Details of your catches:

Three mirrors up to 54lb

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

DNA baits PB and Wraysberry Popups over DNA Baits Switch boilie crumb, at very bottom of marginal shelf

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes

Were you happy with them?

Yes very happy

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes definitely

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

Another very enjoyable trip to Old Oaks. I arrived during the stormy weather and this helped the fishing with 5 takes in the first 30 hours, unfortunately two were lost which is gutting given the average size of fish in this lake. After that the weather and the fishing calmed down, with a quiet last couple of days. But to catch fish of this size in January made it a great session. Cant wait to get back there!

Details of your catches:

Very hard fishing the has not fished great for a while but We had 8 carp and 2 grass carp between us
Myself had a 40lb 4oz 45lb 6oz and 75lb 4oz
Steve had a 46lb 4oz
John had 55lb 3oz 47lb 12oz 28lb 14oz 51lb 12oz and 2x20lb grass carp

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Blow back rig small baits
Ronnie rig

Were the facilities what you expected?

The facilities were okay, only 1 English plug and BBQ was unusable

Were you happy with them?

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

*Angling Lines note* Thank you for your feedback, unfortunately the English adaptors do get replaced but they keep going missing again. We have now edited the facilities description to advise anglers to bring their own. Apologies for the inconvenience of this and thank you for letting us know.

Details of your catches:

Unfortunately no fish were caught.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

We tried everything.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes.

Were you happy with them?

Yes.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes, but I would warn them that the swims could do with a little work and to prepare for the Poisson Chat.

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes, as ever very accommodating to all of our requests.

General Comments:

A very difficult week, the weather was very hot, humid with no wind on the water which had a big effect on the lake. It was easy to locate the fish with most holding up in the far margin under tree canopies or anywhere out of the sun. They had no interest to feeding during the day or night no matter we tried or where we fished. The Poisson Chat were very active and there is a lot of them including big balls in most swims. (Be warned) Unfortunately we picked a bad week with all the elements against us but that's the luck of the draw and carp fishing!! We hope the next party has a better luck than we did.

Details of your catches:

Had a great week on old oaks with 20 fish between us. We had 6 over 50lb and 8 over 40lb. Plus we had 4 grass carp too.
Darren in peg 5 had 3 over 50 and David in peg 2 had 2 over 50.
Paul in peg 3 had the most fish with a total of 9 carp to over 50lb. Unfortunately Paul in peg 4 didn't catch and also Paul in peg 1 didn't either a tough week for them but we all had a great time. Yes there were 3 Paul's in total!

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Fish we're caught on a few different tactics really mostly on boilies tight to far margin with Ronnie's over the top.Also a few come out on wafters too over particles.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Facilities were good nice hot shower and big fridge for the beers.Big bait freezer more than capable to cater for lots of bait.

Were you happy with them?

Yes very

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Highly recommended if you want to catch big carp lots of them in there. Not an easy water but if you seem to get the timings right with the weather then you can expect a great weeks fishing.

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes highly recommend, Angling Lines, hassle free so all great

General Comments:

Mehdi was great couldn't have asked for a better owner, he was always there if we needed him and he left us to get on with our fishing. Also had a good chat with him about he's pumpkins and he's plans for the fish in the stock pond be some stunning fish going into both lakes soon and can't wait to go ba k and try and catch some of them.