Location:  Champagne region of France.website: http://www.carpe-france.com/baleine.php?page=Lac_Baleinedescription: Located less than 230 miles from Calais, the lake can be easily reached in less than 3 hours - just off the main auto route between Vitry La Francois and St Dizier.

The lake, which was excavated approximately 10 years ago, covers between 40 acres of open countryside - 23 swims Max 15. The lake offers plenty of choice for swims, is fenced and has two gated entrances for your security. Although close to the towns mentioned, the lake retains a quiet, secluded atmosphere. 25 spacious natural swims designed to complement the surroundings, provide a relaxing comfortable fishing environment.

A maximum of 15 anglers ensures plenty of freedom to move around if you so desire. All of the lake is within easy casting range and is well suited to English fishing tackle and methods.Stock: Carp{rokcomments}

Location: South West FranceWebsite: http://www.nashresorts.co.uk/

Description: Forget nightmare drives and Channel crossings, just hop on a 1½ hour flight from Stansted to Rodez and we will collect you at the airport for the 30 minute drive to Lac Chateau Cavagnac. Fly with us and you could be fishing – no, catching! – in little more time than it takes to cross the Channel by ferry.

Lake: The lake averages two metres in depth, going down to five metres in places with a flat, soft, silt bottom. Carp to over 50lbs have been caught at short range under the rod tips. Each swim is provided with a boat for accurate placing of baits and baiting. The lake was opened in 2004, having previously been un-fished, so the fish have not been pressured. We have cut seventeen secluded double swims that blend in naturally with the awe-inspiring countryside. We have also built a luxury, furnished lodge with high standard toilets and showers to make your stay as comfortable as possible.

Facilities: Accommodation is in the latest Nash 1-man bivvies (already furnished with chair and bedchair!) but guests return to the lodge for meals every day.

The lodge is also where we provide a full English breakfast, or if you prefer, something lighter – cereal, croissants etc. A wholesome meal is served every evening when you can sit on the terrace, sipping a glass of wine or an ice-cold beer, and relax in this tranquil setting. We even fire-up a barbecue on a couple of evenings

Each angler is provided with a boat and lifejacket, rods, pod, landing net, unhooking mat, scales etc. All guests need to take are clothes, sleeping bag, reels, bite alarms, indicators and terminal tackle. Top quality Nashbait boilies can be purchased on site at the bargain price of only £6-a-kilo. Pop-ups, dips, pellets and particles, leads and Nash Bullet mono line are also available.

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Location: Picardie, Oise

Description: The lake is situated in the small French village of Houndainville and is an easy drive of approx 2 1/2 hours from the ferry port at Calais most of which is motorway. The lake is well away from roads and noise.  There are showers and toilets that can be used by anglers on the lake.

Lake: Lac de Passion is a mature lake of approximately 7 acres set in quiet, secure and peaceful surroundings behind locked gates. Offering exclusive fishing for the carp angler seeking great action and the opportunity of 50lb plus carp!

Lac de Passion is a mature lake of approximately 7 acres set in quiet, secure and peaceful surroundings behind locked gates. The lake has legal night fishing and no additional permits are required other than the booking fee paid to the fishery.{rokcomments}

Location:  Poitou-Charentes, VienneWebsite:  http://www.fishermanholidays.com/nl/lac-de-villedon

Description: Through the Haute Vienne a small stream, fed by the cleanest sources, passes the village 'Asnieres sur Blour'. Straight after Asnieres, the first dam wall that blocks this river Blour has created one of the most complete fisheries in France, a 100 acre lake called Lac de Villedon. Surrounded by grazing and slowly rising landscape your first view of the country side makes you relax and realise you 're holiday has really started.

The lake shows an old river bed, wandering around through the middle of the lake. This part is a bit silty. Most of the bottom towards the banks is clean and hard, you will hardly find any obstacles. Sometimes a rock or gravel bed make the features. From where the river enters towards the dam wall the depth varies from 1 up to 6 meters.

