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Discover Your Perfect Angling Holiday: Expert Tips and Ideas
Uncover the Best Carp Fishing Destinations in France and the UK
At Essex Angling Leisure, we don’t just offer holidays; we provide inspiration through our expertly curated blog articles. Whether you’re planning your next angling holiday or simply daydreaming about your next big catch, our blog is packed with ideas and advice. Explore some of the finest carp fishing spots in France, the UK, and beyond, tailored to suit all types of anglers. Whether you’re looking for a social fishing venue, a secluded spot for serious carp fishing, or a family-friendly location with luxurious amenities, our blog has it all.
Handpicked Angling Destinations for Your Next Holiday
We take pride in bringing you a wide variety of carp fishing venues across France and the UK, each carefully selected to ensure they meet our high standards of quality and value. From venues with top-notch accommodations and swimming pools to those offering the thrill of big fish hunting in complete isolation, our blog articles will guide you to the perfect destination. We also explore luxury charters and private helicopter transfers to make your fishing holiday truly unforgettable.
Our Commitment to Quality Angling Experiences
At Essex Angling Leisure, our mission is to share with you some of the world’s best fishing destinations. We constantly seek out new and exciting locations, ensuring our blog remains your go-to resource for planning the perfect angling holiday. Our reputation speaks for itself – you can trust us to provide honest, detailed insights into each venue. While we can’t promise you’ll catch the biggest carp, we guarantee that what you read in our blog reflects the true essence of each destination.
Expert Advice for Hassle-Free Angling Holidays
Our blog goes beyond just highlighting great locations. We offer comprehensive advice on everything from choosing the right venue to tips on travel, accommodation, tackle, bait, and fishing tactics. Our goal is to help you plan a stress-free angling holiday, so you can focus on what matters most – enjoying your time on the water.
New Great lake record at 60lb+
A new lake record of 60lb has been caught from The Great Lake on our Goncourt Complex. This lake has produced several 50lb+ heavily scaled fish this year but Steve Dack from Hull really surprised us all with this impressive fish that bottomed out his 60lb scales!!!...
Giant StingRay Thailand
Essex Angling Leisure now offer you the chance to experience the most incredible Giant Freshwater StingRay fishing the World has to offer. Our set up in Thailand gives you the unique opportrunity to fish for these incredible creatures, that grow well in excess of...
2 lake records have been smashed in one week – Thailand
Hot on the heals of the 98 lbs carp are two more lake records. Bob Martin from Tonbridge in Kent with his brother Alan visited gillhams fishing resorts for one week. At 6pm on the third day of his stay he moved swims on Stuart's advice to the bottom corner in the deep...
Want to live the dream???? Buy your very own fishery!
We’ve got an extensive range of properties and lakes for sale in France, Spain and Hungary. We have plenty of venues, from modest budgets to complexes in excess of 2 million Euros, there are also a few existing commercial venues that may well be of interest to those...
LAC DE BEAUTE
Essex Angling Leisure are giving you the chance to try out carp fishing in a stunning English owned and run lake in the Loire valley, just 10 minutes from the famous Le-Mans race track, you will have your very own exclusive lake that is heavily stocked with carp to...
Carp France
here is no doubt we have some fantastic destinations in France for Carp fishing, If's a ‘social’ venue you need, a venue with accommodation, if you need a swimming pool, if you are taking the family, or in need of a venue for the big fish hunter in isolation, then we...
The Fraser River – 1000lb Sturgeon!!!!!
The beautiful Fraser River Valley offers unequalled Sturgeon fishing, Salmon fishing, Steelhead and Trout fishing. Essex Angling Leisure offers world class guided fishing charters in this wonderfully diverse fishermen's paradise. Whatever species you wish to catch or...
Lac Sebastian lake record smashed!!
Lac Sebastian has just had the current lake record smashedby a huge fish known to many as the "Swirly Common", thisfish was caught at a new highest weight and new lakerecord weight on the morning of Monday 16th Nov 2009 tothe lucky angler Phil at a weight of 59lb 6oz....
Brilliant Boux
Having spent more than a decade travelling around the world in pursuit of big carp I was more than pleasantly surprised with Boux, indeed it seems to have the lot! Set in beautiful rural surroundings the carp are of an excellent strain and I have never experienced...
Ebro Catfish Record Smashed!!!
Ebro Catfish Record Smashed!!! Fantastic news just in, a massive 174lb Catfish has been banked from our Ebro Folly venue on Spains River Ebro. The giant fish is a new record for this stretch of the Ebro. The fish is a long lean power house and if this fish had a...