Details of your catches:

Saturday 27lb 5oz mirror 29lb common Sunday 27lb 5oz common 28 4oz common 22lb mirror Monday Night 39lb 11oz common (PB) 43lb 13oz mirror (PB) 27lb 11oz mirror 3lb stocky mirror ???? Tuesday night 21lb 12oz common - Jake 23lb 3oz mirror Weds night /Thursday morning 31lb 4oz common 27lb 3oz common Thursday 23lb 10oz mirror 24lb 3oz common Thursday night 25lb 2oz common 26lb 13oz mirror 23lb 4oz mirror 29lb 2oz common 28lb 11oz mirror 28lb 3oz Mirror Friday Night 25lb 7oz ghostie - JAKE - PB ???

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Bottom baits presented inline and behind aerator line on the far margin over one scoop of the venues wheat/maize mix and topping up every 4-5 hours or each fish. Most fish came through the night and a second fish would be quickly followed. You could set your clock to 20:00 hours and the liners would start. Not many bites through the day. Bait wise I took 25kg of boilie but didn’t use any of it. I recommend ordering 25kg of the wheat/maize mix (50€) and fish your hookbaits over it.

Were the facilities what you expected?

For a drive and survive venue it’s a bonus to have showers, fridge/freezers and charging cupboard, all could be locked, bring 2 padlocks. Tokens are given at the start but the owners/bailiffs would come around once a day asking if you needed more. Each peg has a fire pit and firewood is all there on your arrival as well as any bait. There’s a big bin at the entrance to the venue for you to use also.

Were you happy with them?

Yes, more than happy.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Absolutely

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Absolutely

General Comments:

We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves during our visit. Another party were visiting during our tenure where they had all the Cats (road bank) and a token big head carp which went to 74lb.

Details of your catches:

Cat 68.6 lb Cat 68.2 lb Cat 92.4 lb Cat 82.1lb Cat 21.3 lb Cat 10 lb Grass Carp 47.9 lb Grass carp 28.1lb Grass Carp 20lb Commons 42.12 lb Commons 27lb Commons 34 lb Commons 21lb Commons 35lb Commons 33.2lb Commons 42.8lb Commons 39.6lb Commons 27.12lb Commons 34.3lb Commons 28lb Commons 23lb

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

krill POP UPS KRILL Wafters DNA S7& BUG BOTTOM BAITS PVA BAGS HELICOPTER RIG

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes showers great

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes definitely

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes very easy to do our first drive survive

General Comments:

Absolutely great venues for big fish especially the cats, PBs to be had. Very good social layout. Owners of lake only a phone call away, bring you any bait you need... very helpful.

Details of your catches:

Biggest carp 43.10 Biggest grass 28 Biggest cat 89 Total of 26 fish

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

For the carp we caught all at the far margin, mostly successful with snowman rigs, but pop ups and bottom baits also caught. Cats came on any bait, but the biggest fell to 3 x 20mm pellets. Sweet baits did not work at all on this occasion, swim one caught most on royal marine from bait works, and swim 2 caught most on asbo from mad baits. Had a couple of cats and grass using shrimp. The week did start slow with all this considered, with some really strange weather, but soon picked up.

Were the facilities what you expected?

The facilities are basic as described, but are adequate. The shower is powerful and warm, the fridge is cold, although we didn't use it as we had our own, and the sockets gave you power, what more can you need?

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

We loved it here, the only let down was the weather. The banks are perfect for a social, there are firepits and more importantly lots of big carp/cats. Make sure to bring toilet roll! The bailiff welcomed us and popped down from time to time, but other than that we were left to get on with it. The drive was easy. There are local supermarkets close by and also there is an amazing takeaway, i believe it's called good food, he prefers whatsapp orders so once you have his number you will not regret it. Overall we loved it and every person had PB carp and cats, which is exactly what we went for, money well spent and memories made.

Details of your catches:

Fishing was hard due to 29 degree heat and bright blue sky. Only managed 1 fish during daylight and that was a Cat. Night fishing was good. Saturday night saw the biggest Carp which was a 37lb 12oz Common and 2 x grass Carp to 21 Each night I averaged 3 fish, a mix of Carp and Cats. Biggest cat was 102lbs going down 80, 65, 60, 40 and my 6 year old landed his first Cat at 33. Caught 22 fish in all the rest being a mix of Common and Grass Carp

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

For the Carp I used Krill Boilies with a orange Krill pop up. Bed of bait was the maize mix sold at the lake, 4mm pellet, boilie crumb and whole boilies with a good glug of Krill liquid. Cats I started with Halibut pellets and a variety of Cat Pellets and oversized boilies with no luck. A visit to the Supermarket and a pack of Mackerel fillets did the trick. Big bed of small pellets and a fillet worked for me.

Were the facilities what you expected?

I had read a lot of negative reviews about the facilities and was a little concerned as i took the wife and my son. The showers were great, loads of hot water, clean and the toilet was also spotless. I do not understand why people had complained. This is a fishing venue not a health spa and found the facilities to be perfectly good.

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes and will be going again myself

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

As always found the service of Angling Lines to be great. Would not consider booking with anyone else.

General Comments:

Had a great time, lake owner visited everyday to make sure we were enjoying ourselves. This holiday was more than needed. If I was not so exhausted with work I could have fished harder than I did and have no doubt I would have caught more. I took it easy, caught some good fish and relaxed. I will be back.