Top Fish:
SACHA (9acres): 34.08lb Mirror, 29lb Common
ANGELE (19 acres):44lb Mirror, 42.04lb Common, NEW RECORD:43LB Grass Carp
LOUANNE (29 acres): 47.02lb Mirror, 49,06 Common

May to follow soon…. and it’s better than April with fish to 57lb and records in all 3 lakes!!

It all began with our booking agent in Holland arriving along with 4 other anglers to fish a long weekend on the big lake and hopefully get some good footage to make a video. They arrived Friday 2nd April and within an hour or so they were organising there bivvys on etang Louane.

Etang Louane - April 2010

We had frosts in the morning and hailstones in the day for the 1st 24hrs and then lots of rain and then upto 20c over the next 72hrs. Despite the crazy weather; the fishing was good and when we arranged a flight over the lakes in a gryo-copter and got some superb photos and filmed the lakes too, it felt like it was a great start to the season. The fishing on the lake produced 24 carp, 18 of them over 30lb and topped by mirrors of 44lb and 46lb.  

They don't get much better than this 40lb mirror!!

Roys 1st fish of his session was this stunning 36lb mirror

This fantastic 46lb mirror is becoming a very special fish, it weighed 39lb 6months ago

Looking down at swims 11 and 12 on the island

Rainbow over Freedom lakes in FranceRoy with a 44lb mirror

This beautiful 37lb common had never been caught before!

We’ve had a lot of people asking for a map of the lakes with the swims marked on, so here it is…..

The final map will be ready soon

We will now work on this over the next week or so and the final version will allow you to click on each swim for more detail along with some photo’s of the swim itself and the water in front.

Beautiful colours on this low 30

A truly majestic French Carp

How long before this one gets to 50lb?

The Futures Bright

 Each time Jean noel lifted a fish from the tank i kept saying wow that’s another beauty. And then he lifted this one out of the tank!!

And then this came out of the tank

Jean Noel showing the other side of the 48lb(22kg)

The 5 fish are all stunning and i wouldn’t mind seeing any of them in my net one day. They weighed 28lb, 33lb, 35lb, 37lb and the big girl weighed 48lb (22kg). Amazingly, this fish was weighed and returned to it’s lake 2 winters ago at 24lb(11kg) so she has doubled in weight putting on 24lb in 2 years!

The morning of the netting

A view from down towards the clubhouse looking back towards the cut throughs into the big end bay

Some fisheries would take them out...We prefer proper carp fishing not a goldfish bowl

 

As you can see from the photos, we still had a big surface area of water which made the job more difficult but with such a big stock of fish and the lake being very shallow it was the best way for us to work as we had enough depth to put the carp straight back in the lake rather than into holding pools.

After 6hrs of hard work we were down to the last tonne!!

We caught 7 big Catfish from 52lb to just over 100lb which we moved into lake Sacha along with 66 carp between 15lb and 25lb including a few of the Ghosties.

These Big Catfish were moved into etang Sacha to spice it up in 2010

Now, the carp… We caught 340 carp with the net including over 150×30’s and 20×40’s plus another 100+ carp above 25lb. Add to this the fish we already have pictures of including several high 30’s and low 40’s that we missed with the net and the fact that we removed 66 of the smaller fish between 15lb and 25lb and you can understand why we are very excited about this lake for 2010. There simply isn’t space to add the pics of the carp on here so if you want to see the photos you will need to join us on facebook.

Here’s a few to get you started….

This Big Carp weighed over 40lb and is one of many that have never been caught!!

They don't come much prettier than this

This one isn't bad either

The two tone linear is well over 30lb now

Angele making sure her fish are being looked after properly

More info on the draindown will follow shortly so keep checking back…. and don’t forget to go onto facebook if you want to see the rest of the photos.

Not a bad place to enjoy your meal

We now have the license to serve food and drink in our clubhouse and will be able to offer breakfast and evening meals to our customers in 2010

We will now install some professional catering equipment over the next few weeks and then put together a price list and add it to the website along with some photos.

The Clubhouse

So we will have a bar and restaurant, tackle shop, toilets/showers, fridges/freezers, electric and water plus an impressive range of bait all available for this years visitors.

If you have already made a reservation with us for 2010 and would like to know more about the food package and clubhouse situation then contact us by email or telephone and we will explain in more detail exactly what is going on.

We stocked 12 carp into the big lake this week (14th November 2009) these fish were from 30lb to 40lb and will soon be joined by more fish as we collect them from the holding lakes this winter. Hurry up and get your carp fishing holiday for 2010 booked at the best carp fishing lakes in France

We plan to add around 50 new fish to the top lake including 10 fish over 44lb (20kg)

Keep checking back for updates

Jean Noel is a legal and respected fish farmer and has sold fish and advised several quality fisheries for several seasons, he can also provide professional help and translations which is useful when you’re trying to run a legal fishery in France , as we are, but just need to be sure that you and the DDA are understanding each other for peace of mind.

If you’re a lake owner in France and need some professional advice or want to stock fish then contact Mark at the fishery or you can contact Jean Noel direct by visiting  www.piscivaldegartempe.com

Jean noel with one of his 18kg mirrors at les 8 etangs in 2009