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It’s not work, work, work here all the time and if there is a lake free and the weather conditions are not too bad Nigel likes to fish a night or two. We thought we would run a blog through… Read More »Nigel’s catches of 2025

This week saw the return of Paul, his son’s Oliver and Thomas and his friend Dave on their fourth visit to us and Paul decided that this spring they would give Lac Lucie a try. Generally we recommend only 3… Read More »12/04/2025 Lac Lucie The boys are back

The first (paying) guests on Lac Lucie arrived in the middle of the Saturday night having had to change their travel arrangements and having to have frequent stops on route for their 4 year old rottweiler, Opal. Nigel was still… Read More »05/04/2025 Lac Lucie The 30s club

We have now started our third season here and for the most part our guests have all come from the United Kingdom, so we were thrilled to receive a booking from Germany last year. Peter, Stefan, Marco and Mathias drove… Read More »29/03/2025 Kingfisher Opening week in metric

One week until the 2025 season starts and we welcomed son-in-law, Matt and his mate Adam onto Lac Lucie for a pre season fish. We were interested to see what might come out with the weather having been quite chilly,… Read More »22/03/2025 Pre season fishing

With less than two weeks to go until the 2025 season starts we are looking forward to being able to produce some new catch reports instead of news of what we have been up to…after all that is why you… Read More »Final Countdown

The new daffodils we planted are starting to flower, the cranes are heading back north and the fish are starting to show again. As is often the case in life, time is running away with us and we are now… Read More »Spring is on it’s way

Happy new year to you all and we hope that you had a great festive period and have started 2025 off well. Time is passing very quickly here and we cannot believe we are already mid January and only 10… Read More »January jobs

When we took over Carp France we also carried on with the renting of a 5-acre stock pond, about 10 minutes drive from us. It made sense to us to carry on with this whilst we got to know the… Read More »Christmas Stocking

We are just back home after a couple of lovely weeks in the UK, delivering Christmas presents to family and friends and stocking up on all the goodies we cannot get over here. With everyone spread from Kent to Liverpool… Read More »A trip to the UK

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)