The swims at Villedon are very natural. You can reach them only by boat, which are for rent (with or without battery + motor) at the shop. There is plenty of space per fisherman; the average per swim is 5 acres per double swim! You can bivvy up, as long as they're green or camouflaged. Swims are pretty much soft and bank sticks will do the job.

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Location: Champagne Region

Website: http://www.lacdesire.co.uk

Description: Lac Desire brings you to the Marne department of the Champagne region of France only 240 miles / 3.30 hrs from the ports at Calais and only 20mins from Lesmont. Completely surrounded by woodland this beautiful 40 acre estate is completely fenced and secure. The lake is spring fed, 16 acres in size, very mature and was originally excavated for gravel in the seventies. It has many features including gravel bars, plateaux's and silt areas in depths ranging from 3ft to 8ft. Fourteen comfortable swims have been prepared, two with disabled access and they have been positioned mainly around the centre of the lake (in the shape of a horse shoe) creating a perfect but at the same time private social holiday venue. With a max of ten anglers each week this leaves the choice of 4 swims should you require a move during your stay.{rokcomments}

Location:  In the heart of the Limousin, just 20  minutes from LimogesWebsite: http://lacdiable.com/default.aspx

Lake: This stunning 5 acre lake is spring fed and has an abundance of features to please both the fish and the anglers.  At the dam end it is nearly 3 metres, this gradually shallows to about 2 metres then there is a plateau of about 1 metre at the heart of which lies the island. With careful lake management lake owner, Colin has kept overhanging trees and areas of bunder creating features that draw in the fish. During the vindage all potential snags were removed. The lake has got silt beds and large gravel areas giving you a variety of presentation options.

Stock: The lake has initially been stocked with over two tons of carp.They are now coming out over 40lbs on a weekly basis, with high 30's and carp over 25lbs showing regularly.

Great care was taken in sourcing the fish in order to have prime specimens in mint condition that have never been fished for before. The fish have been introduced slowly to the lake in order to minimize their stress levels and maximise their growth rates{rokcomments}

Location:  2 hours from Calais in the Picardy Area

Description: Lac Du Cygne is a new 10 Acre fishery that opened in April 2008, it is an old established lake with lily pads and reeds to fish to, with stunning scenery and set in a very quiet location with an abundance of trees surrounding.

Fishing from only one side of the lake with no swims opposite. There is an original unknown stock of carp plus the additional fish that we have added up to 40+

The lake is approximately 2 hours from Calais in the Picardy Area, near to the beautiful rustic town of Laon. We offer drive and survive, or exclusive use of the lake. Long weekend special offers, and winter deals.

Onsite parking and chemical toilets are available.

Lake: Hidden away in the Picardie region, Lac Du Cygne is a fully tree lined 10 acre lake . The lake is surrounded by an abundance of trees from, Oaks, Silver Birch and popular to name just a few, the wild flowers and bushes blend in to create a peaceful & natural surrounding 

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Location: Approx 18 miles west of Troyes in the champagne region of France

Description: This Lake is offering a truly private, peaceful, secluded drive & survive fishing holiday without all the modern up to date facilities, back to over a decade to how carp fishing in France first began. So bring your 1 man bivvy, your 8 berth 'hotel' tent, your own caravan or motor home, the wife & kids and enjoy your private intimate holiday

Lake: The lake is 6.0 acres in size, depths ranging from 4ft gravel bars to 10ft silt gulleys, with an average across most of the lakes natural gravel bottom of 7ft, all the margins are tree lined with variety of different trees, forming some very carpy areas to drop a hook bait or even some stalking, The grounds are fenced where necessary with a coded lockable gate as you enter and a gravel track leading to the car parking and toilet area, then to the rear of the property there's a stunning stream that runs adjacent with our boundaryOver the past three years the lake has seen very little angling pressure, literally only a had full of mainly cat anglers

Swims: We have created 6 natural swims between openings of the trees with 4 of these on one bank all within 50 yards of each other with approximately 1 1/2 acres of water for each angler. Creating the perfect intimate social holiday with family or friends with the full use of a 4 berth caravan, car park & toilet also only yards away, the other 2 swims are located on either side of the lake for those preferring a little more privacy. If you choose to fish pegs 5 or 6 your tackle would have to be walked around, approximately 80 yards each way from the parking area

Stock: We originally stocked the lake back in 2006 with 70 carp from 8kg to12 kg all handpicked and some very large cats, we have since netted the lake in December 2008) and removed all the cats plus over populated silver fish, then added a further 45 handpicked stunning mirrors & commons from 10kg to 18kg creating a perfect carp water.

