Meet Richard, the new bailiff at Lillypool. We ask him how he got into the sport and what improvements he’s been busy with down at the lake… Lillypool is a beautiful 4 acre lake with an impressive head of fast growing Michel Bigot stocked carp up to a substantial 51lb. The lake is suitable for 4 […]
Brie has a brand spanking new venue video! For more information on Brie follow the link – Fishing France
Paul Cooper shows you the perfect barbless hook rig… As some of our newer lakes, such as Jonchery and Brie, now enforce a barbless only hook rule, our field testers have been set the challenge to find the right rig for the job. This is the rig Paul Cooper found to be most successful when […]
If writing about Angling appeals to you, we’d love for you to become a regular blogger. You will get an impressive, developing platform to voice your thoughts and an opportunity to become part of the Angling Lines team. WE ARE AFTER Good interesting specimen fishing pieces; emphasis obviously on carp but catfish, sturgeon, pike, barbel […]
Our monthly webcasts bring you carp fishing video news every month from our 36 French carp lakes… This edition brings you a round up of the latest news, lake records and a sneak peek at our new Inflight series. Our special feature this month is a ‘behind the scenes’ look at the making of our […]
Here’s a catch report from Brocard Small, fished by Mr Sproston from the 3rd – 10th of August… Details of your catches: 23 carp, 9 x 30’s 2 cats 68.5 & 32lb 5 grass carp best 47lb Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Fishing near to far bank mostly, boilies best bait but crays liked them too. Were the facilities […]
Ron and Ken Discuss Slack Lines Vs. Tight Lines in this short video from their fishing trip this year. For more technical videos to get the most out of your carp fishing trip to France click here.
Last week’s catch report from Laroussi… Details of your catches: 58 fish in total. Lots of grass carp. 6 commons from 20lb to 43lb. 5 mirrors 43lb to 51lb 14oz, 1 sturgeon at 60lb and a 9lb tench! Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Light baiting with boilies fished over medhi’s partyblend. Were the facilities what you expected? Yes Were you […]
In the first of our Inflight series, we bring you an aerial flight over Blue Lake, designed to give you a real taster of the lake’s layout and features… For more information on Blue lake follow the link – Fishing France
Following his hugely popular video on slack lines and running rigs, Duncan de Gruchy is back with a follow up. This time Duncan reveals his baiting tactics. If you have missed ‘How to Catch Carp in France 1 and 2’ you can go straight to them here: Part 1 – Slack Lines and Running Rigs […]
I have spent a lot of time this season fishing very short sessions on the river for barbel and some of these evenings in real over grown swims have seen swarms of mozzies and midges all wanting a bit of the Harrison blood. Now I am quite attached to my blood and don’t really want […]
Nik, the owner at Holly Pools, has managed to catch some of the lakes residents on camera feeding in the margins… I have heard the opinion stated from non-cat lovers that Wells cats “Just sit on the deepest bit of bottom all day, then surface at night and eat your 20lb carp”. Certainly there is […]
Mas Bas is an 80 acre farm estate with two lakes. Set in the heart of rural south west France, the privacy of the site offers tranquil family holidays with the added bonus of excellent carp fishing. Beautiful accommodation, swimming pool and specimen carp fishing – you can’t help but fall in love with this venue. […]
Gary Rivett, fishing Beaurepaire this month, has managed to land the new lake record catfish at 67lb 12oz+ Nice one Gary! For more information on Beaurepaire follow the link – Angling Holidays
Here are two of the monsters caught at Laroussi this month… Laroussi’s catfish and sturgeon may get less press than the lakes infamous BIG carp, but they’re certainly sizeable. For more information on Laroussi follow the link – Carp Fishing in France
It’s 5am on Saturday morning following a week’s fishing on Brie. The air is heavy and sticky and Jim gets a single bleep on his right hand rod. He’s out of his sleeping bag and standing by his rods, a second bleep and he is into the fish, a magnificent 43lb specimen. By the time […]
Lillypool welcomed Dave brown and sons, Cody and Matthew, on a late and shorter than usual booking this week… Despite this, a bumper 4 days fishing was to follow consisting of 45 runs, 33 fish to 39lb 10oz and a new lake record catfish at 48lb 6oz were banked. Great stuff guys! For more information on […]
Tom and Jake Carling, along with friends Simon Dew and Jack Bonner fished Boux for a week this month, coming away with some stunners… Details of your catches: 12 fish to 45lb 10 oz. 10 mirrors, 2 commons. Your best tactics/bait/rigs: 9 of the 12 fish were caught fishing from the right hand side of the wooded […]
Paul Cooper shows you that you don’t always have to cast to catch carp. By wading out to your chosen spot you can place your hook bait & freebies EXACTLY were you want them… Carp Fishing tactics & techniques – 65 technical videos to help you put more carp on the bank!
Christopher Blunt’s party of five were out at Villefond the first week in August… Details of your catches: 6 x 40’s (41.4 – 47.2), 6 x 30’s, 3 x grass carp – 22.0, 5 x 10 – 26.0 (total 20 carp) lost 15-20 carp Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Listen to mark as his rig is designed for crafty […]
