Explore current carp fishing news on new venues, lake updates, holiday tips and top recommendations to help you plan smarter and select the right venue for you.
Christopher Blunt’s party of five were out at Villefond the first week in August… Details of your catches: 6 x 40’s (41.4 – 47.2), 6 x 30’s, 3 x grass carp – 22.0, 5 x 10 – 26.0 (total 20 carp) lost 15-20 carp Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Listen to mark as his rig is designed for crafty […]
James Harcom’s effort paid off with a fifty at Villefond… General comments: This lake has the feel of the ones back home but contains an absolutely stunning stock of leviathons. They are not the easiest to catch but are well worth the effort. Especially when you have so many potential fish to complete your dreams! The […]
Cancellation means 4 spaces available in October on Laroussi… Laroussi has been booked up for the whole season for many months now – so this is a rare event. A hospital operation means one of our regular customers has had to cancel his October trip… so there are 4 spaces available on the 19th October […]
A new article from Ron Key, one of our expert field testers… As an Angling Lines field tester it’s always exciting visiting a new water but when it’s called Jonchery there’s added excitement and anticipation. I remember Jonchery; its history and its reputation for quality carp from way back in the nineties and now there’s […]
Carl Sharp was out at Laroussi this month, here are his comments on the lake… “It is very much an ‘english style’ lake, it’s not your general overly stocked french water full of hungry pigs so you really need to work at your angling as opposed to just ‘chucking and chancing’. It is a gorgeous place […]
Anthony Brown fishing the week of 6th July here at Genets discovered just how important it is to have a current European Health Insurance Card (EHIC ) with you when fishing in France. On Wednesday morning while threading a dumbbell boilie with a long barbed baiting needle the needle went into the end of his finger, […]
Following on from our recent barbel fishing posts (see here) this is a recent Q&A courtesy of the Quest Baits Blog… I have recently retired and returning to coarse fishing. Always enjoy chub and barbel fishing. Luckily I live on the River Wye. I’m a bit mesmerised by all the different tackle used etc. Which […]
Here’s some feedback from Royston Butwell after a trip to Laroussi this month… Details of your groups catches: 57lb 8oz mirror, 40lb 6oz mirror, 55lb 2oz sturgeon, 37lb mirror, 46lb 08oz mirror (3rd fish out on a zig ever), 17lb common, 18lb common. Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Zigs, little and often approach, fish would not respond to larger beds […]
Andy Wilmott and Gary Reynolds had a catch of 29 carp at Old Oaks this month, 22 of which were over 30lb! Nice work guys. Read their feedback below… Details of your catches: 29 carp for the week. 10 x 40’s 12x 30’s. Best 3 were 45, 46 and 49lb. Fish were still interested in […]
We have had some real monster fish out of Villefond recently… First up is a new lake record Mirror at 55lb, a fish we believe to be Arnold. Bennetts the fish has been out at 54lb and we have had a new member to the 50lb club! A fish called slate grey was caught at […]
Gary Lockyer was out at Lillypool this June, coming away with a handful of decent thirties including the 38lb common below… Details of your catches: 37 total including 3 x 30’s to 38lb, 18 x 20’s to 28lb 8oz and 16 under 20’s. Lost 5. Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Cell over hemp. General comments: All associated with the venue […]
We have heard news back from our anglers that travelled out to Blue Lake in June. Between four of them they had over 95 fish on the bank in 7 days; here is feedback from Jason Fox, one of the anglers on that week… Details of your catches: 65+ fish between two of us. Biggest 41lb […]
One of my instruments that I use to catch that weary carp is to watch the weather. After a long period of high pressure in those summer months, when we have those nice warm days and pleasant nights, I am always waiting for that break in the weather. The lakes come alive in low pressure […]
Ian Sweenie’s group went out to Blue lake at the end of May and took some lovely shots of the lake in it’s early summer beauty! The lake varies from 3ft at its shallowest running to over 15ft at its South West end. It’s a fascinating mixture of bars and areas of sand, rocks, gravel, […]
Lac Du Villefond has been fishing really well recently and with a gap in the bookings I decided to take the opportunity to spend some time catching the monsters that swim our waters… I wasn’t able to fish a whole week so I decided I would at least pre-bait for a few days on the […]
May has been a mad month at Old Oaks with plenty of big fish, here’s the round up below… Earlier in April, Des Chapman landed 3 fifties up to 54lb, almost in a row, with a plenty of forties and high thirties. Andrew Hooper’s team had a super week with 33 fish including the Long […]
The fishing has well and truly warmed up along with the weather at both Laroussi and Old Oaks. The 3 biggest resident commons at the lakes have been caught… and all in the same day! The ‘Long Common’ at 59lb and the ‘Pizza Common’ at 52lb in Old Oaks and a 50lb 2oz in Laroussi. Will […]
Jonchery is a stunning 30 acre lake set in the heart of the Champagne region, created and run by the prominent fish farming Bachelier family. This lake has a great reputation, stretching back many years, for offering superb carp fishing holidays… The lake is shaped like an Xmas stocking, with swim 5 tucked neatly on the dam wall […]
Brie is a truly beautiful lake which was originally known as Etang au Bois (Lake in the Woods) and established as a carp fishery by well known carp angler Ron Woodward. Ron was a well respected figure in the angling world but sadly passed away in 2012. He discovered Brie and went on to set it up to his […]
Scott Fry was out at Boux this month coming away with 28 carp including these two cracking 52lb’ers, here’s a round-up of his feedback… Details of your catches: 28 carp caught with two 52’s(common and mirror), seven 40’s, fourteen 30’s and five 20’s including the bright orange koi. Your best tactics: Few caught on singles cast to showing […]
