Owning your own fishery has always been a dream for anglers, but today that dream has been extended to include owning a carp fishery in France.

Thousands of British anglers go across the English Channel every year to fish for those huge carp of 40lb to 70lb that reside in many French lakes, with most returning home dreaming of owning their own lake over there.

For sale - apply Domaine des Iles
For sale – apply Domaine des Iles

It’s often the impossible dream for many who have family commitments and/or insufficient funds, but for some all it takes is the guts to make the decision and the determination to carry it through. More than one friend of mine has taken the plunge and is now running a successful carp fishery business in France.

It’s much more simple than you think, and probably costs less than you imagine – providing you go about it the right way, and the best way is to use the professional services of a French agent who knows exactly what he is doing.

One such agent is Bernard Caron who owns Domaine des Iles, a French estate with a lake I have had the pleasure of fishing several times and caught carp to 52lb. Bernard also sells lakes, properties and chateaux in France and there is no one who knows more about the business than Bernard.

For instance, he currently has a 9 acre lake for sale for

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