Details of your catches:

What a week! We had a total of 75 fish!! Every peg producing fish. Peg 1 was the steady all week with 18 fish from 21lb to 43lb. Peg 2 was a little slower with 14 fish with fish from 23lb to a mega looking common at 53.6. Peg 3 was the double swim and the was 43 fish caught from the only lower double we had at 10.6 to 43lb common.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Everyone had success with different size baits. Peg 1 majority of the fish came from 3/4 rod length out on Ronnie rigs, peg 2 was the normal hair rig with 20mm as hookbait. Peg 3 we fished to the far bank on either slip D rigs or kd rigs on 20mm . The bait we used was hexbaits

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes it was our second time so no surprises.

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes fantastic with everything thing going on. Always kept in contact with me.

General Comments:

Philippe the owner was very helpful booking our Covid tests for us. Jean Jacques evening meals were fantastic. The kitchen could do with an update but it does the job and to be fair we weren’t doing the cooking in there anyway. The wash room was fine and the shower was nice and hot. I spoke to Philippe about the pegs that just need some maintenance on, like making pegs 1/2 bigger and dropping the rope and rails for better casting.

Details of your catches:

64 carp caught in total
Swim 1 (left side) - 15 up to 51lb 6oz
Swim 1 (right side) - 9 carp up to 38lb 12oz
Swim 3 - 40 carp caught up to 43lb

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Scopex tipped with fake yellow corn & tiger nuts tipped with fake yellow corn

Were the facilities what you expected?

The facilities were amazing shower area was good size! The chef was amazing, food package was a great addition as the food was amazing the whole week!

Were you happy with them?

Yes very!

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes 100%

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes!

General Comments:

I’d recommend maybe trying to lose the rope in swim 3 to maybe allow fish to feel more confident feeding all over as swim 2 was not very prolific hence why we ended up at each end cause was where the fish were held. Also maybe put chicken wire on the decking all over to help the slipping on the decking for when it rains. And also someone in my party was pestered quite often by crayfish. But other than that the whole trip was amazing and would recommend anyone for a few bites at the right time of year to give it a go!

Details of your catches:

33 fish caught, 3 anglers. Biggest 45lb 10oz mirror, 93lb Catfish

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Pop up baits armoured wrapped on very silty bed, fake corn useful tactic against crayfish.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Tranquil place, All facilities are good everything you need. Chef John Jacs cooking was excellent.

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Definitely

General Comments:

Crayfish is a big problem, we were assured by the owner he is trying to get on top of them. The worry is 3 unbaited crayfish pots, not nearly enough to combat the level of crays in La Fonte. We told the owner Philippe he needs another 10 pots regularly emptied to get on top of the pests.

*Angling Lines note* Thank you for your feedback, we are working with the owner to manage the crayfish population.

Details of your catches:

Luke peg 1 5 x carp 7lb - 58lb
Tom peg 2 2 x bream 2 x carp 28lb -37lb
Gareth peg 3 16 x carp 16lb - 50lb 8oz

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Combination of different rigs and baits all work well

Were the facilities what you expected?

Excellent facilities nice and clean

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Definitely

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes 5 star

General Comments:

On arrival was welcomed by Stephan the bailiff very nice man, the owner Philippe was very nice and welcoming with lots of knowledge about the fishing, we also had the food package prepared by John jac the food was amazing, all prepared and ready for your meal time amazing food and dessert with a choice of continental and cooked breakfast every morning, well worth the money. We have been to France a few time to different venues, La Fonte by far the best food and fishing we have experienced, a very enjoyable place to fish.