Carp fishing video – more carp stocked at Lillypool
Here’s the video of 24 more carp going into Lillypool. All the carp were above 20lb, being between 20.7 lb & and 26.4 lb. You can see more photos here.
Owning a Carp Lake
Advanced carp lake management – microchipping carp
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 […]
More big carp stocked at Sapphire
Michel Bigot has just netted one of his stock ponds and dispatched 10 more carp to Sapphire Lake. The best of these were two mirrors weighing 45lb and 43lb. The others were all upper twenties. These are added to the nine 40’s and the 50 we saw him stock a few weeks ago.
Hands up who’s thought about buying a carp lake in France
Dan with an Oakwood beauty! I bet if I was stood in a room with 100 carp anglers there would be 85 hands up in front of me by now. It must be most anglers dream to have there own fishery whether it be at home or abroad. It certainly was my dream as a […]
Looking for a runs water? These carp should help at Mas Bas.
One of the carp from the Mas Bas recent stocking We’ve just received a small batch of additional carp. Their weights, in lbs, were as follows; . * 38.06 * 2 x 33 * 3 x 26 * 3 x 24 * 1 x 22 . These new fish fish will definitely help keep the […]
Looking for a carp runs water?
Alan Bigot introducing one of the new stockies Following on from the introduction of the 51 lb mirror at Lillypool, the lads have gone mad and put in yet more fish in for your enjoyment. Yes, I did say more fish added to the already impressive head of carp. This should really help guarantee even […]
More carp stocked at Villefond French carp lake
The carp arrive! Yesterday, January 12th, Villefond received an additional batch of carp from fish farmer Michel Bigot. These fish are all young fast growing carp that will help boost the run rate still further on this prolific venue. The weight (in lb’s) of the fish that were stocked was; 5 x commons; 27, 26, 22, 21, 20, 18 14 x […]
The building of Bletiere carp lake – old photos tell the story
John London is the owner of Bletiere and through this Blog section he’s going to keep a diary of the daily life of a French carp lake owner. Outside it’s one of the rare days we have had rain in the last few weeks so I decided to sort out all the old photos we have stored […]
Video of the 53lb common carp stocked at Sapphire
Here’s the video of the carp stocked at Sapphire in November 2010. A summary of the weights were as follows: * 5 fish between 41lb and 43lb * 2 fish at 44lb a piece * the top three weighed in at 48lb, 49lb… and of course the 53lb common.
Video of the 51lb carp stocked at Lillypool
Here’s the video of the 51lb’er going into Lillypool in November 2010. Full details here.
20 young grass carp introduced to control weed
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 […]
A controlled feeding program for carp stock pools
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 […]
Emptying & re-filling a carp lake
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 Angling Lines?
“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 […]
Owning a French carp fishery… but living in England
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 […]
The benefits of regular netting of carp lakes
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 & […]
Buying a carp lake in France… pt.3
John & Lesley London of Bletiere continue their very popular series on fulfilling every carp anglers dream. Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. Well hopefully you have now moved into your new home and are sitting there with plans going through your head about opening for business. Well I am afraid unless you […]
Carp venue management – aeration equipment
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. […]
Dealing with weed in a carp lake
By Andrew, the owner of Molyneux lake; Weed is not particularly desirable in large amounts in a carp lake for 2 reasons – it’s difficult for anglers to deal with when fishing and it can have a negative effect on the eco-system. Phytoplankton and weed are in direct competition with each other in a lake, […]
Must a carp lake be cleaned before I can buy it?
I am thinking about buying a property with three lakes in the Mont De Blond area of France. The current owner says that it’s French law that the lakes have to be cleaned at a cost of 20,000 euros before he can sell the property. Can you confirm if this is the case and how […]
