JB Lake

When I purchased La Botte 9 years ago I quickly realised how well this lake worked for our anglers and how much pleasure they got from a big fish runs water. I have been searching for JB Lake since 2014 and finally found this lake late in 2017. It ticked all the boxes to become the new La Botte and something for our additional customers to fish now that La Botte has become so popular with its regular clients. I am sure  this lake is on a par with La Botte in terms of numbers of big fish and also in the catch reports too.

JB Lake is named in honour of my nephew who was taken from us in late 2018 and I will make sure that his name is honoured by making JB Lake a very special place in my heart and also that of my customers. 

Pascale.

JB lake was the new addition for 2018 to the Domaine De Goncourt family. it is 40 acres in size very similar in shape and size to La Botte. The lake has an island centrally positioned, making this lake almost a carbon copy of La Botte. 

The depths of the lake is 2-3 metres deep which is the same as most of the lakes on Domaine De Goncourt. The topography of the bottom is relatively flat due the way the lake was dug by JCB diggers. The patches of weed  we had have been cleared by the fish naturally as we have feed on top and around them over the last few seasons. There are some deeper holes which when found can produce some good catch results but this lake is action packed all day so finding the fish is never a problem.

At the start of 2022 we started to build new facilities on the lake and these were finished mid season of that year, They have 2 showers and toilets, charging room with large fridge  and freezer along with a sink for washing up. These are some of the best facilities on the complex and are cleaned throughly throughout the week.

The fish stock is also similar to La Botte with approximately 700- 800 fish in the lake. There is group of original fish between 30-45lb to which were added smaller fish around  10-15lb. The average weight of the fish was between 16-22lb at the end of 2019 but after an intensive feeding program over the last 5 years, now the average is 33-35lb. The lake is producing more and more 50's each year with the largest fish caught being just under 60lb at 59lb 12oz. 

The lake also contains some very large grass carp to mid to upper 60lb with the average being approximately 35-38lb

Maxime will continue to feed the fish all of the 2024 close season and expects to continue weight gains of 5-8lb in the coming year which will make JB Lake a 40lb plus runs water.

This lake has been fished since 2018 by our customers who have had some incredible catch results. One angler caught over 120 carp in a week and another had over 80 fish to just under 40lb in 2019 making this lake our most productive on the complex. Now, 5 seasons on it is still producing incredible catch reports with some anglers catching 50 plus fish to over 55lb some weeks. Each month the weights of the fish go up and we continue to be amazed by this lake each season. All of these catches have come over large beds of particles with a scattering of boilies so be prepared to have a few sleepless nights  when you arrive here at JB Lake.

Lake Facilities

• Lake Size - 40 acres
• Difficulty - Easy
• Max Anglers -  14 individual 16 Exclusive
• Swims - 14
• Depths - 4ft - 8ft
• Toilets/showers - On site
• Boats - 4
• Bait Boats - Yes Allowed
• Individual Booking  - Yes
• Exclusive Booking  - Yes
• Lake swims map