Details of your catches:

We had 16 fish to 56.10 and four new PB fish 11x Commons 4 x Grass Carp 1 x Mirror

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Plum bottom baits with different coloured toppers, snowman style

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes no problem

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Always do

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Always have done

General Comments:

A tough week to start with very high temps but we kept plugging away and both ended up with PB fish. A proper drive and survive which we love. Only thing which is missing is a place to wash pot and pans but that's just a minimal requirement but would be a good asset.

Details of your catches:

2x50 12x40 9x30 2x20 1x16 caught between 4 of us

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Simple blow back rig fished with house bollie.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yeah basic but does the job

Were you happy with them?

Yeah shower and toilet was clean

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yeah definitely it's a proper drive and survive

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yeah

General Comments:

Lake fished well for the weather conditions was very hot and few thunderstorms. Mark was very helpful when we first met him. Getting to the lake Bernard doesn't speak any English but will happily translate on the phone with you

Details of your catches:

Richie - 4 * grass carp between 29 - 44 Lb, 58lb 6oz common, 52LB 10oz common, 2*40s, 4*30’s Steve - 51lb grassy, 2*40’s, 3*30’s, 1*20+

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

House plum boilies and Pallatrax crave, over particle

Were the facilities what you expected?

Basic but clean, fridge worked and so did the power points

Were you happy with them?

Yes no issues

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

A tree had fallen to the right of swim two which we reported to mark and Bernard this was removed on the Thursday with the use of a tractor, and thanks to Bernard for the mosquito cream for Steve’s eye which was bitten really helped

Details of your catches:

Commons 58lb, 54lb 8ozs and 40lb 8ozs, 3 grass carp 40 45,45lb. 5 other carp between 25 and 34lbs and a random pike that picked up a boilie and gave a cracking run!

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Fishing was hard compared to the last trip at the venue but still happy as i beat my pb which is getting harder to do.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes apart from the toilet at the lake is no longer in use as owner said it blocks to often.

Were you happy with them?

Stables are fine which houses facilities but take ten mins to walk to. Previous fishermen had decided that this was too far and spent the week defacating into two plastic buckets which greeted us on swim 1 on arrival. This was reported to mark at jonchery, who asked us to inform Bernard at site. He doesent speak a word of english and we were in swim 2 explaining about the mess left in swim one. On inspection a few hrs later it was still there and remained so when we left. When the next group are unlucky enough to check contents of the black buckets, it was not us!!!

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Maybe, needs a toilet at the lake and bernard needs to take a bit more care of the rubbish. There were also half a dozen buckets full of rotten bait just left next to bins in both swims all week and were still there when we left.

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Angling lines yes

General Comments:

All good and a lovely place, let down by mess already mentioned in swim, paying a lot of money for two to hire the whole lake you expect it at least to be clean which was dissapointing on this occasion. *Angling Lines note* The situation regarding rubbish is completely unacceptable and we apologise. We have spoken to the lake, it was a miscommunication and it will not happen again.