Details of your catches:

Poor weeks fishing, The lake had turned off but thats carp fishing. Had lots of small fish and a good 20+ common.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

All baits worked.

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:

Frank/Mark are aware of the smaller fish and have a plan to deal with them going forward. Frank is a great guy! Always helpful and Pleasure to speak to.
Mark was outstanding.

Please pass on my thanks to Both of them. I will be back soon

Regards

Adam

Details of your catches:

Swim 4, Andy and Stewart
Mirrors 26, 30, 40.4, 28, 32, 26.4, 22
Commons, 36, 32.4, 25, 29.4
Swim 3, Adam and Mark
Six fish 1x 44 4x 30's 1x20

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

For myself all bites came to a snowman with the bottom bait shrink wrapped, freebies were hard air dried boilies and a few tigers. Mark and Adam had more success with tigers on the hair.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yep, been to Brocard several times and the facilities are spot on. Even fishing in swim four and being right next to the facilities I still used my generator for power throughout the week as noted in the venue section the power is only available certain days and times

Were you happy with them?

Yes. plenty of hot water and clean, all i need

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes i would. It was my first time fishing the small lake and I have no complaints

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

I certainly would, I've never had any issues with any of the Angling Lines venues I've fished

General Comments:

I've fished the large lake several times so it was nice to have a change and fish small. Early during the session I did catch three small carp from rods positioned quite tight to the margin. I simply moved the rods about ten meters away from the snags and didnt pick up anymore small fish for the rest of the week. Mark and Adam also caught a few small carp early on, but after switching to tigers on the hair it stopped their attention. I was quite suprised that in swim 4 Stewart and myself picked up fish from all over the swim, I had a pre-conceived idea that fish only get caught from the right margin. Franck was a gent as always and it was nice to see Mark from Jonchery who popped over a few times during the week.

Details of your catches:

6 fish in mid twenties, a slow week around the area

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

A handful of baits in the margin (near and far side)

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes, very good for D&S

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:

Brocard Small
This is a truly beautiful lake, the crescent shape of the lake puts the other pegs well out of sight. With a forest behind you and a tree lined far margin ahead you really get feeling you have the lake to yourselves.
In spite of ideal conditions (by English standards) the fishing this week was very slow throughout the area we managed only 6 fish to mid-20s between us.
This year we were plagued with small Carp between 1 and 2 lb, they are beautiful little Commons and Mirrors but the lovely little devils lose their charm when you jump out of the sleeping for one on a rainy night.
The lake is due to be drained and netted this winter so hopefully problem solved, just in case I’d pack some hard 30mm boilies next time.
As a drive and survive venue it has everything you need, water, toilet, shower, charging and a good bailiff.

Details of your catches:

37 fish, 26 mirror, 36 mirror, all the rest were carp under 3lb

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Caught on boilie and tigers. tried everything we could think of to combat the small carp. Double/triple 18mm's, baiting up/singles. Margins and open water.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes been before

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes and no

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

Slow week unfortunately, we were told that there was a large storm before we arrived that significantly lowered the water temps. Fish weren't really having it. There are hundreds of small carp present and its difficult to keeps rigs in the water. Franck gave us a net to retain them and it seems like they are removing them as they get caught. For us Brocard is all about the location. Remote and secluded in the woods in a stunning part of France and the lumps are in there.

*Owner's note* We're really sorry you had an issue with the small carp this week, which combined with tricky conditions for the fishing in general meant an unusual catch report. The carp in the lake have reproduced incredibly successfully this year and, whilst we are actively removing them now too, the remaining will be netted & removed in winter.

Week to week anglers are catching a few of the smaller carp, but when the big carp are feeding normally the smaller fish do not really get a look in. We are confident that the number of small carp caught this week was down to the conditions.