Carp Stock Micro-chipping

At Oakview Lake we monitor our fish stock.  One element of this is the micro-chipping individual fish.  In addition to obvious benefits like security this also allows for quick identification and monitoring of growth rates. Here the Oakview stock pond is used to demonstrate how this is achieved.

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2 carp fishing holidays to be won this month

2 FREE to enter competitions this month! If you buy this month’s Total Carp there’s a free to enter competition to win a week at Alder, including the ferry crossing. If you buy this month’s Carp Talk there’s a free to enter competition to win a week at Beaurepaire, including the ferry crossing.  

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Carp spawning and grass hoppers

I promised to video the carp when they started to spawn but I had no luck as I must have the only camera shy carp in France!  Every time I went down to lake they stopped spawning and have now finished.  With recent hot weather we have had an explosion of baby grass hoppers and […]

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Father & son enjoy great Laroussi carp session

54lb & 32lb for father & son, Paul & Peter Mersh Paul & Peter Mersh enjoyed a fabulous Laroussi session (w/c 14th May) taking; Paul : 60lb 2oz carp ,22lb carp, 30lb carp, 16lb carp, 33lb carp, 43lb carp, 54lb carp , 36lb mirror, 40lb 3oz carp. Two sturgeon 57lb, 56lb 26lb grass – PLUS […]

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The great carp runs run…

The great runs run tells the story of how a routine filming visit to one Angling Lines venue developed into a quest to see how many venues and runs could be filmed in one single day. Everything you see here took place between 6.30am and 4.30pm on Thursday the 19th May 2011.  

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Laroussi latest stocking news!

There is a new addition at Laroussi and it’s a little smaller than the usual leviathan residents! No it’s not a carp, nor indeed one of Mehdi’s giant vegetable, but Caroline has given birth to a beautiful healthy baby boy, weighing in at just over 9lb. Mehdi says he simply could not be happier at […]

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How to avoid being hungry in France!

French Bank Holidays and supermarket opening – does it affect you? Just a quick post to advise that most supermarkets in France are still closed on Sundays and those that are open only stay open until Noon. What’s more if the holiday date is say a Thursday the French have their own option of ‘Faire […]

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Accurate Spodding

Hi all at Angling Lines, I’ve just read Paul Cooper’s article on accurate spodding and a bit of help is required if you have a minute please. I always used to set my baited rods slightly longer than my spod rod to allow for the arc when the baited rods came to rest, but the article […]

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