Details of your catches:

Ashley (age 11): biggest fish 25lb 12oz common. Lewis (age 13): biggest fish 20lb 2oz mirror. Gary: biggest 29lb 14oz mirror. Caroline: biggest 27lb 10oz mirror.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Tiger nuts & Tiger Nut boilies. Tutti Frutti seemed to work well after dark.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Were you happy with them?

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

General Comments:

Thank you Bouchot family for a wonderful stay at Vincons. We had a wonderful week. Lots of marvellous fish, including over 8 fish over the 20lb mark. Not very good weather, there was a thunderstorm on the first day. The dogs were really nice. We were treated very well by the Bouchot family.

Details of your catches:

140 Carp including 42 x 20's. Total weight, 2,500lb.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Quest Baits boilies

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes

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:

Our second visit to Vincons and as excellent as the first time. Brilliant fishing even though the weather was very poor at times. Not a big fish water but highly recommend the venue to anyone looking for action combined with good facilities and friendly hospitality.

Details of your catches:

113 fish in total, Stu had 16, Neil had 37 and Andy had 50, with only 10 below 10lb (103 fish were doubles or higher)! 25 of the fish were 20-25lb and a further 3 were 25-30lb. Neil had the only 30lb+, a Common of 31lbs (played by his missus Harriet!). We also had 4 tench. A pretty successful week by all accounts!

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Fish can be caught along the dam wall - best towards the end of it - and the swims to the right of the lodge were good too. I think big fish could be caught at the far end of the lake, it rarely gets fished by the sounds of things and don't ignore the margins (to drop a cliche!) Have a good un!

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes, very good!

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:

The fishing aside we had a lovely week! Atu is a lovely little dog - very friendly but a little pesky! Be wary if he's around and you have a carp on the bank - he's a hunter. The pool is great, providing a nice refreshing break from fishing! The badminton also gave a nice distraction. The Bouchet family were very friendly and left us to get on with our holiday and fish while always being available if needed. We appreciate the cadeaux! (P.S - the village bakery and butcher near the post office beat the supermarket hands down!)

Details of your catches:

Just over 60 Carp caught, mainly high teens to low tweenties. 2 x 30's. Total of 1400lb of carp. Numerous tench to 8 lb, several silver fish to about 1 1/2 lb and even a Zander. Fishing was strictly during the day and quite often didn't start until after lunch, so if you are night fishing or fishing the whole day you could easily double this catch. Contrary to the week prior to us we found most fish came from the middle of the lake and not the margins. The far side of the lake you will see a white gate if you walk in there you will see a path through the reeds which opens out into a nice swim. Its a walk and you need to be keen to take all your gear over there but if you do it is the best swim on the lake. It was only fished for 1 1/2 days by one of our party (found the swim at the end of the week whilst trying to retreive some tackle) he caught 7 carp in the first 4 hours he fished it, mainly caught in the margins.Other swims that proved fruitful were directly off the sluce on the dam and at the far end of the dam. We tried under the trees, which are lovely swims and had some sucess but not as fruitful as the dam.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Best bait for the whole week was probably corn/maize, however we caught on boilies (snow man and bottom baits caught) pellet of various types and even maggott. We fished using bags of pellet and stick mix, stringers or where possible over a bed of Maize and Hemp. You will catch using anything at this venue!!! The weather had be very changeable and although we were every lucky not to get much rain, one day it was 28C then 2 days later we almost had a frost at night. the weather being so changeable definately had an effect on the fishing

Were the facilities what you expected?

Pretty much

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:

The setting is really beautiful and the lake is lovely. We hired the cottage and gite for the week so used both extensively. The accomodation is good and clean but with a little more thought particularly to how they are appointed they could be excellent!!. Although there is a selection of bedding available (sheets/pillows cases available on arrival if requested at extra cost) there are limited pillows/blankets so would suggest taking your own if you are at all worried. Don't let any of this put you off as it really is a lovely place and have no problems recommending it to anyone.