Etang Marolles Main

The Etang Marolles main lake is a Carp anglers dream water. Established in 2007, the lake has matured into one of the premier Carp fishing venues in North West France.

The lake provides a challenge to the experienced angler while also offering anyone new to the sport, or a first time angler in France, the perfect balance of excitement and enjoyment without feeling daunting.

On a regular basis, we hear first time visitors to Etang Marolles describe the lake as ‘simply stunning with a magical feel to the place’. Many returning anglers consider this water to be a second home and return year after year to enjoy the peace and tranquility. This tells us all we need to know, Etang Marolles is a very special place. 

The lake is just over thirteen acres in size, fed by natural streams and springs and is home to eleven purpose built, fine gravel finished swims. All swims are lined with cherry half round logs ensuring they remain mud free, year round.  Standard bivvy pegs are all that is required to keep everything safe and secure. Bank sticks, singlez systems, or rod pods are all suitable for use.

The lake contains wonderful overhanging tree lined margins, marginal shrubs, weeping willows and four purpose built islands. The lake has a wide variety of underwater features with depths ranging from 2 -7 ft, the average being around 5ft. The lake bed is made up predominantly of clay and silt with interspersed gravel and sand patches. A maximum of six anglers per week ensures plenty of space and ample water for all to enjoy. 
 
Facilities available to anglers include:
Electrical outlets in all swims (small additional fee),
Shower and toilet block
Purpose built drying room.

Each swim is equipped with:
Nash Carp Cradles
Trakker Sanctuary Retention Slings
Water buckets
Iodine to take care of our fish
Vehicular access to all swims facilitates effortless unloading and packing of your fishing equipment on the day of arrival / departure.  Vehicles must be parked in our private secure car park at all other times. 

All Marolles Carp are very special and we are extremely proud of their quality. We have hand selected our exquisite stock over a number of years, ensuring we have a wide variety of fish and are able to provide something for everyone. Our main lake is home to massive, high shouldered, scale perfect commons, deep chestnut golden commons, alongside huge fully scaled mirrors, perfect zip linears and nude leathers. With a number of grassies in excess of 50lb+ these are always a welcome surprise. Every specimen Carp is unique and brimming with character. Even to this day, they take our breath away, when we see them on the bank.

The health and condition of the Marolles fish is of great importance and we are pleased to say they are in superb condition. The supplementary diet we provide contains all the vitamins and minerals needed to aid recovery and bolster the health of the fish. This helps them remain parasite free and supports an immensely strong immune system. Many a tale has been told by our anglers of extraordinary long battles before landing the fish, with some remaining elusive, even after the long fight.

The lake predators are a mix of Pike, Zander and Perch. The lake does not contain Catfish, Poisson Chat or Ronnie’s (Cray fish). A resident head of Roach and Tench helps us to achieve a healthy balanced biomass. 
 
Details on the other lake in our complex can be found here:

Etang Marolles Bellevue

All landing nets to be dipped in our disinfectant, prior to fishing.
Minimum landing net size 42” at least one net per angler (two preferred).
Maximum 3 rods per angler.
Bait boats are allowed. Please use responsibly and respectfully, do not encroach on other angler’s water.
Minimum 15lb main line.
No lead core or leaders of any description.
No braided line or shock leaders, except for use with marker or spod rods.
No fixed/bolt or tethered rigs allowed, safe rigs only.
A minimum of 18” tubing to be used with all rigs.
No shelf-life baits except hook baits.
No particle or nuts of any description.
Barbless, crushed or micro-barbed hooks only.
No curved long shanked hooks.
No sacking or retaining of fish UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
Pellet MUST be purchased onsite from Etang Marolles.
All cradles and weigh-slings are provided by Etang Marolles, please ensure correct use.
Fishing permitted from designated swims only.
Never leave rods unattended.
No standing with fish, always kneel for photos.
Ensure hook-links are unclipped, or main line cut, before lifting the fish into the weigh sling and cradle.
Ensure weighing scales, iodine and camera are ready for use BEFORE lifting the fish from the water.
Treat hook holds or any wounds with Carp care kit provided.
Grass Carp MUST NOT be lifted from the water at any time, unhooking and weighing MUST take place in the water.
Assistance is on hand 24/7 should you require it.
Drunk or disorderly behavior deemed unreasonable, which could risk the safety of  individuals or fish stock, will result in your holiday being terminated and you will be asked to leave the fishery.
Please respect other anglers at all times.

Advice for fishing in France can be found HERE.

GPS:
Lat 48.317760467529
Lon -0.997950017452

ADDRESS

Etang Marolles, 53220 Larchamp, France

PHONE

+33 2 43 05 22 39

EMAIL

info@etangmarolles.com

WEBSITE

Lake Website

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