Details of your catches:

Two week booking; 4@40s to 42.4lb 19@30s to 39.15lb 38@20s to 29.12lb 2@Upper Doubles 1@ Black Sturgeon- 48.14lb 19@ Grass Carp (Biggest 37.8lb) 22@ Commons (Biggest 42.4lb) 16@ Mirrors (Biggest 40.2lb) 3@ Ghost Carp (Biggest 40.4lb) 1@ Sturgeon (48.14lb) 64 Fish in Total.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Bottom baits (Tiger nuts) (Boilie) (Fake Corn) presented on a German rig (Using FlouroCarbon) hook links. Caught over a large bed of bait (Corn, Boilies and a few Tigers)

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes, they were ok. Simple but did the trick.

Were you happy with them?

Yes, Ciril and David were very friendly and always making sure you were ok and happy. Great hospitality.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Angling lines has always been good to me, great service as always. The ladies in the office are always on top of things they are very helpful and friendly.

General Comments:

Blue lakes is a wonderful venue. Stunning old gravel pit! I would love to come back but since the change in amount of anglers on per week has increased to 10 from 8. I would be reluctant. The lake has a lot of water to fish but some swims are really limited. Peg 9 gets cut off by pegs 10 and 8. Peg 4 is more like a good stalking peg. A person really needs to be able to move on a lake like this. *Angling Lines note* After a discussion with the lake owner, we can happily say that all future weeks on the lake are now limited to 8 anglers on all non-exclusive weeks, as it has been in previous years. Thank you for your feedback.

Details of your catches:

6 doubles 15x20's 7x30's 3x40's A mixture of Mirrors,commons and 15 Grassy's

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Loads of bait as I went threw over 100 kilos of bait. Mainly Carp Crazy shop bait RL1 plus maize and tigers. Find 3 spots you're happy with and put out 5 kilos of bait per rod to begin with and then sit back and wait for the action to begin. Don't chase the fish round the lake as they'll come to your feed.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes. Basic but did the job

Were you happy with them?

Yes apart from the stupid sized toilet and shower. If your taking your wife then beware as there is no lock/bolt on the shower door.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes but if there's more than 8 people fishing I'd look elsewhere

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes 1st class as usual

General Comments:

I Fishes Blue Lake with another 7 anglers and really enjoyed it apart from the amount of Grass carp which were a pain at times. The margins and bars are really severe and I caught a few fish towing rigs so maybe a leader would be the safer option but rules state otherwise. When I fished only 1 pair fished together on the same peg so there were 6 other anglers on single pegs leaving only 3 spare pegs which included pegs 4 and 9 which you wouldn't want to spend a week in at all as they shouldn't be classed as pegs as you're really hemmed in. If this lake was for 8 anglers only then I'd defiantly return but as it's for 10 then I would look elsewhere as if all anglers fish as singles then someone would have to fish in either 4 or 9 which believe me should not be classed as swims. A days stalking yes but not for a week. *Angling Lines note* After a discussion with the lake owner, we can happily say that all future weeks on the lake are now limited to 8 anglers on all non-exclusive weeks, as it has been in previous years. Thank you for your feedback.

Details of your catches:

3 *40 lb (47, 42, 43lb) 12* 20 lb 6 * 30 lb

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Fill it in with maize, boilie, pellet. 100 kilo of bait minimum

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes, for only 8 anglers

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes see below

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes, but only if 8 people fishing as peg 4 + 9 arent really pegs

General Comments:

Hectic week, lovely venue, excellent hosts (cyril)

Details of your catches:

13 carp, 33 m 27 g 28c 24m 34 m 25g 38m 28c 27c 31 m 26g 18m 24m

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Swim 2. Bait boat, on large gravel area or large spread of mixed bait, All fish between 9pm and 9am so making sure to get rods and bait back out through the night to utilise that bite time (as opposed to my normal just chucking the rod back out after a fish cos it's dark and I'm lazy!!) lost a lot more fish than I caught, couldn't work out why. Maybe still some snags as reported previously.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Toilet and shower small but sufficient and clean enough for me.

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:

Swim could've been a lot more comfortable if maintained a bit more, I pulled out a lot of old roots and cut back an overhanging spiky bush myself. Also bailiff wasn't there to organise draw and not answering his phone so we sorted swims amongst ourselves, only came round twice through the week (for me that's fine but depends on your preference, some people would want a bit more input from someone with the knowledge of the lake maybe) when he did come round I found it very hard to understand his English. Also the details for the nearest vet on the website were not correct, maybe an idea to have an information board for nearest vets, tackle shop, supermarket, etc. Lovely lake though and not hard to find good spots. *Angling Lines note* Thank you for your feedback. We have double checked the vet's address on google maps and it does take you directly to the clinic, we're sorry that you had an issue on this occasion. We have spoken to the owners regarding the swim draw and they apologise for running late and this will not let it happen again. As stated on the website this is very much a drive and survive venue and there is no resident bailiff at this lake, therefore we encourage anglers to take advantage of the wealth of information available on the website.