Barbel Fishing on the River Dove

Barbel fishing is enjoyed by many carp anglers so we thought we’d ask Paul Cooper to shoot a couple of videos for us. Here we join him on a July 2012 Barbel session on the River Dove. Paul explains his tactics and bait and we see carp and barbel to 16lb landed. You can watch […]

Barbel Fishing Tackle

Barbel fishing is enjoyed by many carp anglers so we thought we’d ask Paul Cooper to shoot a couple of videos for us. Here we join him as he prepares for a Barbel session on the River Dove & Paul demonstrates all the essential items of tackle required. In a few days time (14th July) […]

Sparsholt Foundation Learning Course Coaching Day

Andy Neal discovered just what it means to be a fishing coach for a day; ‘When Sparsholt College in Hampshire got in touch to say they were running their annual FLC coaching day I just had to be there. This day is organised by Sparsholt College fishery students and is there to give other students […]

New Catfish Record Set at Old Oaks

70lb Congratulations to Rick for setting the new Old Oaks catfish record with a 70lb moggy!  Last time out this cat was 60lb. Carp in the 50’s and 40’s are still coming out week after week.  This really is a fantastic year for Old Oaks. Carp France  

Fishing For Dummies

It’s complex, confusing and loaded with jargon. We describe it as both a sport and a hobby, a science and yet also an art. It is as complex as the female psyche. It attracts both casual devotees and total fanatics of every age and background. Jesus did it- but then again, so did George Bush. […]

Winter Barbel & Chub – Tony Miles

From October onwards, my fishing became very disjointed and only really came back to normal in February. The main reason was a succession of health issues within the family, which saw me missing a lot of fishing and only going locally for a few hours when I could get out. Consequently, I was never able […]

No April Fool – It’s The Record Catfish!

Around 160lb The Laroussi lake record catfish came out yesterday, April 1st.  Of course we couldn’t have let you know yesterday or you would have thought we were just fooling around! Matthew Parker has landed the Laroussi Monster which has remained uncaught (or should we say unlanded since its been hooked & lost several times […]

We welcome 2 new carp at Mas Bas

This week the Main Lake at Mas Bas welcomed two new arrivals, a lovely 25lb mirror and a very pretty  17lb 8oz red carp. Lets hope they both settle in well to add even more excitement to next seasons fishing.

Laroussi tench is confirmed as new world record

15.03 Tench It’s now official that the 15.03 Tench caught at Laroussi by Janet Johnson in July is the new French record. If you can read French here’s an article on it; https://www.anglinglines.com/img/upload/press/Laroussi_-_Record_Tench.pdf  

Laroussi produces a 12lb tench!

12.04 Tench from Laroussi – what a fish! 69 carp out this week and a new lake record tench at 12lb 4oz Here’s the Tench info; Mr Adrian Manks Caught from Le Chene at approximately 40 yards onto a silt/sandy bottom. Bait: 15mm Rahja Spice tipped with pop-up corn. Hook: size 6  T-6 Raptor. Hooklink: […]

My first trip to France… any advice or tips?

Molyneux is famous for its large Grass carp Phil asks; I’m going to Molyneux for a week for the first time at the end of March.  Any advice on bait, hook lengths, pegs location, or things to take and watch out for.  Will the weather be a problem?  Any assistance greatly appreciated. . Roy Fulton […]

Molyneux record catfish

Dave and the Molyneux lake record catfish of 45lb There has been two lake record catfish caught at Molyneux this August. The first was a 41lb cat caught from swim 5 and whilst waiting for the photos a 45lb cat fish was caught from the cabin swim by Dave on a Baitcraft T1.

First ever catfish for Terry from La Glehias

Terry Banyard of the Mackinlay Party landed a 52lb catfish at 4pm on Sunday the 22nd of August at Glehias and has earned himself the “OAP’s Lake Record Catfish” award. The Maniac Moggie came from under the big overhanging Willow on the Gorse bank and was taken on a half Chilli Chocolate boilie combined with […]

Record Grass Carp from Molyneux

38lb 8oz Gary Webb, whilst on work experience from Hadlow colledge, managed to fit in a few nights fishing and caught new lake record Grass carp of 38lb 8oz at Molyneux. The huge grassy was caught from peg 12 on Baitcraft T1 fished over a large bed of T1’s, maize and hemp.

How do I catch Grass Carp?

Philip Parker wrote: I will be tackling a venue that contains a good head of large grass carp. The lake itself is quite shallow 3′-4′ and around nine acres in size. Can anyone offer some advice on trying to catch them. Of all the fish I’ve caught this one has eluded me. Surface baits are […]