FAQs

BOOKING & AVAILABILITY

Our booking calendar is always up to date with the current year and next year open.

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You pay a £300 deposit to confirm your booking. Full balance is due 10 weeks before your holiday starts. We'll remind you, so no need to worry about dates!

Yes! If you want to pay in chunks rather than all at once, just let us know and we'll organise that together.

Cancel more than 10 weeks before your holiday and you get everything back except the £300 deposit. Cancel less than 10 weeks before and you lose all money paid. Check your travel insurance as cancellations are usually covered.

Yes, please get it! Make sure it covers cancellations, medical costs, personal belongings, and public liability. You'll also need a GHIC (Global Health Insurance Card) for medical emergencies in France.

 

 

COSTS & EXTRAS

Lake hire is £1,400/week for up to 2 anglers, or £1,500/week for 3-4 anglers. Get in touch for full pricing and availability. For non angling guests it's £80 per week.

Exclusive lake hire, use of facilities (carp cradles, weigh slings, tripods, collapsible buckets), wifi, parking, and exclusive use of the Anglers Clubhouse. Food and bait is not included.

Yes! You don't all have to have the same meal package. If three of you want breakfast and one doesn't, that's fine. Just let us know what each person wants when you book.

Absolutely. We'll be in touch a couple of weeks before you arrive to sort any allergies or things you don't like and we'll see what we can do for you.

 

 

GETTING HERE

We're in Normandy, France. Our address is 51 Chemin Des Genêts, Larchamp 53220. See our Contact page for full sat nav details and directions.

Check our Getting Here section - we've got all the info on ports, drive times, and which routes have tolls. The main ferry operators are Brittany Ferries (Portsmouth to Caen or Cherbourg) and DFDS (Dover to Calais). For the tunnel, it's Le Shuttle (Folkestone to Calais). Prices vary depending on when you book and time of year, so worth checking all options. We're closest to Caen and Cherbourg (1.5 hours drive, no tolls) - Calais is about 4 hours with tolls.

UK sticker on your car (the old GB stickers aren't valid anymore - you need the UK one), warning triangle, hi-vis vests (one per person), and headlamp beam deflectors. Search "France driving kit" on Amazon (around £25) and you'll get everything in one pack.

Yes. You need a valid GHIC (Global Health Insurance Card) for medical emergencies. Apply free at nhs.uk (takes about 10 days). You still need travel insurance too for things like repatriation and non-urgent care.

Yes, bring mossie repellent, especially in warmer months.

 

 

ARRIVAL & YOUR STAY

 

Arrival is flexible - as early as possible depending on when the previous guests leave. We'll confirm your specific arrival time at least a week before you travel.

10am on Saturday.

We're have 3 double swims with space for your bivvy, rod pod, and all your gear. All on one level for safe fish handling. 

We'll trailer everything to your swim when you arrive - except your rods, no one wants those bouncing around in the back of a trailer!

Our water is from a well and is perfectly clean for cooking, showers and making tea and coffee (it's fine if it's boiled). Otherwise, it's bottled water for drinking.

Sorry, no - we don't allow pets.

 

 

THE FISH

We stock mirrors, commons and ghosties the average weight is 35lb up to 58lb+. We'll be netting at the end of the 2026 season, so more details to follow then. Check out our On The Bank page to see our catch reports.

Zander, tench, and pike.

 

 

BAIT & tactics

We offer locally sourced, high quality house bait to keep the fish healthy and water quality spot-on. The carp know it's food from day one, so you're off to the best start.

Yes, your own hook baits and tinned sweetcorn, No shelf-life products, glugs, nuts, maggots, or particles except our house-prepared maize and hemp. 

High quality lake pellet with attractor, prepared maize, prepared hemp and a range of 4 boilies in two sizes with matching pop-ups, wafters, boosts/glugs (limited to 500ml per angler per week), dips and sprays. See our Lake Rules bait section for more details.

Get in touch for our most up to date bait pricing - we'll confirm everything when we chat about your booking.

 

 

FISHING AT GENÊTS

Light brown silt over clay with a hard bottom and natural features created by the carps favourite feeding spots.

You need your own landing net (minimum 42 inches). We provide carp cradles, weigh slings, collapsible buckets, tripods and carp care kits free of charge.

12-15lb line only. Barbless or microbarbed hooks only. See our Lake Rules page for full tackle requirements.

Between 70-110 yards (maximum) depending on which swim you're in.

 

 

ON-SITE

Two hot showers and two toilets located in The Anglers Clubhouse where you can have your meals. Tea/coffee facilities, fridge/freezer space including separate bait freezer, wifi over the whole lake, parking and The Lake Shop for essentials: milk, water, snacks, drinks, ice creams, and fishing tackle. See the What's On-Site section for full details.

Yes, wifi covers the whole lake

Yes, there is accommodation on site.