Carp fishing in France has grown to be very popular year after year and huge amounts of people are visiting France in pursuit of their dream fish. France is one of the preferred countries for the purpose of Carp fishing for many factors. France is actually a beautiful country and also the landscape is truly remarkable, there is nothing like sitting by the lake with all your fishing rods out anticipating that screaming run.
The great thing about carp fishing in France is the fish will not be pressurised to the degree that are in britain and whenever you pick the right lake you are likely to catch plenty of carp. The carp are also a lot bigger than you find in the united kingdom and its quite easy to catch carp to 20, 30 and 40lb, it goes without saying there are bigger carp than that contained in these lakes and a few go to 90lb but they are not too easy to catch however it is possible if you're there for a week and fishing on the right lake.

An increasing amount of carp lakes are now being opened in France and they're usually being run by British people who have relocated to France and setup a small business. The right way to select the lake you are going to fish is simply by doing a little research on the web. Check out Google and enter "carp fishing in France" or "carp fishing forum" you will then find plenty of people leaving comments concerning their visits to France and how they got on.

I came across an amazing lake Etang De Villaine by using the precise method and booked up to go in September last year. This is a six acre lake and contains carp to 60lb and Wels Catfish to 75lb. The owner is English and is a awfully nice guy, he will give you tips and as much advise as you need. During my visit this past year I caught over 24 fish in a week and the largest was 34lb, I lost several more. He only allows for six people on the lake at one time to ensure you have an acre of water to fish.

For reasons uknown whenever I have been carp fishing in France I have never done any good fishing on top with floating baits, I don't know as to why this is but it's definitely true. All of my fish have come to many different baits and constantly fished on the bottom, almost always popped up about one inch.
At Eang De Villaine Stuart the owner offers you breakfast every day and evening meals and he will even bring them to your swim when you don't want to go to the house and eat. Your meals are great and the hospitality even better.

I started off my week of by fishing bolies on the bottom and maze on two other rods, you can use three rods at most of the lakes in France, and you don't need to have a license either. I had 1 fish within the first days which for Etang De Villaine just isn't good; the fishing isn't that tough. Stuart came down and showed me how to fish a popup critically balanced and after I changed I really could not stop catching.

I never just stuck to boiles I often tried maze, sweet corn and worms and the results were terrific. I see so many anglers sitting on 3 rods not really catching fish in a not at all hard lake and they don't change a single thing. When you are carp fishing in France don't be lazy, should you be not catching try switching things around and you will have great success. Talk to other anglers; see what they are using and how they are fishing. Carp anglers are usually friendly people and will offer advice and help if you ask.