Details of your catches:

22 fish in total. Commons, mirrors and a grass carp ranging from 18lb to 45lb.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Snowman rigs fished over boilie and particle, the majority of fish came from the far margin.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Facilities have been upgraded since our last visit and they were good before. Nice shower and kitchen area. Plenty of freezer and fridge space if you need it. Each swim has their own section for charging electrical items. There’s also a cooker in the kitchen if needed.

Were you happy with them?

Yes definitely, there’s everthing anyone would require for a weeks fishing.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes definitely.

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes definitely. Have booked through angling lines on numerous occasions and their service is faultless. Always email me with any changes to crossings etc.

General Comments:

Have fished Jonchery main lake and 8 in the past, Mark and Anita are fantastic hosts and I can’t recommend the venue highly enough. Although we didn’t have the food package this time we have in the past and it was brilliant. Marks on hand to help and offer advice if you need it and obviously knows the lake really well. The start of the week was very cold and I didn’t catch until Wednesday night when the temperatures rose and the low pressure and rain arrived. My dad caught a few at the start of the week from the middle of the lake on fishing single hookbaits. All fish were caught at night. This lake is usually very prolific as I’ve witnessed in previous years but that’s fishing, we’re booked on there again for next October.

Details of your catches:

115 carp between us. 15 singles 19 doubles 50 twenties 21 thirties 10 forties biggest 47.15 (6 PBs for my fishing buddy Graham Duff aka Mr Bean)

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Under or on the edge of the far tree line canopy and right/left of the monk. Stalking at the top end produced a few as well.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes, big shared freezer, own fridge space and charging space. 1 shower and separate toilet but never an issue and both clean. Sink/cooker/microwave if required.

Were you happy with them?

Yes, cannot fault them

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

Fishing was hectic at times to say the least and we were down to 2 rods each from Wednesday and even had to reel all rods in at times so we could cook/eat and get some sleep. All fish taken on either Marks owns plum boilies or Poacher Baits Tiger Nut/Maple on simple blow back or hair rigs but all fished alongside Marks parti mix and we used a lot of it. Listen to Mark and you wont go wrong, hes a proper nice guy with some funny stories to tell and his better half, Anita, is very nice and does a decent breakfast baguette. If we had fished it hard and were not so old and knackered, Im pretty sure we could have racked up a lot more fish. Special mention to Yvonne and her special skills as well.

Details of your catches:

Total 79 fish, 9 x 40, 17 x 30, 41 x 20 12 x Doubles, 2 x Muskats. Mixture of Commons, Mirrors, Grass & the odd Koi.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Far margin during the day and some success in the middle late evening. Used Marks baits tipped with plastic, parti-mix, pellets and hemp. Snowman worked well. I used a meshed bottom bait with plastic pop-up plastic. The 2 others used snowman then switched to bottom bait with plastic. After the second day we noticed the fish were showing a lot down the bottom of the lake, the younger two of 'Dads Army goes fishing' went down there during the day and did well. we only fish days from 10am - 10pm.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes.

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Absolutely!

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Absolutely!

General Comments:

I have been fishing in France for over 25 years and this is the best run venue I have been to. Mark & Anita were on hand if we needed anything. Listen to Mark for advice who then left us alone to get on with it. A picnic bench on J7 would be handy. We are all getting on a bit now so we don't do many photos or video's. We have booked for the next 2 years as this is our favourite venue by far. Can't wait to get back there.

Details of your catches:

Mark: 29 carp to 41.3 (one 40, six 30's), plus a koi and a 32.0 grass carp Graham 23 carp to 46.0 (two 40's and 5 30's), plus 7 tench to 5.4 We also caught around 25 small carp 2-4lb

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

We used Jonchery plum boilies and spodded pellets. Nearly all fish were caught at night, no action during the days in the main swims but we caught a lot of fish in the afternoons by taking a couple of rods to the far end of the lake and fishing the margins with PVA bags. No fish rolling over baited areas despite good winds blowing down the lake and we could not seem to get the bigger fish feeding well over our baited areas. We had to use wafters as normal boilies were quickly whittled down by small carp.

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: