Latest on fridge, freezer and plugs at Blue Lake

Blue Lake Owner Sebastien has just confirmed there is now a 300 litre freezer and a large fridge on site at Blue Lake . Plus there are a few spare plug points and some kind angler has left 2 UK plug adaptors at the venue. Can’t guarantee some not-so-kind angler will remove these though, so […]

What a Start at Laroussi – 58lb & 67lb Mirror Carp!

    Huge congratulations to Steve Knight! He was the last angler on both Laroussi and Old Oaks & caught the last carp of the 2012 season (mid December). Steve, loving the challenge, came back early February 2013 on Laroussi to try to seduce the first carp of the year and he did it with […]

Villefonds New Carp Bait Range

42lb mirror falls to the new Villefond 2013 bait The 2012 season saw the Villefond bait range really excel and it definitely landed more fish than any other bait. Every winter I feed the fish with a new flavour boilie and ever improving quality bait. I choose new flavours because over the year the fish […]

Villefond End Of Year Report for 2012

Arthur @ 54.07 (Oct 2012) 2012 has once again been a great year for the lake and for meeting some great guys and great anglers. The lake was once again pretty solidly booked and saw lots of characters on the bank breaking personal bests and enjoying their break from work, all trying to catch one […]

The Most Unusual Carp Capture of 2012?

  Stephen Knight fished Old Oaks w/c Sat 1st Dec.  Fishing was hard & he only had one carp all week… but surely caught in one of the most unconventional methods – on a lure! Over to Stephen to explain; “Fishing was hard as we had some bad frost’s, down to -6c.  There were still fish […]

Merry Christmas from Laroussi

It was too cold to fish for carp at Laroussi, so Mehdi went for the perch instead… & here’s the two he caught.  Both around 17 inches long, he calls them “The Twins”. Merry Christmas!

A Day Session on Villefond

  Measels at 44.04 Saturday 17th November; I arrived at Villefond just as the sun was rising which at this time of year is about 8am. By 9am I had all three rods in the water.  My left rod was a small piece of meat on the bottom, my middle rod was a cut down […]

Villefond November Review

Well winter is well and truly upon us here at Villefond!  The weather has been horrid with heavy winds, extraordinary amounts of rain and now towards the end of the month the cold weather has moved in. That said the big fish have been feeding well to those who have braved the elements and November […]

57lb Mirror from Old Oaks

Congratulations to Ryan Fasson for breaking the lake record mirror at Old Oaks with a 57lb 8oz stunner! Ryan landed 5 fish – 30lb, 34.5lb, 35.6lb, 39.4lb and the the new record 57.8lb. The Long Common is still uncaught…. fingers X’d she comes out soon! Tight Lines, Mehdi Carp France at Old Oaks

New 50lb Common Carp for Old Oaks

The second largest common in Old Oaks has just come out at a new record weight of 53lb 9oz ! This fish was caught a month ago at 48lb so it’s really been on the munch!  Makes you wonder what the weight of the long common, caught the last time at 61lb 4oz, will be […]

More Record Pumpkins

558.5kg As regular readers will know, the owner of Old Oaks & Laroussi, Mehdi Daho, is a record vegetable grower.  Here’s photos of his last 2 pumpkins; The white one is 509kg and the other one is 558.5kg. It was the first time ever in France that a grower produced 3 pumpkins over 500kg. Happy […]

Mehdi’s New Record Vegetables!

566.5kg! Laroussi & Old Oaks owner, Mehdi Daho has been at it again! Here’s his latest record beating vegetables… *  Pumpkin of 566.5kg *  Super squash of 425.5kg (the new French record) Well done Mehdi! Carp France at Old Oaks

Stuart’s French Carp Session – Lots of Hints & Tips!

This feedback from Stuart is full of detail & tips on how to get the best out of Vincons – so we thought we’d include it here too. Holiday date: Sat 25th Aug to Sat 1st Sep 2012 Name of customer: Stuart Olley Number of anglers: 2 Details of your catches: We wanted a run water and this place delivered. It […]

Beaurepaire Carp Record Broken with a 54lb Mirror

  54lb – the new venue record Tony & Anne Larkin fished Beaurepaire w/c 11th August & Anne broke the venue record with this stunning 54lb mirror.  They caught a total of 22 carp plus catfish using a variety of different baits including Quest Baits, Poacher baits & Dynamite. Angling Holidays at Beaurepaire

Carp Fishing in France – Villefond July Review

75lb 4oz – Villefond Lake Record Catfish The unsettled weather over the last few months has seen the fish spawn in a more staggered way to usual. Usually by the end of May most of the fish have finished and are back on the munch but with the weather being hot one week and wet […]

111 Carp for 3,300lb+ … & the first 50!

  50.08 A group of 5 anglers has just smashed all records with yet another Commons mega catch. Dickie Williams claimed a new lake record and the venue’s first ever 50lb carp with a 50lb 8oz Common. David Williams also claimed a new lake record Grass Carp at 40lb 1oz. Total catch was 111 fish, totalling […]

Great Mas Bas Lotus Lake Feedback

Holiday date: Sat 7th Jul to Sat 14th Jul 2012 Name of customer: Adrian Brown Number of anglers: 1 Details of your catches: There was just myself fishing, too many fish caught to mention here but the highlights were: pb mirror 37lb in fact 1st fish caught! Double mainline cell 18mm with mixed pellet pva bag. Pb common 21lb 8oz double […]