Details of your catches:

48 fish = 9x50's, 23x40's, 13x30's, 2x20's, 1x 18lb Total 2040lb with an average 42.8lb A new PB for every angler, 1st time in 10yrs fishing France that we have all done that in the same week!! Peg 1 - Lee, 18 fish - 54lb "PB", 52.4, 49.8, 48.8, 47.12, 47.2, 47, 42.8, 41.14, 39, 38.8, 37.8, 37, 35.2, 35, 33.7, 33, 21.3 Peg 2 - Bob, 1 fish - 49lb 3oz "PB" Peg 3 - Les, 14 fish - 50lb 8oz "PB", 50.4, 49.12, 44.6, 44, 44, 42, 41.12, 41.8, 41, 40.8, 39.10, 36, 24 Peg 4 - Colin, 8 fish - 55lb "PB" , 51.8, 48, 42.4, 41.12, 40.8, 39, 18.8 Peg 5 - Paul, 7 Fish - 52lb 5oz "PB", 50.12, 50.10, 48.10, 47.5, 39.8, 37.10 Fishing slowed from Wednesday onwards as fish had moved up to peg 1 end for spawning.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Tight to the far margin, brightly colored tipped baits, and popups. Fished locked up in pegs 3 & 4 due to snags. All fish mainly came during the day except Lee's 54lb Common which came on the last night.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Superb facilites Double chest freezer - plenty big enough for food and bait for 5 anglers. Double fridge English sockets for charging phones boats etc Very hot water 24/7 good shower and english toilet. Brick built BBQ as well, just take a bbq grill and pop it on the top, or use the ones left by previous anglers. You don't beat these facilities, especially the freezer.

Were you happy with them?

Yes - we have fished Mehdi's other water Laroussi back in 2006 so knew about them from them.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes definitely. You need to watch for spawning, our fishing slowed down from the Tuesday/Wednesday and was only mainly peg 1 catching due to this.

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Angling Lines always there to help, either by phone or email. 10/10 for the service we always receive.

General Comments:

Our best week in France in over 10yrs for average weight, PB's and just volume of big fish!! My first 3 fish were all 50's, all caught by sunday night, thought I was living the dream!! We definitely come back to this venue, or any venue Mehdi has influence in as he his a first class owner, who is always at the end of the phone if you need help or advice, if not he leaves you to your fishing.

Details of your catches:

Very slow fishing due to hot sunny clear days and bright clear nights, the day when it became overcast we caught our only 2 fish.They were however 54.10lb common and a 50.5lb mirror so 2 pb`s at least made up for a slow week

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Do as Mehdi says and if you have a bait boat have somebody around the far margin with the remote and steer it over and drop the bait right by the margin as close as possible and the 2 fish we caught were on boilie topped with pink. As Mehdi told us generally swims rank in order of 5 the best down to 1 being the slowest

Were the facilities what you expected?

yes the shower was nice and the fridge and freezer are nice and big plus there is British plug points

Were you happy with them?

yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Definitely, it is a stunning venue, very private and set in the country

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

yes

General Comments:

We just happened to pick one of those weeks unfortunately but would go back and hopefully get the weather a bit more unsettled next time

Details of your catches:

Peg 1 - 11lb 12oz bream lake record Peg 2 - blank Peg 3 - 37.5, 39.8, 47.8, 34.4, 37.14 Peg 4 - 48.8, 39.9, 24.14 grass carp, 42.4, 39.11, 37.7, 52.4 Peg 5 - 39.5, 36.12, 51.4, 39.5, 32.10, 42.4, 43.13 All mirrors

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Cell tipped with fake corn or pink pop ups, fished in pva bags tight to the far margin and a few crushed Boilies.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yer. Very clean and plenty of hot water.

Were you happy with them?

Yer perfect for drive and survive.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yer

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yer

General Comments:

Fish were in great condition and really hard fighting. Mehdi showed us round the lake and then left us to it.

Details of your catches:

3x 50s biggest 55lbs 5x 40s biggest 49lbs Smallest carp was 35lbs and 3 grass carp to 28lbs

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Tight to the far margin, anything topped with pink.

Were the facilities what you expected?

Very clean, functional facilities

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes i would

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes i would

General Comments:

This was our second time on Old Oaks and the fish just keep getting bigger! Mehdi is a top bloke!