Paul Cooper is one of our expert Field Testers, here’s the most recent post from his 2013 Fishing Diary… With the weather warming up I have been keeping an eye on the fish in my local syndicate water for signs of feeding fish. I called onto the lake mid-afternoon on the Sunday and saw around 20 […]
We received this picture through from Mr Downer who was fishing Beaurepaire as part of a group of six anglers this May. Beaurepaire is a natural gravel pit of seven acres fed directly by the water table, just 2½ hours from Calais. Details of your catches: Eleven cats to 49lb, six grass carp to 35lb, thirty […]
Gary Western has kindly sent us these top-notch pictures from his trip to Boux last week, it’s certainly fishing well coming in to summer! The 14 acre carp lake is situated on the eastern edge of the stunning Morvan Regional Nature Park, sitting in a valley with rolling fields to one side and dense woodland […]
Last week Chris Pink went out to fish Blue Lake, a 15 acre lake where the water is crystal clear and the depth ranges from 3 foot to over 18 foot; containing loads of underwater features. Details of your catches: 14 fish, 1 sturgeon, 2 grass carp, all others were king carp up to 40 1/2 lbs Your best […]
We received these pictures through from Mr Lee, who fished at Lillypool this April. Lillypool is a 4 acre spring fed lake with average depths of 3 to 8 feet with features that include lily pads (of course!), extensive reed beds, shallow and deep margins and an island. This lake offers quality carp up to 49lbs in […]
In March we stocked two new 50’s here at Mas Bas and it certainly hasn’t taken long for one of them to make an appearance for our anglers. Franck Consato was the clever/lucky angler to land one of the mirrors this week at 53lb 2oz! For more information, videos and feedback on Mas Bas follow […]
What a cracking photo! We received this from Curtis Todd, who fished Old Oaks recently and caught this big scaled mirror at 44lb 6oz. For more information, photo’s, feedback and articles on Old Oaks follow the link – Carp France
Boux produced a beautiful mix of 40lb+ commons and mirrors for Andrew Gilbert’s party fishing this April. See the rest of their catch pictures here. For more information, articles, photo’s and feedback from Boux follow the link – Carp Fishing in France
So, after 5 months of working around the Carp and Cats lake at Holly Pools – it’s done for this year. New swims complete, path gravelled, plants starting to grow, leaves appearing on the trees. Bearing in mind I really have done little else but work on the fishery for the last 5 months, I […]
The Notaires Lakes are located deep in the French countryside in the region known as the green heart of France. Your accommodation for the week is a renovated 200 year old Limousin stone built farmhouse with a swimming pool overlooking the carp lake. Peace and quiet are guaranteed. The fish stocks have been added in stages to […]
Still looking for a family friendly venue in summer? Consider ‘Glehias‘ Great for families (limited space still available in school holidays) & 1 hour from Beaches. Great for groups of 1 to 4 anglers, with the luxury of having the lake exclusively to yourselves. Traditional 3 bedroomed french farmhouse, with all the mod-cons Home-cooked meals available […]
It was the end of March and Jim Kelly and I were about to take on our first field testing trip of 2013. We were off to Northern France to fish a lake on a trial for Angling Lines. With these first exploratory trips on a new lake, our purpose is to provide feedback to both […]
Andrew Edwards was over at Glehias for a week at the very end of March, coming away with a trio of eye-catching thirties… Details of your catches: 8 carp – 1 x 4lb, 4 x 25lb-30 and 3 x 30lb+ Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Raja over pellet at shallow-end. General comments: Brilliant week with excellent fishing, just wish it […]
Graham Ball’s group were out at Beaurepaire last week. Here’s a quick round up of their catches… Details of your catches: Mirrors of 19, 21, 24, 28, 31, 31, 39, 40. Commons of 5lb, 15lb, 17lb’s and a couple of bream. Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Water level was up about 2 meters and this alone made the fishing hard. […]
Michael Battenbough’s group came away from Villefond last week having caught; 2×50’s 13×40’s 7×30’s and 2×20’s. General comments: Very warm welcome received, lovely lake with some seriously big fish, not for the faint hearted. Your best tactics/bait/rigs: House bait, pop-ups or bottom bait plum nut. Follow the link for more information on Villefond – Carp Fishing in […]
Liam Whalley’s group visited Villefond in February and out of the nine carp caught, 6 of those were 40+, including the two beautiful big commons below.
My fish of the month for March is not the biggest fish in the lake by any stretch but was still a special capture. So what makes the capture of a 35lb 10oz mirror in a lake full of 40’s and 50’s worthy of the title fish of the month? Well a few things; firstly […]
We’ve just heard that Sapphire angler Austin Reade has banked another lake record carp this week. He already holds the record for the biggest carp with a 54lb 4oz common he caught exactly a year ago. His latest catch is a lake record mirror at 53lb 10oz caught on the 4th April. For more information […]
Here’s our March Webcast… Carp Fishing – 59 videos to chose from!
We have been sorting through the photos received from anglers towards the end of our 2012 season at Vaux, comparing them with previous photos in our file, and are very pleased to say that we have another new 40lb-er to report. Martin Williams came on a fishing holiday with us and landed a mirror of 46lb12oz in […]
