Details of your catches:

Roughly caught around 50 fish between 4 anglers. There was a range including catfish, mirror carp, grass carp, bream and Common.

Bream ranged 7 - 10lb
Common - 40lb
Grass - up to 44lb
Mirror - up to 48lb
Catfish - up to 69lb

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Cc Moore boiles various range
Hemp ground bait
Fished around the island

Were the facilities what you expected?

It was unfortunate that due to the amount of rain over June that the lake was extremely high, this lead to limited places for our group. The water in the cabin for using in food prep/washing was contaminated and had the most awful smell, this was quite bad, therefore Mr Bernard had to get us some fresh water which he provided in large bottles, he also allowed us to shower at his home without any hesitation. Mrs Bernard also washed some clothing for us too. I have to say although the lake and facilities were unusually not at there best (we have been before and never any problems). Mr & Mrs Bernard were simply fantastic and couldn't have done much more for us. He seemed to find the problem Friday and was trying to get it sorted.

**We're really sorry to hear you had issues with the facilities at Beaurepaire, we are assured that Bernard is working to fix them asap.

Were you happy with them?

Unfortunate circumstances this year

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

Good holiday, very helpful owner.

Details of your catches:

5@ 40s few 30s few 20s

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Plenty bait

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:

Good venue good average of fish size
No irritating bailiff
Good facilities

Details of your catches:

As a group we had 56 fish, most fish came from tree line smaller lake area quite facility lake only 8 fish all week to 2 of our party fishing from far chalk bank, biggest fish 47lb Mirror, few cats over 60lb and lots Grass carp biggest 38lb.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

18ml Cell or Banoffee Wafters, balanced size 6 fox csc hooks

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes but water from shower very smelly like stagnant smell

Were you happy with them?

ok apart from water smell

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes nice lake nice facilities very nice French owners

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes always a pleasure booking with you

General Comments:

Details of your catches:

55lb 10z, 53lb 8oz, 2 mid 30s and a 43lb common

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Mainline cell and hybrid, stiff hinge rig but really short

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:

I was luckily enough to fish Beaurepaire which has seen a lot of good anglers, the lake is very much divided into two halves, this lake had seen a lot of pressure and a lot of rigs so trying to catch something special for the camera was going to be hard work! I decided to take a different approach to this lake and fish singles as I had seen a few fish feeding on single grains of left over bollies in the margins.

After finding my spots I really had a good plan set in my head and it didn't take long to get my first take, the rod had only been in 20 minutes unfortunately that resulted in a hook pull, I was fishing a very simple rig which is a stiff hinge rig but really short and my bait option is always the famous mainline cell and hybrid I have 100% confidence in This bait and wouldn't leave home with out it!

After loosing the first fish it gave me a big push to get a fish in the bank! Nothing else happened that day I just got the chance to take in the beautiful lake, the next morning come and the fish were showing in groups on the opposite side of the lake, I casted to the showing fish and with in minutes it was off and was one of the big girls at 55lb 10oz. I also managed cut tail at 52lb 4oz and slipped up 2 mid 30s and a 43lb common what a result!

Watch a video here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI3Qvny35NM

I would highly recommend Beaurepaire if you're looking for plenty of takes and big fish and comforts with facilities then this is your place!

Be lucky

A man with a plan
Ben Austin