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Foxpool France, malicornay, Argenton-sur-Creuse (2026)

27/03/2026

Im back in the UK for a few days to collect 130k of bait from mick at mb baits . Andy has been on from union jack baits to let me know my orders ready for collection when im back in France monday.
Ive ordered 8 new xl cp tech slings off solar tackle and im hoping they'll be delivered today. These are huge over 4ft wide and solar have always been top quality in everything they produce.
Not the cheapest gear but when it comes to fish care you all know I won't scrimp and always put the fish care first. We had a sling strap snap last year when a big forty flapped in the sling luckily dave followed the fish handling sheet and weighed it over the cradle full of water. Even though they were all brand new at the start of the season. I think the straps were defective material.
Unfortunately rig marole haven't come back to me on the order i put in which is disappointing as they've always been bang on in the past. But they have been busy with the shows.
I should of fetched the trailer back with me as ive got nowhere near enough space in my car . I just ordered 3 pieces of 6mm acrylic perspex to replace the broken glass on the diggers. Plus ive got 3 baitboats to collect from my brothers on the way the way back ,the omc order ,bacon ,cheese 3 boxes of mushy peas curry sauces. 3 x 20l drums of oil my tools and a suitcase ,fabseal , weedkiller a service kit for my mower a router jig to fit new worktop in the cabin refurbishment, self raising flour for silve ,2 sllr cameras 2 new bivvy tables a spare wheel for the trailer my laptop a duvet and pillows 4 rods 130 k of bollies 60 pot of pop ups ,waftas and glugs. Think I need a van 🤔.
Temperature had dropped this week with some heavy winds prior to leaving Foxpool France and were due some wet stuff over the weekend . March has been good to us and spring felt more like summer most days .
When im back monday I'll get the tackle out of storage and set up the bivvies hopefully get a cut on the grass and give the cabin a goid clean after being dormant for 5 months.
Im hoping to drain the stockpond next week so the lads on the first week can help me net it and move the fish over to Chad's pool .
I want to lime it first as I didn't get chance after the digout as I had to return to the uk for my mates funeral.
A busy time with lots of travelling but really looking forward to welcoming kieren and the lads on opening week next Saturday hopefully the frosty nights dont reappear and the temperatures stay mid to high teens to get them off to a flyer.
Ill chuck a few kilo of bollies out to get them interested in the little round balls again but thats all there get this week in the main lake.
A few fish i'm hoping to see banked that should be over forty now is blackspot and the fully scaled both last out at 39lb .
The big mirror wasn't caught last year last out at 53lb and the leather should be pushing 50lb this year.

21/03/2026

The One more cast order has just arrived so if you need some terminal tackle or forget to pack something we have a end tackle wall onsite now .
Big thanks too kieran at omc for allowing us to set up a trade account and we look forward to working with them in the future supplying our anglers with bits and bobs .
I'm not familiar with onc gear and as I don't fish much nowadays, but I have to say the presentation is first class and obviously a lot of thought has gone into product design.
Im always trying to improve the business and after introducing sleeping bag hire last year which took off bigger than̈ expected. This is another piece in the jigsaw.
We now have hooks , leads ,ready made hooklinks with tubing putty tail rubbers and lead clips pva bags putty ,scissors baiting needles. Unfortunately we won't be stocking the twig system as its not allowed.. and the locking lead clips will need the pin releasing to conform with the rule that all swivels must pull freec of the clip or inljne lead easìly.
You wouldn't believe there's well over £1000; worth of bits and bobs in this small box. All tackle will be sold at rrp in euros that they have supplied.
When the rig marole order.lands next week it should go a long way to filling the smartwall panels in put up last year. I post a picture when I have it stocked up.
Fox are supplying us with 46 spare mesh for the nets this week and hopefully solar are supplying us with 8 new xl weigh slings . Im skint now .
A cracking day in france today summer has come early this year which will help get the fish active for the lads out opening week a fortnight today.

