Details of your catches:

79 fish caught, 1392 Lbs total weight. Mostly Common/Mirror Carp between 15Lbs to 30.5Lbs. Around 6 tench up to 6.65Lbs.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Majority of fish under 30Lbs were caught towards shallow end of lake. Bigger catches were from middle of lake. All swims were productive.Found fruit based boilies, strawberry and Cranberry very effective, also fruit boilies tended to be ignored by crayfish.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes

Were you happy with them?

Yes, as described and excellent.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

Venue was excellent, owners were very welcoming and friendly. Excellent lake for young families especially. Everyone will catch fish here.

Details of your catches:

We caught 184 carp. 3 x 30lb (biggest 30.08 which was a common, with the other 2 being mirrors.) 96 x 20lb plus with another 11 fish just under 20lb. 107 mirrors and 77 commons. Total weight for us 5 was an arm wrenching 3,667lb. Thats over 1.6 tonnes.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

First... please take more landing nets than you think you need! I had 3 x 20's in 3 landing nets while the others were asleep!!! All the runs came in 10 mins. This was a common occurance so I would say 2 nets per swim. To be honest if you cast to the fish you would catch. We caught on every bait we put out. Plastic bottom baits ended up on all my rods so i didn't have to keep rebaiting!! (I had 49 carp for 976lb). We all fished along the lodge bank and found 60 meters out in the morning and within 40 meters of the far bank in the afternoon caught best. Most of the fish fell to the method which we boated or waded out in the pm. The trees on the lodge bank made most swims hard to cast any distance in but not a prob if you get into the water to cast. The weather was bad with rain and gale force winds that put so many branches in the water that we were getting wiped out all of one day. Madam Bouchot kept saying sorry for the weather but we were catching so many fish we hardly noticed.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Better. We all slept in the lodge. Shower was red hot and took the skin off your back!

Were you happy with them?

For us they could not be better

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes As long as you don't want lots of fish over 30lb

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Always! This is our 5th trouble free trip.

General Comments:

2 of us caught over 1,300lb of carp each and it really wrecks your body... by the 3rd day we hurt all over, but we loved every second of it! We’re already planning our 3rd trip to Vincons next year and can’t wait to get back. To all at Angling Lines... love you!

Details of your catches:

I had a slow start with bites difficult to come by but upped the particle and quest special crab and by end of week had caught 15 lovely looking fish over 23lb with biggest 30lb 2oz and PB common of 26lb 14oz.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Critically balanced snowmans (20mm special crab with 16mm solar squid pop up) on short helicopter rigs at night with straight forward running rig and 20mm Tutti by day.

Were the facilities what you expected?

NO - they were much better!!!

Were you happy with them?

Absolutely

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Absolutely

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Absolutely

General Comments:

I won the week through the carp mag Carpology and won 10kg boilies, 10kg pellet and dips. Madame Alice Bouchot and her family (owners) are really special people and couldn't do enough to help always asking if I was ok and apologising for the slow start i had to the week!! Nicest looking fishery I have been to. Would love to go again.

Details of your catches:

60 carp to 29lb - Total weight 930lb. Daylight fishing only. Best day - 17 carp inc 8 x twenties

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Keep spodding pellets/hemp/maize. Fished four different areas. Best area fishing from east bank under trees at around 50 yards. Fishing slower from dam but still caught in every swim.

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:

Great size venue. Lodge right next to water really convenient with all the basics.