If you are looking for carp and catfish lakes France has a lot to offer. The following four lakes are well worth a visit for your next carp and catfish holiday…Â
1. Cailleaux
Cailleaux presents the opportunity to fish a true runs water, somewhere you can relax for a week in the knowledge that the fishing should produce well and therefore offer you plenty of action.
There are huge numbers of carp to over 55lb, 160lb+ catfish and some beautiful diamond back sturgeon, so you can expect to catch plenty of all! The layout is very social because you all fish from one long open bank.
The lake is a 4hr drive from the port of Calais.
Find out more about Cailleaux here.
2. Brocard Small
Another lake for those anglers that prefer to ‘get away from it all’, Brocard Small is long and thin in shape, encompassing around 29 acres (not exactly small at all then!). It holds a good stock of incredible looking carp to well over 50lb & plenty of catfish to 110lb.
Just four double swims are spread along the length of the water, therefore you have an incredible sense of exclusivity and privacy from each swim.
The lake is a 4hr drive from the port of Calais.
Find out more about Brocard Small here.
3. Beaurepaire
A natural gravel-pit of 7 acres, Beaurepaire holds catfish to over 100lb and plenty of 40 & 50lb carp, with a lake record into the high sixties. The lake ideally suits groups of up to six anglers looking to book a lake exclusively… but individual bookings are welcome too.
It is fairly straight forward fishing here which makes it ideal for less experienced anglers. There are no designated swims but there’s plenty of room to bivvy up all round the lake. If you book the lake as a group, you can all fish together from the central spit which gives you access to the whole lake from one place – making it the perfect location for a social!
Beaurepaire is a very easy 2hr 30 drive from the port of Calais.
Find out more about Beaurepaire here.
4. Autels
Autels is a mature 4 acre lake in the Loire Valley, and is hired out exclusively for the week to groups of up to 5 anglers. This is the perfect lake for those wanting a social holiday with action-packed fishing.
There’s a large head of fish here – around 300 carp to 50lb, catfish to over 100lb and sturgeon to over 80lb, so you are unlikely to be short of runs.
The lake is a short 2hr 20 drive from the port of Caen and 4hr from Calais.
Find out more about Autels carp and catfish lakes France here.
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