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Laroussi’s Recent Captures

Here are two of the monsters caught at Laroussi this month… Laroussi’s catfish and sturgeon may get less press than the lakes infamous BIG carp, but they’re certainly sizeable. For more information on Laroussi follow the link – Carp Fishing in France

A Lake in the Woods

It’s 5am on Saturday morning following a week’s fishing on Brie. The air is heavy and sticky and Jim gets a single bleep on his right hand rod. He’s out of his sleeping bag and standing by his rods, a second bleep and he is into the fish, a magnificent 43lb specimen. By the time […]

Late Booking Arrives with a Bang!

Lillypool welcomed Dave brown and sons, Cody and Matthew, on a late and shorter than usual booking this week… Despite this, a bumper 4 days fishing was to follow consisting of 45 runs, 33 fish to 39lb 10oz and a new lake record catfish at 48lb 6oz were banked. Great stuff guys! For more information on […]

Boux Catch Report

Tom and Jake Carling, along with friends Simon Dew and Jack Bonner fished Boux for a week this month, coming away with some stunners… Details of your catches: 12 fish to 45lb 10 oz. 10 mirrors, 2 commons. Your best tactics/bait/rigs: 9 of the 12 fish were caught fishing from the right hand side of the wooded […]

Great Carp Session at Villefond

Christopher Blunt’s party of five were out at Villefond the first week in August… Details of your catches: 6 x 40’s (41.4 – 47.2), 6 x 30’s, 3 x grass carp – 22.0, 5 x 10 – 26.0 (total 20 carp) lost 15-20 carp Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Listen to mark as his rig is designed for crafty […]

Beaurepaire Produces 67lb Catfish

Gary Rivett fished Beaurepaire last week with his mate Steve  & had 35 carp, including a PB mirror for Steve at 31-10,  a PB grassy for Gary at 34-04 & other mirrors to 40-09… Gary also landed this lake record cat with the Reuben Heatons thumping down to the stop at 67-12; among other cats to 48-10. […]

Glehia’s Beauties and a Beastly Cat!

Just a selection of snaps and reviews from the last two weeks at Glehias… “Fantastic location. Perfect hosts. Tracy cooks a fantastic meal. Delivery of meal to lakeside is a massive plus. Option to leave gear at lakeside massive benefit. Lee super-knowledgeable. Very welcoming and will certainly be back again.”    Stuart Burgess, 20/7-27/7/13 “As […]

Vaumigny Stars in Sturgeon Documentary

Vaumigny was recently chosen for a documentary on big sturgeon fishing… The lake was one of the forerunners in France for introducing several species of big sturgeon into their closed waters so it’s anglers can enjoy the exhilarating sport. There are 25 to 30 sturgeon to over 100lb with the biggest specimen estimated at 140lb.  These record […]

Young Angler James has Huge Haul at Notaires

Notaires provides the perfect balance for a family angling holiday, here’s why James Geeson thinks so… General Comments: We stayed as a family of 5 with Chris and Steph for a week in mid july and had a wonderful time. Our 3 boys enjoyed the swimming pool and the animals as well as the wi-fi! […]

‘Leviathons’ at Villefond

James Harcom’s effort paid off with a fifty at Villefond… General comments: This lake has the feel of the ones back home but contains an absolutely stunning stock of leviathons. They are not the easiest to catch but are well worth the effort. Especially when you have so many potential fish to complete your dreams! The […]

Laroussi Cancellation

Cancellation means 4 spaces available in October on Laroussi… Laroussi has been booked up for the whole season for many months now – so this is a rare event.  A hospital operation means one of our regular customers has had to cancel his October trip… so there are 4 spaces available on the 19th October […]

‘The Creature’

Carl Sharp was out at Laroussi this month, here are his  comments on the lake… “It is very much an ‘english style’ lake, it’s not your general overly stocked french water full of hungry pigs so you really need to work at your angling as opposed to just ‘chucking and chancing’. It is a gorgeous place […]

The Catfish of Vaumigny

Frank, the lake’s bailiff, estimates that there are at least 20 fair size cats in Vaumigny. One of the larger specimens came out on the 8th of this month and you can see the impressive photo below! The beast is 2.1m (nearly 7 foot) long and weighs over 140lbs! It was taken from Swim 1 on a fish-based boilie. […]

Patience Pays Off at Laroussi

Here’s some feedback from Royston Butwell after a trip to Laroussi this month… Details of your groups catches: 57lb 8oz mirror, 40lb 6oz mirror, 55lb 2oz sturgeon, 37lb mirror, 46lb 08oz mirror (3rd fish out on a zig ever), 17lb common, 18lb common. Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Zigs, little and often approach, fish would not respond to larger beds […]

Jenny Jumps for Joy!

Jenny Handley here for the week with husband Ted, was not content with over 196lbs of fish between them in the first 24 hours, nor was she happy with another 365lb+ fish over the next couple of days! Texacom PCB Inspector Jenny from Rossendale Lancashire wasn’t going to be happy until she’d broken the Ladies […]

Maximising Your Catch at Villefond

I have decided to write a piece to try and help people to get the best of their week fishing our lake, Villefond. As the fish grow on in leaps and bounds and with the lake average now pushing over 40lb the carp are becoming ever more wise and wary. I have explained in previous […]

Introducing… Brocard Large and Small

If you are looking for serious waters that contains a large average size of carp in natural surroundings, then these could be the lakes for you…  The Brocard lakes are situated within picturesque woodlands in the Champagne region of France, created and run by the prominent fish farming Bachelier family. The complex consists of 2 lakes, […]

High Average at Old Oaks

Andy Wilmott and Gary Reynolds had a catch of 29 carp at Old Oaks this month, 22 of which were over 30lb! Nice work guys. Read their feedback below… Details of your catches: 29 carp for the week. 10 x 40’s 12x 30’s. Best 3 were 45, 46 and 49lb. Fish were still interested in […]