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Location: Limousin, Haute VienneWebsite: http://lac-royale.comDescription: Lac Royale is a 10 acre French Carp fishing lake set in the heart of the French countryside and is the perfect destination for all carp anglers, whether its your first trip to Frnace or you are a seasoned carp traveller looking for that french carp of a liftetime.{rokcomments}

Location: Champagne region of FranceWebsite: http://www.dhcarping.co.uk/Description: The truly beautiful Lagune Lassi lies in the lovely Champagne region of France, just 31/2 hours drive from the port of Calais. This 6 acre, family run fishery is managed by a highly respected carp angler, nestling in a quiet, rural setting, where it is not unusual to hear only the sound of a distant tractor, whilst relaxing behind a set of carp rods.

Lagune Lassi is not runs water but is a carp lake, where the serious angler is well rewarded with the possibility of catching from a stock of sturgeon, carp up to 56lb and catfish up to approx 100lb!

The lake has no crayfish or poisson chat. The water is usually slightly coloured and the depth averages 12' 00'' in early season dropping to about 10' 00'' in late summer. The lake bed is firm, sandy gravel, with a few interesting features. There are one or two small weed beds present but these cause no problem to the angler.

Despite these 'carrieres' (the French name for sand and gravel lakes) being relatively young, Lassi is completely tree lined and wasn’t fished until 2002! There are 2 double-swims, the Laurels and the Lodge. There are also 4 single swims, and a corner of the lake which is completely overgrown with no swims. 2 of the single swims (Bar & Poplars) are only suitable for single bivvy’s. The amount of anglers is limited to a maximum of five. Disabled access is only possible to the lodge swim and access to the 4 single swims requires more effort, but wheel barrows are provided

The carp are mainly deep-bodied mirrors with high shoulders, huge mouths and big fins! There is also a sprinkling of commons of similar shape. Stock levels are reasonably high ensuring relatively easy-fishing. Everyone that visits Lagune Lassi including those with only a little carp experience, should easily catch its leviathans.

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Location: Picardie, AisneWebsite: http://lake-albert.co.uk/index.php

Description: Looking for easy access to a lake in north eastern France, not too far from the channel tunnel with plenty big carp, then you've found it here. Lake Albert for Carp Fishing in France!

Just 2.5 hours from Calais on the autoroute, we're an easy drive down the A26/E17. Lake Albert is just off the N31/E46 west of Soissons.

Lake:  Albert is approx. 4.5 acres in size and fed with spring water. We have stocked the lake with a selection of grass, common and mirror carp ranging from 20lbs through to 40+lbs. We are still trying to catch the existing lake carp stock that has so far evaded us. The lake also contains many other species such as roach and pike. There are seven swims around the lake, including one double.{rokcomments}

Location: Region called MayenneWebsite: http://www.frenchlakefishing.co.uk/index.htmlDescription: Lake Claudette is based in Rural France in the region of Mayenne. It consists of a 7 acre lake with a further 2 acres of land. The lake itself hits depths of 31ft and has many bays in which the fish hold up in. We stocked the lake in 2003 with over a 150 fish with weights between 15lb and 50lb. The lake has a choice of 7 swims, though we only allow a maximum of 5 anglers in each party. Every swim has caught fish up to 40lb, with swim 6 catching more fish than the rest.

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Lake Perigny La RoseLocation: Champagne-Ardennes region, near EpernayWebsite:  www.bmpcarpfisheries.co.uk

Description: Périgny la Rose is situated in the Champagne-Ardennes region, near Epernay. This area of France is more than famous for every angler as it was the former bed of the river Seine. The route to the venue is mostly motorway, very straight forward, and should take about 3 1/2 hours from Calais.

