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Birch Lake - Josh Shines Again!
05/08/2019
Regular visitors to Birch Lake, dad Martin and son Josh Bodle always catch well on the lake. Their recent visit proved to be no exception and over the course of their stay they landed fourteen fish with Josh as normal taking the lion's share of the fish, with carp to 37lbs. Well done Josh! ....more
Malhere - New Personal Best for Byron and Kurt!
25/07/2019
After an 8 year gap as a last ditch effort to beat their groups personal bests of a 27lb grassy, a 40lb common and a 46lb mirror, Byron and Kurt did it with 5 × 20lb, 2×30lb, 3×40lb, 2×50lb commons, and a 60lb 3oz mirror. A great week with an excellent result!! ....more
Orchard Lake - September Week Free on Orchard Lake!
24/07/2019
Due to a regular client having to rearrange her week, we now have Orchard free for w/c 14/9/2019. This beautiful, always fully booked exclusive use two acre lake is suitable for two carp anglers or the small family for just £600. The lake is heavily stocked with big carp and cats. The lakes ....more
Etang Tissier - Catch Report 13/07/2019
22/07/2019
Great week for John Ling and his 2 sons John and Michael. 1st fish caught 95lb cat fish to John Senior and then they just did not stop sun, sun and fish! ....more
Etang Tissier - What a fantastic start to the week!
16/07/2019
John Ling and group are at etangtissier and has had a great start to there week with John Seniors 1st fish a PB catfish 95lb ....more
Eagle Lake & Peters Pool - Tenth Anniversary Success!
04/07/2019
Neil Horwell from Swindon has been coming to the lakes for ten years now. It is only fitting for that loyalty to be rewarded on his Tenth Anniversary visit this week that he has quickly landed three good mirrors from Eagle Lake with a new personal best of 44lb 2oz, another at 42lb 2oz and 30lb. We ....more
Maison Verre - 45lb grass carp smile says it all at Maison Verre
02/07/2019
Colin vistied Maison verre for the second time in 2019. This time with his wife and landed a new PB grass carp at 45:3. An excellent result for a lovely chap. Colin also landed the other elusive grass carp too at 36Ib along with 30 other fish only fishing small slots in the daytime around visits to ....more
Etang Tissier - Catch Report - 15-06-2019
24/06/2019
The Kirk family 4th time back and what a week! 75 fish 24 fish over 30lb 94lb catfish 101lb catfish New lake record! ....more
Saint Amand Leisure - New Lake Record 56lb
20/06/2019
Really happy to announce the capture of a new lake record with an amazing weight of 56 lbs 8 ozs. As the fish was only stocked 12 years ago at 6 lb this makes it’s progress even more special and I’m sure it won’t be long before it reaches the magical 60 lb barrier. There are ....more
Etang Tissier - Catch Report 27th April 2019
19/06/2019
Steve Marshall and his group had a fantastic week with a total of 65 fish, 3 x 40lbs and 27 30lbs! ....more
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Orchard Lake
27/07/2019
I’ve been to the complex 5 years in a row now, love the place. Always done well with the fishing and it feels like you’re in the middle of nowhere when you’re on the lakes. Paul and Hazel are really good people and hazels cooking is top quality. Good wildlife around the lake ....more
Kingfisher
13/07/2019
Another fantastic trip - 5th or 6th time here. Brought the children this time so not so much fishing. Visited local attractions. ....more
Malhere
13/07/2019
Revisited Malhare after an 8 year gap as a last ditch effort(after all I am 78) to beat our groups personal bests of, a27lb grassy, a 40lb common and a 46lb mirror. AND DID WE JUST!!! ....more
Woody's Hooked in France
13/07/2019
Well just walked in the house after a amazing week in France fishing was hard the temperatures was exceptional so hot the fish spawned twice while we were there what a amazing sight watching 60 and 50 carp and lots of them going mad the owner and his wife where amazing made us feel so at home and th ....more
Woody's Hooked in France
08/06/2019
5 of us came to hooked in France 4 of us with new PB,s Simon and his wife were very helpfull and anything we needed they sorted for us id recomend to anyone beautiful lake and good hosts thanks again 😎 ....more
Etang Cailleaux
28/06/2019
Another fab week at etang was a bit worried with the heat but as always the fish were biting ....more
Etang Tissier
15/06/2019
Well, what a weeks fishing!! In total, 2135lb of fish caught excluding kittens and carp under 10lb. Total of 74 fish at time of writing this, including pb’s all round as follows: Mason was top rod with 29 fish and pb 34lb mirror Joe (first time in France) had 14 fish with 2 x 40’s with a pb of ....more
Eagle Lake & Peters Pool
08/06/2019
Fantastic weeks fishing, the best year we’ve had on here with catching 60 plus fish ....more
Willow Lake
08/06/2019
Really nice venue but more for families or couples as the facilities and house were just not used enough by us,[ down to us.]. Personally I think 2 anglers is enough for this lake as there are only 2 ideal swims although there are 4 but that is only my personal thoughts albeit that said we had a goo ....more
