Fishing the Shallows for Carp at Blue Lake
Fishing the shallows at Blue Lake Paul Cooper explains the techniques he uses to avoid spooking the carp… Fishing France at Blue Lake
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Blue Lake
Blue Lake is a 15 acre French gravel pit that’s a firm favourite for anglers looking for big carp to over 67lb.
The Testers Return to Blue Lake
The Angling Lines Field Testers return to Blue Lake & have a great session. Hints, Tips & lots of catch action. Fishing France at Blue Lake
First 40lb+ carp banked at Blue Lake yesterday
We have just heard from lake owner Sebastien that one of this week’s anglers has banked Blue Lake‘s first 40 with a carp of 42lb. And it looks like the anglers (Denton group of 4) are in for a busy time this week. Early Monday morning and they have already chalked up over 20 carp […]
An Update From Blue Lake
Blue Lake – looking across the lake from swim 7 General Paul Cooper and I visited Blue Lake last July, before it was stocked and the going was tough. The lake had been stocked during the winter and we had returned, hopefully to catch some carp. On arrival we had a good look round and […]
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. France carp trip preparation video part 1 France carp trip preparation video part 2 France carp trip preparation […]
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 […]
First Anglers On Blue Lake Catching Well!
The first 2 anglers to fish Blue Lake this year are having a great session. They have had 45 carp so far… biggest was a 35lb mirror & the majority are 25lb to 30lb+, with a good mix of commons and mirrors. They’ve also had 3 sturgeon to 30lb. They’ve been fishing mixed pellets and […]
Video Diary – Preparing for a Blue Lake Carp Session
Are you preparing for a carp fishing trip to France in 2012? Via this video diary Paul Cooper will take you through his preparation routine for a trip to Blue Lake. Part 2 below (Watch part 1 here.)
How Much Bait Will I Need For My French Carp Session?
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. Jim with a Quality Baits 39lb 2oz fish caught in the throws of winter Bait It is now the beginning of February and I’m […]
Preparing for a 2012 Carp Session – Video Diary (Pt 1)
As yesterdays post referred here’s the first part of the video diary;
49lb mirror carp stocked at Blue Lake
A short video clip showing a 49.02 mirror carp being stocked at Blue Lake on 26th Jan ’12.
2nd major carp stocking takes place at Blue Lake
Following on from the 86 carp stocked in November the owners of Blue Lake have just added another 186 carp including; 6 x 40’s, 80 x 30’s and 100 x 20’s. Plus a handful of large grass carp to mid 30’s. Adding the two stockings to test angler estimates of original stock, we estimate that […]
Over 1 ton of carp stocked into Blue Lake – Nov ’11
After a short delay caused by the indian summer, Blue Lake‘s major stocking programme is under way. A total weight of carp of 2,500lb including 33 x 30’s and 52 x 20’s is added to the existing stock. 86 carp in all with an average weight of just over 29lb. And that’s not all………..There’s another […]
A new carp lake is born
When Sebastian Vasseur my local fish farmer contacted me at the start of the year to a ask if I thought Angling Lines would be interested in a new lake I said yes at once… I have seen Sebastian’s other lakes and I knew this could be a real find. He came round to our home […]
A brand new carp lake – Blue Lake
Here’s a brand new venue we’ll be offering in 2012… Blue Lake. We’ll give you more details in the next few weeks but in the meantime here’s an introductory video;
