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.
Lee, the owner at Glehias managed to catch some of the action down at the lake on film this weekend… Working at the lakes this evening, I stopped to have a chat with our anglers Paul Loomes and Neil Brooks who arrived yesterday afternoon. I was working when they arrived so had hardly seen them. […]
ESP’s Sean Trafford recently convinced his family to take their holiday at the beautiful La Gléhias fishery in France, landing a great selection of fish, including this 32lb beauty! We took our yearly trip to France last week but this one was slightly different as my partner and our little one came along to see […]
If writing about Angling appeals to you, we’d love for you to become a regular blogger. You will get an impressive, developing platform to voice your thoughts and an opportunity to become part of the Angling Lines team. WE ARE AFTER Good interesting specimen fishing pieces; emphasis obviously on carp but catfish, sturgeon, pike, barbel […]
Here’s a catch report from Brocard Small, fished by Mr Sproston from the 3rd – 10th of August… Details of your catches: 23 carp, 9 x 30’s 2 cats 68.5 & 32lb 5 grass carp best 47lb Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Fishing near to far bank mostly, boilies best bait but crays liked them too. Were the facilities […]
Last week’s catch report from Laroussi… Details of your catches: 58 fish in total. Lots of grass carp. 6 commons from 20lb to 43lb. 5 mirrors 43lb to 51lb 14oz, 1 sturgeon at 60lb and a 9lb tench! Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Light baiting with boilies fished over medhi’s partyblend. Were the facilities what you expected? Yes Were you […]
In the first of our Inflight series, we bring you an aerial flight over Blue Lake, designed to give you a real taster of the lake’s layout and features… For more information on Blue lake follow the link – Fishing France
Mas Bas is an 80 acre farm estate with two lakes. Set in the heart of rural south west France, the privacy of the site offers tranquil family holidays with the added bonus of excellent carp fishing. Beautiful accommodation, swimming pool and specimen carp fishing – you can’t help but fall in love with this venue. […]
Gary Rivett, fishing Beaurepaire this month, has managed to land the new lake record catfish at 67lb 12oz+ Nice one Gary! For more information on Beaurepaire follow the link – Angling Holidays
Here are two of the monsters caught at Laroussi this month… Laroussi’s catfish and sturgeon may get less press than the lakes infamous BIG carp, but they’re certainly sizeable. For more information on Laroussi follow the link – Carp Fishing in France
It’s 5am on Saturday morning following a week’s fishing on Brie. The air is heavy and sticky and Jim gets a single bleep on his right hand rod. He’s out of his sleeping bag and standing by his rods, a second bleep and he is into the fish, a magnificent 43lb specimen. By the time […]
Lillypool welcomed Dave brown and sons, Cody and Matthew, on a late and shorter than usual booking this week… Despite this, a bumper 4 days fishing was to follow consisting of 45 runs, 33 fish to 39lb 10oz and a new lake record catfish at 48lb 6oz were banked. Great stuff guys! For more information on […]
Tom and Jake Carling, along with friends Simon Dew and Jack Bonner fished Boux for a week this month, coming away with some stunners… Details of your catches: 12 fish to 45lb 10 oz. 10 mirrors, 2 commons. Your best tactics/bait/rigs: 9 of the 12 fish were caught fishing from the right hand side of the wooded […]
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 […]
Just a selection of snaps and reviews from the last two weeks at Glehias… “Fantastic location. Perfect hosts. Tracy cooks a fantastic meal. Delivery of meal to lakeside is a massive plus. Option to leave gear at lakeside massive benefit. Lee super-knowledgeable. Very welcoming and will certainly be back again.” Stuart Burgess, 20/7-27/7/13 “As […]
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 […]
