Paul Cooper is one of a small band of anglers we use to Field Test our venues. Over the course of several Blog Posts he’ll take you through his 2010 trips; Part 3 – Lac Du Villefond It was late September when I visited Lac Du Villefond with Paul Brookes. Our task was to try […]
Congratulations to Luke Czerpak who has just caught the new lake record for Old Oaks – a magnificent common of 52lb! It was an awesome fish, as you can see above… 1m long with a huge tail, nice dark color and torpedo shape – perfect! That’s the very first 50lb’er off Old Oaks. We knew the […]
12.04 Tench from Laroussi – what a fish! 69 carp out this week and a new lake record tench at 12lb 4oz Here’s the Tench info; Mr Adrian Manks Caught from Le Chene at approximately 40 yards onto a silt/sandy bottom. Bait: 15mm Rahja Spice tipped with pop-up corn. Hook: size 6 T-6 Raptor. Hooklink: […]
Arthur smashes past Big John to take the title of biggest fish in the lake. Arthur came out at a whoping 53.06 and a spawned out Big John at 50.02 . Both 50+ fish came out off the same spot about half an hour apart!
To save you taking up valuable car space tackle is available for hire at Lillypool. It’s all top brands including Shimano, Nash, Trakker, Delkim, Waverunner, Prologic, Viper, etc. You can hire the following; 3 rod set-up with bait runner reels, bank sticks and bite alarms… £60 (£50 returnable deposit) Bedchair and sleeping bag… £20 (£20 returnable […]
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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 highlights some fantastic early season fishing which has been experienced at most venues and includes some great action footage & interview with the first anglers to fish the new pontoon swim […]
Tackling Pressured Day Ticket Venues By Josh Bennett Whether home or abroad, carp fishing is becoming more popular. This has a knock on effect with the amount of pressure that venues are seeing week in week out. After a fair few years of fishing this type of venue, there are a few tips and pointers […]
The new Old Oaks record – 49.01 Attached are the photos of the new lake record from Old Oaks that I had on Thursday night. Here’s a few details; 49lb 1oz mirror Fish caught at 2.25am Peg 3 8 inch combi rig, size 6 Kaptor Kurv hook, blowback style Quest Fruity Trifle 15mm hook bait […]
Part two of our how-to video series on floater fishing for carp.
Part one of our 2 part how-to video series for carp floater fishing.
Readers question; When did carp fishing start in France? Answered by Shaun Harrison of Quest Baits; Paul Regent was the first English angler I’m aware of to fish Cassien and certainly the first one to report a fish from there – a 35lb’er which appeared on the front cover of the C.A.A. magazine in ’84. […]
Several posts ago we published an article on combating crayfish. We thought we’d give you access to this Quest Baits video covering the subject too.
The junior lake record was smashed at lillypool by youngster Ben Talbot aged 11 from Warrington, with a superb 34.3lb mirror. A fantastic result for him and I’m sure it won’t be long before he’s catching up with his dad. The 3 angler trip had a great week 9th to 16th April and accounted […]
