The new Old Oaks record – 49.01 Attached are the photos of the new lake record from Old Oaks that I had on Thursday night. Here’s a few details; 49lb 1oz mirror Fish caught at 2.25am Peg 3 8 inch combi rig, size 6 Kaptor Kurv hook, blowback style Quest Fruity Trifle 15mm hook bait […]
We thought you may be interested in the progress of the construction of the building for the toilets, shower and bait freezer at Boomerang. Work was progressing while we were there (w/c 9th April) and the insulation and lining of the walls was completed before we left. These facilities are for use by anglers who […]
One of Graeme’s 100 carp Sapphire haul! Graeme Bonser has just had the most stunning session at Sapphire… 100 x carp in the week! Haul was 78 x 20’s, 12 x 30’s, 2 x 40’s). The 2 other anglers in his party had another 80 x carp too. What a session!
Hello Paul, I am currently in the process of choosing a lake for me and 5 friends to fish in France for a week at the start of June (Have done Dreamlakes numerous times and wish to try somewhere different). I have spoken to Bridget at Angling Lines and she highly recommends we try Sapphire […]
The junior lake record was smashed at lillypool by youngster Ben Talbot aged 11 from Warrington, with a superb 34.3lb mirror. A fantastic result for him and I’m sure it won’t be long before he’s catching up with his dad. The 3 angler trip had a great week 9th to 16th April and accounted […]
Here’s the video of Shaun Harrisons 54lb’er caught at Gigantica in 2009
Molyneux in Early Spring Roy Fulton of Clearview Carp Tours has recently taken over at Molyneux and Dave Keep of Angling Lines recently contacted me to see if I would like to fish Molyneux again in late March 2011 as Roy’s guest. I accepted without hesitation and I was shortly on my travels with my […]
He’s at it again! Mehdi with his record watermelon! Mehdi Daho, the owner of Laroussi & Old Oaks, tells us he claimed another vegetable prize in the summer. This was for a watermelon, which was a French record, EGVGA record and the best in Europe in 2010. It weighed a massive 107lb!
To get the 2011 season underway Lillypool opened its gates to Andy, Mark and 12yr old Ben. When they arrived it was turning into a blistering hot day for the 9th of April, infact it reached a high of 72f. Anyway, tea made, we made our way around the lake so they could choose their […]
Richard Ward with the current Laroussi record at 76lb The owner of Laroussi, Mehdi Daho, keeps meticulous records of the carp caught at Laroussi. He’s just updated us with his stock summary & we thought we’d reproduce it here too because it makes very impressive reading; There are; * 350 commons & mirrors * Lake […]
Our Villefond session; 25th March to Ist April 2011 Sick as a Parrott… Our trip to Villefond was to celebrate my good friend Andy’s 40th Birthday. The weather had improved showing a large increase in temperature in just a couple of weeks in both England and France. On arriving at the venue we were met […]
Can you remember the first time you fished abroad? Maybe you haven’t been yet. Maybe you are thinking about going. Well my first time was just recently, the week of March 19-26th 2011. The fact that we had never been abroad before was of slight concern. I say we as both me and my dad, […]
Steph & Chris Dagg run Notaires & Alder lakes. Through this personal Blog, Steph is going to describe her experiences of moving to France and living the dream of many UK carp anglers. This question popped up in my brain the other day as I was doing the weekly shop in the supermarket. There were a few […]
Paul Cooper is one of a small band of anglers we use to Field Test our venues. Over the course of several Blog Posts he’ll take you through his 2010 trips; 40.04 Molyneux mirror for Paul Part 2 – Etang Molyneux Another call from David at Angling Lines in early June and Pat Gillet and […]
Fudgey’s @ 73.09 – Gigantica’s 3rd known 70lb+ carp So, after a slow first week but with amazing weather so early in the year, last weeks lake exclusive of German anglers really raised the bar for all who follow this year. Although the group only caught 3 fish for the week ( 6 anglers in […]
Ron Key & Dan Phesay had a great March session on Sapphire (w/c 26th March) taking 41 carp from 20lb to 34lb 8oz including 33 twenties many in the 27/28/29lb range and 8 thirties. They also had around 20 grass carp with Dan having at least three over 20lbs. Fantastic 30lb+ Sapphire common for Ron […]
Preparation is key – building the social Swim Here’s some more photos of the improvements which have been made at Molyneux. The lads have done a sterling job!
Paul Cooper has just returned from Molyneux and considering the time of year he and fishing partner, Paul Brookes, had a great session taking 19 carp & 1 catfish of 35.04. The carp averaged mid 20’s and included 6 x 30’s to 35.04 plus a 32.07 Grass Carp. Here’s a short video clip he shot […]
John London is the owner of Bletiere and through this Blog section he’s going to keep a diary of the daily life of a French carp lake owner. I’m often asked what we do in the winter & do we get bored. So I thought I’d shoot a short video showing you the work I’ve been doing […]
Wayne & family… plus a big Laroussi 50! Laroussi has a well established reputation as one of the best big carp waters in France… but what a lot of anglers forget is that you can now stay in accommodation at the lakeside & take your family. Laroussi regular Wayne Naylor did just that last week […]
