111 Carp for 3,300lb+ … & the first 50!

  50.08 A group of 5 anglers has just smashed all records with yet another Commons mega catch. Dickie Williams claimed a new lake record and the venue’s first ever 50lb carp with a 50lb 8oz Common. David Williams also claimed a new lake record Grass Carp at 40lb 1oz. Total catch was 111 fish, totalling […]

Great Mas Bas Lotus Lake Feedback

Holiday date: Sat 7th Jul to Sat 14th Jul 2012 Name of customer: Adrian Brown Number of anglers: 1 Details of your catches: There was just myself fishing, too many fish caught to mention here but the highlights were: pb mirror 37lb in fact 1st fish caught! Double mainline cell 18mm with mixed pellet pva bag. Pb common 21lb 8oz double […]

Tips for Hot Weather Carp Care

Paul Cooper & Jim Kelly enjoyed a prolific session on Alder taking 161 carp in the week, even though temperatures exceeded 30 degrees most days. In this short video Paul gives us some tips on how to ensure the carp are well looked after on the bank in such hot weather. Carp Fishing in France […]

27lb Catfish for Will

  Will Winkles Out a Whopper!!! 16 year old Will Waterton of QES, here at Glehias for the week with his family – dad Mark, mum Claire and sister Nina from Lancaster – managed to bag himself a rather large Catfish this morning. Large enough to break the current ‘Juniors Lake Record Catfish’ at least!! […]

Carp Fishing in France Webcast – July 2012

In this edition we bring you up to date with our latest videos… a new venue video for Glehias and several new tackle & tactics videos.  Finally we feature a real heart warming story as Gary Ward describes his delight at fishing with his 78 year old dad.  A great story! Carp Fishing in France at […]

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2013 TF Gear Carp Fishing Babes

TF Gear Press Release; We’ve been working hard in the great weather we’ve had recently to produce more of the highly anticipated carp fishing babes! The girls have been out testing their new carp fishing tackle and have provided us with some great carpy shots. See here for more exclusive TF Gear babes – Each […]

Slack lines and running rigs for Carp

by Duncan De Gruchy During a week of day sessions Duncan de Gruchy has 20 indications, 20 carp runs and 20 carp including a new lake record. Here he reveals his secrets… and at the end of the article you can watch a video of Duncan in action. HEAVY MAIN LINE Flourocarbon mainline (pure flouro, not […]

A Weeks Carp Fishing at Villefond (July ’12)

Mark Lambert recently spent a week fishing his own venue, Villefond, and recorded it in this short video clip.  We see carp to 40lb+ and Dan the catfish makes an appearance at 75lb.   Superb fishing! Carp fishing in France at Villefond

When to go Carp Fishing

If only there was an easy solution of working out when our favourite species of fish feeds.  There are triggers that we are all aware of such excessive low pressure fronts, new warm winds and thunderstorms.  For those who can bare it out in extreme weather conditions the results can be quite productive.  But do […]

How to Catch Carp at Boux

Magical Boux Hi Paul, I have booked a week on Boux with some friends and my son… can you give any info on the best way to approach  the fishing at the fishery thanks. Peter Hi Peter, A lot will depend on when you have booked your visit to Boux.  One of the reasons for […]

Customised Hook Baits for Carp

This post first appeared on the Quest Baits Blog & is reproduced with kind permission.  Last week I posted a catch report to our website and mentioned that I had caught the fish on an ultra light aerodynamic home made long range pop-up. This has caused a fair bit of interest with anglers asking me how they […]

How to catch carp 1 – slack lines and running rigs

During a week of day sessions here at Oakview, Duncan de Gruchy had 20 indications, 20 carp runs and 20 carp including a new lake record. In this video he reveals his secrets. Many thanks Duncan, top angling! Carp fishing in France with accommodation at Oakview

Barbel Fishing on the River Dove

Barbel fishing is enjoyed by many carp anglers so we thought we’d ask Paul Cooper to shoot a couple of videos for us. Here we join him on a July 2012 Barbel session on the River Dove. Paul explains his tactics and bait and we see carp and barbel to 16lb landed. You can watch […]

Barbel Fishing Tackle

Barbel fishing is enjoyed by many carp anglers so we thought we’d ask Paul Cooper to shoot a couple of videos for us. Here we join him as he prepares for a Barbel session on the River Dove & Paul demonstrates all the essential items of tackle required. In a few days time (14th July) […]