Details of your catches:

1x70
3x50s
5x40s
7x30s
7x20s
3xdoubles

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Sweet corn over chopped boilies

Were the facilities what you expected?

Basic but ok for a drive and survive

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes definitely, the fish are absolutely stunning

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes as always, really good service

General Comments:

The fish in this lake are stunning and the rewards are there to be had. There was 6 of us fishing but 3 anglers blanked, one had 1 fish 1 had 3 fish and the other had 22 fish.
This is not the easiest water and if you looking for a runs water this is not for you. But the fish speak for themselves as they all look like old English fish, it’s definitely more for the experience angler that likes a challenge. Overall a good trip, credit to Mark and his lakes.

Details of your catches:

9 carp. 2 x 50's, both Commons at 53lb 5oz Common and 51lb 5oz. 1 Mirror at 48lb and 6 x 30's up to 39lb 5oz.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Sticking to 3 spots. Filling the bait boat up with lake pellets, a scoop of maize and a scoop chopped boilies. Refresh the spots at least twice a day.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes, they were what I expected. New charging facilities and steps from the swim to water made landing fish easier.

Were you happy with them?

Yes.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes.

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

N/A

General Comments:

Mark knows the venue very well and spots to start with. He is based here si has knowledge of how the lake fishes in different conditions. The lake is set in a lovely quiet area with lots of wild life. Only 15 minutes to the local town which has all you need. Lake pellet, maize and plum boilies worked a treat.

Details of your catches:

Lost one very large carp wednesday early hours due to hook pull. Early hours Thursday 32lb mirror. Only action all week between two of us.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Lake plum bolies tipped with maize, cast to clear areas of lake.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes all good, hot shower was good.

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

If an experienced angler, not a beginners water and a bit small for me personally.

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes, Angling Lines always faultless with their service

General Comments:

March was rough, freezing cold, 70mph winds, raining most of week heavily.....but still loved the challenge.

Details of your catches:

2 x mirrors at 40lb 4oz and 42lb 8oz

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Fishing was very slow despite very good weather for the time of year 15-22 degrees all week with periods of low pressure. Both fish fell to lightly baited areas with sweetcorn. These were the only two bites the lake did this week, so hard to really gauge successful tactics. We stuck to our spots and baited little each day, but due to the lack of action only used around 8-10kg of boilie and sweetcorn between us all week.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes, facilities were good. Mark came down and changed the battery in the cabin when needed.

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes, I would recommend, however only to experienced anglers, it's easy to see why so many people struggle on this venue.

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

The lake was lovely and the two fish we caught were amongst the nicest carp we've caught in France, Oxfordshire looking scaley mirrors. Fishing from peg one, there are little to no features until you reach the central series of bars at 120-140 yards, it is flat and baron until then, we saw no fish in this area all week.
A bait boat is pretty much essential (with an echo ideally - we didn't have one though), there is plenty of weed present, so walking around to the halfway point with a marker rod to find spots is also recommended, then drive your boat out to these spots. Driving a boat out to the middle and dropping aimlessly will end up in a blank, the topography is up and down out in the middle.
We blanked the first 6 nights with the fish holding over the bars up the far end 160-180 yards away from us, the last night the weather changed, and we managed to pick up two lovely 40's, one just shy of the central bar at 120 yards and the other from the left-hand margin after seeing a show there that evening.