Saint Amand Leisure
13/04/2019
Superb lake, house and surroundings plus a very friendly and helpful bailiff. ....more
Saint Amand Leisure
04/05/2019
This place is my small bit of paradise. Stunning lake, all to yourself with a cottage if you feel the need for a proper nights sleep. Fishing is amazing. But the best bit is the on site guide Christophe. He’s incredibly helpful and knowledgeable and I have got to know him well over the lasy couple ....more
Etang Cailleaux
25/05/2019
The lake itself was very tidy, pegs were well laid out, wouldnt like to have anymore than 5 or 6 on though. ....more
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Birch Lake - Birch Session by Alex Denzey
14/06/2019
A very wet few days on Birch but it didn't put us or the fish off. Fish were caught from all swims, carp mainly in the shallows and middle swim and the cats down in the snags at the deeper end. Plenty banked and a few lost. A PB cat of 45lb and PB Grassy of 26lb for Rachel. And a PB cat of 7 ....more
Lac du Val - 3x 40's In A Week
07/06/2019
Father and son duo Lee and Alfie, along with family friend Richard finished off their weeks holiday with a total of 35 fish on the bank, dropping another 13 along the way!!! These included a 40lb plus lump each for themselves, with Richard breaking his PB 4 times consecutively, but Alfie steal ....more
Lac du Val - Steve & Aidan Landed Their New PB's
07/06/2019
It's just getting better and better here at ➡️ “Lac du Val” ⬅️ for the anglers this season. New first time guests for us, Aidan Jones and Stephen Watson have banked a total of 19 fish between them. Aidan got off to a flying start, banking 4 fish in his first 24 hrs, and then sett ....more
Saint Amand Leisure - April
30/05/2019
Great weeks fishing with 72 carp between 2 anglers during our 1 st week. The biggest went 48lb 12oz with 2 other fish over 40lb and a shed load vof fish over the 30lb mark. ....more
Lac du Val - Broke PB 5x In A Week !!
16/05/2019
First time over to France, Terry Ali and partner Claire, along with a first time visit to Lac du Val, Dylan and partner Amy, nailed over 30 fish between themselves. Terry broke his PB on his first night and continued to do so another 4 times with his biggest going to a cracking mirror weighing ....more
Woody's Hooked in France - 64 08 for Phil.
09/05/2019
It's been a tough week for the boys with the lake fishing really slow. But as they say... The best things come to he who waits! Oddscale up in weight at 64 8. Smashed his Pb by 40lbs!! Good job Phil! Fish was caught on Premier bottom bait with a wicked whites topper. On a simple KD style r ....more
Woody's Hooked in France - Immaculate 56
27/04/2019
Happy birthday Ryno Balcarres. What a way to celebrate with this stunning 56lb Pb common. After losing a big fish late into the night Ryno made the effort to redo his rods properly as he felt it had turned on after a slow couple of days. Ryno had created his own spot which he slowly fed with bai ....more
Etang Tissier - 6th April 2019
25/04/2019
43 fish 50.8lb common (lake record) 33lb grass carp 43lb mirror 27 fish over 30lb ....more
Woody's Hooked in France - Netting
10/04/2019
In December the lake was netted. The results were amazing! We removed tons of silvers and pike to improve the biomass. The lake has an incredible stock with 2 known 60s and 25 plus 40s with the rest being mostly 30s and a few smaller but stunning scaley mirrors. ....more
UPDATE
08/10/2018
So since we took ownership the lake has been fishing its socks off. One week in September saw one angler Rob land 20 carp 5 of which were over 40lb. The same week saw Odd scale out at 62lbs. Personal bests have been beaten then beaten again... and again. ....more
Etang des Landes
04/02/2014
New to carp-france.com….'Etang des Landes' http://www.carp-france.com/Venue.aspx/etangdeslandes An absolutely stunning new addition to the carp-france.com portfolio offering a beautiful 4.75 acre lake in the loire valley for exclusive use for up to 5 anglers. David and Tina will welc ....more
Christmas Message
27/12/2013
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from carp-france.com What a fantastic year it's been, with record numbers of PB's being caught with results getting better and better as the season went on. This year saw the most amount of 60's and 70's being banked, well done to all those who managed their per ....more
So far so good
11/04/2013
It's been a mixed start to the season with some venues having the best start to a season they have ever had, namely Vallee Lake 1 with umpteen 50's and several 60's (http://www.carp-france.com/Venue.aspx/ValleeLake1) The weather has been unprecedented with the relentless cold weather. For many ....more
Changes to Facebook
26/10/2012
So Facebook have been moving a few bits around, this means you won't always get to see our updates, and most importantly what's been banked at all our venues. If you don't want to miss out on our latest news, visit our facebook page and you will see a little cog in the top right hand corner (next t ....more