guinness

Cheers for all that info - much appreciated

Hi all I live in the south of france and am about to start fishing a big lake nearby (600 HA) called Lac Montbel. Very few people fish for carp and most go for pike because they eat all of them! I have bought a dinghy because you could never cast the distance needed and will start to look for features, depths etc. I understand the carp feed heavily on natural baits like crayfish so must search out where the crays live. Does anyone have any basic ideas? Paul Cann http://www.salagou.ismysite.co.uk has kindly given me some tips relating to another lake he fishes about 3 hours away but i wonder if anyone had any tips? I was thinking of using maize to begin with as it is not widely used on this lake. But I also want to tempt the carp with something similar to crays. What bait out there actually smells like crayfish? I realise i will need large, hard baits to stop the nuisance fish and crays but any other advice is appreciated. Its a huge lake as you can see the canadian airforce use it to fill up their firefighting planes! Any thoughts or ideas welcome. I intend to spend a lot of time there! Cheers Guinness

i live in basingstoke. i am already a member of thatcham aa. i'm now looking at newbury. any info would be appreciated - thanks

can anyone let me have a contact or info about any angling clubs in Newbury (berks) please?

I want to fish the canal du midi near carcassonne in france (going there on holiday)and need to find out what type of licence i need and whether i can night fish too. does anybody know who i can contact to find out more? I know night fishing is generally banned on rivers but don't know the rules on canals. Help!!