Details of your catches:

Peg 6 left hand side to the Pylons
5 x 20lb
8 x 30lb
6 x 40lb
2 x 50lb + lots of tench

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Blowback rigs with house boilies and hard hookers.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes

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:

Details of your catches:

We all had 30s and 40s to 48 at the biggest. Had a great time.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Basically listen to Mark and he will put you right.
Large bottom baits with plenty of particles and pellets

Were the facilities what you expected?

Spot on.
Plenty of room and very clean

Were you happy with them?

More than happy

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Definitely 💯

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes definitely. Fantastic service and communication

General Comments:

We’ve been to Jonchery a few times now, and love getting back there every time.

Details of your catches:

Fish up to 36lb

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Listen to Mark and use his bait or at least take a sweet bait.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes clean and pleasant

Were you happy with them?

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes I would definitely recommend this venue

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

Overall I thoroughly enjoyed my stay. Mark made us feel very welcome and helped wherever possible.

Details of your catches:

Fished pegs 3 and 6
23 carp to 55lb
5 grass carp to 53lb
We had over 20 tench
And about 8 x 1lb carp

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Dna bug with pellets and maze 22mm and 24mm hookbaits double wrapped. Doing our own thing.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes facilities was good.

Were you happy with them?

Yes they did the job

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Not really, too many tench, small carp and lots of cray fish.

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes definitely, I've used Angling Lines a few times now and it's been great and easy to use.

General Comments:

Mark and his wife are great. Mark would do anything for you, we took the food package which was ok and plenty of.
I was pretty annoyed really, a few weeks before the trip I text Mark asking was there any crays and did we need to wrap baits, his answer was no just bring hard hookbaits. Which we took hard hookers, when got to the lake he told us we needed to wrap our baits because of the small stuff pecking the baits but from day 1 it was obvious that there was crays. There's no way small fish would take wrap off your baits. He also said use big baits which we did and still caught tench and small carp. He told us to pile the bait in which we did first 2 days with little action because the fish was down the other end of the lake. And didn't move all week. We also fished spots he told us. After day two we done our own thing, found new spots and little bait approach and started catching. So don't always follow what Mark says. Pilling bait in don't always result in more fish. If your on fish then you could use a lot of bait but we wasn't. Too many tench and small carp and a lot of crays. We pay alot of money and travel to go. It needs to be put up on the website tench and crays in lake so people can be prepared for the lake instead of finding out at the lake and gotta buy things at silly money.

*Venue Bailiff Note*
Thank you for your feedback.
 Regarding fish activity during your stay: the swims you fished produced strong catch rates both before and after your visit - 57 and 46 fish the week prior, and 50 and 30 fish the week after. This suggests the lower results during your trip were linked to specific conditions during that week.


On arrival, our advice was to avoid fishmeal-based baits, as the fish on this lake generally respond better to sweet baits - fishmeal tends to attract roach and tench rather than carp. During the week of your visit, around 173 carp were landed in total, with only around 20 of these coming to fishmeal. We believe the fishmeal used could explain the drop-off you experienced.


On the topic of wrapping bait: when you spoke with me, water temperatures were lower, so wrapping wasn't necessary at that time. However, temperatures rose to 28°C during your trip itself, and warmer water causes boilies to break down faster, making them more attractive to roach. Unfortunately, this rise in temperature happened after your initial conversation with me, so it wasn't something that could have been anticipated at the time advice was given.
We hope this helps explain the conditions during your visit.