Inflight at Boux

An aerial flight over Boux carp lake, designed to give you a real taster of the venue's layout and lake features.

As many of you will know, Boux has had reputation for top class carp fishing in France since the 1980's with many famous anglers having visited its banks. That tradition continues and Boux still produces hard fighting carp at consistently high weights with 40lb+ carp out almost every week.

For more information on Boux follow the link - Carp Fishing in France

Boux Catch Report

Tom and Jake Carling, along with friends Simon Dew and Jack Bonner fished Boux for a week this month, coming away with some stunners...

Details of your catches: 12 fish to 45lb 10 oz. 10 mirrors, 2 commons.

36 - Simon Dew

Your best tactics/bait/rigs: 9 of the 12 fish were caught fishing from the right hand side of the wooded bank to the dam wall and the far bay. One was taken close in from the right hand side. The other two came came from fishing from the left hand side of the wooded bank. The best bait by far was fake maize/corn as it did could not get attacked by the crayfish which in the heat were rampant for 4 days. The two biggest fish were taken fishing over pre-baited beds of particle.

Were the facilities what you expected? Yes, a stunning drive and survive venue with some lovely fish. The facilites are basic but fine as long as you dont mind driving back up to the house. A bath/shower mat and some teatowels would be a good idea as someone else has mentioned.

44.06 - Jake Carling

Would you recommend the venue to a friend? Yes definitely - but perhaps not in the height of summer due to the crays.

General comments: Beautiful lake, great countryside. Some stunning carp too. Bait has to be rowed out or use a baitboat from the wooded bank. Casting any distance was difficult due to overhanging trees.
We took a day out and went white water rafting at St Martin de Puy. Highly recommended. It is a long drive from calais - about 7 hours both ways for us.

29 - Jack Bonner

For more information on Boux follow the link - Carp Fishing in France

Two Fifty-Two’s at Boux

Scott Fry was out at Boux  this month coming away with 28 carp including these two cracking 52lb’ers, here’s a round-up of his feedback…

52lb mirror

Details of your catches: 28 carp caught with two 52′s(common and mirror), seven 40′s, fourteen 30′s and five 20′s including the bright orange koi.

Your best tactics: Few caught on singles cast to showing fish but most caught on a bed of bait, more particles than boilie though.

General comments: Long drive from Calais but the hard fighting carp make the trip worth it.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend? Yes.

52lb common

For more information, feedback and photos from Boux follow the link - Carp Fishing in France

Fine Specimens at Boux

Gary Western has kindly sent us these top-notch pictures from his trip to Boux last week, it’s certainly fishing well coming in to summer! 

The 14 acre carp lake is situated on the eastern edge of the stunning Morvan Regional Nature Park, sitting in a valley with rolling fields to one side and dense woodland surrounding the rest.

Details of your groups catches: 14 x 30s, 7 x 40s and 2 at 52lb and a mint 21lb koi.
Your best tactics/bait: Hemp and particles. Fished to far margin.
General comments: Very nice and tranquil left alone all week. Perfect. Fish in mint condition and fight very hard. Be going back that’s for sure.

44.10

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Two Fifty-Two’s at Boux

Scott Fry was out at Boux last week coming away with 28 carp including these two cracking 52lb’ers, here’s a round-up of his feedback…

52lb mirror

Details of your catches: 28 carp caught with two 52′s(common and mirror), seven 40′s, fourteen 30′s and five 20′s including the bright orange koi.

Your best tactics: Few caught on singles cast to showing fish but most caught on a bed of bait, more particles than boilie though.

General comments: Long drive from Calais but the hard fighting carp make the trip worth it.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend? Yes.

52lb common

For more information, feedback and photos from Boux follow the link - Carp Fishing in France

Can you tell me what the lake bottom is made up of at Boux?

Can you tell me what the lake bottom is made up of at Boux?

September 2, 2012DavidNo comments

Paul with a Boux 50 from an Oct 2011 session

Here’s a question we received from a customer;

Can you tell me what the lake bottom is made up of at Boux?

Paul Cooper answers;

Hi Terry

The lake bottom in Boux varies, depending on what part of the lake you decide to fish. The steep margins on the dam are made up of rocks and stone which ends at the bottom of the slope in silt. The further away from the dam the silt gets deeper.  Once you are past around 60yards the silt thins out and remains similar to this to the far end of the lake. The bay nearest to the car park is heavily silted and yet the bay near to the cattle drink does have a firm bottom and is an excellent bay for the feeding carp.

