Master carp lake management with tips on netting, liming, weed control and budget developments. Learn strategies to maintain a thriving French fishery.
In the February of 2010, I was thrown into the deep end by taking on a local estate lake and running a carp syndicate on the lake. I had been a member of the syndicate for a number of years and had fished there since 1985. When I first fished the lake there were 12 […]
Paul Cooper answers a reader’s question regarding liming carp lakes. ‘Hi Paul, Sorry to disturb you. I read your great article on the Angling Lines website about Winter Carp Lake Maintenance and want to pick your brain about the liming. The venue I run is very similar in size and all the reasons you list […]
Like many British carp anglers, the thought of one day living and working in France as an Owner or Bailiff on a carp fishery has never been far from the forefront of my future thoughts and aspirations. Four years ago, whilst on a fishing trip to France, I met Martin, one of the owners of […]
Around this time in France fish farmers are in full swing managing the nettings on their many lakes. It is because of this that Heather and I made a trip over to France this November. We called in to visit the Bacheliers, who were going to be netting both Jonchery and Brocard Large over two […]
Before you can either net a carp lake in France lake, or dig out the silt, you have to have a total or part drain down of water… so you need to know how to pull the plug! It’s a fairly easy process here at Bletiere – with a bit of snooping around you should […]
Now that’s a lot of lilies! Moving into the autumn months we began work to the final area of the lake that had been left un-touched until now. It had become a vast network of lily roots and weed beds during the last 100 years, so we had our work cut out! The weed beds […]
I run a small 14 man syndicate on a 5 acre estate lake in Staffordshire and it’s approaching that time of year that I like to start to prepare for the forthcoming season. Over the past weekend I’ve had work parties on the lake clearing snags, repairing stages and walkways and trimming back reeds. […]
Weed can be a problem on some lakes in certain years. Here’s an industrial sized solution! This service is offered by one of our lake owners, Sebastian Vasseur, for any lake over one acre in size. If you’re interested in the service his number is on the second sheet… or we can put you in […]
Grassies doing their thing……………an update! In June 2010 we introduced 20 small Grass Carp to Joy Lake, to help combat a growing weed problem. One year on and we’re pleased to say the measures have been a great success. To show the difference they have made take a look at the photos below, showing the Brace […]
At Oakview Lake we monitor our fish stock. One element of this is the micro-chipping individual fish. In addition to obvious benefits like security this also allows for quick identification and monitoring of growth rates. Here the Oakview stock pond is used to demonstrate how this is achieved.
Steph & Chris Dagg run Notaires & Alder lakes. Through this personal Blog, Steph is going to describe her experiences of moving to France and living the dream of many UK carp anglers. Back at my blog after an outing. Chris and I were away a whole 30 hours, our first time leaving the farm together, and our first […]
Wally, the Molyneux bailiff, explains the thinking behind his winter feeding programme; During my time at Grenville Carp Syndicate I realised just how important a carefully managed feeding programme can be. It’s vital for the carp to maintain their weights and condition to get them through the harsher weather the winter months bring. This […]
Not worth stealing fish from here! Chips4Fish – what would you want to microchip a carp for? That is the usual question I get asked when I say what we do at Chips4Fish. The answer is simple… Identification. No ambiguity, when you put a microchip in a fish you know when you run a microchip […]
One of the young Grassies – held by big Emerique! Weed can be an amazing thing – when we first bought Joy Lake two and a half years ago we had almost no surface pondweed. Last summer it appeared and began to spread the more we tried to control it. Whilst […]
Many fish farmers are aware of the benefits of having a controlled fish feeding program across their stock pools. Feeding a quality pellet little and often has been proven to return a better feed conversion ratio. This is the relationship between the weight gained by the fish and the amount of food fed. This ratio […]
Here’s the experience of the Joy Lake owners, Neil & Caroline Surely a simple question of pulling out the plug and then letting nature fill it up again? But what do you do when you have no ‘spring-fed’ water source into your lake? Waiting for the rain to fill it up would take months, so […]
“Why did you choose Angling Lines as the booking agent for your venue?” As a lake owner it’s a question I get asked frequently, both by anglers and by fellow lake owners. Well something happened this morning and although it is just one of many examples I could give, it sums up Angling Lines so […]
After looking for many years for the right place we finally found it at Watersmeet. Our problem was always going to be the fact that we would be owners not living in France, so our choice had to be somewhere we could get to for a long weekend, otherwise it wouldn’t work. We run a […]
Having had Genets netted recently I thought I would put together a few words from my own point of view on the importance as part of ongoing fishery management to carrying out regular netting. We first had the lake netted in Oct 2006 to remove the bulk of the silverfish when nearly a ton & […]
When the long hot days of summer finally do arrive the carp can suffer due to lack of oxygen. Here we showcase a company who have worked with a number of French fisheries to help combat the problem; Aquaculture Equipment Ltd We are manufacturers and suppliers of fish farming, fish keeping and lake aeration equipment. […]