18/03/2026

Just a quick one boys. Mark at rig marole emailed me yesterday that he has no tubing after the carp shows in stock, for my order and a minimum of 3 weeks before hes restocked. So if you can get yours in the uk before you come until I get hold of some. Hopefully by mid April when we will have hopefully re stocked.
You all know how highly I endorse this tubing its easy to thread and gives you terrific line lay similar to leadcore and obviously safe. Also dont buy the one with the deaf clips where the swivel won't pull out of the lead clip if your buying it just by the tubing only in sandy/gravel to match the lake bed. REMEMBER its tubing only on here no leadcore or safe zone leaders allowed.
REMEMBER ALL SWIVELS MUST PULL FREE OF THE LEAD OR CLIP EASILY TO ALLOW THE FISH TO LOSE THE TERMINAL TACKLE IF YOU SNAP OFF. RIG CHECKS ARE MADE BEFORE YOU CAST OUT AND DURING YOUR STAY.
I WILL BE CHECKING RIGS REGULARLY THROUGHOUT YOUR STAY AS FAR TO MANY FISH WERE LOST LAST YEAR RESULTING IN FISH TOWING LEADS.
THANKS GRAHAM.
I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE HAVE FRESH STOCK IN .

14/03/2026

Looks like Andy has started the rollers going and bollie production is going full steam ahead . Ive got our order in for the 1st week in April as hes a busy boy sending bollies all over france to lake owners. Fresh high quality baits made here in France.

12/03/2026

Things are starting to go green now as spring is on its way the trees and bushes are starting to leaf up . We've had 10 dry days now the overhanging willows are looking great again. I think if the mild weather continues we may have a early start to spawning but there's still plenty of water washing through the lake which will help keep water temperature down and that's probably why the fish aren't overly active at the moment. Only a tad over 3 weeks now until we open its not going to be as busy as last year so hopefully the fishing improves as the pressure definitely got to them the back end of the season last year.
Im.dusting off the frying pan now and putting fresh oil in the fryers ready for resuming my catering career . 😁.
Im hoping to switch the sockets in the cabin over to uk sockets so you dont have to bring adapters but we do have a few adapters in there. Im hoping to give the cabin a re vamp at the end of the season making it more disability friendly as when trev was here we struggled getting his wheelchair though the doors. Want to put a better kitchen in aswell with worktops rather than that big table. So thats probably what we will do on the end of season work party. If you fancy it steve. 😁. I fetch my router over .

25/02/2026

After the wettest start to the year, the last few days have been glorious sunshine with 21 ° degrees in February. Crazy days. We open up 5th April this year hopefully march is a lot dryer than January & February .
I've received the one more cast stock list so over the next few days i will go through that to stock up on end tackle for the new tackle wall and ill put a order in to rig marole for the free fall tubing and hooks lead clips ect.
Guys out in may & june I will be chasing up your balance shortly as its due 12 weeks before your trip.
I will have forked out over £5000 in the last month on baitboats ,bait , pellets new slings, end tackle wall food. . Don't buy a lake guys you'll never be rich. Nice view though. Going need a bigger truck to fetch it all over.

19/02/2026

Wet wet wet. A unbelievable amount of rain over the last 2 weeks has most french lakes flooded out and were no exception. With the spillway struggling to shift what's coming in at the same rate it goes out. I have jacked the spillway up so the lake is at the maximum depth before we start with the hot weather in may , but I've had to take the board out to drop it down as the front of the pegs and paths are flooded as we've had over a foot of rainfall in a 10 day period. Ive never known a winter so wet as this in the 8 years since I took over.
Hopefully with spring around the corner now, the rain diminishes and we get some warm winds to dry the banks out.
Better news though both solar tackle and one more cast have got back to me and i'm in the process of setting up accounts with both companies. So all being well we will have the new slings in place for the start of the season. And the end tackle wall will be full of goodies for you to top up your end tackle if you want to save space in your luggage or need anything whilst your here .
We will have everything from hooks,leads clips, tubing,hooklimks ready made rigs, ,rig foam ,pva bags and mesh baiting needles, scissors ect ect on site for your convenience.
I see more and more anglers every year buying pre tied rigs and having been to Pacific peche several times with lads I think the omc gear is about the best .I have to take my hat off to Ali hamedi and the one more cast crew as there presentation and innovation of new stuff is amazing in such a short time that they've been out. Im really excited to see what they have to offer and in the pipeline. However we won't be stocking there twig system or any adaptions of it ,sorry as its not allowed . We will also have a few other products from rig marole continue to stock the free fall tubing which im a huge fan of as you know.
Im Also going to get more sleeping bags in for the new season as its really taken off people hiring them out to save space in there luggage as it a bulky item . I will see if I can get some warmer ones for the lads on early depending on cost . But we need more as if there hired out back to back weeks its a quick turnaround laundering them all on a busy change over day.
The baitboats have arrived back with the new conversions fitted so all 4 microcats now are self priming . so you dont have to kneel by the waters edge to prime the jets just press the button and your away. Thanks Graham.

