Details of your catches:

27 fish in total, 16 carp Including 2 koi (biggest fish 37.4lb smallest fish 14lb), 4 Sturgeon (biggest 26lb), 6 bream, and a tench. Only two fish caught in the day in the whole week, but we only fished the daytime twice due to weather being too hot.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Tiger cream wafters, pink wafters, manilla wafters, their boilies and defo their particle worked well

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes everything worked and clean

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes. Fish the back swim as a lot of anglers fish the top swims with it being near the accommodation

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

Great venue, great fishing especially from dusk till dawn as weather was too hot in daytime, Carla and Gerard were helpful too if you needed anything they were always there to help

Details of your catches:

28 fish between us, carp, sturgeon and grass carp. Biggest fish of 43lb 8oz. 18lb was the smallest, we had 5 x30s, and also had 3 hard fighting sturgeon.
We lost about 12 fish in the snags, just not quick enough, so react fast to the alarm screaming off.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Tigernut wafters, house tigernut boilies with tigernut extract, snowman rigs worked well, as did single wafters, also the house ocean fish worked well

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes and more, the lodge was ideal, had everything we needed from bbq utensils to all the basics. The shower worked well, but as its solar heated its a warm shower in the early morning then by the evening you could have it very hot if needed. Towels supplied, beds were comfy and no issues with any of the accommodation

Were you happy with them?

Very happy, great base to socialise, bbq was ideal for cooking all our meals 😋

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes definitely, Carla and Gérard were so helpful, they messaged a few days prior to travelling to see if we needed anything and asked for rough time of arrival so they could meet us at the lake. They gave us great bait advice and honestly nothing was a problem for them to help you out when needed, from fishing, to meals out, places to visit, very helpful couple and cant wait to come back next year. We had lunch out with Gérard, we also had a lovely horse and carriage ride arranged by Carla and Gérard. They really are 2 very dedicated and hard working couple and this shows in the condition of the lake and the accommodation. We needed a bit more leader for our rods and Gérard sorted and delivered to our swim within 30 minutes of us asking where we could get more leader (legend).

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes, AL have been very helpful with the booking and any questions we had as our 1st time fishing in France

General Comments:

Cerises is a beautiful lake, the accommodation is great, the fish were immaculate and a great range of weights. The lake is difficult up the top area to the right of the lodge, we used 40lb flurocarbon leader, and it held up the lake well, the carp on the top right swim go to the snaggy margins on a take. Zebra mussels are on a lot of the tree roots under water but the leader held up well. Our advice is sit on the rods and watch the rod tip as they hit and run in seconds, great fights to be had 👌💪

Details of your catches:

24 carp, largest 48lb 12oz. Also 4 sturgeon to 26, bream, tench, pike

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Spinner rigs / multi rigs fished with pop ups did the trick, fished with crushed up cell and particle

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes, very clean

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 had a great trip, three of us fished and my wife enjoyed the peaceful surroundings, I read the previous reports regarding snag leaders, they are a must!!! I had to change mine 3 times in the week due to the savage snags, we’d of lost many fish if we hadn’t had them, 20 ft minimum. Majority of the fish were held up at the southern end of the lake in the snags.

Details of your catches:

We caught Carp 34lb, 30lb, 20lb, 15lb. Koi 18lb. Sturgeon 23lb, 22lb, 22lb. Tench 5lb, and a couple of bream.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

A mixture of house cream seed boilie and Sticky Baits Manilla. Fished to margins and most of the fish came from the right of lake from the double swim by the main cabin. Also we used flouro leaders of 1 metre length, but lost at least 5-6 fish due to cut offs, from mussels. Like a previous review, we went to a local tackle shop and bought 70lb flouro to make longer leaders.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes very good and very clean. Two of our group were on their 1st ever France trip, they fished from the main accommodation. Myself and my buddy bivvy'd in the swim by the second cabin, so we were on hand to help the guys on their 1st trip, both of them got PB Carp. Towels and bedding for 4 supplied in the main cabin, also all pots and pans, plates, knives and forks and mugs provided as well.

Were you happy with them?

Yes very good. Exactly as expected and described on Angling Lines web site.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Absolutely, ideal for a small group.

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes, this is the second trip through AL i personally have booked, and we are going with AL in 2 years time. I am also looking at booking through AL for next year.

General Comments:

Carla and Gerard the owners are really friendly and helpful. Carla speaks brilliant English, Gerard speaks English to a reasonable level. ( Better than my French!!! ) Bait is on an honesty basis so you don't worry about running out. It is a lake i would return to in the future.