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 […]
Jenny Handley here for the week with husband Ted, was not content with over 196lbs of fish between them in the first 24 hours, nor was she happy with another 365lb+ fish over the next couple of days! Texacom PCB Inspector Jenny from Rossendale Lancashire wasn’t going to be happy until she’d broken the Ladies […]
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 […]
Its the last week in May of 2013 and Ron Key and I are off to test yet another new lake for Angling Lines, Vaumigny… Vaumigny lake is 37 acres and set in a beautiful country location to the South West of Paris. Totally surrounded by overhanging trees and woodland the lake has a very […]
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, […]
What’s your PB? A 60lb carp, a 100lb sturgeon or perhaps even a 170lb catfish? At Vaumigny all this and more is possible. Vaumigny is a water that will test your skill, your tackle and your nerve! It also holds enough big carp to ensure that you’re not waiting all week for that one special run. […]
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 […]
Sapphire anglers will be pleased to learn that the opposite (west) bank is now fully open for both bivvies and stalking… In the past this was really only accessible with a bait boat… so it gave the carp an area many people couldn’t reach. Pressure all round the lake will certainly help the fishing. Meanwhile […]
During the week commencing 18th May at Sapphire we received this short message from Jake Watkins, fishing on his own at the dam wall end… “Fish everywhere up this end. Wind really blowing. 58lb 12 oz mirror. 5 fish in first 24 hours! – fingers crossed” Well done Jake – that’s smashed the lake record […]
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 […]
Jake Watkins knows a thing or two about fish. It’s one of the specialities in his own Michelin star JSW restaurant… When it comes to catching them, he’s somewhat of a specialist too. His 3 x 50’s included the lake record 58lb 12oz mirror at Sapphire and his total haul of 31 carp included 8 […]
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 […]
If it’s action and the chance of some real lumps you’re after then this could be the lake for you. Jonchery 7 is owned by the prominent fish farming Bachelier family and is set close to the dam wall of the Lac d’Orient. The lovely 5 acre lake sits on the same complex as its […]
