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You voted and now the results are in for the Total Carp Tackle Awards 2011. The readers and website visitors, have spoken, voting for the best tackle, companies, bait, venues, anglers and carping items of 2011 – and Angling Lines won the award for BEST FOREIGN HOLIDAY COMPANY. Full list of winners here . . .
50.10 Kevin Hosie has just enjoyed (w/c 26th November 2011) a fantastic winter carp session at Old Oaks. He had 24 carp… biggest a 50lb 10oz common plus; * 9 x 40’s * 10 x 30’s * 4 x 20’s Now that’s not bad for December!
This week the Main Lake at Mas Bas welcomed two new arrivals, a lovely 25lb mirror and a very pretty 17lb 8oz red carp. Lets hope they both settle in well to add even more excitement to next seasons fishing.
Mike Dagnall has just experienced a fantastic week (w/c 29th Oct ’11) on Laroussi taking 21 carp, the biggest 3 being; * 69.06 * 55.08 * 53.00 He also had 3 sturgeon @ 52, 56 & 62. Quite a session!
Jim Kelly with a fine 31lb Boux common Paul Cooper and I had a week booked on Boux during the end of October. It was to be my first trip to the venue; Paul had fished it on two previous occasions. On arriving at the lake I was not disappointed as it is situated in […]
49.14 Here’s Paul Cooper’s results from his Boux session w/c 22nd Oct 2011; 27 carp which incuded mirrors of 51lb 11oz, 50lb 4oz, 49lb 14oz, 49lb 3oz, 31lb 12oz, 34lb 8oz, 35lb 15oz, 31lb 10oz, 36lb 10oz, 31lb 3oz, 31lb 1oz, 33lb 1oz and 30lb 1oz, one 30lb common with the rest being mostly upper twenties. Here’s his […]
Villefond saw its first 50lb mirror grace the banks with a fish called Arnold at 50lb 10 oz, caught 26th Oct 2011. This makes a total of 3 different 50lb fish to come out this year!
During the winter months I do the winter show circuit with my own “A” Baits stand or helping out friends. It never ceases to surprise me how many people would love to go to France but feel a bit intimidated by it! The channel tunnel train comes out on the motorway and in most cases […]
46.09 – one of Paul’s carp from a session on Boux earlier this month Paul Cooper is fishing Boux this week & having a great session. We’ve just heard he’s bagged his second 50 of the week at 50lb 11oz. So far (Friday morning, Oct 28th) he’s had 27 fish, including; * 2 x 50’s * […]
Being a lake tester for Angling Lines does have its advantages; one has to be the chance of a return visit to one of the best venues in France, Domain de Boux. I had previously visited Boux in June this year along with Ron Key, and despite a hard week we still managed fish to […]
Roy Van Goor fished Laroussi w/c 17th September 2011. It was a tough week but on the Friday he landed this magnificent 61lb mirrior;
Roy Van Goor landed this magnificent 61lb mirror at Laroussi on 23rd September 2011. Here’s his comments; “It was another hard week with just several sturgeon, grasscarp & 1 small common untill Friday morning. Then my luck changed and carp of 22, 39 and 61 lb were banked in a few hours. A new pb […]
Kevin Keep took these 2 pristine 20lb+ carp from the River Soar in Nottinghamshire on consecutive September nights. Probably never caught before….
FREE to enter competition this month! If you buy this month’s Advanced Carp there’s a free to enter competition to win a week at Beaurepaire, including the ferry crossing.
Just to let you know that the new Angling Lines Website went live yesterday. It has a host of new features including; * a cleaner, modern presentation that’s easier to navigate .* ability to check availability live on-line 24 hours per day .* a comprehensive venue search facility that suggests venues that fit […]
Dan Burke & his mates booked Laroussi exclusive w/c 3rd Sept & had a fantastic catch. Over to Dan; ” We had 99 fish in total!!! 40 carp up to 63.08 which was a new personal best for the angler…. 5 x 50’s, biggest 58.8 which I caught. My dad had a 50.2 which was is […]
For those of you who go to France often and those who travel alone in the car there seems to be nothing more wasteful in time and annoyance than trying to get through the automated tolls system on the main motorways. Especially when traffic is busy and the queues stretch back, or you have someone […]
62.15 – what a fish! Alexander Juszczak has just had the session of a lifetime at Laroussi (w/c 13th August) smashing his PB twice : first a 58lb 8oz mirror followed by a 62lb 15oz mirror ! He also lost a couple of heavy fish & had a huge catfish, over 2m long, which was […]
Dale, Lee & Gary had a great week at Beaurepaire a couple of weeks ago (w/c 6th August) catching the new lake record at 51lb 10oz !!! They had 11 fish in total…9 carp to 51.10 and 2 cats (one at 50lb and one at 39.05) Father & son, Dale & Lee, had a fantastic […]
Question: Hi Shaun, .I’ve currently got the Freespirit XS rods. I’m fishing a lake at present which involves a fair chuck. What weight lead can I get away with? Cheers, Lee Nichols Shaun Answered: Hi Lee, . I found 3 1/2′s went best for me on my X.S. but I did occasionaly use 4oz in big side […]