15/02/2026

Snow in the night just a sprinkling . I took this photo off the camera mounted on the house gable . You can see how full the new lake is from it ,over peg 4. Both lakes are brimming after all the rain. A lot of lakes near rivers have lost fish where the rivers have burst there banks i read on keith moores post . Apparently fields are turning into lakes in certain areas . I know the barrage on the river cruese is fully open after all the rain. Hard to believe how much rainfall were getting must be a nightmare for the farmers. Hopefully march is dry.
Ive put several more intakes in over the years , trying to get as much water in the lake . with a ditch around the field edge and down the driveway to Chad's pool .
When steve and jay was here in October we put pipes from the gutter water from the lean to and log store. The water off the cabin now goes in too the lake aswell, as water is a commodity in the hot summer months and every drop counts.
Now Chad's pool is full with depths now on average over 6ft we can top up when foxpool starts to drop in the summer i do intend to extend the ditch in the field and run it into 3 nursery ponds i want to dig out for breeding, then it will overflow in to foxpool.

13/02/2026

Love is in the air this weekend boys so don't forget your cards and flowers this weekend lads to keep her happy .
Its been a truly horrible week weather wise this week with so much rain dumped on us . At the start of the week it hit 16° ,which is crazy for the start of February.
The Lakes are over flowing now with so much water washing through and the overflow is struggling to keep up . The bank is flooded in between peg 2 and the cabin . 1st job this year when it dries off enough to get the diggers working is to get a land drain in to stop this area flooding. Once the drains in im going to put a french bowls pitch there for your entertainment.
Ive just paid the bill for the repairs, sevice and conversions on the 3 baitboats.
Also got a reply off solar tackle about a trade account. so im setting up a new account so ill be ordering the new xl slings off them as the new ones last yesr weren't up to standard. Apparently solar don't do end tackle anymore but are happy to supply fishcare items. so im ordering some end tackle off rig marole I have a contact for the fox rep here in france but might see if omc can supply as a lot of anglers buy pre tied rigs now and there's looks quality.
The bait orders have gone in now to both mb baits and UNION JACK BAITS .
So the freezers will be full for the start of the season. Ive also ordered some more h**p tubs in normal chilli and garlic . Also liam asked me for some of his carpet feed (flake maize) so ive got a few 5 k bags of that in to see how that goes it's a dry mix that you just soak in lake water.
Too start with flavour wise we have ensign with snail flavour & nut brittle & maple in 18mm and union jack are doing me ,
Coconut cream
Pineapple nbutric
Cranberry plus
Tigernut
Spiralina
Scopex squid.
Crayfish &,krill. ALL IN 20MM ..
We will.also have the matching glugs pop ups and waftas in aswell. Bait prices are held the same price as last year.
Only 7 weeks tomorrow until the new season kicks off still plenty of space if you want a trip out this year. Looking forward now to opening up for kieron and the boys hopefully the mild weather continues so there wide awake for when the lads chuck in.
Heres a few scaleys to wet your appetite. Happy valentines weekend 💕 all.

