Explore Angling Lines’ carp fishing lakes in France, with detailed guides to venues, fish stocks and recommendations.
Father & son, Dave & James, experienced some prolific fishing at Lillypool, w/c 11th June 2011. By the time our cameraman joined them on the Thursday they’d caught 64 carp. In this short clip we share some of the action, plus get an insight into the tactics they used.
54lb & 32lb for father & son, Paul & Peter Mersh Paul & Peter Mersh enjoyed a fabulous Laroussi session (w/c 14th May) taking; Paul : 60lb 2oz carp ,22lb carp, 30lb carp, 16lb carp, 33lb carp, 43lb carp, 54lb carp , 36lb mirror, 40lb 3oz carp. Two sturgeon 57lb, 56lb 26lb grass – PLUS […]
There is a new addition at Laroussi and it’s a little smaller than the usual leviathan residents! No it’s not a carp, nor indeed one of Mehdi’s giant vegetable, but Caroline has given birth to a beautiful healthy baby boy, weighing in at just over 9lb. Mehdi says he simply could not be happier at […]
Paul Cooper is one of a small band of anglers we use to Field Test our venues. Over the course of several Blog Posts he’ll take you through his 2010 trips; Part 3 – Lac Du Villefond It was late September when I visited Lac Du Villefond with Paul Brookes. Our task was to try […]
Congratulations to Luke Czerpak who has just caught the new lake record for Old Oaks – a magnificent common of 52lb! It was an awesome fish, as you can see above… 1m long with a huge tail, nice dark color and torpedo shape – perfect! That’s the very first 50lb’er off Old Oaks. We knew the […]
12.04 Tench from Laroussi – what a fish! 69 carp out this week and a new lake record tench at 12lb 4oz Here’s the Tench info; Mr Adrian Manks Caught from Le Chene at approximately 40 yards onto a silt/sandy bottom. Bait: 15mm Rahja Spice tipped with pop-up corn. Hook: size 6 T-6 Raptor. Hooklink: […]
Arthur smashes past Big John to take the title of biggest fish in the lake. Arthur came out at a whoping 53.06 and a spawned out Big John at 50.02 . Both 50+ fish came out off the same spot about half an hour apart!
To save you taking up valuable car space tackle is available for hire at Lillypool. It’s all top brands including Shimano, Nash, Trakker, Delkim, Waverunner, Prologic, Viper, etc. You can hire the following; 3 rod set-up with bait runner reels, bank sticks and bite alarms… £60 (£50 returnable deposit) Bedchair and sleeping bag… £20 (£20 returnable […]
30lb+ common for Steve The Mead Party from the Basingstoke area have enjoyed some fabulous fishing here at La Gléhias over the last week; the four anglers managed to bank a staggering 42 Carp up to 36lb plus two Catfish to around 13lb. Jack Mead (16), who fished days only, went home a happy chappy […]
The new Old Oaks record – 49.01 Attached are the photos of the new lake record from Old Oaks that I had on Thursday night. Here’s a few details; 49lb 1oz mirror Fish caught at 2.25am Peg 3 8 inch combi rig, size 6 Kaptor Kurv hook, blowback style Quest Fruity Trifle 15mm hook bait […]
The junior lake record was smashed at lillypool by youngster Ben Talbot aged 11 from Warrington, with a superb 34.3lb mirror. A fantastic result for him and I’m sure it won’t be long before he’s catching up with his dad. The 3 angler trip had a great week 9th to 16th April and accounted […]
He’s at it again! Mehdi with his record watermelon! Mehdi Daho, the owner of Laroussi & Old Oaks, tells us he claimed another vegetable prize in the summer. This was for a watermelon, which was a French record, EGVGA record and the best in Europe in 2010. It weighed a massive 107lb!
To get the 2011 season underway Lillypool opened its gates to Andy, Mark and 12yr old Ben. When they arrived it was turning into a blistering hot day for the 9th of April, infact it reached a high of 72f. Anyway, tea made, we made our way around the lake so they could choose their […]
Richard Ward with the current Laroussi record at 76lb The owner of Laroussi, Mehdi Daho, keeps meticulous records of the carp caught at Laroussi. He’s just updated us with his stock summary & we thought we’d reproduce it here too because it makes very impressive reading; There are; * 350 commons & mirrors * Lake […]
Our Villefond session; 25th March to Ist April 2011 Sick as a Parrott… Our trip to Villefond was to celebrate my good friend Andy’s 40th Birthday. The weather had improved showing a large increase in temperature in just a couple of weeks in both England and France. On arriving at the venue we were met […]
Can you remember the first time you fished abroad? Maybe you haven’t been yet. Maybe you are thinking about going. Well my first time was just recently, the week of March 19-26th 2011. The fact that we had never been abroad before was of slight concern. I say we as both me and my dad, […]
Wayne & family… plus a big Laroussi 50! Laroussi has a well established reputation as one of the best big carp waters in France… but what a lot of anglers forget is that you can now stay in accommodation at the lakeside & take your family. Laroussi regular Wayne Naylor did just that last week […]
STOP PRESS – the Villefond lake record was broken yesterday with this magnificent 51.02 common. The captor was Andy Molyneux… he cast to a showing fish with a Mainline boilie and a size 6 Raptor hook.
Lillypool have installed a BBQ for the start of the 2011 season. Roll on those long summer evenings!
