Details of your catches:

28 fish from 11lb to 46 lb, 1 catfish 104 lb, 1 bream

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Mainly bottom baits and a few on pop ups

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes very good

Were you happy with them?

Cooking facilities were good, plenty of hot water all the time for showers etc

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes, great venue and fish

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes , brilliant service as always, never had any issues with angling lines

General Comments:

Swims would possibly be better if the decking came all the way back to lake bank doing away with walkways

Details of your catches:

4 anglers had 71 runs between us and landed 52 fish, half of these was 30's

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Bottom baits and pop ups worked well

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Definitely, food was good and shower facility was clean

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

Not enough casting room on pegs 1 and 2 which resulted in a broken rod for one angler, general maintenance needs to be carried out on pegs and lake. Loads of under water snags need removing. Fish need removing from out of bounds area and and out of bounds area needs closing off as I would estimate a quarter of the lakes stock is here.

*Owners note* Thank you for your feedback. Concerning the first swim I have now cut the bushes on both sides. And I will do it further this week as I was asked by the anglers. Concerning the second swim, I think the issue you had was with the rope I have put towards where the swim narrows at the back walkway to prevent anglers from falling in the water (it is an easy miss-step to make). The angler who is fishing there this week told me there was no problem for him. This being said I will try to find a solution to get rid of the ropes so they can not be caught when casting and still prevent the anglers from falling.

I will have to wait till the end of the season to get rid of remaining snags that are behind the rope.

Details of your catches:

50 plus fish very hot first three days once cooled fishing was good three biggest 40lb 4oz 47lb 44lb

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Bottom baits cell topped with mad baits wicked white pop up krill bottom bait mad baits pandemic

Were the facilities what you expected?

Good, shower good great hosts

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Great place to catch good fish just some snags need sorting and some gardening behind swim one for better casting

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

Overall happy

Details of your catches:

Dan 13 fish - biggest 38lb 08oz mirror
pete 6 fish - biggest 44lb 00oz mirror

1x 40lb-50lb
8x 30lb-40lb
8x 20lb-30lb
1x 10lb-20lb
1x 0lb-10lb

19 fish also lost due to hook pulls!!

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

The fish moved around a lot so if there is space then move about. We often had 2/3 fish very quickly if we moved onto showing/feeding fish. We caught on all the different baits we took. We used a baitboat but also baited up from the far margin. Bottom baits did seem to get the bites quicker.

The crayfish were a nightmare, very glad we took armamesh and shrink wrap. even the tough armamesh needed to be doubled over and still got wrecked over night. Certain areas were much worse than others.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes, very good. Having a large amount of freezer and fridge space was vital due to the very hot weather. Everything was clean and as expected.

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes, I think it is important to read the feedback for this venue. The crayfish, the snags and the state of the fish's mouths are very important to know about and prepare for before the trip.

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes, as usual angling lines were brilliant.

General Comments:

Be prepared to get in the boat when you get snagged. There are still snags mid water.

Be prepared to tackle the crayfish!

A lot of the fish have very badly damaged mouths, this caused us to loose a lot of fish. The hooks we took just weren't big enough. Size 2 minimum I would say were needed.

It was a shame that half way through the week a large amount of grounds work in and around the lake were taking place. This meant due to the noise and disturbance we had to move our entire camp to the far end of the lake. We understand work needs to take place but we were told it would only be for an hour but it was all day.