Bills Lake 5

French carp holidays on Bill's Lake 5, a very interesting 40 year old gravel pit that we had the opportunity to acquire in 2016 and it is now really starting to show its’ full potential! A lot of work has been done on this lake and now it looks stunning, with no snags and no weed.

Holidays on this lake are taken from Friday to Friday, giving you the weekend at home when you leave and the added advantage of cheaper ferry crossings, especially if you use the fishing ferry.com link on the website!

Bill's Lake 5 is around 8 acres so it gives plenty of space for groups of up to 6 anglers. Average depths of 12 feet offer plenty of interesting features. The lake essentially consists of 3 double swims and one single swim, but the single is often fished as a double giving each angler a choice where to fish from. The waters’ edge is accessed by steps on two of the doubles. Swims are easy to get to with parking behind and all swims have cabins and picnic benches and raised platforms for your disposable BBQ’s.
This lake is booked from a Friday to Friday offering clients a full weekend at home at the end of their week to sort their gear out before work the next week. It is very important that you arrive on time as other lakes check in the same day. The meeting point is the parking area at Bill's Lake 5 at 11.00 where you will be checked in. If you arrive early, please wait outside the gates until then, so that we can clean the facilities and be ready to welcome you 

Lake 5 is an exciting lake stuffed full of beautiful big fish to give you some "action" during your holiday. The lake currently holds mirror carp to over 59lb, commons to over 62lb and grassies to over 40lb making this lake ideal for newcomers to France as well as the more experienced anglers wanting a good bend in their rods. This lake is producing multiple big hits week after week with plenty of 30’s, 40’s and 50’s gracing the bank. 

The lake essentially consists of 3 double swims and one single swim, but the single is often fished as a double giving each angler a choice of where to fish from. The waters’ edge is accessed by steps on two of the doubles. Swims are spacious and easy to get to with parking behind and all swims have cabins and picnic benches and raised platforms for your disposable BBQ’s. 

Find the other waters on our complex here:

Bills Lake 1 - 14 Acres
Bills Lake 2 - 3.75 Acres
Bills Lake 3 - 8 Acres
Bills Lake 4 - 4 Acres

There is an English style toilet and hot water shower block on site as well as a solar charging station for charging phones, bait boat batteries, vapes etc with UK plug sockets. All swims are equipped with an anglers’ shelter with picnic bench. These swims also have a solid platform for disposable BBQ's and fridge hire and come with a euro size unhooking mat. Wheelie bins, recycling bags and crates for glass bottles are on every double swim, so that you can keep it clean and tidy.

✓ Toilet & Showers
✓ Swim Shelters
✓ Lake Excusive Available
✓ Fresh Bait Service
✓ Bait Boat Hire

We really want you to have a great time at Bill’s Lakes and following a few rules combined with a bit of common sense will help you to enjoy your stay while keeping you and the fish SAFE. 

3 rod limit at all times.
DO NOT leave your rods unattended.
15lb minimum main line.
No braided main line. (ok to use on spod and marker rods).
No lead core.
No death rigs or bent hook patterns. Ensure you always use safe rig set-ups.
No 360 rigs
Only Particles supplied by Bill’s Lake may be used on all of our lakes.
Minimum 42” landing net.
Polyball or cradle style unhooking mats only, suitable for huge carp.
Scales and unhooking mat or cradle must be able to cope with a fish of 70lb plus.
ALWAYS keep an unhooking mat or cradle under a fish for photos at all times.
DO NOT hold fish above knee height.
DO NOT stand while holding fish.
All fish deemed to be above 30lb must be transferred in the net to a weigh sling in the water BEFORE lifting out of the lake. 
Fish within the confines of your swim area. This is available on our website and in the huts.
No sacking or restraining of fish for any reason. Flotation slings are fine for retaining fish for short periods of time while you get your camera and weigh equipment ready.
Swims to be kept clean and tidy at all times.
Rubbish to be placed only in plastic bin sacks - f.o.c from us.
Bottles, aluminium cans and plastic bottles to be placed in the recycling bags provided. All other general rubbish must be put in the black bin sacks please.
Cigarette butts and bottle tops, wet wipes, fishing line, rigs etc to be placed in the black bin bag.
No fires (leave log piles alone).
No loud music.
No metal BBQ's are to be used. Disposable BBQ's are allowed.
Unsociable behaviour will not be tolerated. Abuse of drugs or alcohol etc.
No permanent markers to be used in trees etc.
Please close the lake gates behind you.
All equipment hired from us to be returned to the cabin cleaned in good order or you may lose your deposit.

The management will accept no responsibility for accident or loss.

Advice for fishing in France can be found HERE.

GPS:
Lat 48.992340087891
Lon 4.264850139618

ADDRESS

51510 Matougues, France

PHONE

0033 607 19 80 80

EMAIL

bill@billslake.com

WEBSITE

Lake Website

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