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The five of us arrived at Vincons around 3pm & our first impression was “WOW… is all this just for us… let’s have a beer to celebrate!” To start with we chucked oily sticks out on 5/6 rods and unloaded the cars. Not expecting to catch the first night we didn’t put any effort […]
Having had a baby last year I was certain my angling in 2010 would be limited. My wife was keen to get away and have a relaxed week so what could be better than a week by the lake with the odd day out sightseeing and dabbling in the local fare. I was booking a […]
Mas Bas Lotus lake produced this 41lb’er for Jake Writing as the mother of Jake Carling, an avid 12 year old anger from Kent intent on spending as much of his summer holidays, (preferably ‘en France!) staking out big carp, I seized an opportunity to seek a venue recommendation from the great Danny Fairbrass during […]
Dan the Villefond catfish has come out 8lb heavier than last caught and is now 60lb
We sell far more 15mm boilies than we do 20mm boilies which does surprise me. I like small baits in my own fishing but tend to do so from 20mm baits. Let me explain. To me there is nothing worse than not being able to quite reach the fish with free baits. This is […]
69.12 Laroussi mirror for 15 year old Chris Tsourou We reached Laroussi on the 24the July 2010. The weather was very hot so we set all our kit out and got comfortable before we even considered casting any lines. After marking out our spots we began baiting with the Hemp, Laroussi party mix and four different types of hook […]
Beaurepaire in its summer glory Rob Johnson’s party of 4 anglers has just had a massive catch at Beaurepaire. They took 121 fish; 90 carp: 1 x 41lb, 3 x 30lb+, 41 x 20lb, the rest doubles 23 cats to 41.12lb 8 x grass carp to 24lb Here’s what Rob had to say; “Every tactic […]
Why is it anglers come to France having spent good money on their holiday, owning a fortunes worth of tackle including the latest rods, reels and bivvies… only to then try to catch fish on the cheapest bait they can buy? Surely bait has to be one of the most important elements of the equation, […]
44lb common from Villefond I’d set aside a weekend to finally get my lines wet. A group of fishermen had just left the lake a week ago with a bumper haul, including three 40lb’ers, so my enthusiasm had been re-ignited. I had picked my swim furthest from the entrance; the woodchip swim next to the […]
Bridget Keep receiving the award for Best Special Interest Tour Operator Following on from being voted Best Overseas Holiday Company by the readers of Carp Talk earlier this year we are proud to announce that Angling Lines has won the category Best Special Interest Tour Operator, awarded by the French Tourism Development Agency. These French […]
Laroussi questions from Chris Evans; Dear Shaun, I have booked to visit Laroussi from 14th August for a week. I have booked the lake on an exclusive basis but may only go with 4 anglers. I know you’ve fished Laroussi before so I wondered if you could answer a few questions for me; Could you […]
Mr Fisher has broken the lake record of the most beautiful Laroussi mirror, a stunning heavily scaled mirror called ” The Fully Scaled” at 45lb 15oz. This famous fish normally only comes out once or twice a year so it was a real surprise when it put in its second appearance in a week! Tony […]
New to Angling Lines in 2010, Claudette lake offers the chance to experience natural French gravel pit fishing. If you like wild & natural as opposed to carefully manicured this could be the place for you. Sam & Scott Ratcliffe have recently returned from a trip to Claudette taking over 20 fish from 18lb to […]
Laroussi is one of the best known big carp waters in France with 60lb+ carp regularly gracing the banks. New for 2010… you can now hire a chalet right at the waters edge which sleeps up to 4 anglers. For anyone who’s been to Laroussi before this chalet was the owners chalet before he built […]
63lb Hi Bridget, Just returned from a great week on Laroussi. Mehdi has the full catch report but in summary we had the following: 1 x 63lb carp (caught by me I am very happy to say J ) 5 x 50lb + carp 5 x 40lb + carp 5 x 30lb + carp 2 […]
Amanda Groves 54lb mirror Amanda Groves certainly showed her male colleagues how to fish Laroussi on a recent trip landing 3 x 50lb+ carp in 24hours! Amanda takes up the story; Arriving at this venue for the first time, we were all taken back by how lovely the lake and surroundings are. However, being the […]
Congratulations to Stuart Currie for catching the new Old Oaks lake record… a stunning 44lb 15oz common! Stuart’s party bagged 65 fish including 29 thirties! Well done guys!
63.09 Congratulations to Paul Cummins on his 71lb 12oz mirror, Patrick smith for his 63lb 9oz and Mr Sawyer for his 62lb and his wife’s 54lb! Well done too to Mr Fisher… he beats the lake record fully scaled at 45lb 15oz. I believe the smallest mirror caught since February is 34lb! Tight lines, Mehdi, […]
Back to Watersmeet for Easter. I could write a list of all the things we did while we were here in preparation for the start of the season, but I think just a few photos tells the story; Jessica and me painting one of the many benches Mum age 76 painting the BBQ Dad… bit […]
71lb 12oz Laroussi Mirror The early weeks of the season always produce big fish at Laroussi & 2010 was no different. The lucky angler this time was Paul Cummings, 44, from Stoke on Trent, who took this magnificent mirror of 71lb 12oz. It was caught from Le Chene peg at 10.20pm on Thursday, 1st April. […]
