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 […]
38lb 8oz Gary Webb, whilst on work experience from Hadlow colledge, managed to fit in a few nights fishing and caught new lake record Grass carp of 38lb 8oz at Molyneux. The huge grassy was caught from peg 12 on Baitcraft T1 fished over a large bed of T1’s, maize and hemp.
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. […]
We are delighted to tell you that the readers of Carp Talk voted Angling Lines as the “Best Overseas Holiday Company” for the second successive year. Many thanks to everyone who voted for us.
You would expect lakes and carp on your fishing holiday. You might even expect some nice countryside, but would you expect to find llamas and alpacas on a 75-acre estate? Well, you will at the Notaires House and lakes in Limousin. We trek our gentle, majestic animals around our woods and fields. This caused such […]
David writes; I had this Email sent to me by a French lake owner today… I thought I’d pass it on so other lake owners could either benefit or comment; ‘I recently had a meeting with a recognised fishery expert and we had a very interesting conversation about the use of lime. It is already […]
This winter at Villefond is going to be a very busy time for us… here’s a brief outline of some of the improvements we will be making; * we are implementing a winter feeding program which we’ll increase as spring rolls around so that the excellent growth rates we’ve seen to date continue * […]
2009 has ended just as it began here at Joylake – frozen solid! Unfortunately the weather has meant the postponement of our planned winter netting until later in the year – watch this space for further updates…… Anyway, we wanted to go back to the warmer months of 2009, and a record a few of […]
With all this gloomy weather about we thought we’d point you to an article which we’ve just received from Rob Allen. He fished Villefond & had a cracking session back in the hazy days of summer. Here’s an extract from his article; A few hours quickly passed with no sign of fish or takes so […]
Lots of carp anglers are football fans & don’t want to miss the 2010 World Cup in the summer. Unfortunately the games are scheduled between June 11th & July 11th – prime carp fishing months! So these venues will have TV’s available so you won’t miss a thing! Come on England!
Taken from Carp-Talk Xtra So why on earth do we have a picture of the new (1,457lb) World Record pumpkin in this week’s Carp-Talk Xtra? Well firstly it was grown by Mehdi Daho who is the owner of the popular Angling Lines venues Old Oaks & Laroussi and secondly he decided to put the outer […]
I caught this monster at Laroussi on 15th November in swim La Plage. I was fishing 65 yards to my right into open water and at about 1 am Sunday morning had a slow take. 40 minutes later and this monster came into my net! I could not believe the size of this carp, I […]
Top French carp angler Bruno Médou has just sent us a report from his latest trip to the central ‘Morvan’ region of France, and area rich in carp waters and renowned for the large fish that populate its waters. The region is heavily forested with a large variety of pines, and as Bruno says it […]
The Angling Lines 2009 Brochure & DVD is out now – and it’s FREE! The DVD stuffed with over 4.5 hours of film from all of our French venues, giving you a real insight into the lakes and the facilities on offer. See action on the bank plus interviews with both owners and anglers. Making […]
Jamie Simpson wrote this excellent write up about his recent trip to the Angling Lines venue at Grosley sur Risle on the Quest baits blog. By Jamie simpson I recently went on a week long trip to Lac De Grosley in France. A well run 25acre venue in Normandy, and only a 2 1/2 hour […]
By Graham Marsden and Mark Wintle Mark Wintle and I are keen photographers as well as keen anglers, so when we decided to nip off for a week’s carp fishing in France it was very important to choose a picturesque location. We were fussy about quite a few other things too! It needed to be […]
I saw an interesting interview with Quest Baits boss Shaun Harrison on the Carpology e-news letter that I’m signed up for, and one question in particular grabbed my attention. “Where do you see carp fishing in 10 years time?” “Good question that one. I think we will see more and more commercial type fisheries springing up […]
by Bridget Keep I was really looking forward to seeing Molyneux again. It’s a lovely setting and the Willow trees around the lake are statuesque & beautiful. Being not too distant from the ports it was relatively easy to include in 5 day trip to visit and catch up with a few of the venues. […]
The “Lac de Madine” seems to be the No.1 big water destination this year and as such, has usurped “Foret d’ Orient” at the top of the French carp waters tree. Rumours have been rife in the press of late that “Orient” is finished and no longer holds as many big fish. Well, results by […]
