Details of your catches:

38 fish caught up to 44lb 8oz. 5 30lb fish and the rest being high 20s. Only fished until 2a.m. some nights and didn't fish some days.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Fished the far margin. Baited up with particle, fished boilie over the top.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes. Hot shower. Freezer for bait. Fridge for food and drink. Everything you need.

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes- definitely

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

Brilliantly run lake and instantly made welcome. Mark has a great knowledge of the venue and will go out of his way to make sure you have everything you need. Food package is 100% worth it! Anita does a great job in the kitchen and you wont go hungry. Social BBQ is a nice touch, gets all the Anglers interacting and is good fun. Overall this is a great venue and we will definitely be returning soon. Thanks again to Mark and Anita for making this trip one to remember!

Details of your catches:

60 carp caught between two anglers ranging from 5 lb to 36 lb . Only two thirtys caught. Most fish around the 20 lb Mark

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Sticky and urban baits used, both good . By far the best bait to top a snowman rig was purple mulberry florentine pop ups.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Very clean site, good hosts so yes

Were you happy with them?

Facilities were good but bike hire from jonchery 7 would be a big plus or adding a portaloo by the lake.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes, but not to all my friends as its not everybody's type of venue

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

Lots and lots of carp, if you go take a bike. Also take a drill and masonry bit to help fix your bivvy pegs through the hardcore. Mosquitos galore so go prepared. Meals not always delivered so expect to go to the house to collect sometimes. No breakfast supplied on final morning which we thought we would get but overall food package was superb as were the bailiff and his wife. Very friendly and nothing too much trouble. Social bbq on a Wednesday is a great idea . I plan on fishing jonchery main lake again but not jonchery 7

Details of your catches:

34 carp to 41 pounds

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Wafters and snowman rigs to margin spots feeding little and often

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes and better mark and his wife lovely people couldnt ask for better hosts

Were you happy with them?

Yes plenty of fridge and freezer space shower very good

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes without a doubt

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes used angling lines several times and never let us down

General Comments:

We will look to book again

Details of your catches:

61 super fit hard fighting Carp to 43lb, many big 30s and a few Exocet Grassies

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

We used the ‘house boilie’ the pellet Mark uses to support the fish during the winter months. the best method seemed to be fishing just off a good bed of bait.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Much better

Were you happy with them?

Very happy. We had car trouble at the end of the week, flat battery due to too many boat battery charges. In spite of the fact that Mark manages 3 or 4 other waters and of course Saturday is the busiest day, he came to the rescue, top man Mark thanks

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes, and I have

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

Jonchery 7 is a mystery it’s quite a small lake, approximately 5 acres, it is also quite shallow less than a metre in the main. After a few hours fishing it was very clear that it holds a phenomenal head of super fit hard fighting big Carp. Hence the mystery how can a water of this volume hold this head a fish in super condition? Mark the fishery manager explained, Jonchery is a small part of a massive water control system for the whole of the river Marne and the champagne region. Mark can control water flow through the lake by tens of thousands of gallons a minute. This inflow of fresh oxygenated water supports the large head of fish. As an exclusive lake you can bivvi up anywhere, we opted for the large made-up peg at the stockpond end, this peg gives access to all the lake. Carp were spawning along the right hand margin so we concentrated on the far margin and the left hand end of the lake. We were into carp right from the start, we had bought 10k of the ‘house boilie’ each and a sack of the pellet Mark uses to support the fish during the winter months between us, the catch rate soon demanded more bait. The weather conditions were quite bad, some very cold nights and torrential rain, on most venues this would be a downer but a J7 the fish kept coming. The only concession to the conditions was we chose to wind in on three nights to try and dry off and get some rest. By mid-week the spawning had stopped we could fish all the lake. Meals are available at J7 we opted for evening meals only, these were excellent and brought to the peg what more could you ask!!! Our tally was 61Carp to 43lb many high 30s and a few Exocet Grassies, by the end of the week we were looking forward to a rest on our second venue Brocard, but that’s another story.