Details of your catches:

Great weeks fishing between us 27 landed.
5x 40s
10x 30s
The rest ranged from 19-29lb

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Beds of boilie crumb, full boilie, corn and fishmeal glugs, over krill tuff ones with a corn topper.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes basic facilities were clean and tidy.

Were you happy with them?

Yes exactly what we expected, a proper drive and survive.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

A proper gem! Beautiful gin clear water, wild lake with hard fighting carp if you get on them, plenty of beauties can be had. Owner is a top class bloke, will help in any way possible. Charged our boat batteries at his home and dropped them off the next day. 100% recommend the lake to anyone.

Details of your catches:

3 grass carp to 36lb, 2 mirror to 27lb and a 15lb common

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Wrapped and fake baits (due to an excessive amount of crayfish) with not a lot of feed due to the extreme heat. Fished away from the margins due to a lot of snags. All of this contributed to low fish count

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes if the fallen trees and snags are removed.

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

Overall we were happy with the venue. The owner was friendly and helpful. Getting to the venue was easy, there is a supermarket 5 minutes away which was good and a tackle shop 25 minutes if needed

Details of your catches:

I had around 18 carp in 4 days fishing and lost 4. The average was mid 30 and I lost one of the big ones around a branch in the margin to the left of swim 2. The biggest was 41lb.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Boating over to the far margins and snags was the best tactic.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Facilities are basic but provides a hot shower and a flushing toilet which is all you need for a great weeks fishing.

Were you happy with them?

Yes great.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

This venue is a real gem, the lake is nestled in the middle of a large complex of lakes and opposite a working gravel works. The margins are deep and the water is very clear which means hard fighting big carp will certainly pull you arm off!
The lake is wild so there are plenty of snags so you will need to beef up on your end tackle. 60lb snag leaders and 30lb+ hook links are imperative if you want to land as many fish as possible. There are a lot of crayfish so you can get away with using A LOT of bait! Tiger nuts as hook baits will also keep you from reeling in without any bait on.

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Always! Angling Lines are number 1!

General Comments:

Epic venue on the wild side, big hard fighting carp and nice big comfortable swims. Awesome!

Details of your catches:

21 Carp caught to 38.8lb

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Spicy Plum hard hookers supplied by the owner.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes, actually better than expected as the shower and toilet were very good.

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Absolutely, Grandes Cimes is a very technically difficult lake to fish as it has been left to nature. The crayfish and the snags are challenges that need to be overcome but the results are worth the effort. The water level was also an issue while we were there, but you adapt and try to overcome.

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes, was very impressed with Angling Lines.

General Comments:

I had a fantastic week on Grandes Cimes, helped by the fact I had a fish on the bank within 4 hours of arriving, so the pressure was off immediately. The big fish in the lake managed to avoid my rigs for the week, but the bites were regular and the fish which are all immaculate, fight like trojans, and as the water is 3m deep every carp feels like a 50lb fish when you hook it.

The lake is completely left to nature, so there are some huge snags, which disappear in to the water, I used the sonar on my boat and some of these snags go on for another 20ft that you can’t see! As you are fishing to these snags, as there are no features on the lake bed, and these are big powerful fish, so you have to be locked up tight and on your rods, two bleeps and you need to be striking.
Bottom baits worked for me, tried Tigers, CC Moore, Sticky and Mainline and caught nothing. The owners bait works very well. There are an insane amount of crayfish, they even come into your bivvy at night, and they eat everything. A boilie is gone in an hour and it doesn’t matter what colour or flavour, they are on it which means every four hours, you are rebaiting your rigs.
The facilities are great, lovely clean hot shower and loo. There is a Carrefour supermarket 5 mins drive away that sells everything. We had some great BBQ’s. There is also a Patisserie in the local village if you fancy a treat.
The owner and his assistant can’t do enough for you, if you need bait or any batteries charging, they are happy to come collect, charge and return but you need to give them an adaptor. They also message to see that everything is ok and if you are enjoying your holiday every couple of days. Can’t recommend this place enough, and can’t wait to return.