We welcome 2 new carp at Mas Bas

This week the Main Lake at Mas Bas welcomed two new arrivals, a lovely 25lb mirror and a very pretty  17lb 8oz red carp. Lets hope they both settle in well to add even more excitement to next seasons fishing.

Winter Carp Lake Maintenance

  I run a small 14 man syndicate on a 5 acre estate lake in Staffordshire and it’s approaching that time of year that I like to start to prepare for the forthcoming season. Over the past weekend I’ve had work parties on the lake clearing snags, repairing stages and walkways and trimming back reeds. […]

The big willow at Mas Bas gets a haircut!

With the temperature still up around 20° in the afternoon, the south west remains the warmest area of France. Making the most of this Indian summer Gilles decided to tackle a big outside job here at Mas Bas and called in Ivan the tree ‘hairdresser’. He definitely made his mark on the trees around willow […]

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Webcast – November 2011

This issue introduces two new venues, news of a major stocking, a 54lb capture plus part 1 of our new series that will follow the trials & tribulations of an owner as he sets up a brand new French carp venue.

Weed clearing on an industrial scale!

Weed can be a problem on some lakes in certain years.  Here’s an industrial sized solution!  This service is offered by one of our lake owners, Sebastian Vasseur, for any lake over one acre in size.  If you’re interested in the service his number is on the second sheet… or we can put you in […]

Success comes from confidence in your bait

No matter how good an angler you are or how poor, if you have no confidence or have lost that confidence in your bait you are bound to fail. On a recent carp fishing trip to Boux, Jim Kelly and I were both armed with our confidence booster, Quality Baits HG42. With each of us […]

Over 1 ton of carp stocked into Blue Lake – Nov ’11

After a short delay caused by the indian summer, Blue Lake‘s major stocking programme is under way. A total weight of carp of 2,500lb including 33 x 30’s and 52 x 20’s is added to the existing stock. 86 carp in all with an average weight of just over 29lb. And that’s not all………..There’s another […]

Boux carp lake – an update

Jim Kelly with a fine 31lb Boux common Paul Cooper and I had a week booked on Boux during the end of October. It was to be my first trip to the venue; Paul had fished it on two previous occasions. On arriving at the lake I was not disappointed as it is situated in […]

October Webcast out now

Monthly video news from Angling Lines covering notable carp catches, what’s new from our venues, plus any offers we may be running. This issue introduces several new technical videos, news of record catches on several venues and a round-up of the netting season video clips.

2 x 50lb+ mirror carp from Boux

49.14 Here’s Paul Cooper’s results from his Boux session w/c 22nd Oct 2011; 27 carp which incuded mirrors of 51lb 11oz, 50lb 4oz, 49lb 14oz, 49lb 3oz, 31lb 12oz, 34lb 8oz, 35lb 15oz, 31lb 10oz, 36lb 10oz, 31lb 3oz, 31lb 1oz, 33lb 1oz and 30lb 1oz, one 30lb common with the rest being mostly upper twenties. Here’s his […]

A first time guide for French carp fishing

During the winter months I do the winter show circuit with my own “A” Baits stand or helping out friends. It never ceases to surprise me how many people would love to go to France but feel a bit intimidated by it! The channel tunnel train comes out on the motorway and in most cases […]