Tips For Targeting ‘Arnold’ at Villefond

After a really long spawning here at Villefond this year our fish are unusually really down in weight with some of the big girls 10-11lb down. They are now feeding like mad trying to pack the weight on and get to their normal weights before winter! Most of our 50lb+ fish are down in the […]

62lb, 53lb and 57lb – Not Bad For A Week’s Fishing!

A 62lb mirror, 53lb mirror and a 57lb sturgeon for Gary Flavell’s party, proving that a slow and tricky weeks fishing was well worth it at Laroussi… Holiday date: Sat 23rd Aug to Sat 30th Aug 2014Name of customer: Gary FlavellNumber of anglers: 4Details of your catches: Was a hard week due to the rising temps throughout the week.Thomas – 53lb […]

A New Beaurepaire Carp Record

A huge well done to Cliff Jones who came away with the new lake record at Beaurepaire this May, weighing in at 56lb 1oz.  ‘After a few beers some silly bugger suggested that if one of us were to catch a lake record they should be made to streak the full length of the far […]

Boux Keeps on Producing the Goods

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 […]

The Long Common at 62lb!

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 […]

Quality Fishing & Cracking Pictures from Boux

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 […]

Villefonds New Lake Record

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 […]

The History Behind…. Villefond’s ‘Slate Grey’

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 […]

53lb ‘Slate Grey’ Tops off a Fantastic Week at Villefond

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 […]

Villefond’s Top 5 Carp

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 […]

Two Fifties Stocked at Jonchery Carp Lake

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

Forties and a Fifty Stocked at Brie

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 […]

Nick does it again at Villefond

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 […]

A Great End to the Season

Golden Oak‘s season ends in style with a 29 fish catch culminating in ‘the Boss’ at 59.8! Impact Angling Media’s Nic Brown and Michelin starred Mid Summer Patron chef Daniel Clifford enjoyed a dream week at Golden Oak in Limoges, resulting in a 29 fish catch culminating in the boss at a very healthy 59.8lbs. […]

Old Oaks Produces

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. […]

The Key To Fishing Laroussi

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 […]

Black Country Carpers visit Laroussi

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 

67lb Mirror Banked at Laroussi

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! […]

Awesome Week at Old Oaks

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 […]

‘The Creature’

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 […]