Details of your catches:

35lb mirror, 3 sturgeon - biggest 66lb. Unfortunately fish spawning. All anglers suffered, tried very hard and we did well with the few we had between us. It is a reasonably difficult lake anyway with great potential.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Long distance various baits.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Better

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 are returning again at the end of August.

Details of your catches:

Terry C - Mirror 36lb 0oz (PB), Common 13lb 6oz, 10lb 6oz

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Big beds of whole and chopped boilies, Quest Baits - Special Crab, Fruity Trifle, Irish Cream, Raja Spice, Tiger Nut Crunch boilies (no I don't work for Quest Baits!!) and lots of pellet, partiblend and hemp. Big halibut pellets for sturgeon. Very important to be accurate. Fish very cagey and wary. Hooks must be razor sharp - check and change constantly for any chance of hanging on to the big'uns!

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes - If an experienced angler

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

The weather made a hard lake extremely difficult. Temperature hit 41c. Fish also still spawning. Lot of weed this year too made certain swims totally frustrating. However, get the baiting and tactics right and the runs will come - pulling them in is a different matter! Some very very big fish lost. Patience and experience are paramount. Terry C - Mirror 36lb 0oz (PB), Common 13lb 6oz, 10lb 6oz Brian - Sturgeon 63lb 0oz, 49lb 0oz Steve - Sturgeon 39lb 15oz Terry - Mirror 28lb 11oz (PB) 23lb 0oz Roy - Sturgeon 39lb 15oz, 63lb 0oz 45lb 15oz common 3lb 2oz (PB - only joking!!) Nick - Mirror 34lb 06oz, 35lb 14oz, 26lb 11oz, common 12lb 13oz, 11lb 14oz, 8lb 11oz

Details of your catches:

Two 42lb sturgeon

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Pop-ups/snowman rigs

Were the facilities what you expected?

Better

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:

Too much weed in swims. Owner came round one day with a mind to rake weed from swim. Had to stop fishing for the day as chemicals were put in to kill weed. Owner cared for his fish a lot, but showed no interest in anglers. He did not come every day for a chat to see how things were going or to give advice on hotspots, bait, tactics, etc. OWNERS COMMENTS: I decided to clear the weed in front of the first swim because nobody was fishing there....... then when I arrived Mr Oliver had moved into the swim without asking me. So I told him that I needed to clear the weed because last week the angler in this swim had had some problems. He told me this was OK. So the next day I returned to clean the weed with my friend, expecting him to have changed swims (there were 2 or 3 swims free) He didn't move - just watched me all day. I never kill the weed with a chemical - I'm not crazy) He could have moved at any time - I would have helped him do so. I find it very disappointing that this angler was fine while here then chose to misrepresent the situation when they enter their feedback. Only the first 2 swims have some weed .... and they are still very fishable.

Details of your catches:

3 small carp 12lb, 15lb, 19lb; 2 sturgeon 42lb, 45lb. Carp were spawning not feeding - wrong time of year.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Did not matter, fish not feeding.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Better

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Facilities - yes, fishing - don't know.

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

We chose the wrong week of the year.