Sean, Sally and Lola joined us from Peterborough this week for a few days of peace and quiet, away from the busy lives they lead in the UK. Sean and Lola go fishing a fair bit back home and Sean… Read More »20/09/25 Lac Lucie A cold, wet week
Natty and Gordon have been carp fishing together in the UK on many occasion and were thoroughly looking forward to their week in France together. In Gordon’s words ‘Natty has taught me everything I know about carp fishing’ and they… Read More »13/09/25 Kingfisher Trials and Tribulations
Andy and Tracy have not fished on a lake exclusive in France before although they fish a lot on different lakes in the South East of England and have also fished on the rivers and public lakes in France. They… Read More »06/09/25 Lac Lucie On tour
When four policeman turned up on our doorstep last Saturday they thought our pig (affectionately known as George Michael) had been deliberately put on the decking for them, but we were not to know that our new guests on Kingfisher… Read More »06/09/2025 Kingfisher It’s a fair carp
Last year we welcomed Lenny and Michelle to Lac Lucie for their first French carp fishing trip https://carpfrance.com/14-09-2024-lac-lucie-taring-downt-river/ and they had a fantastic week with 23 carp on the bank between them and new PBs all round. They booked to… Read More »30/08/25 Kingfisher Cats and bait boats on t’river
We first met Mick last April when he came with his nephew, Carl and mate, Steve on Kingfisher, https://carpfrance.com/13-04-2024-kingfisher-and-then-it-turned-cold/ but he had also previously fished Lac Lucie with Andy and bought his wife, Jeanette and Andy’s wife, Nicola that time… Read More »23/08/25 Kingfisher To chase or not to chase
You may remember last August we had a young angler on Lac Lucie who had never done any carp fishing before and had come out with his family and Jo’s sister, who was a friend of his mums. This year,… Read More »23/08/25 Lac Lucie Chivalry is not dead
Steve has fished at Carp France many times before with weeks on both of our lakes but had never bought his family with him before. August is an ideal time to combine fishing with a family holiday and we are… Read More »16/08/25 Lac Lucie The fish whisperer
Lee and Lisa have previously owned land on the bank of the river Ebro for a number of years and used to organise fishing trips for people on there, frequently landing catfish over 200lb (ebroxperience). They returned to the UK… Read More »16/08/25 Kingfisher Not quite the Ebro
Paul, a member of the Calendar Boys, visited Lac Lucie in the spring with his friend, Dave and his sons, Oliver and Thomas. He returned this week for his fourth go at Kingfisher and bought Michael, his nephew who fishes… Read More »09/08/25 Kingfisher The boys are back again
All experienced anglers know that the summer is not great for fishing. Like humans, when they are too hot, the fish do not feel like eating and just want to lie around a do as little as possible. High temperatures… Read More »09/08/25 Lac Lucie Sleepless nights
After a week on Lac Lucie with 31 carp out in total the 3 anglers moved, along with their lovely assistants, to Kingfisher, amidst the chaos that is Saturday mornings here at Carp France Fishing. With temperatures expected to soar… Read More »02/08/25 Kingfisher Life and souls of the party Part 2
This week was a last minute cancellation and was soon snapped up by Andy, his wife, Clare and daughter Freya who also bought along her boyfriend, Ruben. Andy has done a lot of French carp fishing before but had not… Read More »02/08/25 Lac Lucie A family holiday
Our family of seven from Dover rejoined us again this year, choosing to spend two weeks with us to make the drive worth while. Having fished Lac Lucie for a week the last two years this time they decided to… Read More »26/07/25 Lac Lucie Life and souls of the party Part 1
Frank, Tony and Matt fished Kingfisher in our first summer here https://carpfrance.com/19-08-2023-kingfisher-from-disaster-to-pbs/ and managed to catch 5 fish between them mainly due to the very high temperatures. They rebooked for this year and included their mates Dave and Wilbur and… Read More »26/07/25 Kingfisher George and the responsible adults
Cookie, James and Callum had booked this week on Lac Lucie in 2023, just before we took over, and so had had a long time to get prepared and excited for it. Cookie has fished all over the world (except… Read More »19/07/25 Lac Lucie Cookie & his squadron
Generally speaking people are under the impression that French carp do not feed off the surface. Or do they? When this angler booked a week on Kingfisher and asked for some floating pellets to be sent to us we were… Read More »19/07/25 Kingfisher Perseverance pays off
With no one on the lakes this week we decided it was a good time to come up for air, get a few jobs done and catch up with some friends. With our Saturday guests waved off we cleared the… Read More »12/07/25 July break
Nigel always reckons if you catch one fish a day when you’re carp fishing you’ve done well, especially if you are not using a bait boat. So for young angler, Billy, this was an amazing week. Paulette, Keith and Billy… Read More »05/07/25 Kingfisher A mega week
Graeme and his wife returned for their third visit to Lac Lucie and in the midst of a heatwave, with temperatures at 35.1°C, so they chose to set up camp on the main bank where there is more shade throughout… Read More »28/06/25 Lac Lucie A very hot fortnight
Douglas and his wife, Rita, visited us for the first time fishing in France this week and it was set to be very, very hot and like most of the lakes in the area, a tough one for catching fish.… Read More »28/06/25 Kingfisher Finding the shade
You may remember us writing a catch report last June for three of Nigel’s friends form The Oliver Twist in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire…..https://carpfrance.com/01-06-2024-kingfisher-only-fools-and-carp/. Well they returned last week and bought another member of the GAGAs with them, John, who loves his… Read More »21/06/25 Kingfisher Only fools return
Friends Jaden and Ricky joined us on Lac Lucie this week with their better halves, Eden and Beth, along with Ricky and Beth’s son Charlie. They had both fished in France before, Jaden comes over a couple of times a… Read More »21/06/25 Lac Lucie After the storm
Sean and Mike have been fishing together in the UK at least weekly for a number of years but have never been to France fishing before and never seen a catfish. They had PBs in the high teens and were… Read More »14/06/25 Kingfisher Magic number 3
Dave and Sue returned for two weeks on Lac Lucie – their 16th visit to the fishery in total and how different the weather was this year compared to their previous trip. Last year we had had 108mm of rain… Read More »07/06/25 Lac Lucie The Warwickshire Wafters – sponsored by Savlon
Dave has given us our heading this week. He says ‘This week’s fishing trip was like a Netflix series, a slow start…good bits in the middle but after thinking it would be a dull finish, a few twists bought it… Read More »31/05/2025 Lac Lucie Just like a Netflix series
May is invariably a time when the temperatures start to rise and the water gets warmer and the carp spawn and so we close for a week to hopefully coincide with this annual event or to give the fish a… Read More »Spring break 2025
We don’t usually take bookings for day fishing but as both lakes were available for half term week and we had had an enquiry we decided that we had nothing to lose. Glynn, Jo and their sons, Ben and Josh… Read More »26/05/2025 Lac Lucie A taster session
We had five work colleagues from Manchester on Kingfisher this week who had travelled over the channel on the overnight ferry on Thursday night and stayed the night in Cognac on route to us. Whilst they were there they had… Read More »03/05/2025 Kingfisher The fab five
Dave and his son, Alex had visited us for the first time last year https://carpfrance.com/04-05-2024-lac-lucie-off-to-a-flyer/ and despite the weather then they had had a fantastic week with a 50lber in the first hour of fishing and 9 fish out in… Read More »03/05/2025 Lac Lucie Small fish matter
We took over the lakes here on 2nd May 2023 and have loved every minute of our two years here. We always have a list of things that need to be done as well as things that we want to… Read More »Second anniversary
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