Carp France at Jonchery

Jonchery is a stunning 30 acre lake set in the heart of the Champagne region, created and run by the prominent fish farming Bachelier family.  This lake has a great reputation, stretching back many years, for offering superb carp fishing holidays. The 6 large double swims give you loads of options on where and how to fish - you'll never be short of water.  Action is usually prolific too thanks to its stock of around 350 big and healthy mirrors and commons, with an excellent head of 40lb+ carp.

You pre-book swims individually or the lake exclusive for up to 12 anglers. All swims must be booked by two anglers, with the exception of swims 1 and 5 which can be booked by a single angler if required.

"We all broke our PB's. All carp in excellent condition and Mark the bailiff could not do enough for us. He is the best we have ever come across in years of fishing in France. All in all an excellent week."

Steve Easter, July '19

The lake is shaped like an Xmas stocking, with swim 5 tucked neatly on the dam wall at the toe end and the facilities at the opposite end close to the entrance and swim 1.  The lake bottom is fairly even, mainly silt, with an average depth of between 1.5 & 2m and is at its shallowest between swims 3 and 5.  One side of the lake affords plenty of shade and the other bank is much more open.

Each of the 6 large double swims are spacious and well positioned affording around 5 acres of water for each swim, so there are plenty of fishing options.  

Important note; swims are booked in advance at Jonchery so you'll need to decide which swim you'd like when you book.  Make sure to check out the lake map and if you're struggling to decide then give us a call - we'll be happy to help. All swims must be booked by two anglers, with the exception of swims 1 and 5 which can be booked by a single angler if required.

You're welcome to use your own baitboat, providing you respect these baiting hours. 

There's a nice even gravel track all around the lake so getting your tackle to your swim by car is easy.  

Around 100m away is sited the sister lake Jonchery 7 which you can book with this lake to accept groups of up to 14 anglers on the complex.

Click here to see an aerial map with swim & facility details.

Important note; always look at the swim map for this lake as the swims numbers don’t all follow sequentially as you might expect.

Venue Siret No; 48003843900018

As you would expect in a lake run by fish farmers, Jonchery is a very well stocked lake, with around 350 big and healthy mirrors and commons up to over 60lb, including an excellent head of 40lb+ carp.

However, what makes Jonchery really special is some of the tremendous scale patterns you'll find on the carp.  From stunning linears to deep bodied fully scaled specimens, this lake contains some of the prettiest carp you'll ever see.  This is because they were hand-picked for their beauty - take a look at the carp photos, you will know exactly what we mean. There are some exceptional Koi too, just to ring the changes.

*Please note - additional stock from July-Oct 2019*  In mid July 2019, the owners of Jonchery had to emergency net one of their other lakes due to an oxygen crash. This resulted in many carp being placed into Jonchery temporarily until the winter of 2019. This will reflect in the number of carp being caught by anglers in the catch reports from mid July-October 2019. In winter most of these additional carp will be removed again back to the original lake. Please look at feedback reports before July 2019 and also the text above for an accurate representation of the stock in the lake for 2020 onwards. 

Carp France at Jonchery

Facilities

The facilities are sited at the entrance to the complex and are clean, well equipped and spacious. In addition to the shower and toilet there's a living area with a large table and benches and a kitchen with cooker, microwave, dishwasher, chest freezer and refrigerator. You can recharge batteries here too.

It's a great place to take cover if the weather turns for the worse or if you just want to eat a meal at a proper table. These large facilities are also shared by the anglers on the Jonchery 7.

Onsite Shop

We stock terminal tackle from gardener and taska at the lake. There are also items available to hire, you can find details of these on under the 'Tackle Hire' tab above.

Guiding Service

A guiding service is available to help new or inexperienced anglers coming to our waters. This will be 10 hours helping you locate feeding fish or finding spots, rigs, bait and fish care for big fish and hopefully how to get the best picture to take home with you.  Price for this is €50 for one or €80 for two. Parties will get a discount.

To pre-book the guiding service please contact the bailiff direct. The bailiffs email address & phone number can be found on the directions sheet which will be made available to you in your Customer Area on our website when your holiday has been paid for in full.

To order the food package please contact the bailiff direct. The bailiff's email address & phone number can be found on the 'Info Pack' in your Customer Area once your holiday is booked. 

The full food package consists of breakfast and evening meals, all prepared and cooked on-site, served in the anglers lodge. The cost for the full food package is 150 Euros. This is payable on arrival in Euros please. 

There is also a daily bread delivery at this venue, just let bailiff Mark know what you'd like the day before.

Example Menu for Jonchery

Breakfast

From 9am -10am

Sausage, Egg & Bacon Baguettes

Continental Breakfast

Or

Full English Breakfast

Sausage, Egg, Bacon, Mushrooms, Beans, Tomatoes & Hash Brown or Fried Bread

Evening Meals

From 5pm-6pm

Lasagne, Chips & Garlic Bread

English Sunday Roast

Cheese Burger & Chips

Cottage Pie & Veg

Social BBQ on Wednesdays

Fajitas & Chips

Pizza

Please be aware that we cannot cater for Vegetarians, Vegans, Allergies or personal diet plans