CARP FISHING IN FRANCE
Welcome to Echo Pool carp fishing in France
Echo pool is an iconic carp fishing venue in southwest France which has now been open for 20 years. In that time it's produced common carp to 87lb and mirrors to 78lb.
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The carp lakes were built in the 1960's and up until 2004 were used solely as a small fish farm producing classic French Royal carp which is the basis of the stock now.
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The main carp fishing lake is slightly less than 3 acres in size, situated in a small wooded valley with a constant flow of fresh water all year round.
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The stock is now unknown but most seasons we see an average weight in excess of 45lb with around 15 fish over 50lb including 4 over the magical 70lb mark. There are also surprises out there yet to be caught....
What do two highly respected carp anglers have to say about carp fishing in France at Echo pool?
Read on to find out...
Clearly there was something special about Echo or it wouldn‘t contain such big fish for its small acreage. In fact, other than the legendary Redmire Pool, I can’t think of a lake in the history of carp fishing which has produced such colossal carp for such a small volume of water.
​'Simon Crow'
Photo from Carpworld magazine. Colin at 83lb which was Crowy's PB at the time.
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Sadly we lost this fish several year ago but its twin of similar size "Double Dorsal" is still swimming around in the lake.
Strangely it hasn't been caught since we lost Colin, it's often spotted though by both us and our anglers. Its unmistakable because its another massive common but has a 2 inch gap in its dorsal. other than that they were identical.
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We have a lot of very big carp that aren't getting caught anymore and also ones which have never been caught. During Covid we lost 2 commons both around 70lb which we had never seen before. Obviously this was very upsetting but at the same time proves without a doubt that they are out there.
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Knowing we have these fish has become extremely frustrating so much so that we have decided to completely re-think our rules and make big changes for 2025.
The idea being that different tactics which haven't been allowed in the past could be enough to trip some of these big carp up. Basically rules will be reduced to a minimum while still protecting the fish from potential damage.​​​
Echo pool carp lake in France
One of the best in the world !
Other than producing big carp such as Colin who we grew from just 22lb to a massive 87lb 8oz our biggest achievement by far was to be listed in the above publication.
I can't even find the words to express how proud we are that Steve Briggs considers our little fishery in France to be one of the top carp waters in the WORLD.
To be in a list that includes the most iconic waters in the UK, massive pubic waters across Europe amongst others is just absolutely mind blowing.
He placed Echo pool carp fishery at position 13.
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