Browse general carp fishing interest posts with French venue round-ups, trip planning advice, holiday tips and big fish inspiration.
Biggest Fish on the Smallest Rod! 5 year old Oscar Castle manages to bank a new PB carp at Mas Bas Lotus Lake after his hired rod explodes (bang!) during the fight! Excellent accommodation, swimming pool & specimen carp fishing – you can’t help but fall in love with this venue. The cottage can sleep […]
Our field tester Paul Cooper explains why La Fonte is the right French carp lake for you if you’re after plenty of action!
Vincons, complete with it’s accommodation and swimming pool, continues to provide first class fishing holidays for the whole family this year. Here’s the latest feedback… Holiday date: Sat 16th Jul to Sat 23rd Jul 2016 Name of customer: Martin Grice Number of anglers: 4 Details of your catches: 2 anglers and 2 part timers; 74 carp from 8lb 10oz to […]
During his recent trip to Deux Iles, our field tester Mike Linstead took the opportunity to find out a little more about the lakes owner, Bruno Simond and his fascinating journey towards setting up his exciting lake.
Thanks to Ron and Barry for their excellent feedback on Deux Iles… Holiday date: Sat 9th Jul to Sat 16th Jul 2016 Name of customer: Ronald Jillings Number of anglers: 2 Details of your catches: 16 Carp caught in total – although we did only fish for 4 days… 7 Doubles 7 Twenties 1 Thirty (36.12) 1 Forty (41.12) […]
Here’s Mark with a new lake record mirror out of Old Oaks – 58lb 14oz! Congratulations. You can read the group’s feedback below… Holiday date: Sat 25th Jun to Sat 2nd Jul 2016 Name of customer: Karen Royston Number of anglers: 4 Details of your catches: Mark -20lb Grass carp,1 twenty,2 thirties.5 forties and 58lb 14oz Mirror Kristina- […]
Here’s the account of a very special 60lb capture for Villefond Fisheries manager Mark Lambert… 3:09am, Friday the 27th of May 2016, two beeps woke my sleep …… I rose from my tent and and looked at the lit up bite alarm indicating something had happened to move the line on the right had of my […]
Big common carp are fewer and further between in comparison to their mirror counterparts. They’re also most anglers prized captures as the sheer length of a common carp in excess of 50lb is something quite special. We’ve rounded up some of our favourites from Angling Lines venues… 1. Caught at Villefond, May ’16 Villefond […]
Congratulations to Stephen Marks, who now holds the lake record at Boux with this 62lb mirror. ‘I have just finished my week at boux which was last week and wanted to contact you guys with some great news. Although the first 3 days we had had nothing but spawning and a very quiet lake. Come […]
The venue video is here for our latest lake, La Fonte. Mike and Matt Linstead had an incredible run of carp at the 7 acre lake in Normandy, France. Just three and a half hours drive from Calais, this lake is best described as a runs water and ideal for 4 anglers to share exclusively […]
Ben Austin had a great week at Beaurepaire this Spring, topped by a pristine 52lb mirror. Here is a short video of his week & of course that stunning capture… ‘If carlsberg made carp I think it would look somethink like this!! This must have been the hardest fighting fish in my life 30 mins I […]
We’ve seen some incredible fish out at Laroussi recently, here is owner Mehdi with an update… Weather has been up and down from early April to late May, we all know fishing results depend directly on weather conditions. In the last 2 months at Laroussi, about 250 fish were caught – some weeks at 20ish fish […]
Mike and Matt Linstead continue their week at La Fonte (read part 1 here). With fast approaching 30 fish between them in the first few days, they decide a change of tactics is in order. Not wanting to lull the fish into a predictable pattern we decided that Wednesday would see us flip our […]
We asked Jim Kelly and Paul Cooper to travel out to 7 acre La Fonte, in the Normandy region of France. Here’s what they found… La Fonte is situated in a wooded stream valley. It is very picturesque, with tree lined banks and a multiplicity of birdlife. The dawn chorus is particularly spectacular and sets […]
At the end of April we sent Matt and Mike Linstead to field test and film another new lake to our portfolio, La Fonte. After travelling through the night on the Friday, we hopped off the Euro tunnel in the early hours and headed south to the quiet corner of Normandy where the lake is situated. A three […]
Some great news just in from Villefond – an unforgettable catch report. Here’s owner Mark with the latest… We had four guys fishing our lake who have been before and knew our lake well. One angler told me ever year he comes it has been better than the year before so they had high hopes. His […]
We welcomed the Miller brothers Jamie and Grieg for our season opener at Lillypool, both of the boys on their first trip to France. It hasn’t been ideal weather for the first few weeks of the season but after a walk of the lake we all felt confident of a few fish. The guys both […]
Tom Robson and Rowan Charnick had a very successful winter carp fishing session at Old Oaks this February. They had carp on the bank to 55b including 2 x 50s, 10 x 40s, 6 x 30s, 2 x 20s and 1 x 10. An impressive average weight of 39.8lb. For more information on Old Oaks follow […]
Last week we placed all the fish back into Brocard Small. The fish were held in a lake over winter so we could do some maintenance on the lake. Along with with this we added some real corkers to over 50lb. Here’s some of our favourites from the day… Brocard Small is situated within picturesque woodlands […]
Ok! so you have decided to plan your first trip carp fishing in France, what should you look for and where should you go? Choosing the right lake and being well prepared is key to a successful first trip. Here are six essential tips to help you get the most from your adventure. 1. Do […]
