Here’s a list of the biggest fish we’ve seen this year at Laroussi. Despite really up and down weather last year that left a lot of lakes all over France fishing poorly, Laroussi’s tally of big carp remains impressive. The weights of all species show that Mehdi is continuing to do a fantastic job keeping the […]
Mike Linstead, owner of Under The Surface blog, reminisces on his summer trip to the rather impressive 39 acre Brocard Large. Well worth a read… Like most UK carp anglers I love fishing on the continent and targeting the big carp that are on offer in countries such as France and Spain. Having not fished abroad […]
We saw approx. 160 carp already residing in 15 acre Brie at the netting this year. This January however a further 30-40 carp have been added, and there’s some stunners! All the new additional fish were stocked at between 25lb and 45lb. These were sourced from La Horre North (one of the owner’s stock lakes that isn’t open for […]
Old Oaks owner Mehdi has just introduced a new catfish at Old Oaks. Here’s a note from Mehdi; It ‘s a very dark specimen weighing 55lb and measuring over 5 feet long. Also, after spending days and days in the cold water, we finally removed all the snags off the water! It was a tough […]
Mehdi is chuffed with his new young stock at Laroussi, and we would be too! Here’s a note from Mehdi now the fish have arrived; As mentioned early, we introduced new carp at Laroussi. We made a strict selection one by one to get the best quality fish as possible. Target was to find a nice […]
The Bacheliers have been busy! Here’s our round-up of the nettings and stockings so far this winter… The well respected Bachelier family own five of our venues – Jonchery, Jonchery #7, Brocard Small, Brocard Large and Brie. Whilst these venues are all unique in their own way, they also share something in common – the […]
This is the incredible story of an angler that truly earnt the capture of a 71lb mirror carp at Laroussi this November. Roy Wreatham has kindly written an account of the capture that lead to a new personal best and one that took the title of the biggest fish out this year… My son in law […]
The Crane fishing party have held records for both Alder and Notaires previously and have reclaimed the record for Notaires with Jon Vary’s 46lb 8oz mirror on their 5th annual visit… Jon reported:- “I ended up with 750 lbs for the week it consisted of 16 20’s most of which were just under 30. I […]
What a cracking end to the season for Lillypool bailiff Rick. Having had a few friends at the lake for a bonfire BBQ and end of season fishing party (not to mention copious amounts of alcohol) he also had something else to celebrate with a new lake record common for himself of 47lb 1oz. Get in there! More […]
An updated venue video for Mas Bas Main Lake has been well overdue! We visited early October for four days of fishing and filming. Bridget managed two forties in an hours early morning fishing on the second day, you’ll see all this and more in the video. Like what you see? For more information on […]
We have worked with Vincons for over 10 years now and it has been the venue that many of us in the office have chosen to frequent as our ‘chilled out’ holiday destination. A 12 acre runs water, lakeside cabin, stone gite and swimming pool all sit within the grounds of the Bouchot’s family farm in central […]
A few photos and feedback from Mark and Jason’s trip to Molyneux on the 4th October. A couple of really nice guys, they fished Jack’s swim and caught a few lovely carp between them during their stay… Holiday date: Sat 4th Oct to Sat 11th Oct 2014 Name of customer: Mark Browne Number of anglers: […]
An updated venue video for Lotus Lake has been well overdue! Excellent accommodation, swimming pool, specimen carp fishing – you can’t help but fall in love with this venue. We visited early October for four days of fishing and filming… The pretty Lotus Lake is the smaller of the 2 lakes on the complex and […]
Our new additions to Lillybelle arrived this week – 20, 30 and 40lb Cats. I look forward to seeing them on the bank again soon! Lillybelle is a 5.5 acre carp lake, created by carp anglers for carp anglers, and will be opening in Spring 2015. Sister lake toLillypool, Lillybelle is located in the Mayenne region and is […]
After a slow start to the year, Villefond has come bouncing back with some really great carp out on the bank. Earlier this month we had a new lake record at 59lb and now a great feedback report from Danny Parkins group; Holiday date: Sat 27th Sep to Sat 4th Oct 2014 Name of customer: […]
Huge congratulations to Stuart Lemon, who landed the Long Common from Old Oaks, at a whopping 62lb… Old Oaks is a 34 year old virgin gravel pit of around 5 acres, around 3 hours from Caen. It had never been fished before 2006, being left wild and undisturbed since it was dug. A delightfully pretty […]
Regular guest Steve Moore, has just broken the Catfish record at Molyneux with a chunky beast of 78lb. Steve previously held the catfish record at 69lb 10oz, until earlier this year when Paul Fairman topped that with a 75lb specimen. Upon his return to the lake Steve said Jokingly that he was back to reclaim […]
Here’s the first carp going into the brand new Lillybelle lake… & what cracking carp they are! The carp were stocked on 17th December ’13. In total 104 carp were stocked, average size of mid 20’s & the largest was 31lb. Around 80% of the fish stocked were mirrors because most of the original stock […]
Recently an angler heading out to Beaurepaire asked for some baiting advice from our blogger Pat Gillett, who recently spent a week at the venue (you can read about his trip here). We thought it would be worth sharing Pat’s indepth reply… Hi, First of all let me say, that I am sure you will enjoy […]
A short video from Angling Lines blogger Andy Gilbert gives you an insight in to combatting the weed at Brocard Large… Fishing from swim 10 this month, Andy shows how he effectively wades his baits out to chosen spots. Well worth a watch if you’re heading out soon. To see more from Andy click here. […]
