8 Big French Carp Fishing Lakes For Large Groups

.Are you struggling to find a French carp lake that can accommodate a large group of anglers? Here’s our pick of the best big French carp fishing lakes that cater for 10-16 anglers, making it ideal for that annual social… 1. Blue Lake (up to 10 anglers) You can expect lots of action from hard fighting […]

Jonchery Video And Photos From Netting

  A short aerial video of Jonchery during the drain down and netting this November and also photos from the stock check including a cracking shot of the big ghost carp on many anglers ‘wanted’ list! 30 acre Jonchery is drained and netted each year, small roach and zander are removed and the carp stock safely […]

Huge 62lb Common Carp at Jonchery Lake

Mitchell Keet landed a whopping 62lb common out of Jonchery last week, a new personal best. Here’s his catch report and feedback from the week…   Holiday date:  Sat 1st Oct to Sat 8th Oct 2016 Name of customer:  Mitchell Keet Details of your catches:  29.6 common,  34lb mirror,  37lb mirror,  42lb common,  62lb common my pb […]

Nick Burrage’s Session on Jonchery

A quick round-up from Nick Burrage after his recent session on Jonchery… “Starting our week with a breakdown on the M25, then four frosty nights and freezing winds, wasn’t the start we were after to be honest. Little did I know that after a very quick bite, resulting in a 49lb plus mirror; that this […]

Stunning Carp Passed over Jonchery’s Net

Just a few photos from the netting today, which saw carp to over 60lb and a fantastic day all round. Small roach and zander were removed and the carp stock safely passed back over the net. Find out more about Jonchery here – Carp Fishing in France

The Jonchery Challenge 2015

Barry Oconnor has kindly sent in this write-up of the Jonchery Challenge this September, sounds like a cracking session! Ben and I were invited to take part in a carp match in France. It was on Jonchery Lake in Brevonnes. Jonchery was created by the Bachelier family who are fish farmers, the fishery is superbly […]

61lb Common Banked at Jonchery

A couple of photos sent over by Mark at Jonchery today. Rob, fishing swim 4 has only gone and landed an incredible 61lb 11oz common. Congratulations! And incase you were thinking of a trip over to this 30 acre lake next year, there is currently an offer of 50% off the first three weeks in […]

50% Off at Jonchery & Brocard Large in March

Both Jonchery and Brocard Large have some space available this March so if you fancy nipping over the channel then take advantage of this offer for the weeks commencing 14th & 21st March. These two lakes have an excellent reputation for seriously good French carp fishing and are home to carp to well over 50lb. Last week […]

Stocking Carp at the Bachelier Waters

The Bacheliers have been busy! Here’s our round-up of the nettings and stockings so far this winter…   The well respected Bachelier family own five of our venues – Jonchery, Jonchery #7, Brocard Small, Brocard Large and Brie. Whilst these venues are all unique in their own way, they also share something in common – the […]

A New Jonchery Lake Record at 59lb

A new Jonchery lake record! 59lb 8oz of pristine common carp, caught from swim 1. It formed part of a 45 fish catch between 3 anglers with 8 well over 40lb. More information on the lake – Jonchery is a stunning 30 acre lake set in the heart of the Champagne region, created and run by the prominent fish […]

Two Fifties Stocked at Jonchery Carp Lake

Jonchery carp lake gets an additional stocking of 2 x 50lb+, 15 x 30lb+ and 50 x 20lb+ carp this January. We think the common at 00:34 seconds in is an absolute corker! For more information on Jonchery follow the link – Fishing Holidays

Inflight at Jonchery

An aerial flight over Jonchery,  a 30 acre lake set in the heart of the Champagne region, created and run by the prominent fish farming Bachelier family. The video is designed to give you a real taster of the lake’s layout and features. For more information on Jonchery follow the link –  Fishing Holidays

Annual Netting at Jonchery

Around this time in France fish farmers are in full swing managing the nettings on their many lakes. It is because of this that Heather and I made a trip over to France this November.  We called in to visit the Bacheliers, who were going to be netting both Jonchery and Brocard Large over two […]

Hail and cold water – Was this really August?

I was very fortunate to fish Jonchery‘s smaller counterpart, Jonchery 7, earlier this year. During my visit I took the opportunity to do a few laps of the main Jonchery lake.  On my way around I chatted with the anglers and was amazed to find that some had been coming since they were children, others […]

Jonchery Gets An Updated Venue Video

Jonchery is a 30 acre lake set in the heart of the Champagne region, created and run by the prominent fish farming Bachelier family.  This lake has a great reputation, stretching back many years, for offering superb carp fishing holidays… The 6 large double swims give you loads of options on where and how to fish – […]

Introducing… Jonchery

Jonchery is a stunning 30 acre lake set in the heart of the Champagne region, created and run by the prominent fish farming Bachelier family.  This lake has a great reputation, stretching back many years, for offering superb carp fishing holidays… The lake is shaped like an Xmas stocking, with swim 5 tucked neatly on the dam wall […]