Details of your catches:

During our week we fished for approx six hours per day, catching fish fairly constantly through the day. Biggest fish out was 27lb 14oz the smallest was around 8lb, with a good mix of mirror and common mostly mid twenties. I think we worked out that between the five of us, we had banked around 1800lb of fish. We had rain some days, it didn't affect the fishing, they still kept feeding.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

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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:

We arrived and took our first look at the lake, it looked really great. We met the owner Alice and her mother, both of whom were very welcoming and offering us any assistance we might need. As soon as we were settled into the excellent comfortable accommodation, we got on with the reason for our visit "Carp fishing". I can say that we had a really good time and thanks to Alice and family for their hospitality, we also had an evening out and went to the "Le Trois Perdrix" in the town. Many Thanks to Ross and Carole and the staff made us very welcome and nothing was too much trouble, on top of that the food was superb and very reasonably priced. Carole very Kindly took a few minutes to take a group photo for us to mark our holiday. Thanks also to Angling lines for the professional handling of our booking.

Details of your catches:

12 each over the week, largest 28lb but most over 20lb (lower than expected but due to cold weather)

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Bloodworm boilies or pop-ups on chodrig

Were the facilities what you expected?

We were in the Gite farm cottage rather than the lakeside lodge. Alice was very helpful as she thought we were booked in the lakeside lodge which is not suitable for a family.

Were you happy with them?

Very

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes but be aware of the long journey

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

Very lovely setting and it was just unfortunate that the weather was not kind to us

Details of your catches:

We had 60 fish between us biggest was 28lb 10oz with 16 x 20’s, 13 doubles and the rest smaller. Also a 4lb 4oz tench, bream, roach and rudd.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Normally the Rahja boilies work well here but didn’t for us, we found the larger boilies didn’t catch but 2 x 10mm Quest Pineapple boilies they did like. We also used the method feeder with one 10mm pineapple boilies and pineapple action pellets in with the pellet mixed. We fished the area next to the lodge in the mornings and evenings the rest of the day we moved along the dam wall using both sides of the willow. A couple of afternoons we went down to the shallow end of the lake and caught quite a few of the smaller fish here either side of the island.

Were the facilities what you expected?

The lakeside lodge is great to use and has all you need in the kitchen area, the fish seem to know when you are trying to cook a meal as the rods always screamed off at these times  The bed settee’s were OK for a couple of nights but a strain on the back after a week. We did not use the pool as the weather changed on Monday and we had storms, rain and wind for a few days and then Friday was a great sunny day. The bathroom facilities are just the other side of the pool and have everything you need with lots of hot water, all was very clean and tidy.

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Vincons is a great water for easy action and lots of space. A lovely family venue with pool and the gite which is just through the farm yard has all the facilities for a great family holiday.

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

As I work for Angling lines I feel that fishing the lakes is a great way to get a proper feel for the venues and enables me to give the anglers a real insight into the lakes and with the anglers feedback, in depth information, lake video’s on our web site you always ‘get what it says on the box’.

General Comments:

My partner has not fished for large carp before (as he is normally a match angler) and found the bigger fish a handful to try and hold as they were very energetic on the bank but he soon got the hang of it and had a great time. The 27lb’er he had broke his rod end , I had to wade in with the net to get the fish but it was worth it, panic over it was all smiles on the bank with the fish. We had the lake to ourselves and enjoyed trying different spots and tactics. It is only a couple of minutes to the local village of Lignieres where the Carr for supermarket is and also restaurant and shops, we had a lovey day in the Loire valley visiting a couple of chateaux’s and villages with the camera but did not really want to spend too much time away from the fishing. We were lucky to have an Osprey stay with us for the week who also fished the lake catching roach and small fish a short distance away from us fishing. Also keep an eye out for the wild boar they were feeding in the maize field at the end of the dam wall and then going back into the forest on the other side.

Details of your catches:

We wanted a run water and this place delivered. It was my father in-laws first ever french fishing trip and he loved it. We only fished sunday to friday 8pm dawn to dusk with two afternoon off, to go shopping, and we had over 130 fish, banked! About 10-15 lost due to snags, hook pulls and or over hanging trees. Some swims are small when wanting to cast or playing fishing from the bank, and waders will have helped but we had a bait boat so casting was no issue. Only 3 carp were under 10LB and we had 2 tench and both were over 5LB. Apart from that about 50ish were over 20LB, the best for the week being a 29.10 common and a 27.8 mirror. A little disappointed not to land a 30LB+ fish with all the action we had but we enjoyed the hard fighting commons and mirrors. Most of the bigger fish were commons and these fight like mad. I did manage a new PB, three fish landed at once when all my rods when off and i was alone at the lake, all ending up in one net!. Glad the combined weight was only around 36LB. I then went a got a second net and re-casted using the boat, then had two takes at range at the same time and landed a 24 and a 23 in two different nets this time then the 3rd went off again, all in a 50 min mad spell one morning ending up with 6 fish banked in a hour and a halfs fishing! Was then taken to the local market for a rest by the wife where you can get chickens, cooked and uncooked (still walking) if you want, or a goose or a goat. Ya just got to love the french way of life some times.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Casted single hook baits or pva bags only accounted for about 40-50ish fish and the rest came from range using a bait boat to the far margin. Bottom baits and pop ups all works but we used more bottom baits most of the week. Ragha spice 15-20mms plus tigers all worked and pop ups on chod or wiffy pool rigs. We used about 40Kg of bait over the week, crushed hemp mixed with frolic and boillies all fished using as PVA bags or hand full only per side if boated hook baits. No mass baiting swims, just casting or boating to same spots or showing fish, and the fish like to jump so spotting where there are ant hard. I fished all the swims but the same areas produced fish, and that was the far margin near the two willows, and the big tree in the middle of the far margin. 4+ rods easily can be dropped to these areas from most swims and the 3rd one fished close to keep close to your friends in most areas with a casted PVA bag all worked for the both of us to make the week a holiday with fishing included.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Very french with hard seats in the house. My bum needs a softer seat after a hard days fishing, but the house was clean and tidy. Beds were clean but we had to pay extra for sheets! not sure if that was in the small print, but only 6euro so no real issue. The Tv is rubbish and an old rear tube type with no connections for a HDMI playstaion3, much to our boys disappointment but we were pleased as he had to play out side all week. We were the only ones on the lake and only booked the house on the farm, only a short walk to the lake, but a no one was in the lake side lodge, we were allowed to use the lodge for gear, beer fridge and battery charging. A god send in the end as the batteries were getting hammered every 2 hours with so much usage.

Were you happy with them?

Yes, it was very french and nice and cool at night. The chickens were a little loud at 5.30 in the morning but i was up to go fishing from 6.30 each morning. The other were a little later than this.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes. If we were not booked in at a different venue next year we will have re-booked Vincons.

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes.

General Comments:

The fish are in good condition with little mouth damage so they are not over fished. The fish fight like mad and are top sport to land, one took over 50mins to land and was only 25LB, i just would not come in so i went after it and landed in the lake in the end. A higher head of 30LB+ fish will have top off this lake as it has every thing a carp angler needs if your not chasing 40LB+ plus fish. We had a very good week but the bait boat was the key to the volume if action. Some swims are over shadowed by tree branches, some need cutting back to help the anglers out a little to make casting and playing easier. If you carnet get a boat take waders and enjoy the sport and venue.