Details of your catches:

I had 21 fish in total, biggest 42.3. My mate had approx 15 beating his PB with a 30. Also had a 17lb cat

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Used KG1, didn't use as much bait as i thought i would, so maybe if i'd have used more i would have caught more :-) Moved swims after 2 days, top end of lake produced most fish.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes

Were you happy with them?

Yes, but had a problem with the power for 2 days. When Bernard returned form his holiday he got brought us down a bottle of bubbly by way of apology.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

Could do with there being food on site. Thinking of booking the lake exclusive for next year.

Details of your catches:

1 Mirror 19lb 8oz ( Lost fish due to hidden snags caused by high water level )

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Tried everything. Singles, Bags, Beds of Bait, Zigs, Bait Boated to Spit, Trickled bait into carpy looking spots all week.With the fish having so much more water to explore due to the high levels it was very difficult to locate them, let alone get them to feed on our bait with all the naturals that were about.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Basic but you get what you pay for.

Were you happy with them?

They are very basic as described, we used the Portacabin as our base as this was the only place we could bivvy up. We had to fix the sink, toilet and shower because they all leaked. The hot water tank packed up (we contacted the owner and he fixed it within 2 hours) The cooker was broken on arrival (the owner again fixed it but we took our own anyway.)

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Only as a summer venue.

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

I contacted Angling Lines to book a cheap no thrills drive and survive fishing holiday in France for me and my Dad, I was offered Beaurepaire within my budget and i got exactly that a no thrills fishing holiday. It does state on the website that this venue is prone to flood early in the year, 3 weeks before our departure i watched the rainfall in France via the internet and was happy to see very low rainfall thus i was confident the venue would be ok. On arrival i could not believe my eyes (hopefully Angling Lines will show the attached photo's. The trees shown are usually 3 feet away from the waters edge.) The spit which is a known hot spot was completely flooded with only the tops of the trees sticking out. The brochure says the venue is around 7 acres but with the extra water it was more like 11. With all this extra water the places to bivvy up were few and far between, fishing was a nightmare due to hidden snags, massive variations in depth and a great difficuly to know if you were fishing in the lake or a submerged tree or bush. The one fish we did manage to land was stalked from a cut out in the bank that is usually for bivvying up, this cut out was 5 foot under water. The owner although he speaks no English (his daughter translates)is a top guy, no problem is to small, he even offered us a free weeks fishing! Beaurepaire is a very basic venue and i am sure in the summer months when water levels drop it will be a cracking runs water as advertised. Unfortunately it was not all it cracked up to be for me!

Details of your catches:

2 doubles ... 4 twenty's and a 34 1/2 all mirrors

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

long range with small bags of pellets. Baited areas didn't work

Were the facilities what you expected?

ok

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 fished the lake in March 2007 & had loads of fish. The weather went really cold and the fishing became very hard... we came home 3 days early and i think most other people fishing in france did the same the ferry was busy with anglers all saying the same. The venue is a very good one - we just went at wrong time of year.

Details of your catches:

loads of 20's and 30's a new lake record ( to be comfirmed) at 43lb 4 oz in all 1874 lb 4 oz of fish caught

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

fishing at long range using baitboats to drop lots of bait with your rig on the opposit bank, we had no fish from mid water or close in margins, the 2 inner bays either side of the spit produced no fish al all.

Were the facilities what you expected?

not really, never seen a toilet and kitchen in the same room before

Were you happy with them?

if you dont mind pooing,and then cooking your breakfast in the same room, they would be adeqaute,but know we were'nt happy with them

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

yes as a runs water,

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

yes i havein the past

General Comments:

the lake has really bad access.because of the up and down water levels,and you cant access any peg with a vehical,(when we visited). however the lake has a very good stock of very and i mean very hard fighting carp, it is ideal if you want a social fishing trip,and once you get the fish going the action can be no stop.all in all it is a good venue,if you are after plenty of action,