalley Number of anglers: 2 Details of your catches: 30+ fish, between 14lb – 44lb. 4 x forties and 6 x thirties. Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Boilies, bottom baits, simple […]
