Details of your catches:

It was a tough week, the conditions were far from ideal with high pressure and temperatures in excess of 30 degrees. It took a couple days the settle in and begin to get a feel for what the carp were doing on their daily routine. The first thing that became blatantly obvious was that they were not interested in feeding throughout the heat of the day. Whilst walking the banks of Laroussi on that first afternoon, we were sure to look in every nook, cranny, over handing tree, shaded corner etc and each time we looked we found fish. This was a common theme throughout the week, after 10am the fish would make there way from the main body of water in front of Le Chen toward the plentiful snags found around Laroussi's stunning margins. Now, the opposite happened in the evenings. From around 9pm, you could see the fish making their way back out into the main body of the lake. Every evening they would put on a fantastic display...boshing, rolling, jumping clear from the water, it was as if they were celebrating the coming of the cooler night time temperatures. You could set your watch by it, my takes came between 0030 - 0130 & then between 0330 -0430. I spent the day time hours with my rods out of the water, resting the swim allowing any fish that were visiting my spots to have a free meal. I was more than happy just wandering the banks watching these massive carp (and catfish) relaxing under the overhanging trees around the margins. I would make sure that once 1030 came around the rods were in and I would top the spots up with 10-15 spombs, ensuring that there was always bait on the spots. By 1900, I would be putting the rods back out onto the spots ready for the daily migration of the carp back to the open body of water from the snags. I ended up with 9 carp - 43.10 Mirro 40.02 Mirror 37.07 Mirror 27.00 Common 24.08 Common 24.00 Mirror 22.00 Common 19.14 Common 17.00 Common Along with 3 tench and a few catfish.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

By far the best tactic was Mehdi's home made party blend spodded tightly onto polished gravel spots (there is plenty of gravel to be found on the lake bed, but finding those real heavily polished areas made the difference). Short hooklinks (4 inches) with a single grain of fake plastic corn and a well balanced sharp hook worked for me. Resting the swim throughout the day i feel really helped. I know it is hard to wind in as you have spent that money to fish for the week but it will make a difference. These fish get angled for 7 days a week 365 days a year, giving them a break in your swim can only benefit you. I kept my rods out of the water fro around 10 hours a day. Only fishing through the hours of darkness.

Were the facilities what you expected?

The facilities were exactly what you need for a week on the bank. I was pleasantly surprised with the power shower within the hut, really spacious and clean. The toilet was clean and more than good enough. Remember to take your own toilet roll! The freezer was huge, I mean massive, you could hide a body in that thing! On more than one occasion I was tempted to sit in it for a while to cool off! The fridge was perfect, full height fridge with loads of room for food, drinks, even bait. Fresh running water from inside and outside the hut, a sink inside for washing dishes I even washed my clothes. There are 4 European plugs perfect for charging all of your electrical devices. Be sure to take your adapters .

Were you happy with them?

Cannot fault it , Mehdi take real pride in every aspect of the lake and its facilities and this is clearly visible.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Definitely, planning a return trip in 2020 with a group of us.

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

Overall the lake, facilities & Mehdi were excellent. This was my first trip to France angling so I was apprehensive on what to expect, Laroussi was above and beyond what I could have hoped for. Sat looking over the lake on a misty sunrise you could easily be sat on an Oxford-shire gravel pit.

Details of your catches:

Mirror carp 51, 33, 32 Common 27, 18, 18 Grass carp 51, 42, 41, 40 Tench 6, 7, 8, 9, 9.5, 10

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

The fish were all showing at range 150-175 yards out, all takes came from a small amout of boilies fished over a handful of hemp

Were the facilities what you expected?

Nice lodge plenty of freezer space and a sink for washing up, showers good too

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

When we 1st arrived the owner Mehdi took us on a tour of the lake which was very helpful he pointed out all the features. The lake is quite hard but there are lots of big fish in there and they show a lot in the morning so you can find them easily enough, we had a great time

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

A big thanks to Mehdi for being very helpful, the lake is very nice and well kept, we will be back again soon definitely

Details of your catches:

28, 30, 41, 42, 43 G.(2 new PB's) 24M, 26C, 28M, 45lb 8oz C (New PB) 45lb 7oz M (New PB) 54LB C (New PB) 2 x Sturgeons @ 64 & 68Lb (PB's)

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Plastic Corn, Yellow Manilla Balanced baits over 1 Handfull Corn and Hemp. Pink Pop up's in small bags

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes, Big Fridge & Freezer, Good Shower and plenty of charging points.

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:

Once again Mehdi's waters have produced the goods. In my view, I consider Laroussi to be a moderate to hard water. If you want to cast a line and catch fish all day then this water is not for you. If you are prepared to put the effort in then the rewards are there! With a relatively high pressure, and easterly wind blowing all week, and with a lot of fish spawning , this made it extra hard! The pb Mirror and 2 pb Commons came as a result of moving - effort = reward! I have now notched up 5 pbs in 2 visits on Mehdi's waters-The results speak for themselves. we are all looking forward to next year!

Details of your catches:

1 tench, 2 common carp 25lb, 3 cats all 10lb each

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Hard going no tactic was better than other from pop ups to fake corn to snow man rigs

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes

Were you happy with them?

Yea

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Hard venue to fish

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

Hard weeks fishing, Mehdi was brill and helpful