Explore Angling Lines’ carp fishing lakes in France, with detailed guides to venues, fish stocks and recommendations.
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 […]
Early 2015 saw a stocking of new young smaller fish at Villefond in the hope these will be good sport in between the far bigger residents. The recent catch reports are shown these fish are very hungry and doing their job. Catch reports have been great starting the year and the experienced anglers have managed […]
A great start to the season at 15 acre gravel pit Blue Lake, here’s the feedback from the group of 7 that took over the lake last week… Holiday date: Sat 11th Apr to Sat 18th Apr 2015 Name of customer: Shawn Weller Number of anglers: 7 Details of your catches: 4 sturgeon biggest 58lb, […]
Rob Inns talks about those difficult winter carp fishing sessions and how he spotted an opportunity to improve his catch rate at Villefond this winter… Hi guys it’s been a while since I’ve written anything for the blog so do forgive me if I’m a bit rusty. I wanted to write a small piece on those tough sessions […]
Here’s the latest feedback from Brie. The first week in March turned out to be extremely testing conditions for Ron Key and Dean Randle, who still managed some absolutely stunning carp by the end of the week… Holiday date: Sat 28th Feb to Sat 7th Mar 2015 Name of customer: Ron Key & Dean Randle Number of […]
Paul Cooper shares his advice to those of you travelling to venues located further down in to France… Travelling to France can be a tedious affair. Especially with venues further down the country, lakes such as Mas Bas or Holly Pools, where you enjoy the warmer southern climate. With a long tiring journey more often than not you […]
Both Jonchery and Brocard Large have some space available this March so if you fancy nipping over the channel then take advantage of this offer for the weeks commencing 14th & 21st March. These two lakes have an excellent reputation for seriously good French carp fishing and are home to carp to well over 50lb. Last week […]
Angling Lines field-tester Paul Cooper answers an anglers questions regarding the features and lake depths for each swim at Blue Lake in France. The lake is a 15 acre gravel pit and varies from 3ft at its shallowest to over 15ft at its South West end. It’s a fascinating mixture of bars and areas of sand, […]
