Discover the best French lakes for targeting 50lb+ and 70lb+ fish, epic capture stories and angler highlights.
Boux has had one of it’s best seasons yet so far! You only need to take a look at the feedback for this year to see that fifties are gracing the bank regularly. Here’s Andy Windmills catch report from May… Holiday date: Sat 10th May to Sat 17th May 2014 Name of customer: Andy WindmillNumber of anglers: 2Details of your catches: A […]
After many many big fish caught so far this year at Old Oaks, here’s the cherry on the cake. Bryan Baker did it! He finally banked the mighty ” Long common” at a new max weight 62lb10oz! Why is she called the “Long common”? Because she measures 1.20m long! Bryan wrote : It was taken on […]
Gary Western had a prolific week at Boux – the lake that famously gave Tim Paisley his first 50lb’er years ago – this month, culminating in setting the new lake record at 54lb 10oz. Quality fishing & cracking pictures too, nice one Gary! ‘Just some photos for you and for your records from our trip […]
Arnold, our biggest resident male at Villefond and one of the top 3 biggest fish in the lake has finally been caught again and has now broken the lake record at a massive 57lb 4oz!! Not only that but on the same week to the same angler two more different 50’s were landed! Have a […]
With the capture of Slate Grey last week I have decided to delve into my archives once again to give you a little bit of history on this mighty old warrior. Slate Grey got her name quite obviously from her grey colour which coupled with her massive size makes her an easily recognisable fish. Another […]
Slate Grey was the biggest fish of a fantastic weeks fishing on Villefond last week at 53lb 2oz. Well done to the guys; you can see their feedback below… Holiday date: Sat 5th Apr to Sat 12th Apr 2014 Name of customer: Matt Drury Number of anglers: 5 Details of your catches: 1 x 50, 6 x 40, 5 x 30, 3 […]
It has been a real pleasure to watch Villefonds fish grow into some real monsters and it has been discussed for a long time about which fish are going to be the next biggest caught so I decided to compile a new list detailing the top 5 to date, as of February 2014. Our lake’s […]
Jonchery carp lake gets an additional stocking of 2 x 50lb+, 15 x 30lb+ and 50 x 20lb+ carp this January. We think the common at 00:34 seconds in is an absolute corker! For more information on Jonchery follow the link – Fishing Holidays
The Bacheliers have been busy draining stock lakes all winter for a range of specimen. In the process they have held a number of carp from 30-60lbs in a stock lake to be re-homed within their carp fishing lakes this January. It’s Brie‘s turn today to receive some stunning target fish including 3 x forties, 1 […]
November 9th 2013 and Nick Johnson and Dave Proctor return to Villefond. This was Nicks forth visit to our lake, being the last booking of the season the same as the year before. On their last visit to Villefond they landed 1 x 20, 6 x 30’s to 39lb 10oz, 6 x 40’s to 47lb 8oz […]
Philip Wale and his party of four had a successful week at Old Oaks on an array of baiting tactics, take a look at the review below. Mehdi was excellent, upon our arrival he showed us around the facilities and the lake then informed us how the previous few weeks had been for the fishing. […]
An update from Mehdi on the trials and tribulations of the last few weeks at Laroussi. Anthony, fishing Laroussi this week, had a big problem after arriving on Saturday. His daughter accidently locked the van with the keys inside. With all his gear now locked inside that made it impossible to set up and fish! I […]
Back in August, Carl Sharp spent a week at Laroussi, the highlight being his capture of ‘The Creature’ at 57lbs. You can watch the week unfold below… For more information, videos and catch reports from Laroussi follow the link – Carp Fishing in France
Angler Steve Gaunt smashed his previous PB of 56lb 5oz this week with this Laroussi monster… Here’s what Steve had to say; ‘Fish fought really hard , bite happened at 3:30AM at 65 Yards along the margin from L’Anse peg on a spot that Mehdi suggested to me the previous day! I’m over the moon! […]
Mehdi, the owner of renowned big fish waters Old Oaks and Laroussi, fills us in on the latest from the lake… Despite the very hot summer Old Oaks has produced constant good fishing, but last week has been awesome! Neil Martin’s party had a crazy time catching 48 fish in total with 17 forties and […]
Carl Sharp was out at Laroussi this month, here are his comments on the lake… “It is very much an ‘english style’ lake, it’s not your general overly stocked french water full of hungry pigs so you really need to work at your angling as opposed to just ‘chucking and chancing’. It is a gorgeous place […]
Here’s some feedback from Royston Butwell after a trip to Laroussi this month… Details of your groups catches: 57lb 8oz mirror, 40lb 6oz mirror, 55lb 2oz sturgeon, 37lb mirror, 46lb 08oz mirror (3rd fish out on a zig ever), 17lb common, 18lb common. Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Zigs, little and often approach, fish would not respond to larger beds […]
We have had some real monster fish out of Villefond recently… First up is a new lake record Mirror at 55lb, a fish we believe to be Arnold. Bennetts the fish has been out at 54lb and we have had a new member to the 50lb club! A fish called slate grey was caught at […]
May has been a mad month at Old Oaks with plenty of big fish, here’s the round up below… Earlier in April, Des Chapman landed 3 fifties up to 54lb, almost in a row, with a plenty of forties and high thirties. Andrew Hooper’s team had a super week with 33 fish including the Long […]
The fishing has well and truly warmed up along with the weather at both Laroussi and Old Oaks. The 3 biggest resident commons at the lakes have been caught… and all in the same day! The ‘Long Common’ at 59lb and the ‘Pizza Common’ at 52lb in Old Oaks and a 50lb 2oz in Laroussi. Will […]
