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News from Old Oaks lake
Jan 2007
Old Oaks News!, 1st Jan
Firstly, we wish a Happy New Year 2007 to every angler and especially good health.
Many thanks to all our customers who spent time with us in 2006, respected our rules and made for such a good atmosphere at the venue. We had many repeat bookings, with many regulars; this is the best proof you can offer to us, that we are on the right track.
The 2006 season has been an excellent fishing year with several pb’s broken and many happy anglers. Some spectacular catches have been recorded, for example:
Mr Daniel Laughton-Zimmerman party in April caught 65 carp! Mostly good twenties including 6 x 29lb'er plus 15 thirties to 36lb 8oz with a total average of 27lb+!
The following week, Mr Farnell party managed 36 carp including 11 thirties and 2 first lake record mirror at 38lb and common at 36lb 8oz!
Mr Pichon in May had 19 carp including 9 thirties! Mr Bolderson party in September caught 66 carp and smashed all theirs Pbs!
Mr Dyer, son and father, managed 21 carp including 14 thirties to 36lb!
Mr Peel and his friend caught 37 fish with 10 thirties to 34lb 8oz etc..... The most amazing week was with Mr Bowler party who totallised a record of 96 carp between 3 anglers!
Well done to everybody!
Hopefully, you will be the first to hook one of the big catfish or maybe the 40lb'er grass carp! Although the lake record mirror stands at 38lb there are now a total of 4 different forties up to 42lb & 37lb for the common. A bigger common (a deep bodied around 40lb'er) is also swimming but still avoiding the capture.
There are also some good pike, roach, tench, rudd, perch and black bass (4lb 3oz last year). You can use a fourth light rod for coarse fishing.
Old Oaks is a runs/action water. The fishing is easy and very comfortable with platform swims, short fishing distance, and young fish. The facilities are top class and brand new.
A bed of boilies with hemp and partiblend will attract carp. However, don’t forget to bring mesh net, plastic baits like plastic pop-ups, sweet corn and rock hard boilies to avoid the poisson chats which can be a problem (mostly during the hottest months of the season). Bring big unhooking mats and a good antisceptic like medi carp too.
Baitboats: We would like to point out that baitboats are always allowed in Old Oaks. They are very useful to bring your baits under the overhanging trees. Due to reliability problems, we have sold our 2 Lakestar baitboats but we are building 2 new baitboats for the coming season. They will be available from mid March.
Winter improvements: During the winter, we have worked hard to improve the fishery. We had promised during 2006, some improvement and we are at the moment working on these. We have brought in more earth to some pegs to avoid the rain damage problem and cut down some of the old and dead trees. We will also plant some new trees.
New fish stocks: During the first week of January, we received some new fish for Old Oaks. We have carefully selected each fish...young, fast growing, different shapes and scales patterns.
We have also stocked 4 new big mirrors: a superb heavily scaled carp of 37lb; another long 37lb’er and 2 forties at 40lb and 42lb (lake record!) So now, anglers will have runs and runs and the chance catch a lump!
We hope all these details will improve the comfort of your holiday and will satisfy you.
Thanks you very much. Happy new year with plenty of carp.
Tight lines
Mehdi
Dec 2006
Fun at Old Oaks!, 1st Dec
Shaun Harrison took time out from his session on Laroussi to spend a few hours with the owner, Mehdi Daho, on his other venue, Old Oaks. The pair had frantic action for mid November catching 9 carp in only five hours. On two occasions they had simultaneous takes & at one point they had one fish on the bank while both anglers were playing carp also. Absolutely fantastic action!
The fish fell to Quest Special Crab and Rahja Spice.
Aug 2006
New complex record!!!!, 1st Aug
What a week!!! From the 29th July to 5th August, the Old Oaks and Laroussi fishing has been awesome.
The weather conditions were much better with cooler temperatures, a lot of grey cloud, strong winds and rain. Perfect to switch on the fish!
Mr Martin's party was fishing Laroussi: they had the record number of fish caught in a week - 53. Topped by a 56lb mirror (Pb for Brian). Brian had also his Pb grass carp at 31lb 8oz and sturgeon at 57lb 8oz. They had also 2 x forties at 45lb 2oz and 42lb (Pb for Steve), 19 x thirties to 39lb, 8 x twenties and 15 x doubles.
Nick had a new lake record grass carp at 43lb 12oz and his personal best mirror at 34lb. 7 big sturgeon have been caught to 60lb+
The other very good news is all the fish are spawned out. They will pile on weight about 5 or 6lb for the winter so the 7 high thirties will top the 40lb barrier very soon.... Well done mates!
During the same time, Mr Bowler's party also broke another record on Old Oaks! The previous record fish number of fish caught in a week was 65 by Mr Daniel Laughton-Zimmerman in April. They had fast and furious action and hauled 96 fish including; 4 x thirties and an amazing 74 x twenties! Again, all the fish are spawned out so we can think 28 of the good twenties will top the 30lb barrier very soon.
So (96+53).... 149 fish caught in a week between Laroussi and Old Oaks making it a new complex record!
Total weight for Old Oaks: 2,249lb - average 23lb+ Total weight for Laroussi: 1,564lb, average 33lb+ Total weight for the complex: 3,813lb+
Top Angling!
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Jun 2006
New unhooking mats for Old Oaks and Laroussi, 1st Jun
Fish care is very important for us here at Old Oaks. So we have bought an excellent quality mat for every swim on the lakes. The big difference between these mats and the standard mats is the boat shape... it is like a mini-paddling pool. Measuring 1.28m length by 70cm wide makes a very safe environment for the handling of the fish. So now you can save space in your car and feel confident when handling the fish on the bank. Don’t forget to wet the mats well before use.
Thank you. Tight Lines! Mehdi
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