Lake: The lake is about 13 acres in size, which has been established approximately 18 years. During the last few years, Mr. Dollat (Mayor of Perigny la Rose) with his team have refurnished this pit and made all the banks available for fishing. The lake is totally secured with a fence covering the full 15 acres of land. There is a track that goes all around the perimeter. The swims are well spaced out, with grassy areas for bivvies and rods. The banks are very smooth, which give you the opportunity to fish anywhere you like.

The lake bed, in true gravel pit style, is anything but flat with gravel bars, deep holes and plateaus all over the place. Bait boats are allowed on this venue and could be an advantage for precise baiting and presentation. There is not a lot of weed - a big head of grass carp do a good job at keeping it at bay.

Stock: The lake has a very big head of carp that was stocked bi-annually by the mayor of Périgny la Rose until 2008. One of the nice things about the venue is the high proportion of commons present - the lake record common stands at 46lb.The average size is between 23lb - 32lb, with mirrors over 45lb having been banked. There is a very healthy head of thirty-pound carp.{rokcomments}

Location: Brittany, Cotes d'ArmorWebsite:  http://lacfishabil.com/lakes.html

Description: The fishery is Located in the southwest of Brittany in a small village called Loscouetsur- Meu, this secluded venue is perfect to kick back and relax courtesy of the lakeside apartments with built in swims.There are several options available for your trip, one being the very popular Organised Trips, where all you have to do is book your holiday and then we'll take it from there. At the complex there's great facilities including clean showers, toilets and most importantly a fully stocked bar! Tackle and bait is provided on site, as well as a half board catering option.

Lake: The main lake has 55 swims on four banks with approximately 65 acres of water. The lake has two main areas to fish, the west bank that is about 20 acres in size and the north/east bank. Fishing to the middle of the lake from this area gives about 45 acres. All the swims are topped with tree bark to a depth of 1ft.{rokcomments}

Location: Champagne Ardenne, MarneWebsite: http://www.champagnecarping.com/

The new owners

This well know venue in the Champagne region has changed hands with new owners Marcus and Bianca Wetzl, taking over from Jeff and Lisa Powell who, founders of the JRC Brand, have developed the fishery to become one of the leading carp fisheries in France.

As a regular and successful visitor to the venue Marcus was delighted to be offered the chance to buy the complex from Jeff, and intends to run the venue along the same successful lines as Jeff but the facilities and stocks will be reviewed throughout this first season with a view to future development.

These lakes are well known for their potential with good stocks of Carp to around ‘mid fifties, Grassies to 45 and Catfish to mid eighties. Excellent catering and washroom facilities are provided on site and a timber lodge provides a full accommodation option.

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Location: In the Burgundy region of France in the department of the Yonne, 10km from Saint Fargeau

Website: www.lesrivets.com

2026 Bookings are now open via the website.  There is only one week left in 2025 which is the 21st June at £1,750

Description: Look no further, at Les Rivets you will discover an extra special fishery and experience some outstanding fishing. Our 9 acre lake is near to the town of St Fargeau in the Yonne district and has a large stock of Carp.  Looking to take the family on holiday and do some Carp fishing? Well, this is the place for you. We have a 4 bedroom house overlooking the lake with heated swimming pool. All the bedrooms have double beds and there a large patio area where to sit and relax.  We are located to a National Park where the family can go for long walks. Five minutes from the reservoir you can find beaches for family picnics or just sit around our heated pool. Four minutes away there is an Animal Park and an Adventure Park for the kids. For the ladies who love a day out shopping just take a 40 minute car trip into the main town of Auxerre.

Lake: the lake has 10 man made swims, 8 of these are double swims which gives comfort for 8 angler, and can take up to 10 anglers without a problem. It is spring and river fed and is closed water with night fishing allowed. There is plenty of tree cover and the bottom of the lake is clay and has some gravel areas. The depth of this lake is from 4 feet at the shallow end to 14 feet deep at the dam end and the average depth is over 7 ft deep.

