Details of your catches:

39 fish up to 47lb caught, with a large stamp of 30’s

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Wafters and critically balanced tigers on ronnie and KD.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes, albeit the shower and fridge/freezer was rather dirty.

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes, food package was very good.

General Comments:

A good lake and food package, a little shallow in places (1 foot) with snags. The out of bounds area hold a lot of fish, this could be cleared in the winter and force the fish around the lake a bit more.

Details of your catches:

Swim 1 - 31 fish, biggest 59lb common
Swim 2 - 16 fish, biggest carp 50lb, biggest catfish over 140lb (biggest set of scales we had weights up to 137lb and it went past that)
Swim 3 - 35 fish, biggest 45lb mirror

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Match the hatch wafters over Atlantic Heat boilies, rebaiting every 2 hours because of the crayfish, then plastic baits at night just so you could keep a bait in the water seemed to work best

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes just a bit of updating the kitchen area and the shower and toilets would be nice, its our 3rd year now and nothing seems to have changed but we still managed OK

Were you happy with them?

Yes, as said could do with updating

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Definitely, Angling Lines do an amazing job keeping everything nice and easy and are always happy to help you out if you have a problem

General Comments:

If your looking for a lake thats nice and quiet then La Fonte is definitely the place. Jean Jaques the chef does a great job and Phillipe the owner makes you very much welcome

Details of your catches:

Swim 1 had 3 fish up to 37.13lb
Swim 2 no fish
Swim 3 11 fish to 52.5lb

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Solid bags with match the hatch wafters

Were the facilities what you expected?

No they are very tired and in need of a lot of upgrades and maintenance.

Were you happy with them?

They didn’t spoil the trip but I wouldn’t return which is a shame as the lake has great potential.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

No

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

The chef Jean-Jacque was an amazing guy and made up for the poor facilities. The owner was a nice guy but clearly doesn’t invest any time or money into the venue.
The lake has a real bad crayfish issue, no matter where you place your rig they are onto it immediately, which made it hard to be confident you had any bait left on the rig.
*Angling Lines note* Thank you for your feedback, we really appreciate it. We will pass on your comments regarding the facilities to the owner. We are sorry the crayfish were so active on your week, this is often worst in the hottest months.

Details of your catches:

As a group we ended with 31 fish:
1 x 69.11lb
8 x 40+lb
15 x 30+lb
2 x 20+lb
And a few smaller ones

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

12mm pink pop ups over small scattering of corn definitely produced the most fish.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Perfectly adequate. We have no complaints at all

Were you happy with them?

Yes everything you needed was working and available onsite

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Absolutely. Already have

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Great service. Best fishing site I have used. Great communication and very user friendly.

General Comments:

What a fantastic week we have had.
We started with a bit of carp depression due to 3 solid days of biblical rain but as soon as that passed the week really got going. We had multiple double takes and a treble take resulting in the biggest fish in the lake.
The food was good and having a chat with phillippe was very interesting.
He has a very interesting background and well worth a chat. He was a very polite lovely guy as were all of the staff.