Details of your catches:

We had a great time as always, Mehdi is cool as hell! He's become a good friend over the yrs, facilities good, bait service good, fishing amazing, lake beautiful.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Robin caught: commons 48lb, 43lb, 20lb, mirrors 38lb, 38lb, 30lb and 6 cat fish. Adam: commons 28lb, mirrors 50lb, 49lb, Grass 48 lb, sturgeon 68lb

Were the facilities what you expected?

Facilities are fine, all you need. tactics, good boilies , mark and find good feed areas {take your time and watch the lake, find them as they follow the wind} hand full of bait on each rod, fish at a time water, I marked up 6 cast options on day 1 and moved around them.

Were you happy with them?

Happy.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes we have intrduced many friends to laroussi.

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Your services are great, 11yrs of great holidays, 2 times a yr, proof in the pudding.

General Comments:

Can't wait to go again. Mehdi has all our pictures. and my partner Lyndsey loved her 1st trip to France, coming again next yr.

Details of your catches:

The three of us managed 26 fish including 19 grass carp ranging from 31-42 five being over 40lb 2 mid twenty mirrors and three small commons and two large tench

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Fake maize and single fruity baits fished over mehdis party blend

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes, very clean and tidy

Were you happy with them?

Yes, very

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Definitely

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Already have

General Comments:

Had a brilliant week, weather was scorching hot but we all managed new pb grass carp

Details of your catches:

32 common, 5 cats up to 30lb, 60 sturgeon, 40 Grassy, 28 common, 40 mirror

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

We tried everything in the book, they took everything to be fair, single pop ups maybe.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes great thanks.

Were you happy with them?

More than.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

definitely.

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes.

General Comments:

We keep promising ourselves that we will avoid July/August in France but keep going back. all venues are the same this time of year where you think you are getting 7 days fishing but its only 7 nights as the fish just hold up under trees & this lake is no different from any other, however there are some spectacular fish here & the lake is in great condition with depths from 3-14 feet. we didn't over bait because you never know what has gone in the week before. The difference between this lake & any other is the owner Medhi, i can quite honestly say that if you could choose your perfect neighbor then this chap would be him, what a top bloke. The question is will we return? 100% but we will choose some cooler months next time as 37 degrees can play havoc with your catch rate. This is carp fishing Boys.

Details of your catches:

I had 5 x 40+ up to 44lb, 3 x 30 biggest 35lb and 2 x 20lb 10 fish with 3 lost 44lb common 43lb grass carp 42 lb grass carp 41. 08 mirror 41 lb common 35 lb mirror 32 lb common 30 lb mirror 25 lb common 21 lb common My brother caught 3 x 40 lb + and 4 x 30 lb+ fish all grass carp one estimated well above 50 but it jumped the net before a chance to weight it. A true tale of the one that got away :-) We also caught over 10 baby catfish between 3-10 pounds it appears the cats have bred and at least two years spawning are being caught.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Best tactics were to fish plastic and real sweetcorn on the hook over a bed or Medhi's partiblend. Had some success with bright yellow pineapple pop ups but the majority of the fish came to corn. I started at the far end of the lake in Le Chene and my brother in the beach swim. Medhi had given us some advice about the bars and possible spots to fish and I settled for the gravel at about 95 yards. I had two fish the first night fishing over a small area of particles. Nothing on the second night and then 2 fish the following night. The weather was against us, very hot, high pressure and blue skies. All the bites were coming from 11:00 pm till 4am. My brother hadn't had a bite in "the beach" swim and decided to move to swim 1 nearest the shower block where we could see crashing and with-in 2 hours had 2 grass carp. After another quiet night in "Le Chene" I moved to "the point " swim and caught every night fishing to the far bank about 20 yards off. That was the line fish were showing, also I had on rod on the plateau about half way across which produced as well. My brother also caught every night and on one occasion we both had 40lb +grass carp at the same time which made netting and photos interesting.

Were the facilities what you expected?

The lake itself is fantastic, very quiet and a good all round venue. The swims aren't too tightly placed and most have a lot of water to fish, its a hard lake in my opinion but if you work hard and don't over do the baiting to start you can catch and start to build up your swim. Medhi is a great guy and will offer his knowledge if you ask, always ready to make more partiblend or anything else for that matter. It was always sold as a drive and survive so all I expected was a clean working shower, running water, good fridge and freezer and toilet which we had.

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Absolutely, with the caveat this is definitely not a runs water but big fish can be had with work and a little thought.

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes I have used angling lines for at least ten years now and never had a bad experience.

General Comments:

Although the really hot weather and high pressure made fishing harder it was a good week. Reading some of the other weeks feedback we did expect a lot of issues with liners and the sturgeon wiping us out, however we were pleasantly surprised I don't think I had any in the week even fishing from two different swims. Medhi seems to really care about his fishery and is one of the most welcoming and generally nicest people I have meet. I will be back to fish this lake again and that's one of the few I have said that about. The only issue for Medhi I can see in the future is the number of small cats being caught, we were asked to retain them and he is taking out of the lake but the number we caught seems to suggest quiet a large spawn. I did talk to him about the possibility of providing nets, unhooking mats and weigh slings which would protect his carp and save a lot of bulk for anglers travelling to the lake. That is one of my bugbears when having to put wet slings mats in the car for a long journey home, oh the sweet smell of success turns a bit sour after 5 hours in a hot car lol.