Gary Western has kindly sent us these top-notch pictures from his trip to Boux last week, it’s certainly fishing well coming in to summer! The 14 acre carp lake is situated on the eastern edge of the stunning Morvan Regional Nature Park, sitting in a valley with rolling fields to one side and dense woodland […]
Roy van Goor is a Laroussi regular, having landed a 61lb mirror on a previous trip, he returned for more this May. Roy has kindly provided us with a great write up of his recent trip to the lake and the capture of the 62lb ‘Le Grand Male’… Big fish on the feed After […]
Lee Johnston, our Lake Owner at Glehias, recently answered a query about the Catfish in the lake, a good read if you’re going out to the venue this year! Hi, beginning to plan for our visit at the beginning of July, hoping to have a go at the catfish as well as the carp, any advice or […]
Last week Chris Pink went out to fish Blue Lake, a 15 acre lake where the water is crystal clear and the depth ranges from 3 foot to over 18 foot; containing loads of underwater features. Details of your catches: 14 fish, 1 sturgeon, 2 grass carp, all others were king carp up to 40 1/2 lbs Your best […]
We received these pictures through from Mr Lee, who fished at Lillypool this April. Lillypool is a 4 acre spring fed lake with average depths of 3 to 8 feet with features that include lily pads (of course!), extensive reed beds, shallow and deep margins and an island. This lake offers quality carp up to 49lbs in […]
In March we stocked two new 50’s here at Mas Bas and it certainly hasn’t taken long for one of them to make an appearance for our anglers. Franck Consato was the clever/lucky angler to land one of the mirrors this week at 53lb 2oz! For more information, videos and feedback on Mas Bas follow […]
What a cracking photo! We received this from Curtis Todd, who fished Old Oaks recently and caught this big scaled mirror at 44lb 6oz. For more information, photo’s, feedback and articles on Old Oaks follow the link – Carp France
Boux produced a beautiful mix of 40lb+ commons and mirrors for Andrew Gilbert’s party fishing this April. See the rest of their catch pictures here. For more information, articles, photo’s and feedback from Boux follow the link – Carp Fishing in France
The anglers due this week at Molyneux were old friends from last year, which is always so nice, as it is truly a pleasure welcoming back familiar faces to the lake. Having been before they had predetermined what swims they were going to fish, mostly the same as last year. Keith opting for Social 1, […]
After a long and cold winter, spring is finally here. In fact, we had the wettest winter in France for 20 years! Fishing has been slow but things are better and better now with the warmer temperatures. Forties, fifties and sixties have been landed so far. Last week, a special fish came out. Mr Diment’s […]
The Notaires Lakes are located deep in the French countryside in the region known as the green heart of France. Your accommodation for the week is a renovated 200 year old Limousin stone built farmhouse with a swimming pool overlooking the carp lake. Peace and quiet are guaranteed. The fish stocks have been added in stages to […]
Duncan De Gruchy talks us through the new Monster Carp Cradles provided at Bletiere and tips on fish care once your catch is on the bank. For more videos from Bletiere click here.
Still looking for a family friendly venue in summer? Consider ‘Glehias‘ Great for families (limited space still available in school holidays) & 1 hour from Beaches. Great for groups of 1 to 4 anglers, with the luxury of having the lake exclusively to yourselves. Traditional 3 bedroomed french farmhouse, with all the mod-cons Home-cooked meals available […]
Andrew Edwards was over at Glehias for a week at the very end of March, coming away with a trio of eye-catching thirties… Details of your catches: 8 carp – 1 x 4lb, 4 x 25lb-30 and 3 x 30lb+ Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Raja over pellet at shallow-end. General comments: Brilliant week with excellent fishing, just wish it […]
The weather leading up to the arrival of this week’s anglers at Molyneux had been awful. On Thursday and Friday we had snow falling and settling to a few inches, and an icy North wind that was making the low temperatures feel so much colder. Saturday morning and our first guests of the week arrived. […]
Graham Ball’s group were out at Beaurepaire last week. Here’s a quick round up of their catches… Details of your catches: Mirrors of 19, 21, 24, 28, 31, 31, 39, 40. Commons of 5lb, 15lb, 17lb’s and a couple of bream. Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Water level was up about 2 meters and this alone made the fishing hard. […]
Michael Battenbough’s group came away from Villefond last week having caught; 2×50’s 13×40’s 7×30’s and 2×20’s. General comments: Very warm welcome received, lovely lake with some seriously big fish, not for the faint hearted. Your best tactics/bait/rigs: House bait, pop-ups or bottom bait plum nut. Follow the link for more information on Villefond – Carp Fishing in […]
Liam Whalley’s group visited Villefond in February and out of the nine carp caught, 6 of those were 40+, including the two beautiful big commons below.
We have our first visitors of the year to Bletiere with Duncan and his wife Sharon here for two weeks. Duncan took advantage of us being empty last week and arrived on Thursday night to give him a couple more days fishing. On the Friday the cold front hit and we woke up in […]
At 4am yesterday morning Big Lin was caught by Brett, a 12 yr old angler fishing with us this week, at a weight of 47lb 6oz, she was in stunning condition, and certainly didn’t have a full belly. Wonder what she will weigh with a wee bit of spawn inside her and who the lucky angler […]
