Comments on: KHV Disease hits White Acres

By: Gregstac

Gregstac — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:34:07 +0000

I have just returned today from a week at Whiteacres, I am a carp fishermen so went there with the intention of fishing Pat’s Pool which still according to their website holds 300 Carp and 100 Catfish,,,,,,,What a load of B******T! When we arrived we went to the fishing lodge to pick up our permits and was immediately told that Pat’s Pool now only has 50 Carp and maybe 50 Cat’s. This is absolutely disgraceful!!! I asked why their website and brochure still claimed the large numbers and was told that these things take time to sort…Crap!!! the website could be updated instantly! and as for still sending out brochures with the same claims. Well if you thinking of booking for specimen fishing DONT! and if anyone from the fishery would like to comment you are welcome to your opinion as I am of mine.
I have complained via Parkdean but on monday morning I will be filing a complaint for false advertising via Trading Standards. £1000 wasted between 4 of us.

By: massive

massive — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:43:07 +0000

hi jus wondered if n e 1 can help, me and my mate are goin 2 white acres in may, whats pats pool like to fish now its had khv and as ne 1 got n e good tips for pats pool

By: martin

martin — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 08:51:25 +0000

i have just finished a week at white acres and can only have negative comments to say as i emailed prior to arriving and spoke to tackle shop workers months before going and all said no disease had hit specimen lakes but this was far from the truth!!! No catfish were affected but on 3 carp came out of pats all below 20lb and they have restocked nelsons with apparently 50 8-10lb carp from other match lakes from the venue. None of the staff were any help regarding information about disease, baits, tactics to fish but more interested in taking money from you. I fished white acres 3 years ago and throuroughly enjoyed a large number of 20lb + carp and cats from pats but am now sad to say i wont be returning and advise you to save your money and find somewhere else to fish until there sort out their lakes.

By: Ken Greenway

Ken Greenway — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:55:35 +0000

Just come back from Whiteacres, disappointed. Fishing was poor. Spoken to other anglers and all were of the same opinion. One guy, (who said he runs a tackle shop) and his five mates had hit the lakes from dawn till dusk and not had a bite between them. Did’nt know about the disease and no one mentioned it at the fishing lodge. I am only a “pleasure angler”, but surely we can’t have all been doing it wrong!
This was a family holiday, my daughter and son in law have stayed at several other Park Dean sites and they thought that the standard of housekeeping was poor in comparison. Having an eighteen month old grandchild running about and finding a Knife under the settee is just not good enough.
This must sound like we had a terrible experiance here, not true, just being honest.

By: BILL OSBOURNE

BILL OSBOURNE — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:16:32 +0000

No sign of dead fish – but very little sign of live ones!!

By: BILL OSBOURNE

BILL OSBOURNE — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:13:29 +0000

We booked white acres a week before we went (mid august 09) and looking at the parkdean – news reel websites were really looking forward to fishing the specimen lakes for large carp & cats, but then a couple of days before our holiday we found the storys of dead carp – khv etc which was a bit of a worry.
I called the tackle shop at white acres to check if the 300 carp in pats pool was accurate and was informed about the khv out break earlier in the year and the stock level being nearer 200 carp in pats which was still promising.

We spent a fair bit of time fishing pats that week and was dissapointed, if you fished the week you might be lucky enough to catch, there was only one catfish caught worth mentioning in the week we were there and a handful of carp none bigger than 23lbs.

The lakes were nice, swims clean & plenty available, site facilities as you would expect, tackle lodge staff helpfull but carp stock level low (word was around 100 in pats).

I hope white acres update there carp stock list for next season as like us people travel a long way and pay good money to stay the week.

By: Martin

Martin — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:03:56 +0000

Hi im booked on for a week on sept 19 and will be mainly be fishing pats as iv fished it before and caught a large number of good size carp smallest 16 biggest 24 and cats to 35, however i have spoken to and read alot about the bad reviews of late coming from white acres!! Can you please inform me of any situations which i need to know about? Thank you but please be honest

By: mr jim symes

mr jim symes — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:17:43 +0000

we have just come home today, 11th july after a week at whiteacres we found out from another angler that they had had the disease back in October, we had not been informed at all. We were very dissapointed with the fishing this year we have only been twice before but we will not be going back again. There were quite a few dead fish floating on the top of the lakes, and many people I spoke to said that they will not be returning after going there for many years. very dissapointing not a cheap holiday either. Jim and rita.

By: paul

paul — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:42:41 +0000

just got back from whiteacres today,the place has gone completely to the wall.when we go there last monday,we went into the tackle shop for our fishing passes to find out ery and pats pool were closed due to tests to tests in the water and will not be open until the results came back.we were then told they now have a one rod policy.so being there only for a week on pats pool and a week on the pleasure lakes fishing 2 rods,we were totally peed off.so we went for a walk round and there were numerous dead fish floating around,and all he staff are doing is sweeping their problems under the carpet.the place was dead and the fishing is crap.we still had another week left but decided to come home as we could not do our bivvystint on pats pool.so if your thinkin of going keep your money in your pocket,its rubbish.

By: Kirsty

Kirsty — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:20:59 +0000

I see this topic is still hanging around, please rest assured White Acres is fishing well this season and if anyone is in doubt please check out the match focus page of our news-reel website to see recent match results and festival reports.

Simon K – The match reports from the date of your stay don’t really tally up with what you have experienced as we have plenty of guests that stayed that week and caught well.

If anyone has any questions or would like any firther information please do not hesiate to call on 01726 862 526 or email KirstyByrne@parkdeanholidays.com

Regards, Kirsty
Fishing Lodge, White Acres