Browse general carp fishing interest posts with French venue round-ups, trip planning advice, holiday tips and big fish inspiration.
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 […]
I wrote this piece around 3 years ago and it was published Carp Talk and is still very relevant now. So, if you are new to travelling across the water there may be a couple of useful snippets for you here… So You are Going to France? I only ever did it the once and […]
We recently had this van hire company recommended by a client. They hired a Vauxhall Vivaro van for 10 days for £356 inc European pack included. He did have to pay a £250 deposit…. refundable upon return. They thought it was a great deal … so we are passing the info on to you. National […]
73.07 Dave, Janet and Dan Johnson have just enjoyed a truly fantastic week’s fishing at Laroussi taking mirrors of 73lb 7oz, 51lb 7oz, 45lb 4oz ( fully scaled), 44lb 5oz, 43lb 8oz, 39lb, 37lb… commons of 26lb3oz, 18lb, 17lb 4oz, 14lb… catfish of 64lb… crucian carp of 5lb and a fantastic new French and lake […]
2 FREE to enter competitions this month! If you buy this month’s Total Carp there’s a free to enter competition to win a week at Alder, including the ferry crossing. If you buy this month’s Carp Talk there’s a free to enter competition to win a week at Beaurepaire, including the ferry crossing.
54lb & 32lb for father & son, Paul & Peter Mersh Paul & Peter Mersh enjoyed a fabulous Laroussi session (w/c 14th May) taking; Paul : 60lb 2oz carp ,22lb carp, 30lb carp, 16lb carp, 33lb carp, 43lb carp, 54lb carp , 36lb mirror, 40lb 3oz carp. Two sturgeon 57lb, 56lb 26lb grass – PLUS […]
French Bank Holidays and supermarket opening – does it affect you? Just a quick post to advise that most supermarkets in France are still closed on Sundays and those that are open only stay open until Noon. What’s more if the holiday date is say a Thursday the French have their own option of ‘Faire […]
Here’s a report from Shaun at Top Cats in Thailand; We have had a visit from big carp angler Nick Hill and he has had some fun. Two large 50lbs plus Giant Siamese Carp. Caught on in line rig with snowman rig. Well done.
Hiya mate, I’m a reasonably experienced Carp angler based in essex and was just wondering what time of year you thought was best to book a trip to france? We are considering booking Gigantica after watchin ur carp cup shows on TT, but havent made our minds up as it did seem a bit ‘swimmy’? […]
Paul Cooper is one of a small band of anglers we use to Field Test our venues. Over the course of several Blog Posts he’ll take you through his 2010 trips; Alder Lake Alder Lake was to be my last trip of the year and was planned for mid October with Jim Kelly. Unfortunately France […]
Paul Cooper is one of a small band of anglers we use to Field Test our venues. Over the course of several Blog Posts he’ll take you through his 2010 trips; 39lb of stunning Golden Oak carp! Golden Oaks lake This was to be a family holiday for my wife, Diane and myself. With a […]
Congratulations to Luke Czerpak who has just caught the new lake record for Old Oaks – a magnificent common of 52lb! It was an awesome fish, as you can see above… 1m long with a huge tail, nice dark color and torpedo shape – perfect! That’s the very first 50lb’er off Old Oaks. We knew the […]
Arthur smashes past Big John to take the title of biggest fish in the lake. Arthur came out at a whoping 53.06 and a spawned out Big John at 50.02 . Both 50+ fish came out off the same spot about half an hour apart!
Readers question; When did carp fishing start in France? Answered by Shaun Harrison of Quest Baits; Paul Regent was the first English angler I’m aware of to fish Cassien and certainly the first one to report a fish from there – a 35lb’er which appeared on the front cover of the C.A.A. magazine in ’84. […]
Richard Ward with the current Laroussi record at 76lb The owner of Laroussi, Mehdi Daho, keeps meticulous records of the carp caught at Laroussi. He’s just updated us with his stock summary & we thought we’d reproduce it here too because it makes very impressive reading; There are; * 350 commons & mirrors * Lake […]
Our Villefond session; 25th March to Ist April 2011 Sick as a Parrott… Our trip to Villefond was to celebrate my good friend Andy’s 40th Birthday. The weather had improved showing a large increase in temperature in just a couple of weeks in both England and France. On arriving at the venue we were met […]
Can you remember the first time you fished abroad? Maybe you haven’t been yet. Maybe you are thinking about going. Well my first time was just recently, the week of March 19-26th 2011. The fact that we had never been abroad before was of slight concern. I say we as both me and my dad, […]
Paul Cooper is one of a small band of anglers we use to Field Test our venues. Over the course of several Blog Posts he’ll take you through his 2010 trips; 40.04 Molyneux mirror for Paul Part 2 – Etang Molyneux Another call from David at Angling Lines in early June and Pat Gillet and […]
We are often asked for a company that hire out vehicles suitable for carp anglers wanting to go on a French carp fishing trip. We’ve recently come across this company and for groups of up to 6 persons looking for transport this could solve a big problem. Loughton Self Drive offer an extra long […]
