One of the young Grassies – held by big Emerique! Weed can be an amazing thing – when we first bought Joy Lake two and a half years ago we had almost no surface pondweed. Last summer it appeared and began to spread the more we tried to control it. Whilst […]
Silk weed – love it! I must admit it does make me smile when I see anglers trying to find clear areas to present their baits when confronted with a swim full of silk weed. Silkweed harbours a lot of natural food particularly shrimps which the carp love which in turn means they will regularly […]
Bridget Keep receiving the award for Best Special Interest Tour Operator Following on from being voted Best Overseas Holiday Company by the readers of Carp Talk earlier this year we are proud to announce that Angling Lines has won the category Best Special Interest Tour Operator, awarded by the French Tourism Development Agency. These French […]
Dean asks; Hi there, would like your help… I’m looking to upgrade my carp rods & I’m prepared to spend up to about £600’ish. I would like something that would give me a little bit more distance. I’m using Wychwood 2.75 t/c rods at the mo. Any suggestions would be great, thanks. Reply from Shaun […]
Laroussi questions from Chris Evans; Dear Shaun, I have booked to visit Laroussi from 14th August for a week. I have booked the lake on an exclusive basis but may only go with 4 anglers. I know you’ve fished Laroussi before so I wondered if you could answer a few questions for me; Could you […]
A new lake record common as been caught at Lillypool! The impressive fish was caught by Mark Sidery at 42lbs. It’s also a new personal best common for Mark & was taken on a scopex/squid boilie fished over half a gallon of maggots, under some overhanging trees on the no fishing bank. Special congratulations to […]
Mr Fisher has broken the lake record of the most beautiful Laroussi mirror, a stunning heavily scaled mirror called ” The Fully Scaled” at 45lb 15oz. This famous fish normally only comes out once or twice a year so it was a real surprise when it put in its second appearance in a week! Tony […]
Some tips from Chas, the owner of Vaux ; When I get the chance to spend some time at the lake, I like to experiment. What I see most of the time is conventional fishing using boilies, that is to say a PVA bag with boilie hook link, but I show those visitors who are […]
New to Angling Lines in 2010, Claudette lake offers the chance to experience natural French gravel pit fishing. If you like wild & natural as opposed to carefully manicured this could be the place for you. Sam & Scott Ratcliffe have recently returned from a trip to Claudette taking over 20 fish from 18lb to […]
Laroussi is one of the best known big carp waters in France with 60lb+ carp regularly gracing the banks. New for 2010… you can now hire a chalet right at the waters edge which sleeps up to 4 anglers. For anyone who’s been to Laroussi before this chalet was the owners chalet before he built […]
63lb Hi Bridget, Just returned from a great week on Laroussi. Mehdi has the full catch report but in summary we had the following: 1 x 63lb carp (caught by me I am very happy to say J ) 5 x 50lb + carp 5 x 40lb + carp 5 x 30lb + carp 2 […]
Amanda Groves 54lb mirror Amanda Groves certainly showed her male colleagues how to fish Laroussi on a recent trip landing 3 x 50lb+ carp in 24hours! Amanda takes up the story; Arriving at this venue for the first time, we were all taken back by how lovely the lake and surroundings are. However, being the […]
Here’s a site all carp anglers might be interested in – a chance to buy & sell second-hand carp fishing tackle. Run by the same company that operates Golf Bidder, a hugely successful second-hand golf equipment website, they definitely know what they are doing & are unlikely to let you down. Check it out; www.tacklefanatics.co.uk
Congratulations to Stuart Currie for catching the new Old Oaks lake record… a stunning 44lb 15oz common! Stuart’s party bagged 65 fish including 29 thirties! Well done guys!
Many fish farmers are aware of the benefits of having a controlled fish feeding program across their stock pools. Feeding a quality pellet little and often has been proven to return a better feed conversion ratio. This is the relationship between the weight gained by the fish and the amount of food fed. This ratio […]
Here’s the experience of the Joy Lake owners, Neil & Caroline Surely a simple question of pulling out the plug and then letting nature fill it up again? But what do you do when you have no ‘spring-fed’ water source into your lake? Waiting for the rain to fill it up would take months, so […]
63.09 Congratulations to Paul Cummins on his 71lb 12oz mirror, Patrick smith for his 63lb 9oz and Mr Sawyer for his 62lb and his wife’s 54lb! Well done too to Mr Fisher… he beats the lake record fully scaled at 45lb 15oz. I believe the smallest mirror caught since February is 34lb! Tight lines, Mehdi, […]
Back to Watersmeet for Easter. I could write a list of all the things we did while we were here in preparation for the start of the season, but I think just a few photos tells the story; Jessica and me painting one of the many benches Mum age 76 painting the BBQ Dad… bit […]
“Why did you choose Angling Lines as the booking agent for your venue?” As a lake owner it’s a question I get asked frequently, both by anglers and by fellow lake owners. Well something happened this morning and although it is just one of many examples I could give, it sums up Angling Lines so […]
Based on my own fishing & observing guest anglers anglers here at Villefond the first thing I would say is it’s not an overly hard water and most tactics work. From experienced anglers, to some who would admit freely themselves they are not experts, have all done well! There are a few tips that seem […]
