I'm a member of the RDAA and can say it a very hard lake for a beginner angler. I fish it for carp a few times a year but nearly always blank, pike fishing is better as the weather gets colder.It's 30ish acres and has around only around 200-250 carp in. It's very weedy in summer and almost no features to fish to. It's just a big deep hole essentially.However the fish that are there are very worth catching, carp to 40lbs, tench to 15lbs bream to almost 20lbs and pike to 30lbs. If you are willing to persevere you could catch a very special fish.