THE FISHING

2010 Proved to be La Fritterie's best year for big fish with 63 separate captures of fish in excess of 50lbs. Having been fished for 7 years under its present owners and previously for many years as a carp venue we cannot describe the fishing as easy. Two years ago - 2009, we introduced a change to the minimum number of anglers down from 8 to 6,plus we assigned a few weeks with only 4 and 5anglers. These alterations proved successful with an average of 6 fish caught per angler ,on what is considered a relatively hard big fish water. This has been continued for 2011-2012 to give our customers less pressurized fishing with smaller parties fishing the lake.

5 new 50lbs plus fish came on in 2010 with an increasing number of 40lbs fish a total of 149 caught this year many of these are between 45 and 50lbs, some 250 captures of fish in excess of 30lbs again many of these were 35lbs plus. The lake was restocked in 2007 with some mid doubles many of these have reached 30lbs already.

LAKE DETAILS

• The lake is very simple to fish being approx 9 foot deep in mid summer. Unless it's a blindingly hot summer there is very little weed and most of the fish feed in open water.
• There are a few small plateaux with depths of around 5-7 feet but, as yet, the determining factor seems to be where you put your bait and, basically, whether they are really 'having it' or not.
• Most of the lake is of firm clay or gravel bottom with a very small amount of silty areas which are mainly situated in the margins.
• The 5 acre bay is reed-lined and, in the later months, some good fish can be caught by casting to the edge of these.
• Maximum casting distance between the swims is approx 90 yards although most of the fish are caught between 25 -75 yards out, so you don't need long range casting ability.
• Although 90% of the lake is tree-lined the swims are maintained to make for easy casting.

Due to the popularity of this exceptional lake, next seasons vacancies are selling fast, so it¹s advisable to book early to avoid disappointment.