Details of your catches:

We caught 40 mirror carp to 29lb 12 oz, 14 common carp up to 34lb 8 oz, 27 grass carp to 21lb 4oz and a Koi carp at 5lb 8 oz.Plus 23 carp under 20lb. Also had 4 Sturgeon up to 16lb 8 oz. In summary we had 100 runs not connecting with 4 fish and pulling the hook on just one 55 carp.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Were the facilities what you expected?

Better

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:

It was a very enjoyable weeks fishing in idyllic surroundings with beautiful facilities. We cannot fault the lakes or the venues and our accommodation was great for two blokes fishing. I am in the process of arranging and securing a trip for the Lake house for next year. Taking our wifes and daughters. The only frustrating thing was not connecting with the bigger fish. I must however compliment you both on the health and fitness of yur stock pound for pound they have got to be amongst the hardest fighting carp i have ever caught and have been fishing for over 25 years.

Details of your catches:

95 Fish Caught - 41 Mirrors to 29lb 12oz (13 Fish between 27lb and 29lb 12oz), 14 6 to 34lb 8oz (3 Others between 26lb 8oz and 28lb 8oz), 27 Grass Carp to 21lb 4oz (6 others between 12lb and 15lb the rest mostly scrapers or single figures), 1 Koi (Stunning Fish) 5lb 8oz, 4 Sturgeon 16lb 8oz, 14lb 6oz (Float Fishing on 6lb Line) 14lb and 7lb 12oz. Unfortunately 13 tench and Bream between 1lb and 4lb at a push. Very pleased overall as the fish fight hard so Unfinished Business and will be back.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Single 20mm baits pretty much anywhere, Size 6 micro barbed hooks with shorter hooklinks beween 5-8 inches long and 3.5 - 4.5 oz leads. 15-20 Assorted Boilies not too tight per fish. Fish came mainly early to late evening through early hours. Nearly all the runs were single tones and we only lost 1 fish all week. As far as baits We used Mainline Cell, Dynamite Baits Spicy Tuna and also Chocalate Malt & Tiger Nut, Mainline Essential Opal and Quest Bait Raja Spice. To be honest we caught on everything but in the end the Spicy Tuna and Raja Spice took the most fish pretty evenly.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes

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:

The only negative for me is that there were too many small Grass Carp under 10lb and Tench and Bream under 5lb now taking 20mm Boilies. 1 in 3 runs to be precise. Gilles is addressing this in the winter. On a much more positive note the venue is absolutely fantastic with a stunning backdrop its idylic. If the fishing does not want to make you come back then the setting will... its truely awesome. We are a little dissapointed that we only managed to hook into one mid thirty between us, because they were such tremendously hard fighting Carp that an upper thirty or forty on this venue will be quite special.
We will definately return as this to us is very much unfinished business.

Details of your catches:

the fishing on this venue is dead easy, we caught 2 forty's 3 thirty's over 50 twenty's and 10 or so doubles fishing 1/2 day's only

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

any

Were the facilities what you expected?

willow cottage was typically french with a mismatch of furniture, very clean with french plumbing thrown in

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

yes, the setting is very beautiful, quite remote and wonderfully quiet with nature

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes angling lines were very helpful and efficient

General Comments:

For anybody wanting a bend in the rod the setting and fishing here is excellent.Giles and Lesley are good hosts unfortunately on our visit the weather wasn't too clever.

Details of your catches:

I had 48 fish in total, 11 grass carp to 18.5 lb, 19 mirror carp to 33lb, 8 common carp to 28.5 lb, 9 bream and a lovely 4lb tench. Dad had 12 fish in total to 29.5 lb including a beautiful koi carp to 8 lb.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Most of my fish came from fishing to the fountain (but not too tight or you'll get snagged) and casting into the shallows with single hookbaits and a small pva bag containing two crushed boilies. I used relativity short hooklinks to what Gilles recommends, about 6-9 inches in length. During the day I used washed out boilies which in my opinion really worked for me. The boilies I used were Rahja spice,I used pellets for the main feed.

Were the facilities what you expected?

yes,we had visited in 2009

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:

Weather was poor for the first 4 days, compared to our last visit, but this didn't really spoil our holiday. We flew into Bergerac and hired a car. The journey from the airport took over an hour but was straight forward. The tackle that we hired was good stuff (fox and nash mainly) and had a range of different test curve rods to suit you and your style of fishing.