Details of your catches:

9 fish landed between 4 anglers, 5 fish 40lb plus and 1 51lb

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

House boilies and pellets

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes ..

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Deffo recommend, nice lakes, Mark the bailiff is always on hand to give advice and put you on the spots where fish feed, top bloke too. Anita his wife does the food package which I highly recommend too, both a lovely people...

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Wouldn't book through anyone else than Angling Lines, nothing is too much trouble. They always keep you up to date with anything that's going on ie covid requirements and on this latest trip the P & O saga. Big thank you to all the girls in Angling Lines

General Comments:

Pleasant trip throughout, would highly recommend a visit... have already booked for 2023

Details of your catches:

14 fish between 3 of us.
3 x 50s
8 x 40s
3 x 30s

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Fishery pellet and boilies. Snowman rigs using soft hooklink. I listened to Mark a few years back and have been catching on it ever since.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes

Were you happy with them?

Yes all good always clean.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes, already have.

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

Brilliant place to go to catch some big fish. Listen to the bailiff mark he will put you on the spots to catch.

Details of your catches:

No fish caught after a drop in temperatures and prolonged high pressure

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Tried loads of different baits and locations but the fish weren't interested

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes

Were you happy with them?

Well maintained, great hot shower, clean kitchen and lodge

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

Angling Lines were great throughout the pandemic, keeping us updated. Mark and Anita were great hosts, Mark offered us great advice and Anita's food was excellent. We have already booked again

Details of your catches:

0.
No fish were caught in the week of our trip.
I am a none angler and shared a peg with my father in law. Neither of us caught a fish.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

We tried various methods recommended by the lake manager.

Were the facilities what you expected?

I was surprised that there was only one toilet and one shower cubical on site. Personally from a camping background I thought this was a little bit poor.
Toilet rolls also ran out and were not replaced (so assuming that the toilet was not checked on a regular basis).

Were you happy with them?

Overall the facilities were basic. The addition of a second toilet and shower would have made a big difference.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

The venue has a huge amount of potential to be a very good venue. But I personally think it lacks facilities to make it that. So no I would not recommend it to a friend.

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Your overall services have been very good.
Good communication via email etc.

General Comments:

The lake manager seemed to be somewhat pre occupied with other tasks other than helping/informing the anglers. As I said I am not an angler. I was guided by my father in law. I have travelled extensively through France and also taken part in cycling holidays. The guides on cycle tours seem much more interested in the guests happiness. I think they could have moved some of the anglers onto other empty pegs to see if they could have caught fish on them. We were not offered any help or support from our first meeting with them upon arrival. I spent sometime talking to the lake manager and he considered himself a professional carpist. But did little to offer assistance to me or my father in law on what was the best tactic to caught fish at his venue.
A really shame we didn’t catch anything. The lake is stunning. The area surrounding it is beautiful ( I took my bike and went for a couple of cycle rides) the local people were friendly and welcoming.
I would perhaps look at using your services again but I doubt I would reconsider Jonchery lake again.
As mentioned I am a none angler, I throughly enjoyed the lake and the surroundings.
I couldn’t comment on the fishing though.
It would have been nice to have caught at least one fish for my father in law.