Beaurepaire – A Coming of Age

53lb Beaurepaire was born in 2005 , 7 years ago and the big decision that faced Bernard at the time was how to stock the lake.  He could obviously go for smaller numbers and bigger carp and stock additional fish along the way or start the lake in it’s infancy with good quality smaller carp, […]

3 x 50’s in one week from Beaurepaire

Phil Belton with the 53lb Beaurepaire lake record Colin Ventons group had a great session at Beaurepaire 21st to 28th April 2012. Battling gale force winds and torrential rain, the guys caught 3 different 50’s including a new lake record of 53lb. Sadly, for some of the guys, an unexpected illness sent 4 of them […]

A Cautionary Tale

Just last week one of our customers had a nightmare on the way home.  Their car broke down, so they had to hire a car from Le Mans to Calais, stay in a hotel overnight at Calais and then pick up another hire car at Dover to get home. They will then have to come […]

How To Construct The Helicopter Carp Rig

Chas Cook is the owner of Vaux French carp lake.  This is the 5th article in an excellent series which gives you instruction on how to construct a series of carp rigs he’s used to great effect for his carp fishing in France. You can read all the articles here. Both of the following rigs […]

Preparing For A Carp Session – Vacuum Packing Food & Bait (Part 5)

Are you preparing for a carp fishing trip to France in 2012? Via a series of Blog posts & a video diary Paul Cooper will take you through his preparation routine for a trip to Blue Lake. Part 1 is here – https://youtu.be/k4U6stV_utQ Part 2 is here – https://youtu.be/EDqwU1oEXrk Part 3 is here – https://youtu.be/rQCoZ0b2i2g Part 4 is […]

Hire The Carp Tackle For Your French Trip

Carp Tackle Hire can provide an extensive range of excellent quality carp tackle from individual items to complete set ups. They have over 20 years experience of carp fishing in the UK and Europe and understand the needs of carp anglers. More Details Here

Bait Boat Hire For Your French Carp Trip

Carp Tackle Hire can provide an extensive range of excellent quality carp tackle from individual items to complete set ups. They have over 20 years experience of carp fishing in the UK and Europe and understand the needs of carp anglers. More Details Here Carp Tackle Hire

Old Oaks – New Lake Record Common of 57lb

57lb common Only the week after the lake mirror record was smashed with a 57lb carp the next group of anglers have managed to break the Lake record for a Common Carp with Gary Gordons capture at 51lb 06oz. This is an amazing start to the season for Old Oaks with this being the fifth […]

How The 70lb’er Was Caught At Laroussi

70.06 Now, we can’t really tell you how to fish Laroussi per say, but I can tell you what Andrew Redfearn and myself did when we fished there the last week in March 2012, when our results certainly surpassed our expectations! Which swim? We were lucky enough to be 2 of 4 anglers on the lake […]

A Welcome Return To Boux

Boux in the summer – heaven! I have always loved Boux, not only for the huge carp which of course brings tremendous feedback, but simply because the setting is gorgeous… the forest backdrop and then the open fields with cattle grazing are in sharp contrast to each other.  So it was with some excitement that […]

Dave Lane’s Carp Blog

Dave Lane It’s been a bit of a mixed bag over the last couple of weeks, we have finally left winter behind and, apart from the odd cold snap, its been a glorious start to March. At the end of February it was show-time for me, I travelled out to France with TF Gear for […]

What Tackle Do I Need For My French Carp Session?

Paul Cooper is a very experienced carp angler with many successful French trips under his belt.  In this article he takes you through the tackle he takes. He’s produced a 4 part video diary of all his preparation considerations – you can watch Part 1 here What tackle do I need? Do I need a […]

Two 50lb+ Carp Set Records at Sapphire

53.06 Chris Carr, fishing at Sapphire this week with his two mates, has taken two lake records with; *   50lb 3oz Mirror on Tuesday 3rd April *   53lb 6oz Common on Wednesday 4th April …. the first two 50’s to be caught at Sapphire. His mates Gary Brown and Lee Berry both smashed their PB’s as well, […]

Carp Rig Thoughts – Why I Favour Heavy Leads

By Chas Cook, owner of Vaux In my opinion when carp fishing, the most important factor after the hook is the lead set-up.  I very much favour a heavy lead… & here are the reasons why; Many anglers sit behind their rods and their non-moving swingers unaware that carp are actually mouthing, and sometimes moving off […]

Lake Record Smashed at Old Oaks!

57lb – the new Old Oaks record! Dave Dodds is already living the dream at Old Oaks and he’s only 3 days into his holiday!  First time in France & he’s already caught 9 carp – all within 36 hours! All mirrors, weights as follows; 35lb, 42lb, 33lb, 32lb, 47lb, 33lb, 23lb, 42lb … and […]

50lb common is highlight of great week at Old Oaks

Jason Fillingham & his cousin had a good week on Old Oaks taking a 50lb common, 40lb mirror, 7 x 30’s and 3 x 20’s. His comments; ” We only had 1 fish at night.  It was very cold & the fish are still not switched on properly… but a great week.  As usual the far […]

72lb Mirror Carp from Laroussi

72lb Chris Griffiths had a fantastic opening week at Laroussi banking a stunning 72lb mirror plus back-up fish of 47, 38, 48, 45, 40, 25 plus a common of 25lb. More details here. Carp Fishing in France at Laroussi