The Most Unusual Carp Capture of 2012?

  Stephen Knight fished Old Oaks w/c Sat 1st Dec.  Fishing was hard & he only had one carp all week… but surely caught in one of the most unconventional methods – on a lure! Over to Stephen to explain; “Fishing was hard as we had some bad frost’s, down to -6c.  There were still fish […]

Merry Christmas from Laroussi

It was too cold to fish for carp at Laroussi, so Mehdi went for the perch instead… & here’s the two he caught.  Both around 17 inches long, he calls them “The Twins”. Merry Christmas!

A Day Session on Villefond

  Measels at 44.04 Saturday 17th November; I arrived at Villefond just as the sun was rising which at this time of year is about 8am. By 9am I had all three rods in the water.  My left rod was a small piece of meat on the bottom, my middle rod was a cut down […]

Villefond November Review

Well winter is well and truly upon us here at Villefond!  The weather has been horrid with heavy winds, extraordinary amounts of rain and now towards the end of the month the cold weather has moved in. That said the big fish have been feeding well to those who have braved the elements and November […]

57lb Mirror from Old Oaks

Congratulations to Ryan Fasson for breaking the lake record mirror at Old Oaks with a 57lb 8oz stunner! Ryan landed 5 fish – 30lb, 34.5lb, 35.6lb, 39.4lb and the the new record 57.8lb. The Long Common is still uncaught…. fingers X’d she comes out soon! Tight Lines, Mehdi Carp France at Old Oaks

Winter Carp Fishing in France

The Long Two Tone at 47.12 24hrs at Lac Du Villefond, 7/11/12  by fisheries manager, Mark Lambert Wednesday the 7th of November 2012 was the start of my 24 hour session on my lake Villefond . I had my tent set up from a previous session the week before so after a quick setup of […]

New 50lb Common Carp for Old Oaks

The second largest common in Old Oaks has just come out at a new record weight of 53lb 9oz ! This fish was caught a month ago at 48lb so it’s really been on the munch!  Makes you wonder what the weight of the long common, caught the last time at 61lb 4oz, will be […]

Review of Villefond’s October Carp Captures

Dorian – carp of the month Wow what a month October has been for carp captures at Villefond ! As I reported last month the fish had finally finished what had been a drawn out spawning ritual & since then they have been heavily on the feed and are really piling the weight on. If […]

A Massive Haul of Monster Carp at Villefond

Arthur @ 54.07 Nick Johnson returned to Villefond for the third time on the 20th of October 2012 with Dave Procter (his second visit) and they both done brilliantly. Their amazing catch report reads as follows; Total weight of carp caught; 635 lb 12oz Average weight of carp; a massive 41.6lb! Fish caught in order of […]

More Record Pumpkins

558.5kg As regular readers will know, the owner of Old Oaks & Laroussi, Mehdi Daho, is a record vegetable grower.  Here’s photos of his last 2 pumpkins; The white one is 509kg and the other one is 558.5kg. It was the first time ever in France that a grower produced 3 pumpkins over 500kg. Happy […]

Mehdi’s New Record Vegetables!

566.5kg! Laroussi & Old Oaks owner, Mehdi Daho has been at it again! Here’s his latest record beating vegetables… *  Pumpkin of 566.5kg *  Super squash of 425.5kg (the new French record) Well done Mehdi! Carp France at Old Oaks

Our Family Carp Fishing Holiday at Mas Bas

Kierron’s 40lb’er from Lotus Lake The Journey Thank you to all the staff at Angling lines for the help given in arranging hotel stops. It’s a long journey to do in one day especially if you have children. We broke our journey and made it part of the holiday. On the way down we stopped […]

61lb Common from Old Oaks

As a  party of four we have just returned from Old Oaks. On arrival we were met by Mehdi, who we found to be very polite and helpful.  He gave us info. on the lake and a tour of the facilities, which are more than adequate – shower, washing facilities, electric power points and a […]

A week on Mas Bas Lotus Lake

There was just myself fishing and to be honest I caught too many fish to mention… but the highlights were: PB Mirror 37lb in fact 1st fish caught! Double Mainline Cell 18mm with mixed pellet PVA bag. PB Common 21lb 8oz Double Mainline Cell 18mm Lots of 10lb + and mid twenty Mirrors and the […]

Stuart’s French Carp Session – Lots of Hints & Tips!

This feedback from Stuart is full of detail & tips on how to get the best out of Vincons – so we thought we’d include it here too. Holiday date: Sat 25th Aug to Sat 1st Sep 2012 Name of customer: Stuart Olley Number of anglers: 2 Details of your catches: We wanted a run water and this place delivered. It […]

Beaurepaire Carp Record Broken with a 54lb Mirror

  54lb – the new venue record Tony & Anne Larkin fished Beaurepaire w/c 11th August & Anne broke the venue record with this stunning 54lb mirror.  They caught a total of 22 carp plus catfish using a variety of different baits including Quest Baits, Poacher baits & Dynamite. Angling Holidays at Beaurepaire