I’m sure everyone is familiar with the phrase “Carp Angler”, often followed by photos of 20, 30, 40+ pound fish, but has anyone actually considered what defines a carp angler? Is it someone who only targets big commons, mirrors and leathers? Or can the phrase be used in a wider sense? This mini series […]
Every year hundreds of British anglers invade France in search of those monster carp. With literally hundreds of lakes to choose from, it seems that more and more Brits are traveling to France in the hope of smashing their PB’s. A week seems to be the average length of time that an angler would spend […]
Every year tens of thousands of us head over to France on the hunt for super-human sized carp, it’s becoming a ritual and one that is growing even more popular, but many of the anglers that head over the channel are bewildered by the experience and end up catching 10% of the fish they were […]
Here are two guys you’ve probably seen around the online carp world already. We’ve been watching Carl and Alex’s youtube channel for a while now and have been incredibly impressed by their angling and filming skills. We’re going to start featuring their videos here on the blog once a month, beginning with their experience netting […]
Paul Cooper discusses issues around the safety of plastic artificial baits… I first came across Plastic baits when I was fishing on the Mangrove with Shaun Harrison. Shaun was knocking the stuffing out of the carp, catching on every trip that he made on a fairly challenging lake. During mid-season he let me into his secret! […]
Our Webcast brings you carp fishing video news every month from our 36 French carp lakes. This edition brings you a round up of the first 50lb+ fish to be caught this year, and over a dozen seriously impressive 50lb+ carp being stocked in to the Bachelier lakes.
Glehias Carp Lake are well on the way to finishing the Floating Island Cabin in readiness of the 2014 Season, here’s the latest update from Lee… Despite the wind and the rain and a couple of terrific hailstorms, Saturday turned out to be a pretty productive day. After finishing up the rest of the decking, […]
Every now and then the going gets tough you need to rethink your strategy or even just take a break and rest your swim. Sometimes when nothing else is working I return to one of my first loves, float fishing. Often improvising with what I can find in my tackle box; my set up is […]
The Bacheliers have stocked an additional 30 carp in to Brocard Large this January. Six of these are forties and fifties, you’ll be able to spot them in the video! For more information on Brocard Large follow the link – Carp Fishing France
Water temperatures are the key to fish moving and feeding in this changing time of the season. Carp naturally look for the warmest part of the lake and so we will often see them in the margins or in the upper layers of the water. This is especially true of gravel pits and deep lakes. […]
Jimmy Greaves famously said “Football is a funny old game” and those words could so well have been pointed towards carp angling. Winter carping in particular can be a prime example for throwing up unpredictable outcomes during those long dark winter months. I love my winter angling, always have. I have tried to analyse this […]
Paul Cooper was recently contacted with a few questions posed by an angler heading out to Boux this year. Boux is a 12 acre water with a reputation for top class carp fishing since the 1980’s. However, it is best to go prepared to this lake and the Q&A below is definitely worth a read… Hi Paul Apologies […]
Another of our resurrected winter carping posts, today’s is 9 top tips on choosing your cold weather carp fishing bait. 1. Easily digested – the quicker it’s digested the sooner the carp need to eat again. 2. Low flavour level (that will surprise some!) – if I am presenting baits where I know the carp to be […]
An aerial flight over Lillypool, designed to give you a real taster of the venue’s layout and lake features. Lillypool is a 4 acre carp lake, 2.5 hours from Caen ferry with an impressive head of mirrors and commons to 51lb. For more information on Lillypool follow the link – French Carp Fishing
Jonchery carp lake gets an additional stocking of 2 x 50lb+, 15 x 30lb+ and 50 x 20lb+ carp this January. We think the common at 00:34 seconds in is an absolute corker! For more information on Jonchery follow the link – Fishing Holidays
How safe is the use of backleads. Can I use them in every event? Definitely not! The use of backleads have been about for a long time now. It would be during my time on the Fox Pool that I first used backleads to pin down my main line to the lake bed. I […]
Having developed and engineered the iconic Bow-Loc landing net, which to this day remains one of the most sought-after landing nets available, the unveiling of a new net from Solar Tackle has been hotly anticipated, ever since news of the Bow-Lite surfaced some months back. Designed as the ‘little brother’ to the Bow-Loc, which will […]
Paul Bachelier updates us on the additional stocking at Brocard Small this January. This includes a handful of forties and fifties and a further 30 carp between 20-30lb. For more information on Brocard Small follow the link – Carp Fishing France
We’re resurrecting a few of our favourite posts on Winter Carping, here’s one from Shaun Harrison. Originally written for the blog in 2010, you can bet the advice is still worth heeding! Here’s a quick list of things I would not leave home without on a winter session; 1. Local weather forecast 2. Mobile telephone […]
Glehias Carp Lake have begun work on the Floating Island Cabin in readiness of the 2014 Season, here’s the latest update from Lee… Hadn’t anticipated good weather at all for this weekend, so when the sun put his hat on and came out to play on Saturday, we changed the plans slightly to take full […]
