Dating back to 1792, this lake is governed by Napoleonic law so no need for a rod license and night fishing is allowed. It was previously owned by a succession of French families, the last of which maintained the lake very well despite the fact that they had no intention of managing it as a commercial fishery. It was, however, fished on a small scale through the summer months by holiday makers staying in the chalet. Enjoying fish farm status due to its age, it did provide an income also during the tri-annual draining when stocks of the younger, smaller fish were sold to restock smaller private lakes.

In the Limousin area poisson chat are an inherent problem and draining down in this way every 2-3 years helps control the numbers of these nuisance fish. Fortunately, the draining facilities of this lake are a shining example for all the neighboring lakes and so easily facilitate the removal of these troublesome fish. Hence you will not be plagued by them here.

Since we took over in November 2004, much work and money has gone in to turning this lake into a first class carp fishing venue. 11 swims, including some doubles, have been created to enable fishermen to access all main areas around the lake. They have been kept as natural as possible, but clean and comfortable, so that you can enjoy the rugged beauty of the countryside and really get close to nature.

After a lot of research, suitable fish stocks were found to increase the numbers of medium and large carp in the lake.

BUILDING SWIM 6

BUILDING SWIM 8

BUILDING SWIM 10

BUILDING SWIM 11