Roz Sets Two New Ladies Records at French Lake Glehias

Nottingham based Macmillan Nurse Roz Bexon, here for the week with hubby Neil and son Chris, managed to bust not one but two La Gléhias Ladies Lake Records!! At around 23:30 Monday evening, Roz’s middle rod ripped off from the shallow end of the Gorse Bank where it meets the reeds and landed herself her […]

Lake Record Broken at Notaires – 43lb Mirror Carp

Robert had already landed a forty on his first night of fishing at Notaires and had a steady week of catches.  No surprise then that when he found out that the following week was free they decided to stay on. So instead of packing up on Friday evening  Robert was able to continue fishing and […]

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 […]

27lb Catfish for Will

  Will Winkles Out a Whopper!!! 16 year old Will Waterton of QES, here at Glehias for the week with his family – dad Mark, mum Claire and sister Nina from Lancaster – managed to bag himself a rather large Catfish this morning. Large enough to break the current ‘Juniors Lake Record Catfish’ at least!! […]

How to catch carp 1 – slack lines and running rigs

During a week of day sessions here at Oakview, Duncan de Gruchy had 20 indications, 20 carp runs and 20 carp including a new lake record. In this video he reveals his secrets. Many thanks Duncan, top angling! Carp fishing in France with accommodation at Oakview

Bumper Week of French Carping at Glehias

The Draper Party were here with us at Glehias last week and and had a bumper week of fishing, we were fortunate enough to be given their complete catch report. We love it when we get a complete record of a good week’s catches from our anglers. Apart from it being a precise record of your […]

The Film Stars of Glehias Carp Lake

We just want to say a big THANK YOU to our anglers here this week Tony Draper, Barry Price and Kevin Kerr for putting up with us filming a new lake video over the last couple of days here at Glehias. By the sound of it, camera man Martin Barker got some great film of […]

Fishing from the Spit at Beaurepaire

We join a group of Dutch anglers fishing from the spit at Beaurepaire in June ’12… & the German Vs Holland Euro football match disrupts the proceedings. Angling holidays at Beaurepaire

Carp Fishing – Stalking with Dave Lane

As the summer storms ahead you could be forgiven for thinking it was still spring as the weather of late has been everything but good. Stalking is probably one of my most favoured ways of tackling carp, the idea of picking your way through a bush and positioning yourself in that perfect area with just […]

Water Levels at Beaurepaire

Because the water levels do vary at Beaurepaire we often get asked what should be expected.  Here’s the levels at 12th June ’12 after an averagely wet spring. Angling holidays at Beaurepaire

Villefond May Review

Finger Painting @ 39lb Wow the weather in May at Villefond has been a little crazy the torrential rain of April carried over to the start of the month and was quickly replaced almost over night with really high temperatures. The inevitable effect of this was that the fish turned there attention away from feeding […]