Explore Angling Lines’ carp fishing lakes in France, with detailed guides to venues, fish stocks and recommendations.
This is the incredible story of an angler that truly earnt the capture of a 71lb mirror carp at Laroussi this November. Roy Wreatham has kindly written an account of the capture that lead to a new personal best and one that took the title of the biggest fish out this year… My son in law […]
What a cracking end to the season for Lillypool bailiff Rick. Having had a few friends at the lake for a bonfire BBQ and end of season fishing party (not to mention copious amounts of alcohol) he also had something else to celebrate with a new lake record common for himself of 47lb 1oz. Get in there! More […]
An updated venue video for Mas Bas Main Lake has been well overdue! We visited early October for four days of fishing and filming. Bridget managed two forties in an hours early morning fishing on the second day, you’ll see all this and more in the video. Like what you see? For more information on […]
We have worked with Vincons for over 10 years now and it has been the venue that many of us in the office have chosen to frequent as our ‘chilled out’ holiday destination. A 12 acre runs water, lakeside cabin, stone gite and swimming pool all sit within the grounds of the Bouchot’s family farm in central […]
An updated venue video for Lotus Lake has been well overdue! Excellent accommodation, swimming pool, specimen carp fishing – you can’t help but fall in love with this venue. We visited early October for four days of fishing and filming… The pretty Lotus Lake is the smaller of the 2 lakes on the complex and […]
Our new additions to Lillybelle arrived this week – 20, 30 and 40lb Cats. I look forward to seeing them on the bank again soon! Lillybelle is a 5.5 acre carp lake, created by carp anglers for carp anglers, and will be opening in Spring 2015. Sister lake toLillypool, Lillybelle is located in the Mayenne region and is […]
After a slow start to the year, Villefond has come bouncing back with some really great carp out on the bank. Earlier this month we had a new lake record at 59lb and now a great feedback report from Danny Parkins group; Holiday date: Sat 27th Sep to Sat 4th Oct 2014 Name of customer: […]
Huge congratulations to Stuart Lemon, who landed the Long Common from Old Oaks, at a whopping 62lb… Old Oaks is a 34 year old virgin gravel pit of around 5 acres, around 3 hours from Caen. It had never been fished before 2006, being left wild and undisturbed since it was dug. A delightfully pretty […]
Here’s the first carp going into the brand new Lillybelle lake… & what cracking carp they are! The carp were stocked on 17th December ’13. In total 104 carp were stocked, average size of mid 20’s & the largest was 31lb. Around 80% of the fish stocked were mirrors because most of the original stock […]
Recently an angler heading out to Beaurepaire asked for some baiting advice from our blogger Pat Gillett, who recently spent a week at the venue (you can read about his trip here). We thought it would be worth sharing Pat’s indepth reply… Hi, First of all let me say, that I am sure you will enjoy […]
A short video from Angling Lines blogger Andy Gilbert gives you an insight in to combatting the weed at Brocard Large… Fishing from swim 10 this month, Andy shows how he effectively wades his baits out to chosen spots. Well worth a watch if you’re heading out soon. To see more from Andy click here. […]
Mas Bas has had some cracking feedback through the past couple of weeks, here’s the latest… Holiday date: Sat 6th Sep to Sat 13th Sep 2014Name of customer: Francis ReidNumber of anglers: 2Details of your catches: 1 x 40, 5 x 30, 21 x 20, 5 doublesYour best tactics/bait/rigs: 8 to 10 inch long KD IQ rigs with 4 micro barb korda […]
After a really long spawning here at Villefond this year our fish are unusually really down in weight with some of the big girls 10-11lb down. They are now feeding like mad trying to pack the weight on and get to their normal weights before winter! Most of our 50lb+ fish are down in the […]
A 62lb mirror, 53lb mirror and a 57lb sturgeon for Gary Flavell’s party, proving that a slow and tricky weeks fishing was well worth it at Laroussi… Holiday date: Sat 23rd Aug to Sat 30th Aug 2014Name of customer: Gary FlavellNumber of anglers: 4Details of your catches: Was a hard week due to the rising temps throughout the week.Thomas – 53lb […]
Two new records this season at Lillypool, a new ladies record this week and back in July the catfish record was smashed too… New Ladies Record Very well done to Fi Wright on breaking our ladies record, and our first ladie to bag a 40+. Her new PB and lake record mirror weighed in at […]
This video documents a carp fishing trip to Boux made by three of the Angling Lines team – David Keep, Jim Kelly and Paul Cooper. Boux is a French carp lake that’s had a first class reputation for big carp since the 80’s. Our trip ended with a total result of 26 carp including 4 x […]
Below is Paul Cooper’s write up from his August week fishing at one of his all time favourite French waters, Domaine de Boux, a 14 acre lake infamous for it’s big carp since the 80’s…. Sometimes you can take your fishing ability for granted, making your expectations too unrealistic for your own good. This visit to Boux in […]
It was good to be back on Old Oaks. Like us the fish were five years older, a bit wiser and a lot fatter… When we arrived at the lake after the drive through the lovely French countryside, it was good to see Mehdi again and even better to be back on Old Oaks. Once […]
Arriving at Glehias lakes at mid-day in very warm, very humid conditions, we met Tracy at the Farmhouse who offered us drinks and then took us for a look around the 2 lakes in the heart of the Breton countryside. The first lake, the big fish lake “Lauren”, named after Tracy and Lee’s daughter, looked […]
Some really lovely fish out from Lillypool lately, including this stunning 40lb common from last week. Here’s the groups feedback; Holiday date: Sat 9th Aug to Sat 16th Aug 2014Name of customer: Stephen HolmesNumber of anglers: 5Details of your catches: 57 fish – 55 x carp to 42.8lb, 2 x cats 50.7lbs and 54.6lbs (a new lake record).Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Hybrid and […]
