Customer name
Paul and Bradley
Date of holiday
26/10/2019
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
We managed a few mid thirty commons
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Lake special caught the fish.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes been before WiFi a great addition.
Where do i start this is our 4th trip to Oakwood Fisheries and definately our hardest week. The rain was torrential every day it put so much cold water in the lake we were up against it. But like always everything was spot on food was great check out the chicken and mushroom pie wow! fresh rolled bait on site and great hosts.
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Customer name
Wayne Edwards
Date of holiday
12/10/2019
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
Biggest was a 51lb leather amazing creature 1 x 20 8 x 30’s 1 x 40 a two tone common
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
House bait
Were the facilities what you expected?
Very Good
A great place has it all, lake is a fantastic estate lake, fish are beautiful in very good condition, Food package is a must fantastic every night great facilities. Re booked 2021
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Customer name
Clay/King/Watts
Date of holiday
28/09/2019
Number of anglers
3
Brief details of your catches
10 fish in total and a few lost and a big grassy Biggest of trip 44lbs 4 x 30 plus common up to 38 lb
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
pop ups and snowmen
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes Very Good
Beautiful Estate Lake, very peaceful, great facilities, fishing and Dan is a top bloke very helpful.
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Customer name
Heaton Group
Date of holiday
21/09/2019
Number of anglers
3
Brief details of your catches
Biggest 54lb 4oz one twenty all the other fish we had were over 30lbs mainly upper 30’s
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
boilies next to the lily pads.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes Excellent
Stunning fish , Stunning venue, weather wasnt the best but it didnt matter one bit , i had a lake record mirror of 54lb 4 oz first time all year the fish had been out what a beauty.
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Customer name
Mark and Doug
Date of holiday
07/09/2019
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
Carp up to 35lb 10oz
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Snowmen lake special with a topper
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes excellent home made and awesome dog went hungry we finished the lot
Host’s Excellent, Dan’s advice made all the difference cant’t be under estimated. Bait is excellent value and quality of it super high end. We will be back if there have us!
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Customer name
Rob and Terry
Date of holiday
10/08/2019
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
I caught my second and fourth biggest carp ever during the trip, topped off with a beautiful mirror of 46lb 8oz, Smallest fish was 29lbs others were all thirties to 39lb.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
House Boilies
Were the facilities what you expected?
Great as always and well maintained lake.
My second trip of the year to Oakwood Fisheries. Great lake, great hosts always so helpful and friendly and fresh rolled bait on site. Carp are very pretty and in great condition.
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Customer name
Ben and Curtis
Date of holiday
10/08/2019
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
Mirrors from 27 – 47 lbs which was a new PB for me and 3 x 30 plus commons along with some extremely lake Rudd and Tench on my waggler rod.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Snowmen, caught a few on Stickybaits Krill but 70 percent of fish came on the lake special boilie.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Large seated area and the food was amazing everyday. Well maintained lake.
Stunning lake lies in a wooded valley, well presented all round, great hosts and the food is as good as all the feedback suggests best we have had in france too by a country mile well worth it!
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Customer name
Pete and Nigel
Date of holiday
27/07/2019
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
2 x 40’s 8 x 30’s 4 x 20’s and a 10lb tench!
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Fishing to large baited areas with the Lake Special boilie, also pre baiting small areas
Were the facilities what you expected?
Very clean well looked after and good WiFi
Great mini 4 day holiday just what was needed great woodland setting beautiful mature lake and the fish are in great shape. We will be back as we want one of the really big commons.
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Customer name
Steve and Steve
Date of holiday
13/07/2019
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
Fishing was difficult as the fish began to spawn a little in the extremely high temperatures we had.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Fishing to the far margins
Were the facilities what you expected?
The facilities were excellent
We will be back for another week as i feel we have un finished business as the fishing conditions were far from ideal, the lake is beautiful and the hosts were great and we felt well looked after. Thanks to both of you Steve and Steve.
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Customer name
Ron and David
Date of holiday
22/06/2019
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
PB mirror of over 51lbs mirrors from 31 – 51lbs Commons to 39lbs and some specimen Rudd to over 3lbs
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Lake special boilies and snowmen
Were the facilities what you expected?
Lovely facilities and WiFi work in some of the swims was perfect for us.
Firstly i’d like to thank Dan and Cheryl for a great week. Everything was spot on including the food, its a must.
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Customer name
Rob Day
Date of holiday
15/06/2019
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
Carp and course fish as we were going for all
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
boilies lake special and sweetcorn
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes and food was excellent.
Had a great time so we booked to come again later on in year!
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Customer name
Phil and Ben
Date of holiday
08/06/2019
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
Beautiful leather of 53lb 10oz was the pick of the fish, we also had 3 x 40’s all mirrors, 6 x 30’s and 4 high twenties.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
House bait and loads of it move and rest swims best tactic we found.
