Details of your catches:

Peg 1 right - Les - 23lb 10oz, 22lb, 23lb, 32lb 1oz, 28lb, 25lb 5oz, 31lb 5oz, 21lb 8oz, 23lb 11oz, 21lb.
Peg 1 left - Dave - 23lb 11oz.
Peg 3 - Lee - 30lb 8oz, 26lb 6oz, 22lb 15oz, 22lb 4oz.
Peg 4 right - Steve - 30lb 7oz, 22lb 10oz, 26lb.
Peg 4 left - no fish caught
Peg 5 right - Colin - 28lb, 27lb 2oz
Peg 5 Left - Paul - 41lb 11oz, 35lb 10oz, 31lb 9oz, 21lb 9oz, 20lb 2oz.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Snowman rigs to far end of the lake for peg 5
Wafter baits to dead sunken tree in peg 1.

No fish came from the island, most fish caught at night.

Were the facilities what you expected?

As expected as was in lake description on Angling Lines website.

Were you happy with them?

When working it was fine.
Boiler runs on bottle gas which run out during our stay. Toilet, shower and power sockets share the same battery so with 7 of us using the facilities it seemed these run down rather quick. A WhatsApp message to the bailiffs and they were soon swapped over for fully charged ones. Currently not running on solar as described on website.
The gas fridge was installed on the Tuesday, we never used this as we took our own fridges.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Not sure at this time if I would. I would make sure that they knew about the depths of the lake for the time of year they would maybe fishing.

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Angling lines would get my recommendation 100%. It just shows what a great company that you run with the support for all the anglers through the COVID-19 issues around travel to France. This trip had been rearranged 3 times. On behalf of all the lads in my group we thank you AL.
A friend also was away the same week on another one of your waters following my recommendation of your services following his dreadful experience with another holiday firm.

General Comments:

I would like to see an update on lake depths in the description for the swims. I was fishing in peg 5 and didn’t find any depth over 3ft for the whole swim. There was depths for the venue, we just didn’t realise that this was applicable to the majority of the lake. Speaking to the bailiffs they said this doesn’t make a difference.
It was a shame we never landed any of the big girls, however wish all future anglers all the best on Renarde.

We experienced very large bangs / explosions throughout the nights, every 6mins from 22:30hrs to 05:30hrs ( one night I sat there timing them all). Apparently it’s the local hunting / farming community keeping wild bore from entering the fields that surround the lake. This bangs were either shotguns or propane explosions (YouTube- Bird bangers how they work).

Details of your catches:

Three anglers fished on pegs 4 and 5 with a total of 6 carp caught. Peg 5 had 3 carp out, 26lb, 28lb and 31lb from the far margins to the left at 200 yards. Peg 4 had three carp out, two from the right margin, 28lb and 31lb and one 31lb from the left margin. No fish came out in the day, all fish were from 10pm to 6am.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

We caught all the carp on 15mm plum boilies supplied by the bailiff Mark Slade topped with fake corn/ yellow topper.

Were the facilities what you expected?

The facilities were really good and easy to access. The showers were always hot and very clean. There are plenty of charging sockets, however we didn't have an adaptor for British to European plugs, we will remember for next time. There is no fridge on site for you food but Mark and Frank provided us with a cool box which we had all week. Mark and Frank assured us a fridge is being installed very soon. It is good that recycling facilities are on site. It could be better if the bins had proper labels on them.

Were you happy with them?

Frank the bailiff was always available if we needed and very helpful. Frank checked on us half way through the week to make sure we were all ok with everything.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

Really enjoyed the holiday, very organised and very helpful.

Details of your catches:

What an amazing week we had . We had a lot of fish between us and lots of space on the swims. Toilet and shower are ambulatory.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Stiff hinged with plum bottem bait with little pink pop up

Were the facilities what you expected?

Better than expected

Were you happy with them?

Yes very happy, for facilities were amazing very clean, good hot showers

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes will go there again

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

Great fishing with big head of fish

Details of your catches:

We managed to catch 23 carp up to 50lb. The carp are beautiful and strong!

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Fishing from swim 5, very big swim with your own toilet. It was our 2nd time on La Renarde. It was a very hot week with temperatures over 35°C. On the swim you have multiple opportunities, there is a island on the right side and on the left. There are some fallen trees in the lake.

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?

n/a

General Comments:

Frank the bailiff of the lake is a very nice man, if you got some questions he will help you. There is also a shelter/roof, very nice if it rains and it will protect you from the sun. We had a very nice week with a lot of action. We will come back for sure.