Details of your catches:

2x Cats 66lb & 26lb
5x Bream
10x Carp between 18lb to heaviest at 43lb.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Baiting spots & bottom baits, some match the hatch.
Yellow & pink colours did best

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes.

Were you happy with them?

Yes lots of flies, but Richard supplied fly paper.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes overall really good. Good to have English plugs.

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes Angling lines have been fantastic. We use them ever year.

General Comments:

The heat was averaging 28-35degrees.
This caused the water levels to drop approximately 5-6 ft. This caused landing fish quite difficult.

Details of your catches:

60 fish between the 3 of us shared pretty evenly

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

House boilies and pellets

Were the facilities what you expected?

Exactly as expected and everything you need

Were you happy with them?

100%

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Definitely

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Definitely

General Comments:

Great lake, great fish and a great host

Details of your catches:

60 fish in total - 3 anglers (fishing days only)
- 3 x 50s
- 3 x 40s
- 24 x 30s
- 23 x 20s
- 4 x doubles
- 3 x cats

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Lake baits worked well - inferno and nut mixed in this instance. The shallower end produced fish all week with the deeper aerator end being on and off throughout the week. Dropping the bait with a boat helped with presentation in deep silt in the deeper swim with a scattering of bait over the top.
In the later part of our trip we took a couple of rods to quieter swims and did well flicking out small bags amongst feeding fish.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Cabin, kitchen and bathroom facilities were ideal.

Were you happy with them?

Yes 100%

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes, perfect venue to get amongst a few fish with bankside accomodation

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes 100%

General Comments:

Great lake with some real lumps to catch. Richard is a sound guy and knows the lake inside out.
There’s a video of our trip on youtube '
Lillybelle lake france - August 2026. Carp to 55lb' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tZVgzsybks

Details of your catches:

Over 650kg of fish from 4 fishermen. Carp & catfish.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Using the recommended baits purchased from the bailiff was very helpful.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes.

Were you happy with them?

They were satisfactory for the trip.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

Overall a fabulous lake to start our French fishing experience. Richard was very easy to work with and knowledgeable. All had a great time and made done great memories for life. Thanks to everyone involved.