Had a great relaxing week. Great place and well looked after by hosts. Food is the best ever ive had in France, lake is interesting and pretty and stunning fish. Food was the best ever!
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Customer name
David Burr
Date of holiday
01/06/2019
Number of anglers
3
Brief details of your catches
Our biggest fish was a 48lb 2oz common in amazing condition. Mirrors from 26 – 36lb and a 36lb grass carp
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
We caught all our fish on the lake special
We had a great time but the fishing was quite hard due to the spawning period. Would recommend the lake, really good hosts,beautiful lake, and lovely breakfast package.
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Customer name
Dan’s group
Date of holiday
18/05/2019
Number of anglers
3
Brief details of your catches
New PB Common of over 47lb was our biggest fish which was a stunning big proportioned fish. Mirrors from 18 – 36 lbs
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
House bait was the best by far what we tried and we found pegs 5/6 the best during the week.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Facilities were amazing and 5 star catering, Food is the necxt level to anywhere we have been before!
We would all like to thank you for looking after us over the last seven days. Dan was a top class host and will be visiting again. The food package was amazing, Cheryl is an fabulous cook! Well Recommended
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Customer name
Dave and Vince
Date of holiday
11/05/2019
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
Our smallest carp was over 30 lbs to just over 45 lbs great average weight and also a 35 lb grass carp.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
pop up
Were the facilities what you expected?
5 star
Five star hosts, beautiful lake in woodland, very happy all in all great trip! Food package is outstanding so much more than a food package excellent value for money.
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Customer name
Clive party
Date of holiday
04/05/2019
Number of anglers
4
Brief details of your catches
Carp to over 45lbs which was a common and a new forty to the lake.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
topped off bottom baits
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes as advertised on the site they were great and very clean.
Lovely estate lake with comfortable swims beautiful surroundings we all enjoyed it thank you for a lovely time and experience. Home from home cooking with different meals everyday of the week. Fantastic. We will return.
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Date of holiday
20/04/2019
Number of anglers
3
Brief details of your catches
8 carp and 7 lost 7 of the carp were over 30lbs up to 41lb 8 oz great average size
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
boilies
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes very good
Were you happy with them?
yes
I have been fishing carp lakes in France for over 30 years and the food was the best ive ever had by far! Incredible place stunning lake offers the complete package gorgeous fish, wow food and fresh rolled bait on site. We have all ready re-booked for 2010!
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Customer name
Geoff and Henry
Holiday Date
13/14/19
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
2 x 40’s 4 x 30’s 6 x 20’s 2 x doubles
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
lake special boilies and atlantic heat
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes great
The weather came good and so did the fishing. Biggest a immaculate common of 47lb 5oz will be a 50 very soon! Excellent food thank you Cheryl and thanks Dan we will be back for our fourth visit!
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Customer name
Team Gadd and Chris
Date of holiday
06/04/2019
Number of anglers
4
Brief details of your catches
11 fish caught and 5 lost biggest fish was a 39lb 2oz mirror more than half the fish were over 30lbs.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
bottom baits made by the owner.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Excellent
Fabulous location, facilities and owners made for a great holiday! The fishing was good and PB’s were broken by 3 of us. Great advice from owner we will return again. Food package was so good!! and varied thank you for dealing with a fussy teenager.
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Customer name
Paul and Phil
Date of holiday
20/10/2018
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
I had 10 takes and banked 7 carp up to 53lbs
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
We used plenty of house bait which landed the big one
Were the facilities what you expected?
Great facilities very happy
We had a very enjoyable week, great food and excellent hosts many thanks
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Customer name
Tony and Trevor
Date of holiday
22/09/2018
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
Carp to over 30lbs
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
snowmen
Were the facilities what you expected?
Super Yes
We had a fairly difficult week tbh on the full moon. Lake is very beautiful great host and great food cant fault it.
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Customer name
Gary, Matt ,Michael
Date of holiday
15/09/2018
Number of anglers
3
Brief details of your catches
We had 33 Carp up to 45lbs. Average over 32lbs and we lost 8 fish.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Bait HEAVY!!!! and rest swims, 3 of us went through 50kg of lake special boilies.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Absolutely perfect for all out needs.
Cracking Venue, Fishing was great for the week, fish all in great condition. Dan and Cheryl perfect hosts and listen to dan’s advice about the lake we did and had a fantastic week. Also the food was fantastic every day Cheryl is a cracking cook.
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Customer name
Ayres group
Date of holiday
08/09/2018
Number of anglers
3
Brief details of your catches
We had 7 fish and lost 5 including a new Pb of 44lb mirror 3 other 30’s to 39lb, 2 high 20’s and a double
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Bottom bed singles
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes decent facilities
Good owners, nice looking lake and fish stat burst mirrors, had hoped for a few more but thats fishing, i gather its been a long time since the lake had any rainfall but still had a new Pb!
