The lake has around 100 carp to mid 50’s along with roach, rudd, perch, zander and the elusive catfish. We opened the lake in September 2022 (please see catch reports below).
4th September 2022
A great week for Ian with a total of 62 carp! This included 5x 40’s, 6 x 30’s, 17 x 20’s & 34 doubles, he definitely put the work in, great angling!
15th September 2022
A fantastic week for Dave on his 1st fishing trip to France! 12 x doubles, 13 x 20’s, 4 x 30’s & 6 x 40’s with a PB of 47.14lb
2023
1st April 2023
Despite tough conditions for the guys this week with minus temperatures at night, Matt & Jake managed a good few carp between them 12 x 20’s, 2 x 30’s & 1 x 40.
14th April 2023
Another tough week for the guys with freezing temperatures although Dan broke his PB with a 48.1 mirror, Brad with a 33.9lb & Dave 40.6. All in they had 7 x doubles, 1 x 30 and 2 x 40’s. Great angling lads!
25th April 2023
A mix of sun and cold spells for Neil but he managed 2 x 20’s & 35.1 this week.
12th May 2023
Sam smashed his French PB with a 42 mirror followed by 2 x 30’s 2 x 20’s & 4 mid doubles.
20th May 2023
Another PB broken for Kris on his return trip with a 47.7lb mirror! In total he had 6 upper doubles, 4 x 20’s 3 x 30’s 1 x 40. Great angling!
17th June 2023
A mix of hot sun & thunderstorms this week for Geoff. 3 x 20’s 1 x mid double, 1 x 30, unfortunately 7 lost but then the elusive and only catfish woke him at 3am coming in at 90lb (Paul holding the catfish)
24th June 2023
A fantastic week for Damien fishing the pads and the monk with double runs on more than one occasion, resulting in 13 doubles, 9 x 20’s, 3 x 30’s and 3 x 40’s smashing his PB with a 47lb mirror! A total of 645lb for the week! great angling paid off with the effort which was put in.
3rd July 2023
It was lovely to see Dan back at the lake 😊 During his week he had a total of 16 carp, 7 high doubles, 5 x 20’s & 3 x 30’s with 1 that got away! Most of his catches came late evening or early morning this time around fishing the pads and the monk 🎣
8th July 2023
1st ever French trip for Steve arriving last Saturday for the week. He had an amazing week fishing around the monk and although he lost 4 he managed 5 x doubles, 6 x high 20’s, 2 x high 30’s and a 43lb mirror 🎣
27th July 2023
Whilst travelling France the lads stopped off with us for a few days & Aaron was graced with a 43 mirror off the monk 
Well done 
7th August 2023
A great week for Sam on his first French trip, fishing mainly behind the pads at night and then moving over to the monk during the day. He done very well landing 26 carp in total, a good mix with doubles, 20’s a 30lb and two 40’s with his PB at 44lb. Well done Sam!
25th August 2023
What a great week for Paul landing 18 carp in his week with us. These were 8 doubles, 2 x 20’s, 3 x 30’s and 5 x 40’s Moving around the lake catching from the pads, monk and the far side.
9th September 2023
Well what a great week! From John landing his French PB at 44lb well done! to James catching the lake record for the biggest common we’ve seen out at 31.12lb. The four guys have been awesome landing a total of 45 fish between them including 21 doubles, 10 x 20’s, 7 x 30’s & 2 x 40’s
Smallest carp went to Jim with a 4lb mirror 
Well done lads, it was an absolute pleasure having you here 
23rd September 2023
Well what a week for Shaun! His 1st French trip and he was on fire 🎣 landing 15 fish in total including 3x 20’s 4×30’s 1×40 & 2×50’s. Awesome angling and his PB just kept getting bigger with the largest in at 52lb! It was a pleasure having you & Harvey here for the week.
11th October 2023
A great week with Simon & Stuart last week. They had a lot of mixed weather resulting in doubles, 20’s & a 35lb each, a mirror for Stuart and Simon breaking the lake common record at 35lb. Below are some of their pictures. Great angling guys, look forward to seeing you again in the spring
20th October 2023
We had Lauren & Luke visit for a few days. Both caught a 30, biggest at 32.12 was lovely to see them here, great company & we are looking forward to seeing them back in November 🎣
We also had Dave here for a week, first time here with us and the weather was all over the place! He was on swim 3 fishing around the monk, waterfall area and managed to land an 18 common, 32 mirror, 41 mirror & a 51 mirror. Some of the pictures below 👇
2024
24th April 2024
It was lovely to see Dave back again to start the season off. He chose post 3 fishing between the monk and waterfall. In total he landed 12 fish 5x 30’s 5x high 20’s an 18 & 49. He had mixed weather all week along with a storm which seemed to switch them off for a few days but it soon took off again! Looking forward to seeing you back out in June Dave, great company
4th May 2024
It was the end of Ken & Mike’s week today, great guys and good company. They had a right week of mixed weather with heavy rain to start, a big storm then highs of 25 degrees. Spawning also started late yesterday afternoon and it’s carried on all day today.
