Details of your catches:

2 anglers sharing peg:
44lb mirror
43lb mirror
35lb common
32lb mirror
31lb mirror
28lb common
26lb mirror
108lb catfish

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Wafters fished to the hard ground on the far margins.

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, Angling Lines have been excellent as usual.

General Comments:

The fishing was very hard, but this was down to the conditions and I think separate pegs would have been a better idea. The fish we did catch were in great condition and worth the waiting. I would go back in the summer and the owner is a great guy and made it a pleasurable trip.

Details of your catches:

Swim 1
1 mirror 39.12
Swim 2
0 fish
Swim 3
14 carp
Biggest 39.6

Looking at previous reports I really cannot see where we went wrong. Tried various tactics and it just wouldn't produce. The days were very hot and the nights were very cold so we put it down to this. We tried far margins, close margins, open water, snowman, wafter, long and short rigs.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Extremely hard week for swim 1 and 2, the mirror was caught on a wafter to the far margin. Swim 3 mainly fished to the rope and had great success.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes I would, fishing is fishing, a bad week should not discourage other anglers coming here, I would just recommend a visit in September instead.

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes, we already have another trip booked.

General Comments:

We weren't greatly pleased with the food package, especially breakfast. The facilities there are very good so i would suggest cooking your own.

Details of your catches:

Swim 1 had 27 fish
1 x 60 pound Common
1 x 53 Mirror
4 x 40+ fish
16 x 30+fish
5 x 20+ fish

Swim 2 had 19 fish
3 x 40+ fish
11x 30 +fish
5 x 20+ fish

Swim 3 had 17 fish
10 x 30+ fish
6 x 20+ fish
1 12lb fish

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Snowman rig fished close to far margins

Were the facilities what you expected?

The shower facilities were not good they are tired and very dirty.
Swim 1 and 2 are not double swims. We had two people in swim one and it wasn't good.

*Angling Lines note* Thank you for your feedback, the owner has now enlarged swim 1 based on the feedback, we have updated the photos.

Were you happy with them?

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

The lake is very nice. The trees surrounding swim 1 and 2 need to be maintained to a better standard.

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

I would 100% recommend Angling Lines to friends. It was easy to book. I was kept up to date when there were changes to ferry times. We had to leave a day early due to a family issue at home. Angling Lines responded so quickly contacting P&O changing our ferry times. Superb communication.

General Comments:

Very happy with Angling Lines. La Fonte is a nice lake but some of the facilities and swim sizes let the place down.

Details of your catches:

53 carp in total. The biggest known common and mirror fell to Lee at 56.02 common and 51.10 mirror (top rod)

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Use boillies only
Hard hook bait to get past the crayfish

Were the facilities what you expected?

Excellent

Were you happy with them?

Yes very

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Definitely

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Definitely

General Comments:

Fantastic place
Philippe is a smashing chap