4 x 40lb+ carp from Villefond

47.08 Common from Villefond Lac Du Villefond’s latest catch reports speak for themselves with the average weight of the fish around 37lb and very rare for any fish to come out below 30lb.  Furthermore, some fish which have never been caught before are coming out too, along with the old ones at record weights. The […]

A fabulous year at Old Oaks carp lake

 One of Steve Eamonson’s 40’s from his September Old Oaks session As the 2010 season comes to a close it’s easier to look back & spot the lakes that have fished exceptionally well and moved up a class, so to speak.  One such lake is Old Oaks.  The catches here have been exceptional this year.  […]

A 30’s carp bonanza for Paul Cooper at Villefond

38.09 for Paul Cooper at Villefond… one of 21 x 30lb+ carp caught in the week “It is not often that I get the chance to fish a truly thirties water in France, when what it says on the label you get – well I have now & it’s Villefond!” This quote is from Paul Cooper […]

Great August carp fishing at Beaurepaire

Steven Thomas & his 3 mates had a great week at Beaurepaire last week (w/c 28th August) taking 75 fish in total…  2 x 40’s (biggest 44 lb), 30 x 30’s (biggest 39 lb), 28 x 20’s (biggest 29 lb), 6 x doubles, 3 x bream and 6 x cats biggest 44 lb Successful tactics […]

Carp catching madness at Vincons – 184 carp for 3,667lb!

The five of us arrived at Vincons around 3pm & our first impression was “WOW… is all this just for us… let’s have a beer to celebrate!”   To start with we chucked oily sticks out on 5/6 rods and unloaded the cars.  Not expecting to catch the first night we didn’t put any effort […]

Lotus lake produces a 41lb carp for 12 year old Jake

Mas Bas Lotus lake produced this 41lb’er for Jake Writing as the mother of Jake Carling, an avid 12 year old anger from Kent intent on spending as much of his summer holidays, (preferably ‘en France!) staking out big carp, I seized an opportunity to seek a venue recommendation from the great Danny Fairbrass during […]

Pop-ups seem to be the way forward at Villefond carp lake

Mark Lambert’s 39lb Villefond mirror Recently a change seems to have taken place at Villefond.  Before the tactics that were the most productive and what I would have recommended would have been small beds of well placed bait. Now that seems to be changing and the most productive seems to now be a large bed […]

Monster Laroussi mirror carp for 15 year old Chris Tsourou

69.12 Laroussi mirror for 15 year old Chris Tsourou We reached Laroussi on the 24the July 2010.  The weather was very hot so we set all our kit out and got comfortable before we even considered casting any lines.  After marking out our spots we began baiting with the Hemp, Laroussi party mix and four different types of hook […]

Massive carp catch at Beaurepaire

Beaurepaire in its summer glory Rob Johnson’s party of 4 anglers has just had a massive catch at Beaurepaire.  They took 121 fish; 90 carp: 1 x 41lb, 3 x 30lb+, 41 x 20lb, the rest doubles 23 cats to 41.12lb 8 x grass carp to 24lb Here’s what Rob had to say; “Every tactic […]

A progress report from Jason, the bailiff at Lillypool

Mark Sidery’s new Lillypool record – 42lb (May 2010) Following the stocking’s at Lillypool I was personally unsure as to what to expect from the lake and its visitors. We have all been very pleased with the results so far, with all fish putting on weight, some more than a few pounds. Fishing slowed a […]

Tips on carp lake Laroussi…

Laroussi questions from Chris Evans; Dear Shaun, I have booked to visit Laroussi from 14th August for a week. I have booked the lake on an exclusive basis but may only go with 4 anglers.  I know you’ve fished Laroussi before so I wondered if you could answer a few questions for me; Could you […]

Common carp record smashed at Lillypool!

A new lake record common as been caught at Lillypool! The impressive fish was caught by Mark Sidery at 42lbs. It’s also a new personal best common for Mark & was taken on a scopex/squid boilie fished over half a gallon of maggots, under some overhanging trees on the no fishing bank. Special congratulations to […]

The most beautiful carp in Laroussi?

Mr Fisher has broken the lake record of the most beautiful Laroussi mirror, a stunning heavily scaled mirror called ” The Fully Scaled” at 45lb 15oz. This famous fish normally only comes out once or twice a year so it was a real surprise when it put in its second appearance in a week! Tony […]

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New lakeside chalet at famous carp lake Laroussi

Laroussi is one of the best known big carp waters in France with 60lb+ carp regularly gracing the banks.  New for 2010… you can now hire a chalet right at the waters edge which sleeps up to 4 anglers.  For anyone who’s been to Laroussi before this chalet was the owners chalet before he built […]

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Fantastic Laroussi carp catch

63lb Hi Bridget, Just returned from a great week on Laroussi. Mehdi has the full catch report but in summary we had the following: 1 x 63lb carp (caught by me I am very happy to say J ) 5 x 50lb + carp 5 x 40lb + carp 5 x 30lb + carp 2 […]

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Is this a record – 3 x 50lb+ carp in 24hours for a lady angler?

Amanda Groves 54lb mirror Amanda Groves certainly showed her male colleagues how to fish Laroussi on a recent trip landing 3 x 50lb+ carp in 24hours!  Amanda takes up the story; Arriving at this venue for the first time, we were all taken back by how lovely the lake and surroundings are.  However, being the […]