Mitchell Keet landed a whopping 62lb common out of Jonchery last week, a new personal best. Here’s his catch report and feedback from the week… Holiday date: Sat 1st Oct to Sat 8th Oct 2016 Name of customer: Mitchell Keet Details of your catches: 29.6 common, 34lb mirror, 37lb mirror, 42lb common, 62lb common my pb […]
Pat Gillett had a very busy week at Jonchery #7 this September, with over 100+ fish on the bank! Here’s his story… I have just got back from an action packed week of carp fishing at the Angling Lines venue Jonchery 7. I was accompanied on this trip by my brother David and ex-work mate Garry […]
A great session for Stewart Cliff and Andy Gilbert on Brocard Large, with 11 fish between them, made up of two forties, six thirties and two reasonable twenties. Here’s the rest of the feedback…. Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Popup rigs with a sweet pink hookbait seemed the most consistant, although tiger nuts landed a couple of fish. Were the […]
A trip to Old Oaks results in 28 carp for three anglers, topped off by the ‘Long Common’. Here’s Darren Garrett’s review of his third visit to this incredible carp lake… Holiday date: Sat 17th Sep to Sat 24th Sep 2016 Name of customer: Darren Garrett Number of anglers: 3 Details of your catches: Peg 4 – Glen Mirror Carp […]
Biggest Fish on the Smallest Rod! 5 year old Oscar Castle manages to bank a new PB carp at Mas Bas Lotus Lake after his hired rod explodes (bang!) during the fight! Excellent accommodation, swimming pool & specimen carp fishing – you can’t help but fall in love with this venue. The cottage can sleep […]
Rupert Devere topped his week at Blue Lake off with this 47lb common last week. Just 2 anglers had 40 carp between them. Here was their feedback… Holiday date: Sat 13th Aug to Sat 20th Aug 2016 Name of customer: Rupert Devere Whiteway-wilkinson Number of anglers: 2 Details of your catches: 40 fish, biggest 47lb carp Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Snowman, pacific […]
Our field tester Paul Cooper explains why La Fonte is the right French carp lake for you if you’re after plenty of action!
Vincons, complete with it’s accommodation and swimming pool, continues to provide first class fishing holidays for the whole family this year. Here’s the latest feedback… Holiday date: Sat 16th Jul to Sat 23rd Jul 2016 Name of customer: Martin Grice Number of anglers: 4 Details of your catches: 2 anglers and 2 part timers; 74 carp from 8lb 10oz to […]
During his recent trip to Deux Iles, our field tester Mike Linstead took the opportunity to find out a little more about the lakes owner, Bruno Simond and his fascinating journey towards setting up his exciting lake.
Thanks to Ron and Barry for their excellent feedback on Deux Iles… Holiday date: Sat 9th Jul to Sat 16th Jul 2016 Name of customer: Ronald Jillings Number of anglers: 2 Details of your catches: 16 Carp caught in total – although we did only fish for 4 days… 7 Doubles 7 Twenties 1 Thirty (36.12) 1 Forty (41.12) […]
Here’s Mark with a new lake record mirror out of Old Oaks – 58lb 14oz! Congratulations. You can read the group’s feedback below… Holiday date: Sat 25th Jun to Sat 2nd Jul 2016 Name of customer: Karen Royston Number of anglers: 4 Details of your catches: Mark -20lb Grass carp,1 twenty,2 thirties.5 forties and 58lb 14oz Mirror Kristina- […]
Here’s the account of a very special 60lb capture for Villefond Fisheries manager Mark Lambert… 3:09am, Friday the 27th of May 2016, two beeps woke my sleep …… I rose from my tent and and looked at the lit up bite alarm indicating something had happened to move the line on the right had of my […]
An update from Bruno, owner of Deux Iles, a beautiful 8 acre carp lake just 2hrs 45 from Calais… A great week again at Deux îles with 4 really nice guys. After a quick walk around the lake we used a draw to determine which group would be on each island. Lee and Peter choose […]
Having arrived at Glehias on Saturday afternoon, the Chandler Party of five decided to set up bivvies and prepare rods to crack on with the fishing first thing on the Sunday morning after a relaxing night at the farmhouse. The fishing started with a flying start and by mid-week, the tally was stacking up […]
Having had a fantastic week’s fishing at La Fonte with my brother and fellow Angling Lines field tester Matt, we felt it we would share our views on the best way to approach the fishing, in order to maximise your catch rate. The fishing at La Fonte is primarily focused on the three main pegs […]
Here’s the video diary from Paul Cooper & Jim Kelly’s visit to La Fonte this April, a well established carp lake in the Perche region of France. This 7 acre lake is ideal for up to 5/6 anglers and can best be described as a runs water! Just 1hr 40 drive from Caen and 3hr 40 […]
After two weeks off at Deux îles, Tyron and his son Bradley arrived saturday morning. This has been a difficult period in France with many floods everywhere and the lake water level is especially high! Despite the rain Bradley and his father managed to catch 22 carp, one koi at 20lb, one tench! In addition, the […]
Congratulations to Stephen Marks, who now holds the lake record at Boux with this 62lb mirror. ‘I have just finished my week at boux which was last week and wanted to contact you guys with some great news. Although the first 3 days we had had nothing but spawning and a very quiet lake. Come […]
The venue video is here for our latest lake, La Fonte. Mike and Matt Linstead had an incredible run of carp at the 7 acre lake in Normandy, France. Just three and a half hours drive from Calais, this lake is best described as a runs water and ideal for 4 anglers to share exclusively […]
Ben Austin had a great week at Beaurepaire this Spring, topped by a pristine 52lb mirror. Here is a short video of his week & of course that stunning capture… ‘If carlsberg made carp I think it would look somethink like this!! This must have been the hardest fighting fish in my life 30 mins I […]
