How to approach a new French lake- The majority of my fishing during the last few years has been on mainland Europe, in search of big carp from commercial and public inland seas. The majority of the venues were new to me i.e. I had not previously fished them and had little information on them […]
There are a number of lakes in france with categories, commercial venues/fisheries such as, dream lakes, carp france, french carping uk, lac serreire, moorland, boysaway, lac des lesmont, carp connections, domaine des illes, chateau, rainbow lake, la horre, brocard, jonchery, jurassica, larousi and more however there are 100 times more carte de peche public lakes […]
My first carp fishing trip to France was in 1989, from then I was addicted to fishing continental waters, my addiction continued and took me to all manner of lakes, rivers and canals throughout Europe. In 1998 I received a posting order to Osnabruck in Germany! Only 1 hour from the Dutch border, 2 hours […]
Etang 5 is a 60 + acre venue and French owned – The lake is not the type of venue I would recomend for all inclusive trips or carp fishing holidays! It’s more for the experienced angler who has a boat in the swim ready to go out to the fish day or night, and […]
Carp France at Domaine des Brocard – Before moving onto this month’s lake review I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the English team on their win against France! The fishing was quite difficult and every fish was hard earned, Kev Knight was a nervous wreck on the last night as one of […]
Dream Breaks Article by Rod Simpson – The first carp fishing lake in France I was booked on was suffering low water levels consequently the owner was not keen for me to write a feature based upon the venue; the carp had not been feeding too well for several weeks. Three days prior to departure […]
About carp fishing France – Nuisance Species – cary fish – poisson chat There are numerous lakes and rivers in the on mainland Europe/France that contain nuisance species of one description or another such as crayfish or poisson chat. When fishing for carp, I would place eels, chub, barbel, sturgeon, catfish and bream in the […]
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More carp tips and tactics – It is now that time of year when mother nature sounds her wake up call and brings carp fishing to life, the larvae are starting to hatch, the yearly cycle is dawning and the first mosquitoes are searching for your blood. A time when once again we can relax […]
Carp angling tactics – I am writing this piece on the day after the five lakes show, and must say that it set precedence amongst all of the shows I have attended, well organised and the guest speakers performed their job admirably, absolutely brilliant show. However I must pass judgment on Simon Crow and Steve […]