Details of your catches:

45lb mirror, 25 grass

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Cell

Were the facilities what you expected?

Facilities - The shower and toilet block were nice and clean, the kitchen was very clean as well there was plenty of fridge space and a large freezer, there was a microwave. the hotplate stove and a little grill. Was no hot water from the tap in the kitchen.

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes and no

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes and no

General Comments:

Fishing
The fishing was extremely slow, I only landed to 2 fish the biggest being a 45lb mirror, I thought when we had the heavy rain the fishing would improve it did not, I did only fish five nights, the lake it’s difficult to describe is not a runs water, it’s not a big fish water.

The Lake
It was a nice lake but I would like to fish with more than four anglers as I feel it would be quite cramped with more there are two points facing each other this does cause issues one does need to be removed.

I only have one complaint, it regards a lack of action from the owners\bailiffs
There was a very bad storm there was a lot of damage caused several trees down some in the lake there was a lot of floating debris in the lake my only concern was the lack of it from the owners, they did not contact us to see if everybody was okay all the anglers did suffer damage due to the high winds I believe a visit from them on the night of the storm would not have been amiss, it was myself and the other anglers remove the floating debris from the lake if we had not done this the lake would not have been fishable.

The surrounding area
The lake is situated between Reims and Laon and only just over a couple of hours from Calais, there are plenty of places to visit if you want to go out as a lovely cathedral at Laon and one of most famous cathedrals in Reims, up the road there is a memorial to a First World War tank battle well worth the visit.

*Angling Lines note* Thank you for your detailed feedback. We're sorry to hear you felt that not enough concern was shown during the storm, after working with Sophie and Bernard for many years this is very surprising to read and we are sure it was not intentional. Regarding the debris in the lake after the storm, we urge anglers to give us or the lake owners a quick call with issues such as this at the time so we can rectify them.

Details of your catches:

2 x Mirror Carp (51.01 and 46.15)
6 x Bream to 11.10
5 x Grass carp (31.15, 19.01, 35.04, 29.13 and 39.11)
2 x Pike both single figures

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Various Pop-ups for Carp Bream on Stiff Hinged Rigs or normal hair rigs. Shop brought fish fillets for the Pike

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes, the lake is beautiful. The cabins are adequate, but might struggle if the lake has the total number of allowed anglers as there is only one WC.
3 x fridges and big chest freezer are good and multiple bins are strategically positioned around the lake.

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 arrived after an (apparent) week of torrential rain, so the ground was quite wet under foot. It soon dried out though, but the water levels rose approx. 50cm over the course of the week, so be careful if fishing either of the spits.
Fishing was hard with not many fish showing and then starting to spawn as we left.
The lake has an abundance of wildlife (Muskrats, Coypu, Birds and Frogs). The muskrats/coypu can be a pain at night swimming through lines so recommend back-leads, but the animals are harmless and not timid.
The week we were there, the frogs were really noisy, not sure if this is seasonal or the norm.
Overall a lovely venue, easy to get to from Calais, with a lovely restaurant in the hotel in the village and Sophie is an excellent host.
We went expecting to catch more, but still had a good time and will be back in the future.

Details of your catches:

50.4oz, 44lb, 42lb 3oz, 42lb 3oz, 38lb, 37lb 12oz, 35lb 2oz, 32lb 2oz mirrors. All deep water, left hand side. All on sticky vortex....... LENNY TOP ROD!
39lb 12oz, 25lb 8oz grass.
40lb 12oz, 35lb 12oz mirrors, 24lb 8oz grass
42lb 8oz, 40, 31, 27, 19 mirrors
32 mirror
35.12 mirror

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Sticky vortex 18-20mm

Were the facilities what you expected?

Excellent best facilities we have used on drive survive!!!😁😁😁😁😁😁

Were you happy with them?

BRILLIANT

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Could not fault it had slight issue all sorted, excellent customer service!!

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

NOT WRONG!! EXCELLENT, JUDITH + LINSAY GREAT HELP THANK YOU VERY MUCH😁😁😁👍👍👍👍👍👍

General Comments:

We had constant rain last 24hrs as vans are parked behind swims we had trouble getting vans off of the lake! Went and woke Bernard asking him if he had a tractor, within half an hour someone turned up with one who was able to pull van out which was in mud up 2 wheel arch. This was 8.30am mind you! VERY GOOD SERVICE. If loads of rain move vehicles to top level by facilities.

Details of your catches:

A very hard weeks fishing, moved swim on Tuesday as no fish then caught a new PB 51 .04 mirror, followed by 30lb mirror and a 30lb grass carp.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Scattered baits little n often

Were the facilities what you expected?

Very clean

Were you happy with them?

Yes very happy

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments: