Jean Francois is a very lucky man. Every morning as he opens his front door he is greeted by the sight of his own carp lake and the beautiful rolling countryside of the Poitou-Charentes region of Western France. For one week only Ken and I had the same treat every day, whether it was from […]
Paul Cooper is one of a small band of anglers we use to Field Test our venues. Over the course of several Blog Posts he’ll take you through his 2010 trips; Part 3 – Lac Du Villefond It was late September when I visited Lac Du Villefond with Paul Brookes. Our task was to try […]
Congratulations to Luke Czerpak who has just caught the new lake record for Old Oaks – a magnificent common of 52lb! It was an awesome fish, as you can see above… 1m long with a huge tail, nice dark color and torpedo shape – perfect! That’s the very first 50lb’er off Old Oaks. We knew the […]
12.04 Tench from Laroussi – what a fish! 69 carp out this week and a new lake record tench at 12lb 4oz Here’s the Tench info; Mr Adrian Manks Caught from Le Chene at approximately 40 yards onto a silt/sandy bottom. Bait: 15mm Rahja Spice tipped with pop-up corn. Hook: size 6 T-6 Raptor. Hooklink: […]
Arthur smashes past Big John to take the title of biggest fish in the lake. Arthur came out at a whoping 53.06 and a spawned out Big John at 50.02 . Both 50+ fish came out off the same spot about half an hour apart!
To save you taking up valuable car space tackle is available for hire at Lillypool. It’s all top brands including Shimano, Nash, Trakker, Delkim, Waverunner, Prologic, Viper, etc. You can hire the following; 3 rod set-up with bait runner reels, bank sticks and bite alarms… £60 (£50 returnable deposit) Bedchair and sleeping bag… £20 (£20 returnable […]
30lb+ common for Steve The Mead Party from the Basingstoke area have enjoyed some fabulous fishing here at La Gléhias over the last week; the four anglers managed to bank a staggering 42 Carp up to 36lb plus two Catfish to around 13lb. Jack Mead (16), who fished days only, went home a happy chappy […]
Molyneux – Wally the bailiff’s report; With The swims ready and particle bait prepared, Helen and I quickly made sure that all our usual last minute checks were carried out and we were ready for the arrival of our exclusive booking for 8 anglers. Sure enough a few minutes before 11am I noticed a car […]
The new Old Oaks record – 49.01 Attached are the photos of the new lake record from Old Oaks that I had on Thursday night. Here’s a few details; 49lb 1oz mirror Fish caught at 2.25am Peg 3 8 inch combi rig, size 6 Kaptor Kurv hook, blowback style Quest Fruity Trifle 15mm hook bait […]
We thought you may be interested in the progress of the construction of the building for the toilets, shower and bait freezer at Boomerang. Work was progressing while we were there (w/c 9th April) and the insulation and lining of the walls was completed before we left. These facilities are for use by anglers who […]
Here’s a short video from John London – spring has sprung at Bletiere!
John London is the owner of Bletiere and through this Blog section he’s going to keep a diary of the daily life of a French carp lake owner. In this short video clip John shows us how the wild flower meadow is coming along.
Natures waking up. With the very warm weather we are having all sort of insects and animals and reptiles are starting to appear and this week has seen the first of the grass snakes waking up and swimming across the lake. They are harmless so we leave them alone and they will not bother the […]
The junior lake record was smashed at lillypool by youngster Ben Talbot aged 11 from Warrington, with a superb 34.3lb mirror. A fantastic result for him and I’m sure it won’t be long before he’s catching up with his dad. The 3 angler trip had a great week 9th to 16th April and accounted […]
Hi Danny, Me and a friend are coming over in June for the week. After watching the DVD’S we wondered if it was true that you have to use such a massive amount of bait. I’m not used to using that amount of bait on a fishing session in the UK and it’s my first […]
The Bletiere swing After only 3 years I have managed, after a lot of planning, to get the swing up for our young visitors. Being a man I did not want to rush and so I planned it properly… anyway that’s my excuse! Tight lines, John
Here’s the video of Shaun Harrisons 54lb’er caught at Gigantica in 2009
Jake continues his assault on the tree line swim at Gigantica, revealing the knots he was shown, and some stunning Gigantica carp to finish with. You can read Part 1 here. Five More Carp, One Lost Fish, Two Nights Left! By Jake Langley-Hobbs Good Afternoon. I finished off yesterday’s post with a tempting footnote….I had caught […]
Molyneux in Early Spring Roy Fulton of Clearview Carp Tours has recently taken over at Molyneux and Dave Keep of Angling Lines recently contacted me to see if I would like to fish Molyneux again in late March 2011 as Roy’s guest. I accepted without hesitation and I was shortly on my travels with my […]
