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Little Bailiff’s prize! Following my recent success on the 6th of March fishing on the baited spots I decided to make the effort at the weekend. It’s now the 13th March and with the bait still going in on the same spots it was obvious the fish were still on the feed The weather was […]
29lb common for Jay the bailiff It’s Sunday March 6th and the weather is finally warming up over here. The nights are still cold, almost into minus figures, but during the day you can feel the heat in the morning sun and things are starting to wake up… animals and plants alike. The temperature has […]
We’re delighted to tell you that Angling Lines have been voted “Best Overseas Holiday Company in 2010” by the readers of Carp Talk. This is the 3rd successive year we have won the award. Many thanks to everyone who voted for us.
We recently completed the move to our new offices. We’re now on the High Street in the local village of Tibshelf … still a sleepy little village but busier than the farm location we had previously! Feel free to pop-in for a chat anytime! Angling Lines 33 High Street Tibshelf Derbyshire DE55 5NX Tel: 01773 […]
Between winter and summer the water level at Old Oaks goes up and down. This natural phenomenon has eroded a couple of the pegs, as mentionned by some anglers in their feedback. We have just finished the work to repair them all. We first added first plenty of big stones to stabilize the bottom […]
Mark Oakes experienced some true winter carping at Laroussi just before Christmas (w/c 26th November 2010). As you can see from the photo above he experienced around 6 inches of snow and had to come home 2 days early because the lake froze over! Did he catch? He sure did…. a 43lb carp & […]
One of the carp from the Mas Bas recent stocking We’ve just received a small batch of additional carp. Their weights, in lbs, were as follows; . * 38.06 * 2 x 33 * 3 x 26 * 3 x 24 * 1 x 22 . These new fish fish will definitely help keep the […]
Notaires lake in its summer glory… 2010 was our first year with Angling Lines. We have two venues, Alder Lake and Notaire’s House and Lake, on our 75 acre estate in Creuse, in central France. And it was a great inaugural year. Notaire’s was booked for odd weeks off season, and pretty much solidly from […]
Alan Bigot introducing one of the new stockies Following on from the introduction of the 51 lb mirror at Lillypool, the lads have gone mad and put in yet more fish in for your enjoyment. Yes, I did say more fish added to the already impressive head of carp. This should really help guarantee even […]
The carp arrive! Yesterday, January 12th, Villefond received an additional batch of carp from fish farmer Michel Bigot. These fish are all young fast growing carp that will help boost the run rate still further on this prolific venue. The weight (in lb’s) of the fish that were stocked was; 5 x commons; 27, 26, 22, 21, 20, 18 14 x […]
As reported on this Blog several times over the last few years, Mehdi Daho, the owner of Laroussi & Old Oaks, is a champion vegetable grower. He’s normally known for his record pumpkins but this time he’s grown a record radish. Weighing in at 12lb it recently took the European record for a radish. Well […]
The magnificent common, Big John, at 50lb 5oz. Caught October 2010 A Happy New year to you all! Well, it’s time for the end of year report again, it just seems to come round so fast. In 2009 we promised bigger and better things to come at Villefond and in 2010 the lake certainly delivered. […]
Chris with his 45lb Mas Bas mirror My wife and I have such fond memories of Mas Bas, but about five years ago we learnt that the lakes were to be represented by Angling Lines, a company that would put the fishing on a much more commercial basis. We felt that this would change the […]
76lb – the new lake record mirror at Laroussi Richard Ward & his 6 mates fished Laroussi on w/c 13th November & what a winter session they had, topped by this magnificent 76lb lake record mirror for Richard. In total the group caught 6 carp (15lb common, 18lb common, 22lb mirror (perfect linear), 33lb mirror, […]
Wayne Naylor with one of his Laroussi carp Wayne Naylor has just proved that cold water carping at Laroussi really is worth the effort. Fishing the first week in November he took 34 carp in total… 1 x 52lb mirror, 1 x 54lb mirror, 1 x 44lb common, 3 x 30lb+ commons, 1 x 30lb […]
40.14 – Steve’s first 40+ from Villefond I arrived at Villefond around 8 am Saturday morning. I drove through the gates to find an absolutely beautiful lake. It is a lake of around 8 acres with an island in the middle to break up the pressure from other anglers. On the lake you will find […]
Here’s the picture of one of the big commons caught at Villefond this week which weighed in at a whopping 50lb! The fish was part of a monster haul which included 40’s and loads of thirties. Catch report to follow soon!
47.08 Common from Villefond Lac Du Villefond’s latest catch reports speak for themselves with the average weight of the fish around 37lb and very rare for any fish to come out below 30lb. Furthermore, some fish which have never been caught before are coming out too, along with the old ones at record weights. The […]
One of Steve Eamonson’s 40’s from his September Old Oaks session As the 2010 season comes to a close it’s easier to look back & spot the lakes that have fished exceptionally well and moved up a class, so to speak. One such lake is Old Oaks. The catches here have been exceptional this year. […]
38.09 for Paul Cooper at Villefond… one of 21 x 30lb+ carp caught in the week “It is not often that I get the chance to fish a truly thirties water in France, when what it says on the label you get – well I have now & it’s Villefond!” This quote is from Paul Cooper […]
