Details of your catches:

Carp and a big pike

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Pop up boilies, powder baits and sweetcorn

Were the facilities what you expected?

Very good

Were you happy with them?

Yes extremely

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Certainly

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Certainly

General Comments:

Fabian was an excellent host

Details of your catches:

10 fish caught. 3x 30's, 3x20's 1x18 and 1x 12lb Koi plus two pasties on float.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Started on plastic boilies incase of crayfish issues but they hadn't got too active yet. First fish came to a sweet plastic boilie - rest were caught on proper boilies with fish based boilies preferred by the fish. All fish came during the night or early morning other than the pasties. Far margins the most productive but keep at least a rod length of it but to tree debris/brambles. Good idea to fish shallows during the day to keep fish moving around the lake. We fished from huts at night and fish moved away during the day.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Exactly as described and whilst basic give you all you need.

Were you happy with them?

Yes - actually better than we expected.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes 100%. It is perfect for two anglers who don't want luxury accommodation and want a venue that is challenging without being ridiculously hard to catch

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes - Other than issues with finding the venue that was probably down to our sat nav everything went smoothly and communication from Angling Lines was great.

General Comments:

Fabien and his wife who run the property are amazing hosts and nothing is too much trouble for them. It was my wife's birthday while we were there and Fabien booked a restaurant for me for the day and then in the evening he came down with his family with cakes and candles - totally made my wife's day. With good English from Fabien and pigeon French from me we were able to communicate well and had a good laugh. We have never felt so welcome at a venue as Fabien and his family made us feel. Respect their rules and the fact they live on site and you won't find a more friendly lake to fish.
If you go there in the height of summer ensure you have decent plastic baits or armour mesh as its clear Crayfish activity will occur then.

Details of your catches:

Carp between 14lb to 41lb

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Far bank and margin, use mixture of boilies, corn and hemp. Used a Pva bag and a Chod set up, both worked well.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Definitely

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Definitely

General Comments:

The host and lake owners were welcoming and extremely helpful.

Details of your catches:

15 carp from 17lb to 44lb.
1 tench.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Pop up and pellet
Boilie and PVA

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes everything was great!

Were you happy with them?

It was exactly what we were looking for.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes, without hesitation

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

N/A

General Comments: