Details of your catches:

19 carp in total and 1 pike that fancied an Orange pop up.
1x50 to 55lb
8x40s to 47lb
7x30s to 39lb
3x20s to 29lb

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Sticky baits-manilla bottom bait over crushed boillie and corn.
Sex balls-Pcorn popup over crushed boillies and corn.

All fished bait boats in the day and pva mesh on the recast in the dark to the far bank.
DO NOT pile the bait in, we used about 5kg each in the week.
Listen to Medi the owner, he knows his lakes inside out.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Exactly as expected, very clean and everything works well. Nice hot shower, huge chest freezer for bait and big fridge for food. Double sink, lots of uk and euro sockets for charging. Outside table and large brick BBQ. Excellent phone service 4g mobile data all week.

Were you happy with them?

Couldnt be happier.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

100% the lake, facilities, location and owner are 10/10.

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

100%

General Comments:

Wouldnt want to spend our money in france anywhere else. Excellent location, 2hours from caen, 5 mins from super market and 20 mins from le mans 24hr track but you wouldnt know it as the lake is in total countryside away from any busy roads and surrounded by trees.

Details of your catches:

37 lb
37lb 08oz
38lb 02oz
39lb
39lb 06oz
52lb 04oz

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Both slightly baited areas and single pva stick caught. With maggot catching 2 including the 52

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes fantastic

Were you happy with them?

Yes 100%

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

Medhi was literally the nicest person! After 4 days on Laroussi and nothing on the bank or really showing (to be expected beginning of january) Medhi kindly allowed me and my dad to move over to old oaks for the last few days..

On the first night i landed a 37lb 08oz and 38lb 02oz and my dad had two at 39lb on the nose . Second night i had the 52lb 04oz and the last night i had a 37lb. Once again thankyou very much Mehdi for allowing us to move, really did make the trip!

Details of your catches:

12 fish 2x 50s 4 x40s. Most fish came from pegs 3, 4, 5. The Fox common went 57half lb in lovely condition. And a 56 mirror. 4 anglers

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Tactics varied single hookbaits worked in one swim with a few scattered. Where as Baitboat worked in other with quite a bit of bait in boat. All fished to far margin. Baits that did Manila and cell

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes facilities were spot on. Everything sound

Were you happy with them?

Yes . Very happy :-)

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes great venue with some stunning fish in there. And the bailiff is a lovely chap very friendly. And helpful :-)

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes definitely

General Comments:

Overall great week . Knew it was going to be tough . But stuck to it worked hard and we all had rewards. So very happy.

Details of your catches:

26 fish in total with 7 fifties including the fox common with a average of 43ib and collective weight of 1120lb.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Various tactics from each anglers included baiting heavy and tight to zonal spread and small traps seem to work very well, the fish were in the mid columns most of time in there safety zone and not been tempted by zigs, as the previous trip seen peg 2 dominated this wasn’t the case as the fish were spread out and at times right under your rod tips!!!
The baits we used were cell, live system, nutcracker and Manila, snowman to singles and fake corn accounted for all captures.

*poisson chat * Obviously from previous feedback we were concerned and catered for eventuality of combating the problem, we knew water temps had dropped so there activity would be minimal, but I must say is that we hardly had any problems with them at all!!!! The poisson chat have always be present in old oaks for a number of years and lengthy summers have made them thrive but medhi has started to reduce them massively in setting traps in each pegs with fish meal paste which he empties regular with great results which in turn will reduce them considerably not causing the angler problem in return thus not affecting fish weights and the addition of predator will contain the problem!!! All fish caught were all in tip top condition!

Were the facilities what you expected?

All as expected and everything you need

Were you happy with them?

Again overall very happy with the facilities, it’s a drive and survive

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Definitely would recommend this venue to anyone, it has and does what it says on the tin and more, a few teething problems this term but well on the way to being cured

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Angling lines always delivered

General Comments:

Fantastic week with pb’s broken. The escape from reality is what’s its all about.