Huge congratulations to Steve Knight! He was the last angler on both Laroussi and Old Oaks & caught the last carp of the 2012 season (mid December). Steve, loving the challenge, came back early February 2013 on Laroussi to try to seduce the first carp of the year and he did it with […]
Arthur at 55.04 Winter Review Lake Manager Mark Lambert has taken full advantage of the quiet winter period here at Villefond to test out the new tweaks and flavours made in the house bait range which includes the new plum nut bait which has already had great results. Fishing just short sessions through out the […]
A cracking 28lb Linear mirror carp caught on 6th Jan ’13 proves that Paul Cooper’s strategy of using short hook links in winter works. Carp Fishing Tips – 59 Videos
Mehdi Daho, owner of Laroussi & Old Oaks, guides you through his methods to catch carp in Winter. He outlines the tactics he uses and then gives great detail on his prefered bait and baiting techniques. A real gem of a video for anyone considering winter carping. 57 Carp Fishing Tactics Videos
This is a winter carping special as Mehdi Daho & Bill Holcombe tell us about the great November sessions they’ve just enjoyed. Plus a round-up of all the November big fish captures – and there’s lots of ’em! Guide to Carp Fishing – 56 Videos
The Long Two Tone at 47.12 24hrs at Lac Du Villefond, 7/11/12 by fisheries manager, Mark Lambert Wednesday the 7th of November 2012 was the start of my 24 hour session on my lake Villefond . I had my tent set up from a previous session the week before so after a quick setup of […]
43.01 – who says carp don’t feed in the winter! We arrived at the lake at 7.30am just before it got light. There were three of us fishing, Myself (Mark Lambert) the owner (John Lambert) and our friend Gavin Rose. Just as it became light enough to boat the rods out I put my three […]
A winter caught 40 from Villefond January 11th saw myself (Mark Lambert Villefond fishery manager) and a friend get a chance to fish on Villefond for a quick 24hr session. I had been feeding the fish on our brilliant new range of boillies all winter and knew from previous catch reports the fish loved it […]
Carp don’t feed in the Winter – do they? Paul Cooper shares some winter carp fishing tips to help you catch a few more Winter carp;
Winter carping at Vaux by Chas Cook Catching carp in winter has a reputation for being difficult but I believe I’ve developed methods at Vaux which turn the odds in my favour. Let me give you an example; On Thursday, 24th November a good helping of mixed giant maize and wheat, cooked and prepared in bulk, […]
50.10 Kevin Hosie has just enjoyed (w/c 26th November 2011) a fantastic winter carp session at Old Oaks. He had 24 carp… biggest a 50lb 10oz common plus; * 9 x 40’s * 10 x 30’s * 4 x 20’s Now that’s not bad for December!
Mark Oakes experienced some true winter carping at Laroussi just before Christmas (w/c 26th November 2010). As you can see from the photo above he experienced around 6 inches of snow and had to come home 2 days early because the lake froze over! Did he catch? He sure did…. a 43lb carp & […]
This video first appeared on the Quest Baits Blog & is reproduced with kind permission.
This video first appeared on the Quest Baits Blog & is reproduced with kind permission.
Finally most lakes around here have eventually crept back up in water temperature to make the catching of carp a much more realistic prospect than it was a couple of weeks back. For 30 odd years I have taken water temperatures during the winter months. I don’t mean just dangling a thermometer in a few […]
This article first appeared on the Quest Baits Blog & is reproduced with kind permission Can you please tell me what you think are the best rigs for winter and the cold weather. Thanks. Cold water rigs for me, differ very little from my normal rigs, however I do like to scale things down somewhat. You […]
This article first appeared on the Quest Baits Blog & is reproduced with kind permission. I must admit I went to bed last night not particularly expecting to be doing much fishing this week-end. I re-loaded the open fire in my bedroom with logs before climbing into bed thinking I would have a nice leisurely day […]
Wayne Naylor with one of his Laroussi carp Wayne Naylor has just proved that cold water carping at Laroussi really is worth the effort. Fishing the first week in November he took 34 carp in total… 1 x 52lb mirror, 1 x 54lb mirror, 1 x 44lb common, 3 x 30lb+ commons, 1 x 30lb […]
David writes; The Winter fishing at Vaux this year has been superb – see the January 28th Blog post here In this post from Chas, the owner of Vaux, he gives away one of his winter edges… his Ice Rig! From May 2002 when we bought Vaux until March 2004 when it was opened as […]
Following on from yesterdays post which definitely proves it’s worth winter carping in France, today we address the age old question – do UK carp feed sufficiently often in the winter to make it worth while fishing for them? In this excellent piece Shaun Harrison gives us the benefit of his 30 years of carp […]
