The Hope family enjoyed a fantastic week at Beaurepaire (w/c 12th May)havingg 48 runs with 44 landed; * 32 carp all mirrors * 7 x 40’s * 13 x 30’s * 11 x 20’s * 1 @ 16lb * 2 grass carp 19.8 & 24lb * 2 catfish 12 & 37lb * 8 bream Here’s […]
Last year Jim Kelly and I visited Blue Lake in almost monsoon conditions, with freshly dug swims with marl and mud everywhere, it was a trip to forget and we finished our trip early due to the adverse conditions. A view of Blue lake from swim 7 On our return to the UK we reported […]
43.03 A new Lillypool lake record common for Martin Larner @ 43lb 3oz – a new PB for him. It was his last day and it came with the last cast of the week! French Carp Fishing
42.12 – The lake record Common Molyneux Report to 14th April 2012; Saturday arrived and after an early breakfast, Paul was on his way. Living Ooop North, means he has an awful long drive from Dover, so he set off in plenty to get home during daylight. Our next anglers consisted of two parties of […]
Rob Inns describes the tackle & tactics he used to catch Bennett’s at 51lb from Villefond … Carp Fishing in France
Fishing the shallows at Blue Lake Paul Cooper explains the techniques he uses to avoid spooking the carp… Fishing France at Blue Lake
The Angling Lines Field Testers return to Blue Lake & have a great session. Hints, Tips & lots of catch action. Fishing France at Blue Lake
70lb Congratulations to Rick for setting the new Old Oaks catfish record with a 70lb moggy! Last time out this cat was 60lb. Carp in the 50’s and 40’s are still coming out week after week. This really is a fantastic year for Old Oaks. Carp France
We have just heard from lake owner Sebastien that one of this week’s anglers has banked Blue Lake‘s first 40 with a carp of 42lb. And it looks like the anglers (Denton group of 4) are in for a busy time this week. Early Monday morning and they have already chalked up over 20 carp […]
Having now seen the back of a very wet and cold April I thought I would just have a quick look at the catch reports. Despite some awful weather where some of the anglers did not even fish but sat in the gite in the dry, we have had a pretty good month. It seems […]
53lb Beaurepaire was born in 2005 , 7 years ago and the big decision that faced Bernard at the time was how to stock the lake. He could obviously go for smaller numbers and bigger carp and stock additional fish along the way or start the lake in it’s infancy with good quality smaller carp, […]
The DIY Ghosty @ 44lb 1oz The fish are yet to really get on the feed at Villefond but this hasn’t prevented anglers from having some amazing catches and some really special fish have been caught which has made picking a fish of the month really difficult. A lot of the lakes real characters have […]
Blue Lake – looking across the lake from swim 7 General Paul Cooper and I visited Blue Lake last July, before it was stocked and the going was tough. The lake had been stocked during the winter and we had returned, hopefully to catch some carp. On arrival we had a good look round and […]
Phil Belton with the 53lb Beaurepaire lake record Colin Ventons group had a great session at Beaurepaire 21st to 28th April 2012. Battling gale force winds and torrential rain, the guys caught 3 different 50’s including a new lake record of 53lb. Sadly, for some of the guys, an unexpected illness sent 4 of them […]
Are you preparing for a carp fishing trip to France in 2012? Via a series of Blog posts & a video diary Paul Cooper will take you through his preparation routine for a trip to Blue Lake. Part 1 is here – https://youtu.be/k4U6stV_utQ Part 2 is here – https://youtu.be/EDqwU1oEXrk Part 3 is here – https://youtu.be/rQCoZ0b2i2g Part 4 is […]
53lb 10oz Derek Ryley, from Liverpool, took his three sons (Joshua 19, Liam 17 and Louis 13) to Boux at the wish of his Nan, Sally Latimer, who gifted them money for the trip prior to her passing away. The family group, had a fantastic result taking 63 carp which included, 4 x 50’s, 14 […]
A quick review by owner Mark Lambert; There’s been a lot going on at Lac Du Villefond in March partly due to the fact that the lake was frozen for almost the whole month of February. March has seen the finishing touches completed on the new mobile home accommodation and this is now available for […]
57lb common Only the week after the lake mirror record was smashed with a 57lb carp the next group of anglers have managed to break the Lake record for a Common Carp with Gary Gordons capture at 51lb 06oz. This is an amazing start to the season for Old Oaks with this being the fifth […]
70.06 Now, we can’t really tell you how to fish Laroussi per say, but I can tell you what Andrew Redfearn and myself did when we fished there the last week in March 2012, when our results certainly surpassed our expectations! Which swim? We were lucky enough to be 2 of 4 anglers on the lake […]
Boux in the summer – heaven! I have always loved Boux, not only for the huge carp which of course brings tremendous feedback, but simply because the setting is gorgeous… the forest backdrop and then the open fields with cattle grazing are in sharp contrast to each other. So it was with some excitement that […]
