Carp Talk journalist Nigel Banks unveils the recent history of Carp Fishing in France. In this interesting article he gives a great overview of the best places, lakes and carp.
To the casual observer France must seem like a haven for the carp angler. A quick look at any map or on Google Earth will reveal literally thousands and thousands of lakes and pools – all of which may contain carp. This situation hasn’t come about by accident. Just as in certain areas of any European country where gravel or sand extraction has taken place, many of the lakes that we now visit on our adventures carp fishing in France were dug in the search for materials for building roads, homes, railways or infrastructure. For instance, the Marne valley in the Champagne region is home to dozens of lakes, all around the valley floor where gravel and sand, deposited in the ice age, could be extracted. Likewise on the outskirts of major cities such as Paris there are vast areas of water, all shaped like the fields that were originally on the land. These individual fields were sold for sand and gravel extraction – and they were all stocked with fish as part of the natural regeneration. It is true to say that France is literally awash with lakes, all full of carp. Take a look at the area around Vitry-le-François if you need proof of this. This area, in the Champagne-Ardenne region, is very popular with anglers from all areas of Europe looking for carp-angling holidays in the many lakes that surround the rivers of the area.
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Carp Fishing in France
