Details of your catches:

It was a slow week for me, a small double mirror and a bream but after a move I had 33.3 mirror, 39.8 mirror and the long common out at 62lb

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

I caught my fish on a multi rig with pop up corn

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes they were very good

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Definitely

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Definitely going back in February with my mates

General Comments:

Catching the biggest fish in the lake was a buzz I will never forget, after a 40 minute hard fight the 4ft beast just fitted in my net

Details of your catches:

51lb Mirror
45lb Mirror
48lb 8oz Mirror
42lb 8oz Mirror
41lb Mirror
42lb 8oz Mirror
25lb Mirror
38lb Mirror
50lb 1oz Mirror
35lb Mirror
39lb 8oz Common
35lb 8oz Mirror
31lb Common
50lb 1oz Common
45lb Mirror
40lb 12oz Mirror
15lb Mirror
51lb Mirror

Total.
1 Double
1 Twenty
5 Thirties
7 Forties
4 Fifties

Total 18 fish

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Wafter hook baits fished on semi-stiff links with hand sharpened hooks (a must!).

Were the facilities what you expected?

Absolutely!!

Were you happy with them?

Fantastic!!

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Most definitely!

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes.

General Comments:

2nd trip to Old Oaks. Absolutely phenomenal stamp of big fish for the size of water. Medhi continues to keep lake well maintained, neat and tidy, the same as Laroussi.

Details of your catches:

31 fish in total, largest 56 pound mirror.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

We found large beds of boilies the best tactic. This was different from previous trips which were more "one fish at a time" small trap tactics.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes

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:

Another great trip to an evermore popular venue.

Details of your catches:

"On The Bank Live"/First4Fishing visit to Old Oaks.

Well... what a great week, and more importantly what an amazing last 12 hours of fishing. We ended up with 22 fish in total between 2 of us and had 3 x 50s on the last night/morning!!

Tom Robson - 14 Carp - 11 carp from peg 2, 1 carp from peg 1 and 2 carp from peg 5.

3 x 50s - 53.10 Common ("Pizza Box Common"), 53lb Mirror, 51lb Mirror
5 x 40s inc 2 x 48s
5 x 30s
1 x double - fully scaled

Ian Gwatkin - 8 Carp
1 x 50
3 x 40s
4 x 30s

7 carp from peg 3, 1 carp from peg 1.

We will be putting the DVD from the trip on youtube in Jan accompanying the last DVD we did of Old Oaks (Youtube - On The Bank Live - Old Oaks)

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

First 4 Fishing RedBall + C-Nut Boilies snowman with Victory Baits Bedlam did most of the damage. Had a few fish on plastic baits.

The fish came after heavy baiting on the back shelf in peg 2 with around 15-20kgs of boilies over 3 days.

The fish are now very nomadic given the removal of the snags, as such I had a number of fish on the nearside margin between peg 1 and 2. Also a large number of fish came around 20 yards from the opposite bank, this being the complete opposite to what we are used to on previous trips having fished feet off the far margin.

Were the facilities what you expected?

This is my third visit to Old Oaks, and as per usual facilities are superb. Mehdi is great and left us to it all week. Cant wait to get back

Were you happy with them?

Of course.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes, my favourite venue in France

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes, of course.

General Comments:

This is arguably the best venue in France for big fish/lake exclusive, facilities are top notch, Mehdi has done a fantastic job with the overall fishery and fish management.