Domaine des iles

Take a drive into the heart of Picardie, Northern France, and experience the delights of Le Domain des iles. The 60 acres of water on this private estate plays host to about 1,000 specimen carp upto 60lbs, with almost one hundred in the 40 to 60lb bracket. The complex, which is located within the most gorgeous settings, consists of three lakes which originally where all connected to each other by channels where the carp could move from lake to lake, however to enhance the quality of the fishing the channels have been blocked off so that we can offer differant styles of fishing.

The Main Lake
The main lake is limited to 12 anglers and offers the very realistic chance of some huge fish. There is one main Lodge at the North east end of the lake which when booked includes the 4 swims at that corner of the lake. There are also 3 cabins situated next to each other where it is possible to fish from the cabins.
The lake record of 66 pounds is to be found in this lake along with a lot of the other big fish. As an added bonus 152 catfish where stocked into this lake in Jan 2000 ranging from 3 pounds to 30 pounds, we are expecting these to pile on the weight pretty rapidly due to the amount of small fish in the lake.

The Back Lake
The back lake is about 5 acres and is limited to 5 anglers, as well as the originals this lake has been stocked with 400 carp to offer some easier fishing. the fish range from doubles to 30 pounds with the odd bigger fish which go upto a verified 52 pound common carp.

The Square Lake
The square lake has two channels running up into the main lake which are now blocked off and we have utilized this as another stock pond (which is available to fish). We have stocked 55 catfish between 3 and 30 pounds into this small water, there are original carp and grass carp in this lake and being a small lake the fish shouldn't be too hard to find.

Stock Pond 1
Stock pond 1 was stocked with 250 carp in November '97 and the fish have shown growth rates of 3 pounds per year, this is available to fish during the daytime and is good fun on light tackle, in fact it is the ideal place to teach the children how to carp fish.

Stock Pond 2
Stock pond 2 was stocked with small carp in November '99 ranging from 1 pound to 3 pounds, they are of the same strain as the other stockies so hopefully these should be doubles within 3 years.