With the weather staying nice and warm for the beginning of November, Nigel decided to have a few nights fishing on Kingfisher, watching the stars and enjoying the morning sunshine. Despite several sessions on the lake since we moved here,… Read More »Autumn fishing
Our season finished on 19th October when we said goodbye to our last guests. We have spent the last few week shutting both of the chalets down and giving them a good clean, making sure that there is nowhere for… Read More »2024 season at a glance
Jethro had booked a week on Kingfisher for himself, his brother, Barney and his friend, Will. Unfortunately right at the last minute Jethro was unable to come so with everything packed up in their Mercedes van Barney and Will made… Read More »12/10/2024 Kingfisher From scorching sun to showers
Steve has been coming to France carp fishing for a number of years with various members of his family and he and his dad, Dave, like to book a good long session so that they can take their time and… Read More »28/09/2024 Lac Lucie 3 weeks of peace
Chris has been to France carp fishing for many years and used to go with some friends but in recent years his wife, Ingrid has been with him to help and support and enjoy the peace and quiet that comes… Read More »28/09/2024 Kingfisher 10 days of hard fighting fish
This week saw the return of Nigel and Carol who had fished Lac Lucie the last two years and had a total of three carp out in these previous visits. They had not given up though and with the addition… Read More »21/09/2024 Lac Lucie Pepperpots in the rain
Lenny and Michelle chose Lac Lucie for their first French carp fishing holiday and what a week they had, enjoying the peace and quiet (apart from the rutting deer) and making the most of the sunny days. Michelle is certainly… Read More »14/09/2024 Lac Lucie Taring down’t river
James and Jamie are two brothers from Nigel and Jo’s neck of the woods back in the UK and had never been to France fishing before. James is an avid angler who works to fish which we are sure many… Read More »07/09/2024 Lac Lucie The brothers
Matthew and Gillian were originally booked for 2023 but due to health issues they had to postpone it so this was a long awaited trip. The couple spend about 5 weeks in France every year, with Matthew fishing various lakes… Read More »31/08/2024 Lac Lucie A fine angler
Last July we told you about 3 lads from Borehamwood who fished Lac Lucie and Darren, Danny and Sam knew they would be returning this year. With Darren and Danny having also been out in March to help us with… Read More »31/08/2024 Kingfisher A very social week
Michael, Emma and their two daughters, Freyja and Eryn arrived on Kingfisher on the Saturday afternoon ready for a family holiday with some fishing for Michael and Freyja. Michael has done a lot of carp fishing in France before and… Read More »24/08/2024 Kingfisher Challenging but rewarding
Barry, his son, Bjorn and his friend Paul arrived from North Yorkshire on the Leeds flight on the Friday, hired a car and made their way to our friend’s B&B in Montamboeuf for a night, enjoying a meal at our… Read More »24/08/2024 Lac Lucie The Yorkshire Flowers
Eliza and Stanley bought their mum and dad, Jess and Alan, and granny and grandad, Anne and Dave with them from North Yorkshire for a family holiday on Lac Lucie last week. With Alan and Dave fishing the others enjoyed… Read More »17/08/2024 Lac Lucie A record week with lots of fun
Andy and Karen have been together for a few years but have never fished together before they came here. Andy has always loved catfish and has fished for them in France before but had not had his rods out for… Read More »17/08/2024 Kingfisher The honeymooners
Paul, Michael, Oliver and Thomas had fished Kingfisher in 2023 and gone away with several PBs and plenty of soakings. This year they left Kiona at home and bought Dave with them, a family friend who had not done much… Read More »10/08/2024 Kingfisher The bank stick
When we bought the property last May, Jo’s sister, Julianne was talking to Nic, a colleague/friend about it as her husband, Gary and son, Oscar did a bit of fishing in North Wales where they live. Not carp fishing but… Read More »10/08/2024 Lac Lucie Catching the bug
Since we have been together we have always had a big family holiday every couple of years, usually hiring two caravans by the seaside where we would sleep in one with the grandchildren, leaving the other one for the children… Read More »A week with the family
Chris, Kelly and their 3 teenagers, Danni, Charlie and Ashleigh booked on a last minute cancellation with the intention of combining some good fishing by Chris and Charlie with some quality family time. Whilst they were here we asked if… Read More »20/07/2024 Kingfisher The Southwood family holiday
Martin, Ronnie and Jamie joined us from Dover for a rematch on Lac Lucie last week, along with Wendy, Tracy and Charlie and Charlie’s girlfriend, Jess who had come again to enjoy the chalet, pool and hot tub and what… Read More »27/07/2024 Lac Lucie The souls return
Sam, his uncle Bob and their respective better halves, Katy and Rachel, joined us on Lac Lucie this week, along with Badger and Bonnie, their lovable Frenchies. Sam and Katy had left North Yorkshire earlier in the week and travelled… Read More »20/07/2024 Lac Lucie The Yorkshire Frenchies
James and his wife, Jasmine joined us on Lac Lucie this week for their first wedding anniversary. Leaving their son and dogs in their families capable hands, they drove from Somerset, via Calais and down through France to enjoy a… Read More »13/07/2024 Lac Lucie A first anniversary
Tom, Curtis and their partners, Tia and Sophie joined us from Somerset this week for their first carp fishing trip to France. They flew from Bristol to La Rochelle, hired a car and drove the couple of hours to us,… Read More »13/07/2024 Kingfisher Cats, carp & monkeys
Alan and his son, John, joined us for 2 weeks on Lac Lucie for their first carp fishing trip to France. They were accompanied by Jo, Alan’s daughter and Kim, his partner. The ladies came for the peace and quiet,… Read More »29/06/2024 Lac Lucie Where did that come from?
