Details of your catches:

2 x 40lb+ carp
Around 30 x 30lb+ carp
Lots of 20lb+ carp most being mirror and 6 being common, also caught a few grass carp

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Standard bottom bait rigs with tiger nuts and fishing to the left and right margins also had good results of the sticky krill in open water

Were the facilities what you expected?

The facilities were better than we expected

Were you happy with them?

Yes couldn’t fault a thing

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Definitely I have already recommended it to a few friends

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes definitely

General Comments:

Had a great family holiday to Mas Bas Main Lake, Gilles and Sharon could not have been more helpful, fishing was great and rest of the family enjoyed chilling at the pool

Details of your catches:

Between the 2 of us we only managed 12 fish with the biggest being a 28.5lb mirror. We was plagued by tiny chat/crays constantly throughout our time there, which was so frustrating.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Fishing to the far bank and the fountain produced the majority of the fish!
Shrink wrapped baits are a must because of the poison chat.
Stiff rigs are best to help avoid coming back in tangled because of the chat/crayfish.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Facilities were great!

Were you happy with them?

Yes was really happy with them, everything you need and more!

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

Fishing was slow and really hard work but that was to be expected as it was really high pressure and it was 40+ degrees.

Details of your catches:

We caught around 50 fish, although 45 were grass carp (11lb-28lb). Biggest was a mirror mid thirties.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Fishing to the far margins, sometimes you get a bite before you can put the rod on the alarm. We even had 3 fish at once!

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes, beautiful setting and an amazing outside socialising area. Perfect.

Were you happy with them?

100%

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes, we are already planning our next trip!

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes definitely

General Comments:

Thanks to Sharon and Gilles for a very welcoming trip. Beautiful house that had everything. We all had a very much needed relaxing trip! Missing it already.

Details of your catches:

We caught a lot of fish as this is an easy water. Biggest was 41lb. Lots of Grass Carp. I think the claim of a 53lb should be taken off the website as I couldn't find record of it being caught. The fish were underweight for their length. Mostly in the 20's but fun to catch.

Big problem was the poisson chat. A real nuisance that even devoured baits through the shrink wrap.

*Angling Lines note* We review the lake record sizes every two years and sizes do fluctuate, particularly during Covid when no anglers were on the bank. We will continue to monitor.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Fishing to the far bank. Bottom baits, large, not snowman.
Fish caught often within minutes of a bait dropping before the poisson chat got stuck in.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes. A bit worn but a great location.

Were you happy with them?

They were OK

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes apart from the owners who were the most unfriendly and unhelpful people I have ever met running an angling facility.

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Angling Lines are always great.

General Comments:

Not sure where some of the previous comments came from describing the owners in a positive light. They were not interested in us at all apart from being very concerned about the money side. They were rude about previous anglers and seemed to expect us to leave everything fully cleaned. They complained we had not put the sun loungers exactly back to the place they were when we arrived for example. They need lessons in customer service!

*Owners note* We don’t believe this feedback is deserved or that we give this impression given the rest of the excellent feedback we have received over the years. Without going into details we did have a disagreement with this party over the venue rules and are saddened to see that it has meant this feedback in return.