102 boats on 1000 hectares
The Mercury Fishing Cup, the French Championship for lure fishing for carnivorous fish in boats, is organized by the FFPS Carnassier under the aegis of the Fédération Française des Pêches Sportives, in partnership with Mercury Marine France. The event attracted no fewer than 102 boats to the 1,000-hectare Lac de Vassivière, compared with 53 in 2023.
An unexpected podium
While we expected to see local anglers and regulars of the Limousin lake on the podium, in the end it was anglers from Aveyron, the Paris region and Franche-Comté who took first place in the MFC II, including two very talented and technical youngsters aged 20 and 21.
In the top 10, we find :
10th - Charlie Touche and Romain Le Moigne, 2019 French champions (32 points, 3rd and 29th)
9th - Éric Guérineau and Thierry Cheramy, French vice-champions and members of Club France (27 points, 15th and 12th)
8th - Cédric Michaud and Dimitri Llandre (26 points, 20th and 6th)
7th - Jean-Baptiste Morel and Nicolas Noël, champions of France 2023 and members of the French national team (22 points, 7th and 15th)
6th - French team members Sébastien Poutier and Anthony Poutier (21 points, 2nd and 19th)
5th - Arthur Faigniez and Jules Faigniez, (20 points, 17th and 3rd)
4th - Kevin Macré and Zeljko Bijelic (19 points, 9th and 10th)
David Saint-Léger and Lionel Vigier took third place on the podium after finishing sixth on the first day and fourth on the second. With 10 points and good consistency, they were rewarded with a cheque for ?1,000. They also received a ?1,500 gift voucher from Pêcheur.com for catching an exceptional 119 cm pike!
In second place, Maxime Lochon and Cédrik Djelassi totalled 6 points (4th and 2nd). They win a cheque for ?3,000 and a ?1,500 gift voucher from Pêcheur.com for catching the biggest perch (43.5 cm).
In first place, Armand Michaud and William Courte were crowned French Carnassier Boat Fishing Champions 2024, a title awarded by Michel Polydor, President of the FFPS Carnassier. With just two points, the duo won both legs thanks to five validated big pikes. They pocketed a cheque for ?10,000, presented by Yann Diquerreau of Mercury Marine, as well as the MFC Trophy, where their names will appear alongside the 2023 French Champions, Morel and Noël.
The largest pike-perch (67.5 cm) was caught by Arthur and Jules Faigniez, who received a ?1,500 gift voucher from Stéphane Durand-Robin of Pêcheur.com.
The two champions also went home with a magnificent wooden trophy, made for the MFC by a Haute-Vienne company, Atelier du 3 in Razès, and donated by the Haute-Vienne and Creuse fishing federations, the Association Régionale des Fédération de Pêche et de Protection du Milieu Aquatique de Nouvelle-Aquitaine, and the Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Second and third place winners also received souvenir trophies.
