Customer feedback from Old Oaks

Holiday date: Sat 4th May to Sat 11th May 2013
Name of customer: Andrew Hooper
Number of anglers: 2

Details of your catches: Peter fishing peg 3 mirrors of 27.11/28.10/29.2/29.13/30.03/30.04/31.07/32.00/32.08/33.02/34.14/36.03/37.04/40.04/40.07/47.01/47.02/47.10/48.02 and the long common @ 59.01. Andy fishing peg 4 had a grass carp @30.01 ,mirror carp of 30.09/32.03/32.12/33.02/33.09/34.10/35.04/36.15/37.01/44.14/50.00 and the pizza common @ 52.03. Total catch of 33 fish

Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Due to water level being very high the fish had pushed under the snags , we primed spots daily building up feeding spots with bollie , hemp and pellet.

Were the facilities what you expected? Toliet door needs fixing not excepting it warped during winter its spring now get it fixed way pay good money to use facilities not much to ask for a closing door. Also joke you have to carry your rubbish over a 500 meter hike to his house up a main road rubbish collection at the lodge should be allowed. *** note from angling lines *** mehdi is fixing the toilet door. We apologise for this. Here's mehdi's response re rubbish collection; "unfortunately each person living in our village is only allowed a single rubbish collection point & for me that is at the laroussi gate. So i ask each angler from old oaks to bring their rubbish to the laroussi gate. This is 80m away from the old oaks gate and is accessible by car."
Were you happy with them? Other than what i have written above quite happy overall

Would you recommend the venue to a friend? Yes i would
Would you recommend our services to a friend? Anglinglines are helpfull and efficient will recommend to friends

General comments: Great holiday just a shame the water level was so high could not get to the edges of most swims without waders but thats mother nature and not old oaks fault ,the fishing was great with hard fighting fish so more than made up for it .

Holiday date: Sat 20th Apr to Sat 27th Apr 2013
Name of customer: Scott Robertshaw
Number of anglers: 3

Details of your catches: Tough week what with temperatures between 5 and 28 degrees,high pressure and spawning fish but still managed to bag 7 carp. 48.6 mirror-44.2 mirror-40 common-47.9 mirror-48.6 mirror-36.10 mirror-38.5 mirror

Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Tight into the far bank in gaps between snags in clear spots,15mm rajah spice tipped with 1 grain of fake corn.

Were the facilities what you expected? Yes
Were you happy with them? They were fine,everything you needed to make your stay more comfortable.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend? Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend? Yes

General comments: Really worked for our fish, spawning really killed the fishing but couldnt be helped,the freakish weather brought the spawning forward,on another week im sure we would have done alot better but really enjoyed our time at old oaks regardless.

Holiday date: Sat 13th Apr to Sat 20th Apr 2013
Name of customer: Alex Drane
Number of anglers: 5

Details of your catches: 24 fish in total; mirrors 51.8, 48.6, 44.14, 44.8, 44.6, 44, 43.15, 42.13, 41.7, 38.2, 38, 37, 36.8, 36.8, 36, 36, 35, 35, 35, 33.12, 33, 32, 30 and one common 38lb

Your best tactics/bait/rigs: All kinds of rigs and bait fished to the far margin.

Were the facilities what you expected? Yes
Were you happy with them? In need of some repairs but apart from that they where good.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend? Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend? Yes

General comments: A nice venue with some very nice fish but it could do with some maintenance.

51lb 8oz

41lb 7oz

44lb 8oz

Holiday date: Sat 6th Apr to Sat 13th Apr 2013
Name of customer: Josh Dams
Number of anglers: 4

Details of your catches: 8 fish in total. 2x 40's, 5x 30's and a 20.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Fished tight to far bank close to the snags

Were the facilities what you expected? Yes
Were you happy with them? Apart from the water level being up due to flooding which could not be helped. Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend? Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend? Yes defiantly

General comments: Mehdi is great host and the facilities where spot on for a drive and survive holiday

Holiday date: Sat 23rd Mar to Sat 30th Mar 2013
Name of customer: Chris Breen
Number of anglers: 3

Details of your catches: We had 6 carp from 38lb to 49lb and 2 sturgeon from the stock pond, 35lb.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Small amounts of freebies, with pop ups.

Were the facilities what you expected? Facilities were good and what we expected.
Were you happy with them? Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend? Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend? Yes

General comments: The weather was a little cold, in a few weeks the venue will be great. The size of the fish were good, we had 4 forties out of 6 carp. We will definately be returning, mehdi was a great host, though we rarely saw him!