Details of your catches:

8th mirror carp 31,25,25,22,21,20,18 en 16lb, 1 grass carp 25lb and 1 cattfish 25lb.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

tigernuts and strawberry fish bollies

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:

Choose the venue because of the availability of the point to bivy up with the whole group. Unfortunate the point was flooded so we chose the south bank of the lake which appeared to be full with submerged bushes. We lost a number of fishes because of this and for half of the fish we landed we had to go into the water to free our line and fish of these bushes. Definitely will be back next year then later in the season to improve our changes to the point. One tip: at low water remove most of the bushes which are submerged at high water level for the safety of the fish.

Details of your catches:

41 fish up to a beautiful 37.5lb mirror 5 30s 4 doubles from 12lb to 17lb and the rest all 20s to 26.15 3 catfish to 25.09

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

we baited quite lightly to start with and the fishing was slow for the first 3 days trickling a little bait in every day until the fish started to wake up (they had been spawning the previous week and only 6 fish came out)most of our fish came to snowman rigs and surprisingly no one caught on a pop-up all week..we took a 13 year old lad whos best carp was a 9 pounder and he ended with the best fish of the week at 37.5lb awesome result.

Were the facilities what you expected?

basic but clean and tidy

Were you happy with them?

yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

yes but be aware of the flooding issue

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

yes

General Comments:

the lake was still in flood and we had to rake out a bit of weed once the swims were chosen..not a major issue. the weather was baking all week and the level dropped around 2 feet while we were there so the landing of fish got a little easier...if going take waders with you and you will have no problems (especially if the level is up a little) at times the fishing was hectic..overall a decent venue with some corking fish (all the fish we had were in mint condition)

Details of your catches:

Unfortunatley there weren't many fish caught...We caught on the first and last day of our holiday.We arrived to the fish beginning to spawn. The weather went up to 36 degrees, and then on Monday night we were hit by a massive storm. The weather really was against us.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes, it's a fantastic venue, and the big fish are in there we were just unlucky with the weather conditions

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Definitely, we packed up early and you got us on an earlier ferry without any problems. Easy to book and excellent service

General Comments:

The water level was really high this week which made fishing difficult, we couldn't find any shallows.
Fantastic venue,nice and quiet,shops nearby. Would definitley go back hopefully in better weather.
The owners are really friendly and helpful.

Details of your catches:

73 carp & 4 bream. Largest mirrors 34lb 14oz & 35lb. 5 fish 30lb+, including 7 grass carp, 4 of which were 20lb+ to 29lb 4oz. 42 fish 20lb+. 26 fish under 20lb, smallest 15lb.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Quest Tiger Nut Crunch + Quest Rahja Spice boilies 15mm x 2 bottom or snowman. Long range boat (2 swims)2 cast (due to high water level).

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes

Were you happy with them?

Yes. We knew the cooker & toilet were together but only used the cooker for preparing hemp & particles.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes, but only for small group like us. Early season.

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

Knew venue was prone to flooding early season so planned just in case. No real pegs, not a problem, treat as drive survive! Due to high water levels only 4 pegs accessed the alleged hot spots, only 2 of which were castable, no Point (under water), no Island (under water). We used the boat to the other 2, you could fish closer but due to trees & bushes so far out you would not be able to land fish without taking the risk of fish getting tethered in front of you. We used boats at 100 yards+ & had very few problems, baiting margin swims for day fishing produced very well, also casting to open water.

So all in all great venue for runs, also very few runs at night? But we needed sleep anyway so not a problem.

Note to Angling Lines: Explained to owner & his daughter that the big trees in water not a problem, you can see them so stay away from them if you do not have a chance of keeping fish out. Actually showed him its small bushes, etc, that are a problem between summer & winter levels, you cannot see them. He seemed to realise this when I showed him I could not break or pull out. I know it will look barren between summer & winter levels in summer but he agreed (I think) to cut them down for the safety of his fish.

Also removed 2 hooks (different fish) that were barbed death traps with the snaggy nature of venue in winter (also banned).

All in all we had a great week, will be trying to book same venue, same week next year. Not bothered about water level, fish according to level, fish still have a go.

NB. Venue very peaceful & very clean (no rubbish).