Details of your catches:

Peg 1 , 52lb, 53Lb ,24lb,38Lb,43Lb all Mirror Peg 2, 17lb,48lb,17lb,40lb,53lb,53lb all Mirror Peg 3, 32lb,32lb both Mirror Peg 5, 55lb Common and 48Lb mirror

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Various bottom baits with either fake corn top or small popup to the far margin

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes clean and tidy with plenty of hot water

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

Great week with 15 fish in total including 5 x50's, 4x40's , 3x30's and three or 4 lost, good quality fish caught during a week of heavy rain at times

Details of your catches:

Very cold week, nights down to -2, north easterly winds & we managed 4 carp to 43lb

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

boilies to far margins

Were the facilities what you expected?

yes. they were great.

Were you happy with them?

yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

yes, and we are going back. beautiful lake

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

yes, Angling Lines are very professional

General Comments:

Many thanks for a great if difficult (weather conditions) week!

Details of your catches:

1 x 60 3 x 50 s 10 x 40 s 4 x 30 s 2 x 20 s 5 fish lost

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

All baits worked well hybrid and b5 tipped with small pop ups and plastic corn done the trick Putting baits on showing fish worked well with small amounts of bait

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes very clean and tidy

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes very good service thank you

General Comments:

Mehdi is a top bloke he showed us around and pretty much left us two it all week but was on hand if we needed anything would like to say a big thank you to him and what an amazing lake with a big head of 40 lb plus fish

Details of your catches:

"On The Bank Live"/First4Fishing visit to Old Oaks - Winter Social!. Well... after the great week we had in October we just had to come back for more. We had yet another amazing week with PBs broken all round. We were the second group on this year and the lake hadn't quite woken up however we managed 21 carp in total, 1 carp less than we managed in October session..... Tom Robson - 13 Carp - all from Peg 4 (fishing towards peg 5) 1 x 50s -55.02lb (Personal Best Mirror - same Mirror I had in October at 53lb) 5 x 40s (49.10, 48.05, 43.12, 42.14, 40.02) 4 x 30s (39.14, 34.08, 34.06, 32.04) 2 x 20s (27.14, 25.12) 1 x 10 (16.00) Rowan Charnick - 8 Carp (Peg 2 and then Peg 4) 1 x 50 (52.08 Mirror - PB) 5 x 40s (49.05, 43.4, 42.12, 42.02, 41.08) 2 x 30s (35.02, 37.00) Average Size: 39.08lb As like before we will be putting the DVD from the trip on youtube (aiming by end of March) which will accompany the last DVDs we did of Old Oaks (Youtube - On The Bank Live - Old Oaks) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9Utls5-JRg

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Same tactics as before: Boilies/Plastics - First4Fishing Redball - Victory Baits Bedlam - Korda IB/Fruity Squid Plastics - Quest - Raja Spice The fishing wasn't easy by any stretch of the imagination. Unlike October the fish didn't show themselves at all and we really had to work hard to get on them, casting around every hour or two to find them. With temperatures dropping below freezing at some points during the week and strong northerly winds the fish were mainly on the back of the wind in peg 5, which is where we caught the predominant bulk of the fish (18 out of 21). They were grouped up which meant once you found 1 the action came pretty quickly (we had 10 takes in 24 hours). The bulk of the fish came on the bottom of the ledge in 11 foot of water although we had one very productive spot slight further up the ledge in 9.5ft of water by the Fox bush in peg 5. We had nothing in depths above 8 foot i.e. the tight far margin. Baiting wise as you would expect, no heavy baiting given the time of the year, although we did put out a kg of boils after every capture.

Were the facilities what you expected?

As always, the facilities are superb -hot shower and clean toilet - everything you need to survive the cold in the depths of winter

Were you happy with them?

yes, very much so

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes, 100%. For anyone looking for their first 40lb or even 50lb fish I can't think of a better venue in France. The ratio of fish above 40lb is second to none - between the October/Feb trip we managed 43 Carp, 24 of which were over 40lb and 6 being above magical 50lb mark.

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes, the ladies at angling lines are always very helpful and willing to help wherever they can.

General Comments:

I have to make one very special thank you to Mehdi Daho who went beyond the call of duty to help us. We had to be off the lake by 5:30am on the Saturday morning so we could get back to the Calais shuttle in time to get to London for my flight home to the Dubai at 5:30pm. Due to us forgetting to turn the lights off in the van we managed to drain the battery so the van wouldn't start. We called Mehdi at 4:30am to ask for help and he was with us within 10 minutes to help jump start the van in the pouring rain... obviously the van started and we go back just in time... Amidst this all Mehdi still managed to keep a smile on his face... Absolutely amazing service and a huge thank you for going beyond the call of duty. Cant wait to get back to Spay however after our 4th visit to Old Oaks the next stop is Laroussi ... Cheers