15th June 2024
We said goodbye to Dave yesterday. It was a really slow week with all commons 12lb, 21lb, 28lb & 31lb. We also had Russel here for a few days, he had commons as well 31 & 32.8.
28th June – 5th July
Although it’s been realy quiet over the last few weeks due to spawning, Dan,Eduardo & Geof had one out each, there were a few lost runs. Paul was asked to put the rods out too for a few nights and caught an 18lb mirror. Geof’s being the largest with a 30lb mirror (one of the new stock) As always it was lovely to see everyone return.
6th July
We had Damien & Gemma return last week. The lake was still fishing slow since the last spawning but it picked up towards the end of the week. One of the new mirrors were also out which was great to see! A lovely week spent with these two, fantastic company with a lot of laughs had. Until next time
3rd August
We had Lauren, Luke & the kids come back to visit for the weekend. They had 8 carp 3 x 30´s 2 x 20’s & some doubles between them & the kids had great fun float fishing & playing in the lake. Lovely to spend some quality time with them
5th August
We had Martin here for 4 nights last week fishing during the day, he had a lovely mirror out at 25lb.
16th – 23rd August
It was lovely to see Paul back last week & great to meet his friend Ron. They had 9 carp between them to 30lb. Also a huge thank you to Ron for making us an owl box to hopefully encourage the tawny owls
1st September
It was great to see Richard back this week for 48hrs. He had a lovely long mirror out at 48.6
1st – 8th September
We had Tommy here for the first time last week, great company & his catch report is below
8th-15th September
Simon was back this week. He also bought along Dominic and his wife Faye, this was their first time here. Great company. See you all again next year
2025
8th – 15th March
We had two great guys on last week Dean & Mike. Weather wasn’t great for them unfortunately, very cold and there were a few lost runs but Mike hit his PB more than once with the biggest being a lovely mirror at 47lb
15th March
We had Dave back here last week staying in the cabin & fishing behind the pads. He done really well with 5 carp to 31lb
4th April
We had Russel back here for 48hrs. He had 5 carp to 38lb, 2 in the first half hour !!
5th April
So we had some great guys here last week, Matt & Lee. A very hot week for them both. Here are some of the pictures they sent over.
13th April
David stopped in for 48hrs and caught this lovely common just shy of 39lb
19th April 2025
We said goodbye to Noel & Mike yesterday, two great lads from Ireland who stayed for the week. They had 13 carp between them to 51lb & both had PB’s. Well done lads 🎣
3rd – 10th May 2025
We had a fantastic group fishing here last week, Bill, Tony, Alan, Malcolm & Mark. Lots of laughs had with these guys, great company. Here are some of the pictures
12th July 2025
What a fantastic week of fishing! Eduardo stayed on the lake last week and hauled in 14 carp, with the biggest weighing 34lb, despite the hot weather. Not bad considering he was fishing from late afternoon to morning as he was here on a work experience placement. Meanwhile, Dave also spent the week fishing and managed to catch 3 carp, topping out at an impressive 38lb! Truly an incredible achievement for both. Congrats to both anglers!
August 2025
Well Paul finally put the rods out for a few hours yesterday morning as we have the lake to ourselves through August, he’s not fished the lake for at least a year! It wasn’t long before he had this lovely mirror off the monk! Then following on today a 30lb common!
August 2025
We had some great guys fishing the lake for the day, father & son here on holiday and staying locally. Just before packing up this lovely 24lb mirror came out!
5th September 2025
Congratulations to the boys on their PB’s this week, Dominic 37lb and Simon catching a mirror at 56lb. Exciting times and its not over yet! Full catch report to follow!! UNION JACK BAITS shellfish & tigernut
Well these guys Simon & Dominic had a great time here with 35 carp landed between them to 56lb. Both broke their PB’s Amazing angling and great company. Well done to you both, you smashed it 😊👊🎣
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