My fish of the month for March is not the biggest fish in the lake by any stretch but was still a special capture. So what makes the capture of a 35lb 10oz mirror in a lake full of 40’s and 50’s worthy of the title fish of the month? Well a few things; firstly […]
With the first anglers breakfasted and on their way home, we set about preparing for the arrival of our second group of the year. The group consisting of Barry, Stuart, Shaun, Graham, Luke, Jordan and Jack, who arrived mid-afternoon. We had a quick chat and the obligatory cup or two of tea and then wandered […]
Well our first week of the season is over. The anglers are heading home to snowy Blighty. It was touch and go for a while leading up to their arrival as to whether the weather would break. Three days before they arrived we had half the lake frozen and a few inches of snow on […]
‘Mr Sixty’ Wayne Naylor has bagged half a page in the new Carp-Talk for the 67lb Mirror caught at Laroussi in February this year. For more information on Laroussi follow the link – Carp Fishing in France
I decided this year to improve and enlarge Jacks swim. As you will see in the photo on the right, when we arrived at Molyneux it was just a half gravelled rough slope leading down to the water’s edge. It was muddy, slippery and treacherous. Not long after arriving we added a platform to the […]
Weather is much milder than last week, poured with rain yesterday, though has been mostly cloudy with the odd sunny spell. Anglers all seem very happy, food has gone down very well, and they are catching fish which always helps. Saturday night Ian Davenport caught a pb mirror of 34lb 4oz, then Sunday night caught […]
Spring seems to have finally sprung at Mas Bas. The weather has been absolutely atrocious over the past couple of months. We have had rain virtually every day and Gilles has impatiently been waiting for the opportunity to drain down the main lake and remove all the surplus grass carp which have become more and […]
We have just had an update from Bernard at the lake. After a really cold winter including snow up to this week, the weather finally looks to start getting milder from now on. The heavy rains over the winter period and the snow mean that we begin the season with high water levels with the […]
As well as improving and enlarging Jacks swim, we also decided to make improvements to the double swim here at Molyneux, easily the most popular on the lake. It was another that when we arrived two years ago needed immediate work carried out on it. There had been some very rough steps dug out at […]
Craig with his new PB – 39.02 Following a week-long visit to Bletiere, I described the venue in my feedback as being a wonderful place. That simply doesn’t do the place justice and I felt compelled to give a more detailed account. My brother, Greg, and I spent a week as the guests of John […]
It’s that time of year again when we start dreaming of our summer holidays in France. The days are starting to draw out and it’s time to start dusting down the rods and think about planning our trips. I have been to La Bletiere four times over the last four years and have booked a […]
Blue Lake Owner Sebastien has just confirmed there is now a 300 litre freezer and a large fridge on site at Blue Lake . Plus there are a few spare plug points and some kind angler has left 2 UK plug adaptors at the venue. Can’t guarantee some not-so-kind angler will remove these though, so […]
Winter has been long and wet though not particularly cold this year, so it is a pleasant surprise to see the crocuses starting to come through so early at Notaires. The ‘warm’ wet weather has been good for the fish as the aquifers are refilled after the drought of the least two years and there […]
Huge congratulations to Steve Knight! He was the last angler on both Laroussi and Old Oaks & caught the last carp of the 2012 season (mid December). Steve, loving the challenge, came back early February 2013 on Laroussi to try to seduce the first carp of the year and he did it with […]
Arthur at 55.04 Winter Review Lake Manager Mark Lambert has taken full advantage of the quiet winter period here at Villefond to test out the new tweaks and flavours made in the house bait range which includes the new plum nut bait which has already had great results. Fishing just short sessions through out the […]
For our non-fishing guests at Bletiere I supply a folder of things to do & this year I have added a list of brocantes (markets) in the local area. The brocantes take place on a Sunday and last most of the day and they range from a small village to the bigger towns where all the […]
I’ve started to put on the forum the water temperatures for Bletiere for this season. A lot of anglers like to see this as it’s a good guide to what other lakes temps may be over here and also shows when it’s getting near to possible spawning time. I found a weather site the other […]
We’ve just added 3 new videos for Bletiere ; Winter Lake Tour Swim Update Winter Feeding Regime You can watch them all here. Here’s the Winter Feeding regime video… Fishing holidays in France at Bletiere
Like most of you in the UK, we have had our share of chilly snowy weather here at Molyneux over the last few days. Thankfully we’ve not had the amounts of snow that seem to have covered large parts of Blighty, but it has certainly made life around the lake a little more difficult. The […]
Lac Du Villefond‘s Arthur at a Massive 55lb 4oz caught by Mark Lambert on 30/01/2013. Mark used a 16mm pop up on a size 8 curve shank hook over a bed of 16mm venue sold boilies. You can read the story here. Carp Fishing in France at Villefond