07/02/2026

Caught this little bu**er on the bank on camera this week. Ive been ill this week with noravirus keeping me in bed 2 days solid . But looked on the camera to find a coypu on the bank in had eradicated them all last year around 20 removed but they always come back so the traps are out again.
Ive asked kieron who's on 1st week if he and the lads want to help.me net the stockpond whilst there here hopefully Paul and Ed can make it too . The more the.merrier. both lakes are full now so I want to put the best in Chad's pool to grow on. Im hopefully getting some nice fish in the autumn off a freind bigger than what's going in that I know are a great strain that we will grow on in there too.
Its going to a busy year work wise on the new lake this year as I want to get the canopy on the cabin and water and electricity supplies over there. And want to plant some nice plants around the place when its landscaped hope to get the 3 pegs on it too.
Also I'm need to get a land drain in at the house bank to the cabin where it keeps flooding and get the double peg.in between 1 and 2 .
Ive had a couple of booking come in for next year this week . Im closing for two weeks in may next year as im having a big birthday bash on the weekend of 15th/16th May for my 60th so going to shut the week either side of that to prepare and clear up.
Bait orders are in now and I getting gear ordered to take over in March when im in the uk. Im hoping to get new solar slings in for the new season but there marketing team have not got back to me yet unfortunately. Baitboats are still not ready yet but should be soon . We have 4 microcats now and all have been serviced and fitted with a self prime conversation making it a lot easier to use. Im going to purchase a plastic wheelbarrow to transport to the swimscas there a heavy boat and we had to replace several handles now at a large cost as its £225 plus vat to split and re seal the boats . So lots to sort before we open in 8 weeks . Hopefully the rain subsides and it drys out before the boys arrive . The fish aren't so active atm still in the winter slumber. The rain washing through is keeping the water cool.

04/02/2026

Just had a cancellation come in for August 15th this year. August was more or less fully booked but this week is now totally free for upto 4 anglers .
Been a wet start to the week this and both lakes are full now . Bit windy here today but its drying the banks out.

31/01/2026

Always glad to get to the end of January when the days start to stretch again. Spring is now just around the corner and next month the daffodils start to push through the soil and then into flower . Then in march were in to the spring with the air smelling fresh and sunny longer days finally arrive shutting down another Winter chapter.
Bookings are down on last year which I expected after losing the big girl, and last year was our busiest year by far , I didn't want it to be so busy. But we had a cancellation come in for 1 angler booked on in May freeing up may the may 2nd week if anyone wants it . This week is usually just before spawning so they'll certainly be at there top weights then.
Only 9 weeks now until we open up for my 8th season running foxpool, god how that time has flown by . Its been a rewarding but sometimes testing place over the last 8 years especially with covid more or less closing us down for 2 seasons.
But I've met some great people and the fish have come on leaps and bounds and its great watching anglers realise there dreams of a big forty or fifty pound fish.
We had the highs of the great two tone going over sixty and Ian catching her pre spawning in May 2022 at 65lb. Alas nothing last forever and it was a hard day when we lost her last year. But I think hopefully the long mirror that wasn't out last year will push on towards 60lb mark over the next 2 years as its got a huge frame on it. But they'll never be another two tone as she was caught regularly throughout the season,as she loved them bollies .
I've just put my order in for mb baits last week and I'm collecting them.the end of march .I'll put another order in for UNION JACK BAITS shortly so we're stocked up ready for opening in April. The baitboats will be ready this week also.
I've held the bait prices on everything bollies ,particle and pellet for this season.
Big thanks for the lads out in April for getting there balance paid on time .
Flight times are a pain this year meaning quite a large gap between Stansted and east Midlands flights which may mean a longer wait at the airport for those departing to east Midlands when I have to collect a stanstead group. But that I can't control it's upto Ryanair to decide schedule's unfortunately.

Flight times Saturday's.
East Midlands arrives to limoges at 16.05
Departing 16.30.

Stanstead arrives 13.00 departing 13.25
Summer flights.

Leeds arrives 11.55 departing 12.20.

AVAILABLITY FOR 2026 REMAINS AS FOLLOWS.

APRIL. 11th free , 25TH 2 Places .
MAY . 2ND 9TH 23RD Free..
JUNE 6TH Free
August 22nd 3 places.
SEPTEMBER 5TH &12TH FREE.
OCTOBER 3RD 2 places, 10th 17th free .
We close on 24th but will probably do a work party week from 24th.

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