The non fishing bank is shallow and has a clay/gravel make-up and has a hard bottom make-up for at least 20yards from the bank where it then turns silty. These silty areas are not a problem as the fish feed naturally in this silt. There are some large holes just off these margins where anglers have created feeding areas by continually feeding in one spot. They are a long distance from the wooded bank and unless you are a long caster, you will not reach them with unless you use the boat on site or with a baitboat. You do tend to find that these margins are where the crayfish lie and feed.

From the wooded bank the bottom is made up of soft clay then turns into silt. Again this silt is not a problem to the feeding carp. If you cast and lead around in open water you will find some harder patches of gravelled areas where the carp have excavated the silt when feeding.

The bay to the left of the wood bank is shallow and again the margins are fairly hard, made up of gravel and clay, but once again, if the Crays are active they gather in this bay but the carp do love this area.

While I was at Boux I made a couple of videos that could give you some more advice and tips.

How to protect Baits when Poisson Chat or Crayfish are active

Big Carp action at Boux

Hope this helps,

Paul Cooper, paulcooper18@sky.com

Carp Fishing in France at Boux

Trip to Boux – Nan’s Parting Gift

53lb 10oz

Derek Ryley, from Liverpool, took his three sons (Joshua 19, Liam 17 and Louis 13) to Boux at the wish of his Nan, Sally Latimer, who gifted them money for the trip prior to her passing away.

The  family group, had a fantastic result taking 63 carp which included, 4 x 50’s, 14 x 40’s, 39 x 30’s and 4 x 20’s. Sure to say, their Nan had blessed the trip in more ways than one, and surely couldn’t have given them anything better.

“All the carp we caught we dedicated to my Nan . Each of us caught a fifty, so it really was a great trip and a memory of someone and somewhere very special.”  Derek Ryley

Carp fishing in France at Boux

Boux-tiful start to the season

Boux has kicked off to a great start, the lake has produced over 60 carp in its first week.

Derek Ryley who took Josh (19 yrs), Liam (17 yrs) and Louis (13 yrs) with him to the lake says that each of them has caught a 50lb+ carp. Josh also had 7 x 40′s inc 2 x 49lb’ers. Had 15 forties and 62 carp altogether.

I guess Derek is in the good books now. The bait? Well Derek makes his own boilies, so you’ll have to ask him!

A cracking start on a lake that just gets better!

Pictures to follow later next week.

Carp fishing in France

A Welcome Return To Boux

Boux in the summer – heaven!

I have always loved Boux, not only for the huge carp which of course brings tremendous feedback, but simply because the setting is gorgeous… the forest backdrop and then the open fields with cattle grazing are in sharp contrast to each other.  So it was with some excitement that I went back to the lake after a 3 year gap.

I arrived after having had a lovely lunch in the local village bar – you always know it’s good when they are they are busy with locals even on a Tuesday lunchtime!  From here it was only a few minutes’ drive to the facilities at the farmhouse where I was warmly greeted by Phillip the on-site bailiff.

Boux facilities with the lake in the background

Chris the owner arrived a little later and we did a tour of the facilities first, Chris telling me that he would soon add in a cooker and also a second freezer.  These are good facilities and charging for batteries and phones etc is no problem at all (but remember to take an adapter.)  Chris is committed to maintaining and indeed improving the facilities for the anglers, so if you have any ideas after visiting the lake just let us know.

We then drove the minute or two to the lake on the back lane of the estate. I was not disappointed. The lake looked stunning nestled alongside the trees. The swims have actually improved on the forest bank and there is more space in the swims than I remembered from previous years.

Chris and I took a steady walk along both fishable sides of the lake discussing the swims. The open dam wall leaves little shelter from a harsh sun, so fishing here you definitely need a gazebo and some high factor lotion. The forest bank is much more sheltered and offers a cooler respite.

Even in the middle of the afternoon I could see active carp and listening to Chris and his enthusiasm for the lake was a treat.  He told me how he recently stocked some more big grassies to complement the stocking.  I suppose with him being a fish farmer big carp are easier to come by than for many. Though to be fair, fish gaining weight in this lake was never a problem.

There are two sides to the lake where you can fish to but not from. These are the open fields where the cattle come down to graze and most anglers would use the onsite boat to bait this area of the lake where catch rates are high.  Far from disturbing the carp the drinking cattle stir up the bottom and create a food fest for the carp, attracting them into these margins.

I’m really looking forward to the first catch reports coming in and I have no doubts that 2012 will be a great year for Boux.

Bridget Dawson

Carp Fishing in France at Boux

A Step By Step Guide To Tying The Blowback Carp Rig

We’ve just loaded up an excellent step by step guide on how to construct the extremely effective Blowback Rig (with & without hair).  It’s been put together by top carper Paul Cooper… well recommended;

http://www.anglinglines.com/docs/venuearticlesdetails.php?venue=Oakview&article=160

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