We have had some real monster fish out of Villefond recently… First up is a new lake record Mirror at 55lb, a fish we believe to be Arnold. Bennetts the fish has been out at 54lb and we have had a new member to the 50lb club! A fish called slate grey was caught at […]
Gary Lockyer was out at Lillypool this June, coming away with a handful of decent thirties including the 38lb common below… Details of your catches: 37 total including 3 x 30’s to 38lb, 18 x 20’s to 28lb 8oz and 16 under 20’s. Lost 5. Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Cell over hemp. General comments: All associated with the venue […]
We have heard news back from our anglers that travelled out to Blue Lake in June. Between four of them they had over 95 fish on the bank in 7 days; here is feedback from Jason Fox, one of the anglers on that week… Details of your catches: 65+ fish between two of us. Biggest 41lb […]
Its the last week in May of 2013 and Ron Key and I are off to test yet another new lake for Angling Lines, Vaumigny… Vaumigny lake is 37 acres and set in a beautiful country location to the South West of Paris. Totally surrounded by overhanging trees and woodland the lake has a very […]
Ian Sweenie’s group went out to Blue lake at the end of May and took some lovely shots of the lake in it’s early summer beauty! The lake varies from 3ft at its shallowest running to over 15ft at its South West end. It’s a fascinating mixture of bars and areas of sand, rocks, gravel, […]
What’s your PB? A 60lb carp, a 100lb sturgeon or perhaps even a 170lb catfish? At Vaumigny all this and more is possible. Vaumigny is a water that will test your skill, your tackle and your nerve! It also holds enough big carp to ensure that you’re not waiting all week for that one special run. […]
Lac Du Villefond has been fishing really well recently and with a gap in the bookings I decided to take the opportunity to spend some time catching the monsters that swim our waters… I wasn’t able to fish a whole week so I decided I would at least pre-bait for a few days on the […]
After such a momentous weeks fishing at Molyneux it seemed only right and proper that I post up a few photos over and above the normal half dozen that accompany the week’s report. With five new forty pound carp caught it is a very exciting time for Molyneux and this takes the number of known […]
We had Jackie, husband Dave and their friend fishing here at Bletiere, w/c 1st June, and at 9.30am on Tuesday Jackie broke the lake record with a big mirror. 45.04 She decided to try a different spot this morning, behind the island, and after about an hour Jackie landed the mirror & new lake record at […]
May has been a mad month at Old Oaks with plenty of big fish, here’s the round up below… Earlier in April, Des Chapman landed 3 fifties up to 54lb, almost in a row, with a plenty of forties and high thirties. Andrew Hooper’s team had a super week with 33 fish including the Long […]
Lake record grass carp caught & five new forty pound fish landed… Saturday morning and the phone rang bright and early, the Dawson party were at the Molyneux gate already! I opened the gate and welcomed them back to the lake. I often say how good it is to see old faces back at the lake […]
The fishing has well and truly warmed up along with the weather at both Laroussi and Old Oaks. The 3 biggest resident commons at the lakes have been caught… and all in the same day! The ‘Long Common’ at 59lb and the ‘Pizza Common’ at 52lb in Old Oaks and a 50lb 2oz in Laroussi. Will […]
Jonchery is a stunning 30 acre lake set in the heart of the Champagne region, created and run by the prominent fish farming Bachelier family. This lake has a great reputation, stretching back many years, for offering superb carp fishing holidays… The lake is shaped like an Xmas stocking, with swim 5 tucked neatly on the dam wall […]
A couple of days fishing at Villefond for fisheries manager Mark Lambert saw a few nice carp on the Bank, all falling to the house bait… To view more videos from Villefond follow the link – Carp Fishing in France
We had Kevin fishing here at Bletiere the last week in May with his son Chris and friends Clint and Paul. 3 days in to their trip and 3 of them had broken their pbs. I received a message at about 9 pm, the guys called me down as Kevin had broken the lake record […]
Brie is a truly beautiful lake which was originally known as Etang au Bois (Lake in the Woods) and established as a carp fishery by well known carp angler Ron Woodward. Ron was a well respected figure in the angling world but sadly passed away in 2012. He discovered Brie and went on to set it up to his […]
Scott Fry was out at Boux this month coming away with 28 carp including these two cracking 52lb’ers, here’s a round-up of his feedback… Details of your catches: 28 carp caught with two 52’s(common and mirror), seven 40’s, fourteen 30’s and five 20’s including the bright orange koi. Your best tactics: Few caught on singles cast to showing […]
Fishing at Molyneux produced these two beauties for Neil Spreadborough this month… “20 fish in total, including 9 over 30lbs. Excellent hosts in Wally and Helen, just left us all to it. If we wanted anything it was there. Can’t fault the place at all, 5*” Neil Spreadborough, May ’13 For more information, feedback and […]
If it’s action and the chance of some real lumps you’re after then this could be the lake for you. Jonchery 7 is owned by the prominent fish farming Bachelier family and is set close to the dam wall of the Lac d’Orient. The lovely 5 acre lake sits on the same complex as its […]
We received this picture through from Mr Downer who was fishing Beaurepaire as part of a group of six anglers this May. Beaurepaire is a natural gravel pit of seven acres fed directly by the water table, just 2½ hours from Calais. Details of your catches: Eleven cats to 49lb, six grass carp to 35lb, thirty […]
