Explore Angling Lines’ carp fishing lakes in France, with detailed guides to venues, fish stocks and recommendations.
Paul with a Boux 50 from an Oct 2011 session Here’s a question we received from a customer; Can you tell me what the lake bottom is made up of at Boux? Paul Cooper answers; Hi Terry The lake bottom in Boux varies, depending on what part of the lake you decide to fish. The […]
Here’s the new Villefond venue video… Carp Fishing in France at Villefond
75lb 4oz – Villefond Lake Record Catfish The unsettled weather over the last few months has seen the fish spawn in a more staggered way to usual. Usually by the end of May most of the fish have finished and are back on the munch but with the weather being hot one week and wet […]
Holiday date: Sat 7th Jul to Sat 14th Jul 2012 Name of customer: Adrian Brown Number of anglers: 1 Details of your catches: There was just myself fishing, too many fish caught to mention here 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 […]
Steve Inn’s recently (July ’12) spent a week on Villefond carp lake in France… here’s some of the highlights… Carp Fishing in France at Villefond
Mark Lambert recently spent a week fishing his own venue, Villefond, and recorded it in this short video clip. We see carp to 40lb+ and Dan the catfish makes an appearance at 75lb. Superb fishing! Carp fishing in France at Villefond
Magical Boux Hi Paul, I have booked a week on Boux with some friends and my son… can you give any info on the best way to approach the fishing at the fishery thanks. Peter Hi Peter, A lot will depend on when you have booked your visit to Boux. One of the reasons for […]
We join a group of Dutch anglers fishing from the spit at Beaurepaire in June ’12… & the German Vs Holland Euro football match disrupts the proceedings. Angling holidays at Beaurepaire
Because the water levels do vary at Beaurepaire we often get asked what should be expected. Here’s the levels at 12th June ’12 after an averagely wet spring. Angling holidays at Beaurepaire
Kenneth Anderson & 3 mates fished Laroussi w/c 26th May and had 2 mirrors of 60lb+ * 60.00 * 67.05 Full Report Here 60.00 67.05 Carp Fishing in France at Laroussi
Finger Painting @ 39lb Wow the weather in May at Villefond has been a little crazy the torrential rain of April carried over to the start of the month and was quickly replaced almost over night with really high temperatures. The inevitable effect of this was that the fish turned there attention away from feeding […]
A Different Approach… by Salv Licata Most, if not all, anglers head to France with a single minded mission to capture a monster carp & I suppose I’m no different… it’s something anglers all dream of and it’s something that seems to be more readily available in France. However, if I’m brutally honest, a lake record […]
The Hope family enjoyed a fantastic week at Beaurepaire (w/c 12th May)havingg 48 runs with 44 landed; * 32 carp all mirrors * 7 x 40’s * 13 x 30’s * 11 x 20’s * 1 @ 16lb * 2 grass carp 19.8 & 24lb * 2 catfish 12 & 37lb * 8 bream Here’s […]
Last year Jim Kelly and I visited Blue Lake in almost monsoon conditions, with freshly dug swims with marl and mud everywhere, it was a trip to forget and we finished our trip early due to the adverse conditions. A view of Blue lake from swim 7 On our return to the UK we reported […]
43.03 A new Lillypool lake record common for Martin Larner @ 43lb 3oz – a new PB for him. It was his last day and it came with the last cast of the week! French Carp Fishing
Rob Inns describes the tackle & tactics he used to catch Bennett’s at 51lb from Villefond … Carp Fishing in France
Fishing the shallows at Blue Lake Paul Cooper explains the techniques he uses to avoid spooking the carp… Fishing France at 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
70lb Congratulations to Rick for setting the new Old Oaks catfish record with a 70lb moggy! Last time out this cat was 60lb. Carp in the 50’s and 40’s are still coming out week after week. This really is a fantastic year for Old Oaks. Carp France
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 […]
