Commerical Venues

Crete Lakes

Cretelakes is a beautiful 5 lake venue set in 130 acres. The lakes are former gravel pits dug around the mid 1970s and around this time they were stocked with carp and other course fish.

The venue was left undisturbed to flourish and mature with its tree lined banks and stocks of fish for three decades, we secured the lakes and set about creating a carp fishing complex that would be one of the best in France . After six months of tree removal and other obstacles 60 swims were created including 9 doubles across the 5 lakes. As the years passed the lakes were stocked with fast growing French carp including many 40lb+ fish and at present Cretelakes can boast some of the heaviest stocked lakes in France with literally hundreds of carp over 50lb, with many 60s and several 70s that are still growing year on year, Lake 5 alone holds over seven hundred 35lb+ Carp, Although at times the fishing can be difficult Cretelakes is a firm favourite amongst anglers

The onsite facilities at Cretelakes are excellent with a fully equipped kitchen, a large seating area with sky TV, a shop stocking those essential items including a large stock of bait, and a shower block housing 3 showers and 3 toilets. The showers are open 24 hours a day and can be used at your own convenience. There is also a toilet block located between lakes 3 and 4, there is a disabled toilet in the main clubhouse.

There are up to four bailiffs at Cretelakes and they will be on hand to cook the all important meals and give advice on rigs and tactics.

Visit www.cretelakes.com

Dream Lakes

Set in the picturesque countryside of the Champagne region of France, DreamLakes can be found just outside the small town of Orconte. The ideal backdrop for the five mature and peaceful fishing lakes found within the DreamLakes complex. A group of former gravel pits developed by carp anglers with one single purpose in mind - to create the perfect balance between a relaxing fishing holiday and the excitement of catching specimen carp and catfish!

Home to numerous big-carp our five lakes provide everything you could ask for when taking a fishing holiday in France. In fact a massive percentage of the anglers found around the banks each week are returning customers - which to us, is a significant sign that we have got the structure of the DreamLake holidays we provide bang-on! What's more, and perhaps most importantly this also shows that when you visit DreamLakes for the first time every aspect of your fishing trip in France is catered for.

Visit www.dreamlakes.com

Abbey Lakes

The complex officially opened it's doors for business during March 2000, providing fishermen with a choice of 4 lakes.

Fox and Heron were the specimen carp waters, Kingfisher was marketed as a 'Predator' water with a huge head of massive catfish and pike stocked and Wild Boar was initially opened as a mixed fishery for both match and specimen fishing

The following year, Abbey opened a 5th Lake, Attila, which had been used as a stocking lake in line with their strict fishery management policy to grow on and produce only the finest Carp from an on-site facility.

The Abbey Lakes carp fishing in France complex is incredibly natural with lakes containing weed, crayfish, frogs, mosquitoes (in the warmer months), wild boar and deer and if you’re lucky you’ll even see our resident racoons, so please bear this in mind when you book your fishing holiday.

Visit: www.abbeylakes.co.uk