Details of your catches:

20 carp in total. The biggest being 48lb mirror, 48.5lb mirror, 53lb mirror and 55lb ghostie. No grass, tench, cats or other nuisance fish.

Stefan (L’Anse) 3 fish to 48,5lb
Yorick (La Point) 8 fish to 53lb
Robbert (Les Saules) 9 fish to 55lb

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Fishing the margins with a mix off CCU Milky Coconut & Nutty Scopex boilies with hemp, corn, buckwheat and small pellets. To avoid small fish, the best hookbaits to use were single boilies straight from the bag or pink pop-ups.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes

Were you happy with them?

Yes, it's fine

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

A difficult week in March with temperatures that varied enormously. Most of the week a strong wind from the north and freezing at night. The first few days it was mainly looking for the fish. The fish were clearly not very active yet and they certainly did not come to us this week.

Once we had found the fish, they appeared to be hanging around in a number of places, somewhat grouped. Centrally on the water in front of “La point” and between the branches where the sun shined most of the day.

Given the time of year, my experience is mainly to fish very attractive, so white and yellow pop-ups, small snowmans and little or no bait. With this approach we occasionally caught a fish, but we still had the feeling that there was more to be had.

Most of the fish initially came from La Point. A few meters from the bank on the opposite side and left central on the water where the fish regularly showed. From this swim, fishing with Originals Krill Caramel and Strawberry Special Yorick also caught on average the bigger fish with multiple fish over 30lb including a 48lb and a 53lb, both of which meant a new PB for him.

Stefan caught the same 48lb mirror from L'Anse earlier that week. This fish, unlike the rest, also shows clear signs of being caught frequently. The rest off the fish we’ve caught were absolute stunners. We saw mainly many small commons swimming along the margins in the snags. In those places we chose to introduce more bait than the time of year prescribes. By fishing here with attractive hookbaits, CCU Milky Coconut and CCU Nutty Scopex snowmans, we mainly caught the small commons.

With the drone we also saw some larger carp swimming nearby, including the ghostie that, according to Mehdi, would weigh over 56lb. This fish could make up for Robbert's week, because until then he mainly caught the smaller fish (up to just over 33lb). The last 2 days of the week it was his mission to catch it!

The snowmans had to make way for a single boilie straight from the bag and outside the baited area a single pink pop-up. The last morning it finally happened and Robbert caught the ghostie at 55lb.

Given the circumstances, it was absolutely a successful week. You will certainly have to work for it at Laroussi, but rewards are there to be had. Actively looking for the fish and extremely precise fishing and feeding are a must here! Be prepared to move swims and fish where the fish are and be very precise to fish in the exact same spot every time.

Mehdi is an excellent host. Stick to the rules and he's your best friend. A very friendly man and very helpful.

Details of your catches:

Carp - 2 x 50s to 56 ghost common lake record, 2 x 40s to 42lb 8oz, 4 x 30s to 38, 2 x 20s to 23lb 8oz
Cats - 6 x cats to 35lb
1 x small tench

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

All caught on the same bait which I make myself a HNV fishmeal calle SLS. Tactics were a bed of bait in a silt bottomed gulley just over 12ft deep

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes

Were you happy with them?

Overall yes, although the water in the shower could have been a bit hotter for my personal preference

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes already have

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes this is the second time I have been with Angling Lines and found the service to be excellent, very informative and smooth running booking with no issues

General Comments:

A superb lake which gives you the feel of proper wild carping with the mature tree lined banks and natural but accessible swims, the lake bed is also very interesting with many humps bumps and gulley's giving many options of where to place baits.

The owner Mehdi is very nice and helpful with plenty of advice on tactics and feeding spots in the swims if needed, also Mehdi bailiff's with a very good balance of being at hand if needed but also let's you get on with your fishing without being intrusive.

All in all a brilliant venue with fish that are in an amazing condition hard fighting with clean mouths and massive tail fins. The photo's below are of an amazing triple take

Details of your catches:

7 landed 2 lost

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Fishing at range beds of party and beds of boilly yellow zigs 2 ft under the surface

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes spot on

Were you happy with them?

All u need on a fishing holiday

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes defo owner is a really nice guy fished here and old oaks just booked to go back

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Defo

General Comments:

Fishing was very hard as temps were so high hitting mid 30s most days cant wait for a proper go in better conditions

Details of your catches:

I had 6 fish in total 3 carp, 3 grass carp, biggest grass 50lb 4oz, biggest carp mirror 48lb 5oz

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Boilie only, fished heli style with Ronnie rig and 15mm pop up

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yeah fantastic

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:

There are far too many grass carp in the lake