french carping (BAIT)

[reecy]

going france for a week staying in a villa with a 1 acre lake its got 40lb carp and 50lb cats how much bait should i take and wot type E.G. boiles pellets maize corn meat groundbait, any tips would be great cheers

[josh]

abt 3 kg of boilies and abt the same of pellets, abt 1kg of maize as its only a small lake u wont be fishing at range so just keep introducing bait every 4 hours or so and good luck

[Denis Goulding]

1 acre, my god thats small, anyhow when u going just back from france myself and my mate darran had a few.. What would u like toi know

[fen piker]

Hi Reecy,
Great to see you're going to France,lovely place.
Well Reecy, in my opinion the lake you're going to fish is a bit small for a lot of bait. However everyone has a different opinion on what constitutes a lot of bait , i'd say, if you're after the odd large fish ,then the method or PVA bag takes some beating, placed in the right spots it can be a real winner and is also good in low water temperatures but don't include any oily baits.
But, if its numbers of fish (a "BIG HIT") you want (warmer weather ) then buy as many good quality boilies as you can afford plus cheaper, alternatives like pellets, seeds,and maize a bag of each. then just adjust your baiting pattern as the weather and fish feeding activity dictates.If you have the room to take the seeds and maize already prepared take what you can but if space is an issue, then some types of particle baits dont need boiling.

If it's the cats you're after then big marine pellets are a good BONUS bait - and the bonus is...
.............. Carp love them aswell.:)
If you can find any info on the lake you're going to it would be helpful.
Good Luck........ Nick.

[reecy]

thanx for all your replies. im going to limoges which is near the middle of france near lyon. the wesite for the lake/villa is carpfishinginfrance.net its a bit on the dear side but has evrything i need as the missus and 2 kids will be coming with me

[crazy carper]

I went to france about 5 months back, any bait that works here works just as well there, however when i went they were keen on richworth kg1

[reecy]

wots evry1s view on frozen or shelf life boiles i know evry1 says frozen is better but iv had just as much luck with shelf life?
as i can get the bait deliverd to the villa but it can only be dynamite baits. or i can take my own of any kind

[Rory]

Were heading off next week to France. 12 acre lake with a good head of fish. Bait wise wer bringing 10kg of fresh rolled boilies."20 kg of pellets each and alternative hookbaits i.e maize,tiger nuts. We prob wont get thru half it but if they do switch on we wanna be able to keep them on the baits. Tactics will be to bait each rod at the start with about 1kg of grub and top it up with every fish caught.I`ll let you know how it goes when I`m back.

[reecy]

k cheers 20kg thats a lot of bait. how u taking tackle or r u renting tackle

[Rory]

Driving over in a van. 3 people going.Bait, tackle etc stuffed in the back.No bother.

[reecy]

thats how i wanted go but with the missus and 2 kids not a good idea

[Rory]

Rule number 1....Dont bring the missus fishin!! Ha ha

[reecy]

i know. but it was only way i could blag her into letin me go france 4 week lol. so am nt complainin at least am gettin go