As there will be no catch reports this week we thought we would do a little post about what Jo and her sister, Julianne got up to in the two weeks that the Divvys were fishing. With Julianne and Dean… Read More »The Bivvy Girls
Graeme returned to Lac Lucie with his wife for his annual fortnight fishing holiday. Having fished Lac Lucie for the first time last year he came back with some new tackle and some new hope of getting some more fish,… Read More »15/06/2024 Lac Lucie Two weeks in the sun
This week saw the return of one of our guests from last year, except this time he had bought 2 mates along with him rather than his family (although he is coming back again with them in August). So there… Read More »22/06/2024 Kingfisher The Calendar Boys
The second part of the annual Divvies in the Bivvies fishing trip was spent on Kingfisher lake and having had a good week on Lac Lucie Nigel and Dean were hopeful that they would continue but Kingfisher is harder with… Read More »15/06/2024 Kingfisher Divvies Part II – Just like buses
Historically we have been on carp fishing holidays in France the first two weeks in September, when the children have gone back to school and the summer is on its way out in the UK but last year we decided… Read More »08/06/2024 Lac Lucie The Divvies Part I
We welcomed back Jon (AKA Rambo), Rob and Greg last Saturday onto our Kingfisher lake. The trio fished Lac Lucie last June and thought Kingfisher would be more of a challenge for them. They are all highly experienced and very… Read More »08/06/2024 Kingfisher Five little fishes went swimming…
The last week in May saw the arrival of Dave and Sue who have been to the fishery nearly every year for the last 15/16 years but have always been on the Kingfisher lake. Last year they were invited to… Read More »25/05/2024 Lac Lucie The gentleman and his woman servant
This week saw three old friends from our local, The Oliver Twist, back in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire come over for a weeks fishing. Before we talk about the fishing we will introduce you to them. The most senior of the 3… Read More »01/06/2024 Kingfisher Only fools and carp
With no one on the lakes for the last two weeks there are no catch reports but we thought we would update you with what we have been doing. We had planned to close mid May because generally the weather… Read More »Spring Break
Father and son, Dave and Alex joined us this week for a session on Lac Lucie, as a treat for Alex’s 21st birthday later in the year. Nigel picked them up from the airport in the pouring rain and drove… Read More »04/05/2024 Lac Lucie Off to a flyer
7th – 9th May With no one on Kingfisher for the week and some dry weather forecast, Nigel decided to have a few nights away and enjoy the peace and quiet. There was still tackle set up on the third… Read More »May fishing for Nigel
Mike was our very first booking when we took over here and when he contacted us he said that this would probably be his last French fishing trip so we were determined to make it memorable for him. Mike has… Read More »27/04/2024 Lac Lucie The final hurrah
Again the weather played a huge part in the fish activity this week with temperatures plummeting, frosts and a bitter wind affecting both the anglers and the fishing. They never gave up hope all the week and really appreciated Nigel’s… Read More »20/04/2024 Kingfisher Five Blue Scousers
Steve, Mick and Carl had all been to the fishery before and had decided to return to see what else they could get out of Kingfisher. Mick also bought his son, Haydon, who was just after a week off of… Read More »13/04/2024 Kingfisher And then it turned cold
Back in early March we reflected on our first year in France. On May 2nd 2023 we signed for the property, and when we say signed we literally both signed every piece of the 50+ page document! Arriving in France… Read More »One year on…our achievements
Our opening week and we were looking forward to guests returning to our lakes and catching some carp again. With the weather a bit hit and miss the week before we were not sure if they would be feeding again,… Read More »05/04/2024 Kingfisher Red Letter Week
Finally the weather has started to improve and the rain is subsiding. With no anglers due until the start of the season at the beginning of April we have been able to open the valve again knowing that we could… Read More »Compliance Works – Part 5 Netting Kingfisher (at last)
Darren and Danny had fished with us on Lac Lucie in July 2023 with Sam, their chef and had already rebooked for August 2024 on Kingfisher but when they received an email from us to invite them to come and… Read More »02/03/2024 Kingfisher Working Lads
On March 6th 2023 we left the UK for our new life in France. Any anniversary gives you a chance to reflect and we are no different. We have spent the last few weeks, amidst the rain and the winter… Read More »One year on….Reflection
When we last posted we were waiting for the man from the DDT to come and sign off Lac Lucie as compliant so that we could start the draining of Kingfisher. He came and he saw and he went again… Read More »Compliance Works – Part 4 continued
With the netting completed on Lac Lucie and the lake completely drained, Cesar Constructions were able to crack on with building the new drain and finishing the earth works. The banks have been built up and 50 tonnes of rock… Read More »Compliance Works – Part 4
Happy New Year to you all! We hope that 2024 brings you health and happiness and some great fishing trips. We are looking forward to welcoming our guests on our lakes in a few months’ time and meeting some new… Read More »Compliance Works – Part 3 Netting Lac Lucie
A very happy Christmas to all who are reading this. We hope that you have had a restful time and have managed to take a break from usual routines and spend some time with friends and family. We have chosen… Read More »Christmas 2023
Maybe we tempted fate when we put our last post up, saying that we hoped it didn’t rain so that we could empty Lac Lucie and start the works that need to be done on the dam wall, but as… Read More »Compliance Works – Part 2
As a part of the due diligence that was carried out when we were buying the fishery the DDT (the waterways police) were required to carry out an assessment of the lakes to ensure that they were compliant with the… Read More »Compliance Works – Part 1
We always knew we would need to go back to the UK for a couple of weeks at the beginning of November for Jo’s daughter’s wedding but were not prepared for the many obstacles that presented themselves during the two… Read More »A couple of weeks off…
No fishing this week for Nigel but despite the rain there has been little rest as there is lots of work to be done around the lakes. Maybe in the next couple of weeks he will get a night or… Read More »Autumn days