Explore Angling Lines’ carp fishing lakes in France, with detailed guides to venues, fish stocks and recommendations.
An interesting and detailed feedback from Frank Reid after his recent trip to Mas Bas Main Lake, a 5 acre water with lakeside gite and swimming pool… Holiday date: Sat 5th Sep to Sat 12th Sep 2015 Name of customer: Francis Reid Number of anglers: 3 Details of your catches: 2 Anglers (Frank and Graham) caught 40 Carp in […]
A couple of photos sent over by Mark at Jonchery today. Rob, fishing swim 4 has only gone and landed an incredible 61lb 11oz common. Congratulations! And incase you were thinking of a trip over to this 30 acre lake next year, there is currently an offer of 50% off the first three weeks in […]
The average weight now at Old Oaks is seriously impressive, with last weeks anglers landing more carp over 40lb than below. See their feedback here… Holiday date: Sat 22nd Aug to Sat 29th Aug 2015 Name of customer: David Dyson Number of anglers: 5 Details of your catches: Dave – 1 x 15lb grass carp, 5 x 30lb+ to 36lb, 2 […]
Mark Lambert explains how he found the right combination to catch carp on a very tough week out in France recently… Recently in mid August I had an opportunity to spend nearly a full week fishing Lac Du Villefond. This is a hard lake with some very large fish and August on any lake is one of the hardest […]
Another good result for angler Tony Chilton who has just returned from a carp fishing trip to Blue Lake, here’s his feedback… Holiday date: Sat 25th Jul to Sat 1st Aug 2015 Name of customer: Tony Chilton Number of anglers: 8 Details of your catches: For 1 angler – 1 x 41lb mirror carp, 1 x common […]
Last week Lillybelle welcomed team Ashima’s Emily Blake and Martin Earlam. A very productive week was had by both anglers, but Emily took all honours with most fish banked and biggest fish of the week too. To cap it all Emily also broke our current ladies record not once but twice, with a new pb […]
One week, two anglers and an incredible seven acre gravel pit just two and a half hours from Calais. Here’s an updated venue video showing you everything you need to know about this much loved water (…and we even managed a pretty special 50lb’er too) For more information on French carp fishing at Beaurepaire follow […]
Laroussi has been fishing it’s head off recently, with some truly incredible carp captures. Here’s lake owner Mehdi with the latest news… It has been very hot at Laroussi early july with record temps up to 38°C. We used to think that hot weather is not ideal for catching fish but here’s a good example why we are […]
Many of you will have spoken to Linda over the phone when organising your holiday with us. She took a week out in July along with partner Bill and friend Alan to fish Lillybelle. Here’s a humorous round-up of the week’s highlights from Bill… We arrived late morning after the overnight crossing from Portsmouth to […]
Lee, Kevin and Alex enjoyed an action packed trip to Lillypool with 38 fish between them last week, here’s their highlights and feedback report… Holiday date: Sat 18th Jul to Sat 25th Jul 2015 Name of customer: Kevin Timney Number of anglers: 3 Details of your catches: 38 fish to 40lb 6oz including pb’s for Lee at 40lb 6oz […]
Here’s the latest feedback from the beautiful 4 acre exclusive venue Lillypool… Holiday date: Sat 4th Jul to Sat 11th Jul 2015 Name of customer: Emma Morgan Number of anglers: 5 Details of your catches: 60 fish to 40lb 8oz. All fish in good condition and give a good fight. Nice to see Mirrors, Commons, Cats & Grass carp. […]
Mike and Matt Linstead recently spent a week carp fishing at French gravel pit Blue Lake. Here’s their video diary. A bit more about the lake… Blue Lake is 15 acres and roughly triangular in shape with swims cut into the tree line. The stocking of fish is impressive with carp up to 50lb+. It’s […]
Mike Linstead travelled out to French gravel pit Blue Lake on May 23rd this year. Here’s his account of the 7 days that followed… Imagine your ideal French carp lake. What do you see? For me it would be a natural and quiet water that is very picturesque with plenty of room, ideally between 10-20 acres. […]
Katie and Kevin had another good session on Laroussi last week, topped by Katie landing a new ladies record on her birthday! Kevin took a nice 57lb 8oz mirror but Katie topped off the trip by landing the 56lb 8oz mirror. What a great present. Between the two of them they also had a 20lber, 30lber, 40lber (including […]
15 acre Blue Lake didn’t disappoint James Amer on his fishing holiday recently, with a total catch of 30 fish. Here is partner Katy with the couple’s feedback; Holiday date: Sat 30th May to Sat 6th Jun 2015 Name of customer: Katy Mccall Number of anglers: 1 Details of your catches: 1 sturgeon 45 lbs, 25 carp – […]
Villefond‘s ‘Arnold’ has come out again at a massive 59lb 8oz, but what is so impressive about this capture, apart from the great pictures, is the time of year. He has come out right after spawning when some of our big girls are over 10lb down in weight. Being a male he doesnt drop as much weight but […]
Here is the new Old Oaks lake record caught this morning by Terry Morewood. Terry’s previous PB was 32lb. He had this week 20lber, 30lber, 3 x 40lber up to 49lb 14oz, 2 x 50lb up to 53lb, 1 x 60lber at 65lb 2oz (the Long Common). Terry said earlier this week, my target of the […]
Here it is, the venue video for our newest addition, Lillybelle. This was filmed over a very enjoyable 5 day session at the end of April…. This lovely 5.5 acre carp lake created by carp anglers for carp anglers and opened in Spring 2015. Set in utterly tranquil surroundings, the lake is rectangular in shape and […]
Well, april is now done, and all I can say is WOW! The number of fish caught is excellent, the weights and the growth are even better! From 11th april to 9th may, the biggest fish of each week were 64lb, 64lb, 69lb6oz and 70lb8oz! Along with numerous forties and fifties. The combination of the new young […]
Hello fellow anglers, it’s been a while since I’ve managed to put fingers to keyboard and write anything carp related. A recent trip to Brocard Large has re-invigorated me to blow the dust off the PC and hopefully blog about something of interest for you good readers. I won’t focus on my trip too much […]
