Details of your catches:

3 anglers 129 fish caught 2 x 40s 4 x 30s and 33 x 20s and many mid to high doubles this total did include around 50 grass carp to 21 lbs, 2 x tench. 2 x bream and 1 Zander

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

quest baits 20mm raja spice or 20mm magnum white fished on a size 6 hook with 10 inch hook link and a 3oz weight

Were the facilities what you expected?

yes, this venue is excellent for a family fishing holiday with the proximity of the house pool and lake being so close together made for a wonderful holiday

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:

Giles & Sharon were very welcoming and helpful with any request we had. I only have one small complaint, there are too many grass carp, but we do understand why they have been put in the lake.

Details of your catches:

In total i had around 75 fish for the 2 weeks. The majority were grass carp up to 22 lb, but i had plenty of mirrors to 36 lb (3 30's) and several commons to 25. Average carp was probarbly mid 20's. I only fished a few hours per day and not at all on 2 days. I never fished after midnight. Total fishing time was around 90 hours at a guess. During the 2nd week we had temps of around 34 deg c most days, and the fishing got a lot slower (the lake felt like bath water at times!).

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

I used a total of 55 kgs of bait during the 2 weeks, mainly mainline new grange boilies with raja spice boilies and some pellets (about 20 kg). Using new grange paste was incredibly effective, so much so that i stopped using it (grass carp would not leave it alone!). As for rigs, i used simple snow man rigs with size 4 or 6 hooks and korda coated hook links. I had a lot of hook pulls the first week and lost 2 very large fish, having said that even mid 20's took 15 mins to land at times! I tried various different hook types and rigs but it made no real difference; i think the fish were not feeding that heavily at times, hence somewhat light hook holds.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes. Very good indeed.

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:

Mas Bas is an amazing place, as is the surrounding area. Gilles and Sharon were great hosts. Cannot fault them. If i return i would definitely fish the River Lot (we saw a guy catch a cat fish in a local town; looks very interesting place to fish). The main lake currently contains many grass carp and these can be somewhat frustrating at times (i had 7 in successive casts to the same rod one day!). They must be eating a lot of the bait that goes in; reducing their numbers further would help the carp get even bigger i'm sure!

Details of your catches:

Got a 44lb mirror second day of being here, then a 33lb, 39lb & a 25lb rest of week, Good Stuff. Others were between 12-28lb common carp and a few grass carp.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Bait little and often, size 4 hook.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Better than expected

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:

First fishing holiday ever and second carp I've eva caught and got a 44lb mirror second day of being here, could not ask for more, made my holiday.

Details of your catches:

We caught many fish, 115 carp in 1 week with 3 anglers. Only disadvantage is that there are too many grass carps. Despite that we caught 4 carps of 40+ lb, many 30+ lb, a lot of 20+ lb and doubles.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Simple rig and because we are Team Quest Baits Holland we only used Quest Baits boilies Rahja Spice, Fruity Trifle and Magnum White combined Pimple Pops. Hence the good catches.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Lovely surroundings, lovely house and good furniture.

Were you happy with them?

Very happy, we had a great time despite the weather (we had rain every day of the week).

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

Great place to go for families, or groups of friends.