Stock: There are now about 260 Carp with 40% of the stock being common's and the biggest are the moment is 60.1lb common, largest Mirror caught 53lbs.

Facilities: For the Drive and Survive there are two shower and kitchen area, with Freezer, fridge, cooker, and microwave. There are four bedrooms two on the ground floor and two bedrooms are on the top floor, both top floor bedrooms are double sized rooms. On request we can add more beds in these bedrooms. In the TV room at the top of the stairs there is a put me up bed. All bedrooms have double beds.

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Location: Set in the tranquil Marne Valley with the River Marne as the southernmost border.

Website: http://www.chef-deville.com/

Description: The use of boats is allowed on the lake as long as life jackets are worn and that the boat is used in a safe and responsible manner. Boats supplied with oars and lifejackets are available for hire. There plentiful supply of electric engines available for  the boats which comes with two fully charged leisure batteries. The use of bait boats is also allowed. 

Fishing is not allowed from the North bank which means that you will not have anyone fishing from the opposite bank. The swims have for the year (2007)  have undergone extensive work, making them spacious, safe and clean as too have the paths and roads. Major investment has been put into the whole site to enhance the pleasure of fishing Chef de Ville

Lake: This 27 acre lake is the first in a series of six. The Lake is up to 160 yards wide and over 900 yards long. Depths vary from 3 feet to 20 feet with the majority of the lake bed being clay or gravel. There are a number of weed beds mainly around the bars and margins. Fishing tight to these weed beds produces good catches

Stock: Following the restocking in 2003'4 we successfully introduced a further 1 ton of Carp up to 62 lbs. have in 2007. This pushes the the current stock levels to over 400 carp, half of which are in excess of 30lbs. A further Half ton of carp has been added in 2008 with a70lb Catfish.

Facilities:  Chef de Ville has recently purchased the house next to the entrance gate to the fishery. The property has a large basement which has been converted into a large dining area. There is also a new shower room with two showers, two toilets and hand basin.

A large breakfast and evening meal will be served in the dining area or it can be brought to your swim by request. 

Recharging facilities are available for Mobile Phones - Bait boat batteries etc. 

Limited Freezer storage facilities for bait.

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Location: Picardie, AisneWebsite Address: www.frenchcarplake.com

Description: Located a little over 2hrs from Calais and 2.5hrs from Le Havre in Picardie near the historic town of Soissons Over 120 Carp to 42lb+ With a good percentage of 30's. Nothing ever stocked below 20lb .A beautiful mix of Mirror, Leather and Common carp to 42lb, Grass Carp to 28lb with a single Catfish over 50lbs. The Lake had never been fished before other than for Pike, the owner of 40yrs only ever used a spinner! Luxury chalet style accommodation available, with 2 bedrooms, Living/Dining room, fully equipped fitted kitchen and bathroom facilities or the most comfortable Drive n Survive ever, with shower, toilet and kitchenette for your use, along with a large covered patio area with table and chairs. A perfect family fishing destination, with luxury accommodation, TV, DVD, Stereo etc, good local amenities and only 45mins from the sights and shopping of Paris.Fish Stocked: Carp{rokcomments}

Mirror Pool FisheriesWebsite : www.mirrorpool.co.ukMirror Pool Fisheries is made up of the following lakes, for more detail on the Lakes please click on the lake.Mirror PoolMeadow LakeMayflower PoolMillstone Pool{rokcomments}

Location: Region called MayenneWebsite: http://www.frenchlakefishing.co.uk/index.html

Description: Monternary Mere is set in a peaceful woodland area and spans across 3 acres with an extra 15 acres of land and woodland. At the deepest end of the lake depths of 15ft can be found but the lake goes as shallow as 2ft is places. The lake has a choice of 4 swims, with one being a double. The Carp range from sizes of 10lb to a massive 40lb. The big Carp tend to hang about on the woodland bank, which is easily reached from every swim{rokcomments}