Details of your catches:

20.00 grass, 28.06 mirror, 37.06 mirror, 38.12 mirror 40.09 mirror, 42.03 mirror, 43.05 mirror, 43.04 mirror, 44.06 mirror, 47.00 mirror, 48.01 mirror, 49.10,mirror 51.14 mirror, 53.01 common, & 56.00 common. Swim 1 - blank, Swim 2 - blank, Swim 3 - 1 fish, Swim 4 - 5 fish, Swim 5 - 9 fish.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Snowman\rigs & pop ups tight to snags

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes & no, this lake needs a proper eating & cooking area under cover as you are not allowed to cook in the cabin and there is no room to eat in the cabin, seating is wooden and always wet. If it was raining you would be cooking and eating in your bivvy. Great shower, fridge, freezer, toilet & washing up facilities. Also recommend a bike to taken.

Were you happy with them?

Yes\no the lake needs updating should have electric at all swims & the swims could do with a bit of TLC.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

50\50

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes all day long, great service from start to finish, always been the same from the day one we started using them.

General Comments:

This lake has great potential, all it needs is a bit of TLC. The stocking of fish needs to be double at least with only 120 fish in total, mostly being at one end of the lake or the other, there are some amazing fish to be caught if there were 2 anglers and were able to move swims, with 4 or 5 anglers you would find it all very hard to catch with only one person to be able move swims. Medhi & his wife are very nice people and leave you to get on with the fishing but there 24\7 if you need any thing. This is only a group feedback on what we would recommend.

Details of your catches:

20 fish.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Trent baits liver specials, size 6 kaptor kurv, 20lb coated braid.

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:

We dropped very lucky this week as the lake had fished poorly the week before.The weather was perfect for the time of year and the fish responded text book style for once. We have been to old oaks before so knew a lot about the place and as usual we stayed away from fishing into the snags. It's not the easiest venue but if you keep things simple and don't change things about too much if you are not catching, the fish will respond.

Details of your catches:

40 Carp, including the Long Common at 62.6 (PB), another PB for Jamie at 51.8 and 23 other carp over 40lbs!

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Obsession Baits Red Fish

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes, this is our third time to Oaks, so we know the lake, the facilities and Mehdi.

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:

Wow! What a week. It was great seeing so many big fish come out and to bank the 60+ common was an amazing experience. Great to see Mehdi again and he was fantastic. Weather was favourable, so in between catching fish we were able to relax and enjoy the sun.

Details of your catches:

16 Carp to 50lb. Swim 1: 4 x 30s to 36. 47 & 50. Swim 2: 5 x 30s to 39. 43 & 49 Common. Swim 4: Blank Swim 5: 14, 29 & 39.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Small patch of boilies, simple strong rigs.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Very good.

Were you happy with them?

Definitely

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

Mehdi is great, gave us all the information then left us to it. The average size in Old Oaks is amazing and the fish fight like mad.