Excellent Winter Carp Fishing in France!

For the brave ones who’ve crossed the channel in search of French winter carp there’s certainly been good rewards. Ian Lewis & 3 mates have just had a great week at Vaux (17th – 24th January) taking 6 mirrors, 4 being in the 30s, biggest 38.07; 2 commons, biggest 21.06; and 7 pike, biggest 25lb. […]

Winter carp bait query

Brent  wrote: I am going to La Fritterrie in november and am thinking of using either club or red herring.  Any tips please? Hi Brent, Not too sure what ingredients are used in Club Mix or Red Herring but would presume the Red Herring is fish meal based and possibly contains fish oils too. If […]

Early Season Carping – Try the Shallows and Mid Water

France has had a hard winter this year, many lakes were frozen for a number of weeks at the start of 2009 and even now in the first week of April we are still getting frosts. This has naturally had its effect on water temperatures. Water temperatures are the key to fish moving and feeding […]

Successful winter carp fishing

When winter and early spring fishing gets tough often anglers simply give up but for those who persist there are extremely memorable catches to be achieved, often quite easily. Catch more big winter carp right now… Confidence is the key to fishing success for so many reasons and Kevin Maddocks did not refer to having […]