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After a long and cold winter, spring is finally here. In fact, we had the wettest winter in France for 20 years! Fishing has been slow but things are better and better now with the warmer temperatures. Forties, fifties and sixties have been landed so far. Last week, a special fish came out. Mr Diment’s […]
It was the end of March and Jim Kelly and I were about to take on our first field testing trip of 2013. We were off to Northern France to fish a lake on a trial for Angling Lines. With these first exploratory trips on a new lake, our purpose is to provide feedback to both […]
Michael Battenbough’s group came away from Villefond last week having caught; 2×50’s 13×40’s 7×30’s and 2×20’s. General comments: Very warm welcome received, lovely lake with some seriously big fish, not for the faint hearted. Your best tactics/bait/rigs: House bait, pop-ups or bottom bait plum nut. Follow the link for more information on Villefond – Carp Fishing in […]
We have been sorting through the photos received from anglers towards the end of our 2012 season at Vaux, comparing them with previous photos in our file, and are very pleased to say that we have another new 40lb-er to report. Martin Williams came on a fishing holiday with us and landed a mirror of 46lb12oz in […]
‘Mr Sixty’ Wayne Naylor has bagged half a page in the new Carp-Talk for the 67lb Mirror caught at Laroussi in February this year. For more information on Laroussi follow the link – Carp Fishing in France
The fire that caused the damage to the Mathilde Bridge in Rouen Hi All, Having just returned from the UK we discovered that there are major road works on ‘Pont Mathilde’ (Mathilde Bridge) in Rouen which is used by the majority of the Sat Nav systems. Given that we didn’t know about this in advance, we […]
Readers Question; Is it true the French Government have decided to postpone the need to have a breathalyser for now? Below is the information received from the ACF (Automobile Club de France):From the 1st July 2012 a new sanction was enforced, in France, obliging every driver to carry an unused breathalyser kit in their vehicles.Drivers that […]
Huge congratulations to Steve Knight! He was the last angler on both Laroussi and Old Oaks & caught the last carp of the 2012 season (mid December). Steve, loving the challenge, came back early February 2013 on Laroussi to try to seduce the first carp of the year and he did it with […]
Arthur at 55.04 Winter Review Lake Manager Mark Lambert has taken full advantage of the quiet winter period here at Villefond to test out the new tweaks and flavours made in the house bait range which includes the new plum nut bait which has already had great results. Fishing just short sessions through out the […]
Part 1, Part 2 Angling Lines have asked me to put together an itinerary of the tackle that I use for my carp fishing in France, and to talk about tackle in general for the angler just setting off for his or her first French carp fishing adventure. In part 1 I covered the most essential parts […]
Lac Du Villefond‘s Arthur at a Massive 55lb 4oz caught by Mark Lambert on 30/01/2013. Mark used a 16mm pop up on a size 8 curve shank hook over a bed of 16mm venue sold boilies. You can read the story here. Carp Fishing in France at Villefond
Reproduced from the Connexion – France’s English Language Newspaper January 24, 2013 THE government has delayed the full introduction of the controversial breath-test law, which would have penalised them for not carrying an unused kit in their vehicle. Interior Minister Manuel Valls has postponed “sine die” – indefinitely – the start of €11 fines for […]
Translation to help with particle baits… Most Angling Lines venues will be happy to prepare particles for you and then have them waiting for you when you arrive, as I do here at Bletiere. but if your booked venue doesn’t offer this service then this will help you buy particle baits in the shops over […]
Part 1, Part 3 Angling Lines have asked me to put together an itinerary of the tackle that I use for my carp fishing in France, and to talk about tackle in general for the angler just setting off for his or her first French carp fishing adventure. In part 1 I covered the most essential parts […]
Part 2, Part 3 I have been asked by the management at Angling Lines to put together a few blogs which contain sufficient information to assist new and existing customers, in their quest for carp in France. In these blogs I will suggest what I would list as the most appropriate tackle for the job in […]
Congratulations to Ryan Fasson for breaking the lake record mirror at Old Oaks with a 57lb 8oz stunner! Ryan landed 5 fish – 30lb, 34.5lb, 35.6lb, 39.4lb and the the new record 57.8lb. The Long Common is still uncaught…. fingers X’d she comes out soon! Tight Lines, Mehdi Carp France at Old Oaks
Being an Angling Lines field tester has its ups and its downs. New lakes are coming on to the French angling scene all the time, with new owners purchasing lakes or lake owners needing the helping hand of companies such as Angling Lines. The huge inaccessible part of a magnificent lake After the initial enquiries […]
There are so many options available but if you want to get a quick start then consider these simple questions… Size of carp? Ask yourself realistically what size of carp would you be happy to catch? Of course we all want to catch 60’s eventually, but if your UK pb is 23lb surely a lake […]
The second largest common in Old Oaks has just come out at a new record weight of 53lb 9oz ! This fish was caught a month ago at 48lb so it’s really been on the munch! Makes you wonder what the weight of the long common, caught the last time at 61lb 4oz, will be […]
Mike Dagnall has just returned from Laroussi & although he didn’t catch many… he certainly had quality. From a 7 carp haul the biggest 3 were 72lb 4oz, 53 lb and 41 lb. Take a look at the photos… Carp Fishing in France at Laroussi
