Catch Reports & Lake News

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… 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… 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?… 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… 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… 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,… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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,… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… Read More »Second anniversary

It’s not work, work, work here all the time and if there is a lake free and the weather… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… Read More »Final Countdown

The new daffodils we planted are starting to flower, the cranes are heading back north and the fish are… 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… Read More »January jobs

When we took over Carp France we also carried on with the renting of a 5-acre stock pond, about… Read More »Christmas Stocking

We are just back home after a couple of lovely weeks in the UK, delivering Christmas presents to family… 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… Read More »Autumn fishing

Our season finished on 19th October when we said goodbye to our last guests. We have spent the last… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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,… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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,… 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… 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.… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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,… 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,… 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… 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… 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… 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… Read More »The Bivvy Girls

Graeme returned to Lac Lucie with his wife for his annual fortnight fishing holiday. Having fished Lac Lucie for… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… Read More »Spring Break

Father and son, Dave and Alex joined us this week for a session on Lac Lucie, as a treat… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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.… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… Read More »Christmas 2023

Maybe we tempted fate when we put our last post up, saying that we hoped it didn’t rain so… 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… 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… 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… Read More »Autumn days

11th and 12th October 2023 As Jo had a couple of family members over from the UK for a… Read More »Autumn fishing for Nigel

Chris and Chloe joined us this week for a romantic week fishing, well we are sure that is how… Read More »07/10/2023 Lac Lucie A romantic week

Jason, Jenny and their sons, Charlie and Tom and friends, Ricky and Kayleigh visited Lac Lucie in July and… Read More »30/09/2023 Kingfisher The other side

In 2013, sitting round with a few beers, Nigel and Dean both commented that they would quite like a… Read More »16/09/2023 Kingfisher Divvies in Bivvies

Ritchie, Laura and their sons, Frankie and Freddie along with their two dogs joined us for a few days… Read More »16/09/2023 Lac Lucie Short and Sweet

Joining us on Lac Lucie this week was Nigel and Carol who, like the people on the Kingfisher lake,… Read More »09/09/2023 Lac Lucie Nigels are making plans

Having written various fishing articles in the past Gary has sent us his own catch report this week –… Read More »09/09/2023 Kingfisher Trials Tribulations and Triumphs!

Steve, his father-in-law, Melvyn and friend, Ray drove from the Diss area in Norfolk to stay on Lac Lucie… Read More »02/09/2023 Lac Lucie The Norfolk Boars

After a cooler week in France last week and a good number of fish being caught we were hoping… Read More »02/09/2023 Kingfisher Dumb and Dumber

Dad, Paul, with sons, Oliver and Thomas, and nephew, Michael joined us with Paul’s wife, Kinona, for a cooler… Read More »26/08/2023 Kingfisher Soakings for all

Ricky and 2 of his sons, Alex and Tom, were collected from Limoges airport early on the Saturday morning… Read More »26/08/2023 Lac Lucie Could it have been more….?

It was a strange first French fishing holiday for Frank, Tony and Matt from the North West of England,… Read More »19/08/2023 Kingfisher – from disaster to PBs

Two brothers, Martin and Ronnie, and Ronnie’s son, Jamie joined us this week on the lake with their wives,… Read More »12/08/2023 Lac Lucie The Dover souls

Nick, Ian, Paul and Richard flew in on the late Manchester flight on the Saturday and got their heads… Read More »12/08/2023 Kingfisher A tale of 2 cats and more…

Andrew and his brother, Lee have been to Carp France several times before and decided to do a return… Read More »05/08/2023 Kingfisher Hot days and catfish

Tony and his son, Luke have been coming to Carp France for a number of years under the previous… Read More »29/07/2023 Kingfisher and 05/08/2023 Lac Lucie ‘Howay the lads’

Terry, his son Nick and friend Matt arrived mid afternoon on the 29th after a difficult journey from Le… 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,… 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… 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… 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.… 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… 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… Read More »08/07/2023 Kingfisher The Doyle Family