Carp fishing trip France

[jamesENGINEERmartin]

Me and 3 friends decided on a fishing holiday this summer to france! wanted to for years so was like a dream getting out there!! took quite a lot of planning,but lukily i was away in kenya with the army,so the job didn't fall on me!

The morning soon arrived, picked up the van, packed it and we were off!! 4 hours 10 mins from lancaster to portsmouth it was an x-police van haha the trip went smoothley untill we got pulled over by customs!! but a quick look in the back of the van and we were on the ferry!!

Portsmouth to Caen was 7 hours so no guessing where we ended up all night payed the next day though haha but what the hell,we was in france. Just a short 2 hour drive up to the lake,just near le mans. The holiday was booked through angling lines and the lake was a lovely 5 acre lake called Old oaks. Carp to 53lb and catfish to 60+. didn't see any cats but had a blinding week all the same,here are just a few of our pictures......



my biggest at 42lb






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[Padsta Tel]

Bloody hell James some cracking that's a holiday to remember good first report it will take some beating, good for the front page Paul.

[jamesENGINEERmartin]

We had 4 40's, 30 30's,11 20's including a 25lb grass carp and a small 14lber..brilliant week!!

[Paul]

Nice one James, brilliant week by the looks of it


That Grass Carp is enormous!!!



Front page updated!! (takes up to an hour to appear due to caching)

[TerryG]

Some quality fish you lads had there james Good to see a plan come together so well, Fantastic fishing Did they take long to land

[Rushy]

Jeez......that's some fishing! they're bladdy enormous!!

Fantastic report and pictures

[jamesENGINEERmartin]

was a cracking week tez!! yes, most of them pulled your arm off!!! bloody love it!!

[conprodman]

Great report James it puts the UK posts on course fishing to shame, I can see this becoming an annual event for you now as they say you get hooked on fishing the big lakes in France, pardon the pun.

[jamesENGINEERmartin]

haha, i think it will phil!!! its a bit different fishing here in the uk after that. Fancy a trip after them big cats, have to look into it.

[fyshermen1001]

some nice fish the mate and cracking pics ..............................


what were they caught on and what rigs .............if you don't mind me asking