French State invests 6 million in Lac de Moisson

Last week we were invited by the new director of Lac de Moisson to know each other and to prepare the 2009 season. He said he had a surprise for us…

 

At our arrival at the lake, we were surprised by the action on the property: there were vans, trucks, and bulldozers all over the place. Gardeners were busy planting trees and builders were placing the latest bricks.

 

A little further a man was waving at us with a big smile on his face: Mr. Labert, the new director. During our conversation, he told us that the French State had invested six million Euros in the venue!

 

First of all, a new modern reception was build to receive the clients at their arrival. Chrystel, a nice lady, welcomes the clients and briefs them about the facilities, food and beverages, regulations,  etc.

 

Next to the new reception, a fantastic restaurant has been built with a terrace that provides stunning views over the lake. Excellent food is served for breakfast, lunch and dinner. To give you an idea, the daily menu costs only 10,30 Euros!

Here, the anglers can get their bread, croissants, beverages, etc.

 

Another part of the investment went to the brand new rooms and studios. The finishings are nice and the views over the lake are amazing. The studios have 2 beds, a completely fitted kitchen, chairs, table and a spacious bathroom. Towels and sheets are included in the price. A studio costs 40 Euros per night. The rooms have two or four beds and a bathroom. Towels and sheets are included in the price. Price ist 15,50 Euros per person per night. It’s possible to order breakfast in the room.

 

In this new building, new WC’s and showers are available for the anglers.

 

Security is very important for the management. Now a security agency controls the lake with two to four agents and a dog. By night the whole venue is closed to the public.

 

And, last but not least, the management restocked the lake with plenty of new fish to keep the impressive stock of Lac de Moisson in balance.

 

We must say we were overwhelmed by these improvements and we think our clients will love them. Anglers that like to make a trip to France with their family can lodge the non-anglers in a studio, while they stay in their bivvy on the banks. Some anglers like to sleep in a room when it’s still cold outside. We also remind that Lac de Moisson is a very attractive lake for the real specimen hunter. If you have already been at Cassien or Lac de Der, you will surely enjoy this lake! Several carp are 30kg+ and the record of the lake is 32kg…

 

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Catch Report French Carping 14/04/2009

Dear Friends,

Here are the latest catch reports from France where our clients had very good catches this week. At Domaine de Brocard we had 107 carp out with 40% of the carp over 15kg!!!
Etang de Brigueuil

Good week with nice catches from Mr. de Groot: 32,7 Pounds (dutch) and 33,9 Pounds

Chateau Moulin


Domaine de Brocard

Fantastic week at Domaine de Brocard with 107 fish in total: 5 grass carp (biggest was 17,5kg), 2 catfish (max. 36 kg) and 1 Koi.

There were 41 carp 15kg+: 3 carp were 18 kg and there were stunning mirrors and commons of 19kg, 19,1kg, 19,5kg, 19,8kg, 20kg, 21kg, 21,3kg and 23,2kg …

La Renarde

Very Good week at La Renarde with 13 carp. Biggest were 15,5 kg and 16,5 kg. Also 2 grass carp came out. Biggest was 14,3 kg.

Jonchery

Maurepaire

Etang Remy

La Horre

Just as we expected, this week was a good week at La Horre: 21 fish caught. the biggest was a grass carp 56lb 5oz the biggest carp 49lb 8oz.

Lac de Moisson


Grosley


Domaine de la Vallée

This week 14 carp caught on swim 3, 15 lost on swim 10. Strangely enough no carp came out on swim 4 and 5.

Iktus

"Fishing gets better and better with lots of carp over the 13kg barrier. Some belgian clients broke the record with a stunning 27,5kg sturgeon last night. They are really happy because they also caught a 16kg carp and a massive 40kg catfish. They say they want to come back in late summer" Jérémy, Iktus

Plashuis

Good catches at Het Plashuis. Lots of high 20's. No top catches until today, but they will come out soon because the warm weather is helping a lot... Best swim until now is n°6.


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Nice pictures from Maurepaire

Here are some pictures from Maurepaire

Depth maps from Lac de Moisson and Iktus

We proudly announce that we are now able to offer professional depth maps from our venues. Our clients love this idea because they don’t have to lose any time studying the bottom. Now, they arrive at the lake and they can immediately start fishing the strategically chosen spots.

Although most of our venues have a flat bottom, there are some lakes that have a very irregular bottom. Through these depth maps we discovered that Lac de Moisson and Iktus have a very interesting bottom with lots of hidden fishing spots. The architects that made these maps, discovered that at Lac de Moisson, there is a very interesting plateau in front of swims 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 about 200 meters from the bank. We recommend taking enough line on your spool to be able to fish this spot.

At Iktus we immediately saw that there were huge holes, hard sandy and stony patches and plateaus. We are completely convinced that these depth maps will make fishing a lot easier, and they will bring more catches. The anglers will fish spots they’ve never fished before.

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Château Moulin - 5 star carp fishing in France

It hasn’t been easy, but we have finally managed to find a new awesome carp fishing lake, and we are proud to present to you: Chateau Moulin.

Surrounded by luscious oak and pine forests, this established 42-acre lake is a well-stocked carp venue, with 18 swims. A maximum of 10 anglers are able to fish the lake at any one time, which gives you the option to move around a little. All this, combined with the fantastic service that the owners provide, will make your vacation a great one, with a fantastic atmosphere and some great carp. We invite you to come and experience the thrill of fishing this beautiful, unspoiled haven for carp.

Château Moulin is five star carp fishing in France!

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Professional Depth Maps

Lila Depth Maps and Fisherman Holidays started a unique joint venture to offer an even better service to our customers. Now, you can buy professional depth maps from our lakes in France. These maps will give you the opportunity to find the best spots, various depths, different types of bottoms, etc. Oder your depth map of your favorite swim on the website of Fisherman Holidays. They cost 25 Euros each and I'm sure it will make fishing even more exciting!

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Carp Fishing at Lac De Grosley in Normandy

Having never fished in France before both me and my son-in law (Ade) booked a week’s fishing with Fishermans Holidays which was arranged with Thomas from their main office the support and help given to go was 1st class and very informative with lots of advice.

On getting to Grosley we were greeted by Eric and his wife who made us very welcome with a complementary cup of tea.

We were then shown around our swims and give some tips on how to fish. Although we were tired from the travel from Cornwall via Dover we very quickly got set up and fishing with four rods each and I soon had a bend in my rods with a nice fish 28.5lbs.

We had set ourselves a target of one fish a day and this was blown away with some fantastic results with 67 Carp between us in total, 6x 30+ (35.10lbs) biggest by Ade. 45 x 20lbs plus and I (Neil) caught a lake record Sturgeon of 19.12lbs
A big thanks goes to the help from Howard at Nutrabaits in selecting the bait for the trip nearly all the catches came from Trigger and Salmon-Caviar and Black pepper Boilies. The time spent at the bait centre was well worth all the time prior to our trip.

Eric and his wife also provided excellent food throughout the week and the need to take your own food is not required, the site facilities are excellent.

As you can see we had a fantastic time and would recommend this experience to any one reading this we are definitely looking forward to going back again in May next year, I have some great photographs that got better the end of the week.

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