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Andrew and his brother, Lee have been to Carp France several times before and decided to do a return trip with Lee’s wife, Sarah and his sons, Thomas and Ethan. Their evening flight from Manchester was delayed on the Saturday… Read More »05/08/2023 Kingfisher Hot days and catfish

Terry, his son Nick and friend Matt arrived mid afternoon on the 29th after a difficult journey from Le Mans where they had stayed the night before. It is not something we hear often as most people talk about the… Read More »29/07/2023 Lac Lucie The three gardeners

Matt was originally going to be fishing Lac Lucie on his own but a few weeks before the holiday, his dad, Stephen, decided to come with him and what a successful week they had between them. Pitching up next to… Read More »22/07/2023 Lac Lucie Father and Son – just relax and take it easy

It was a perfect week for the seven who joined us from Surrey last week with a bit of sun for the girls to enjoy and some cooler days for the four lads on the lake. This was their first… Read More »22/07/2023 Kingfisher The Magnificent Seven

Four men from the Welsh valleys joined us this week organised by Phil. He was accompanied by Paul, Josh and Kane, who is hoping to get into the Welsh carp angling team next year. If the report for this week… Read More »15/07/2023 Kingfisher Welsh carp anglers

Jason, Ricky and Charlie were on the lake this week whilst Jenny, Kayleigh and Tom enjoyed the other facilities. Jason was first off the mark but then the fish kept coming through the week, mainly at night, meaning they could… Read More »15/07/2023 Lac Lucie Food, water and fish aplenty

Lac Lucie had had a couple of very quiet weeks with very few fish out so we had our hopes pinned on Darren, Dan and Sam this week and they did not disappoint. It was Sam’s first time carp fishing… Read More »08/07/2023 Lac Lucie 3 lads from Borehamwood

Andy last fished the Kingfisher lake about 12 years ago but decided to return again with his wife, Jo and children Cormack and Grace. Within 10 minutes of arriving the children were enjoying the pool and the family soon unloaded… Read More »08/07/2023 Kingfisher The Doyle Family

Kingfisher saw Lee and Michelle from Lee Walker Family Butcher’s in Stone, Staffordshire along with friends Andy and Sharon this week. Lee has been carp fishing in France for 20 years and spent a leisurely week driving here in their… Read More »01/07/2023 Kingfisher Cody’s crew

Graeme has been fishing in France for a number of years but this was his first year at Carp France and his first at a commercial fishery, having fished on more private lakes previously. Graeme was accompanied by his wife,… Read More »24/06/2023 Lac Lucie Good food, peace and tranquility

Dave and Sue have visited Kingfisher for two weeks just about every year for the last 15 years so see this as their home from home. They use their holiday to relax and enjoy the peace and tranquility of the… Read More »17/06/2023 Kingfisher Gentleman’s hours

Despite some very hot days and some very dramatic thunderstorms Lac Lucie produced some great fish last week. Jon, Rob and Greg joined us for the week and fished hard every night but enjoyed the location and the pool as… Read More »17/06/2023 Lac Lucie Rambo & his mates

A quick update on the last week’s activities. No catch report sadly as Nigel did not manage to get time for any fishing but he has managed to get the oak tree trunk out of the lake fully now and… Read More »10/06/2023 Family, sightseeing and tree trunks

The lakes are being rested for a couple of weeks now so we have been using the time finishing our unpacking and getting some rooms ready for visiting family (we finally have pictures on the wall!) and doing some tidying… Read More »03/06/2023 A fortnight off…..!

We had a lovely family from Hull with us this week, father and son fishing whilst mother and daughter enjoyed the hot tub, some walking, reading and the glorious sunshine. The big fish seemed to be hiding this week but… Read More »27/05/2023 Lac Lucie The Rovers

With a cancellation on Kingfisher last week we took the opportunity to get rid of some snags from the lake. This oak tree fell in April before we bought the property and whilst we had cleared the path and some… Read More »27/05/2023 Kingfisher The oak tree

Two brothers were on Lac Lucie this week although they did not fish the full week due to other commitments. Some good fish out though despite a further spawning episode. Paul had 4 of decent sizes, the biggest being a… Read More »20/05/2023 Lac Lucie Spawning

We had five Leicestershire lads on the Kingfisher lake last week who fished hard but got some great results including two mirrors of 50lbs 12oz and 51lbs from Michael – PBs for him so congratulations! Over 12 fish out in… Read More »20/05/2023 Kingfisher The Jackson 5

There is no real catch report for Lac Lucie last week as we had no guests. In between unpacking more boxes and doing a bit of maintenance Nigel sneaked in a nights fishing and landed this 44lbs 7oz common which… Read More »13/05/2023 Lac Lucie No time for fishing!

We welcomed 4 anglers from London on Kingfisher last week, all experienced anglers and know how tricky fishing can be be sometimes. The fish did not come out in great numbers but the 2 of them who had not been… Read More »13/05/2023 Kingfisher A tricky week

We had 5 military veterans on the Kingfisher Lake last week and they certainly came prepared with all the mod cons you could wish for in their bivvies. They started well but after the rain mid week the fish went… Read More »06/05/2023 Kingfisher Action Men

Our first full week and a mixture of sunshine and showers with a hail storm on Friday which cooled the water down. Ashley and Alan joined us on Lac Lucie this week with a total of 24 fish and 2… Read More »06/05/2023 Lac Lucie 24 fish caught