Bills Lake 1

French carp fishing is a real pleasure at this 40-year-old tree lined mature lake with a variety of willow, birch and larch trees surrounding its border making it one of the original lakes in France.

The average depth of this lake is 10 feet, with a bottom of silt and gravel. There is no weed to speak of and no hidden snags to catch you out, making the fishing enjoyable. Although the bottom is uniform you can find little drop offs and gravel bars where the fish tend to be caught from. Near one end there is an island where many fish feed. The lake is fully fenced and secure and we are on hand daily either at the lake or on the telephone 24/7 should you need any assistance. We like to feel we offer a more "personal touch" to your fishing holiday.

Bill’s Lake 1 is a drive and survive lake booked from Saturday to Saturday, your arrival time is 9am, please wait at the gates to be called in so that we can be ready to welcome you. The draw for swims takes place at 10am prompt, so don’t be late! At the end of your week, swims must be vacated by 9am

The lake is stocked with big carp to over 74lb, commons to over 63lb and grass carp to over 61lb and we have many, many fish over the 50lb bracket. There are also Catfish to 122lb, if you dare! Fish of this size are not always easy to catch in any of our fishing lakes so we would class this lake as a medium difficulty water, interesting to seasoned and novice anglers alike. However...some carp anglers make it look very easy! Each week sees huge fish on the bank and most of our clients go away with new records.

Each swim for your French carp fishing experience has been sympathetically designed to make it as comfortable as possible for you to fish from and each angler has plenty of water to fish to. Parking facilities are found behind every swim and there is stepped access to the water’s edge. The 5 double swims are equipped with an angler’s shelter with a picnic bench, ideal to make your base camp. These swims also have raised solid platforms for disposable BBQ's and come with weigh tripod and euro size unhooking mat. There is a wheelie bin, recycling bags and a crate for your empty bottles so that you can keep your swim tidy.

Find the other waters on our complex here:

Bills Lake 2 - 3.75 Acres
Bills Lake 3 - 8 Acres
Bills Lake 4 - 4 Acres
Bills Lake 5 - 8 Acres

Super clean English style toilets and shower are available 24/7 at no extra cost and we have a battery and phone charging point on the lake where you can charge your boat batteries and phones etc. This is available free of charge and saves having to give your batteries to Bill to be charged. Just remember to bring your chargers! We have a range of Bill's Lake clothing and a ready supply of quality lake boilies, pop-ups, wafters, glugs etc for you to purchase for fishing in France at Bill's Lake 1 carp lake.

✓ 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 48.989971160889
Lon 4.276179790497

ADDRESS

51510 Matougues, France

PHONE

0033 607 19 80 80

EMAIL

bill@billslake.com

WEBSITE

Lake Website

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