Details of your catches:

Greg - 27 carp to 46.4lb
Ollie - 9 carp to 67lb and 2 small catfish
Marc - 1 x Carp 49.8lb

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Atlantic heat boilies
Find the fish, dodge the weed and bait heavy!

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yeas has everything you will require and clean

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes returning next year

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

The current lake record is not at 73lb, we caught it at 67lb

Details of your catches:

3 carp up to 41lb
3 catfish up to 130lb

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Were the facilities what you expected?

Facilities were excellent

Were you happy with them?

Yes very happy

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Not on this occasion

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

The lake water levels were at a record low and I believe the owners cancelled 2 other fisherman the week we were there. We really struggled fishing wise and we believe the water levels were a big factor. I wish we had been given the choice to fish there or not as we did not catch as we expected. I agree nature plays a part and you are not guaranteed fish but we are experienced anglers and all of our tactics only produced 6 fish. A little disappointed that's all.

*Angling Lines note* We're sorry that the fishing and conditions proved tricky this week. To confirm we did limit the number of anglers on the week so that there was plenty of space, given the lower summer water levels this year.

Details of your catches:

Fishing was quite hard going but most fish was caught in deeper water.
20lb cat
44lb cat
111.13lb cat which was lost the night before
20lb common
28lb mirror
40lb mirror
44 lb mirror
48:15lb mirror
51lb mirror
52:13lb mirror
31:13lb grass carp
Loads of bream to 12lb

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Finely balanced double tiger nuts drilled out with cork and a popup fake corn as a topper. On a Ronnie or German, boillie caught cats and the 51lb mirror.
Go to small baits and bream all day. More fish caught during daytime on silt than gravel. Although bites were missed from shallow bars for some reason. Three cats lost.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Facilities was good, shower good and plenty of fridge and freezer space, kettle, toaster and two rings added.

Were you happy with them?

Yes, ran out of water one night at dusk so sent message to owner who replied within a minute, water back on within 15 mins.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes, all day long

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes again faultless service by AL

General Comments:

Although fishing hard we couldn't get on spit as to weedy and shallow, plus water very warm we still managed PBs each. Stuck to the deeper areas as that was productive. Saw lots of comments about rats and its clear the owner has been working on this issue, only one rat seen in whole week.

Details of your catches:

43lb 4oz Mirror
48lb 13oz Mirror
35lb 3oz Mirror
25lb common
22lb common
55lb 05oz Mirror
30lb 9oz Mirror
35lb 7oz Mirror
29lb 1oz Mirror
31lb 0 Mirror
33lb 2oz Mirror
31lb 0 Mirror
37lb 6oz Mirror
27lb 9oz Mirror
33lb 2oz Mirror
73lb 1oz Mirror
51lb 4oz Mirror
33lb 8oz Mirror
40lb 4oz Mirror
41lb 3oz Mirror
32lb Common
34lb 7oz Mirror
37lb Grass carp
39lb Grass carp
1 Pike
1 bream
And a few cats

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Best bait was Tiger nut topped with plastic corn.
Best rig was a Ronnie Rig

Were the facilities what you expected?

Facilities were absolutely perfect, run out of water one afternoon and was refilled within 1 hour

Were you happy with them?

Yes 100% plenty of fridge and freezer space.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes 100%. We fished the lake in warm conditions with no problem with access to the spit, would be challenging in the winter months.

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes 100%, we decided to come home on the Friday night and Angling lines adjusted the Ferry times perfectly.

General Comments:

All the fish caught were in lovely condition and were lovely in colour, the big surprise was the 73.1lb Mirror what a stunning carp, unfortunately for me I didn’t catch her. My friend Matt had a fishing trip of a life time landing 19 carp from the list above and obviously the big girl.
Sophie was a fantastic host from start to finish.
We had a fantastic trip and will return next year.