Tench stock

[The Gardon Hunter]

Hello everyone.

This really is a long shot. We moved to France fairly recently and own a 5-acre lake and it is well stocked with carp. We ordered some tench and the pisciculturist (fish dealer) now tells us that unfortunately, at this late stage, he cannot supply the fish. We are looking for tench - it doesn't matter what size, small or large, totalling between 50 and 150 kgs, as the lake doesn't have any, so some tench would be better than no tench.

Is there anyone out there who can give us a lead towards our next move. We suppose it would be impossible to get any from the UK but we'd love to be proved wrong!!

We live in the Deux Sevres region of France (area 79) and our nearest town is Parthenay. Of course, if someone could actually deliver them, then we'd be only too pleased for them to fish the lake as often as they liked for this season.

One small problem is that (at the moment) we do not speak French - but our English is pretty good..............

Best wishes to all of you. We're attaching a photo of the carp we had delivered in November.