Catch Reports & Lake News

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

Kingfisher saw Lee and Michelle from Lee Walker Family Butcher’s in Stone, Staffordshire along with friends Andy and Sharon… 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… 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… 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,… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… Read More »06/05/2023 Lac Lucie 24 fish caught