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Customer name
Jeff and Janice
Date of holiday
18/08/2018
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
12 fish up to a new record for me of 39lbs. Some stunning commons too and a linear.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
i used the house fishmeal and 12 mm pop upsfished to lily pads
Were the facilities what you expected?
more than expected
I fished mainly at night and the wife and i explored the wonderful beaches in the day that are about 45 mins away was a perfect mix of fishing and days out. Lake itself is very private surrounded by mature woods stunning, all the fish i caught were beautiful we will return for another trip.
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Customer name
Clive and Robin
Date of holiday
11/08/2018
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
Was pretty hot weather we managed 12 fish up to 48 lbs All in super condition and scaly mirrors what a bonus
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Snowmen leaving baited areas to rest
Were the facilities what you expected?
yep great shower freezers WiFi
Setting is super, good mixture of fish, good mouths on them too, food is simply a must, very welcoming hosts, listen to what the owner has to say he knows his stuff.
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Customer name
Toby and Steve
Date of holiday
16/06/2018
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
Fish up to new lake record of 50lbs 6 oz
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Caught all on the house nut boilies
Were the facilities what you expected?
Great facilities and food amazing not to be missed
Were you happy with them?
yes hosts went out of there way to help us
Lovely Place,Great hosts, Fish in great condition, would definitely come back
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Customer name
Mc and Guy
Date of holiday
21/07/2018
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
2 x 40’s 8 x 30’s 4 x high 20’s 1 x double
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Big beds of baits
Were the facilities what you expected?
Food is wow everything you need in the cabin, swims are mainly grass and very comfortable and free WiFi
New Pb for me stunning fish,lake is beautiful i have fished many holes in the ground if you want a mature stunning lake its here, dan is very helpful host, cheryls cooking is great! well recommended
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Customer name
Rob and Dave
Date of holiday
07/07/2018
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
22 carp ranging mainly from 28 – 51lb 4 oz PB mix of commons and mirrors
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
snow men we used the house fishmeal boilie
Were the facilities what you expected?
perfect
Secluded lake stunning, kept nice, fish hard fighting in really beautiful condition good hosts food to die for and loads of it thank you
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Customer name
Pennfare
Date of holiday
23/06/2018
Number of anglers
3
Brief details of your catches
Carp over 49lbs
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
house boilies bought the best results these were rolled the day before we arrived
Were the facilities what you expected?
very nice
Beautiful estate lake, we lost a fair amount of fish as the line i bought before the trip keep breaking when i hooked a carp.
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Customer name
Peter and Phil
Date of holiday
12/05/2018
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
Carp up to 49lbs new PB just shy of the 50lb barrier
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Bottom baits the big fish was caught on an Oakwood special boilie
Were the facilities what you expected?
Were Good
Very peaceful and both Dan and Cheryl are great hosts many thanks
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Customer name
Paul and Terry
Date of holiday
28/04/2018
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
14 carp up to 44lb Ranging mainly from 29lb -44lbs
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
We used the house bait fishmeal boilie resting areas and baiting.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Very nice
Peaceful beautiful setting in mature woodland easy access to swims plenty of features old lake. The fish are in great condition and the food was amazing. Well recommended.
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Customer name
Ben and Greg
Date of holiday
7/04/2018
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
16 Fish to 44lbs average weight for the week over 30lbs. Commons mirrors and a linear.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes everything needed.
Top class fishery lake beautiful, fish amazing condition and food 1st class perfect break away thank you.
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Customer name
Tony, Mattew,Chris
Date of holiday
24/03/2018
Number of anglers
3
Brief details of your catches
8 landed and lost 5 ranging from 25 – 35 lbs
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes been before
Peaceful setting, lovely lake terrible weather Rain, rain and more rain. Fish generally came in the clear patches in the weather.
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Customer name
Jim and Paul
Date of holiday
14/10/2017
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
15 Carp in total a couple of babies in the high teens including a fully scaled mirror stunning. 7 x 30’s 1 x 40
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Bottom baits fished off a main bed.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes
Very nice looking lake and fish in good condition that fight hard! Comfortable swims, easy access with plenty of water to fish helpful hosts.
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Customer name
Bill
Date of holiday
07/10/2017
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
1 x 47 3 x 30’s 5 x 20’2 lost a few
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Boilies tipped off
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes been here before
Beautiful lake, food to die for! Fish in great condition, once i found the fish the action dramatically picked up 4 takes in one night.
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Customer name
Geoff and Henry
Date of holiday
23/09/2017
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
We had 10 fish and lost 5, Biggest was a beautiful two tone mirror of 46lb 8oz the rest were 30’s and mid to high twenties. I also fished a centre pin for the tench and rudd and had a fantastic time.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
We used Oakwood lake specials, boilie tipped with plastic corn
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes been before
We were made very welcome and given lots of advice and help regarding tactics and places to fish. We both broke our PB’s and Cheryl’s cooking was amazing!
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Customer name
Tony,Tony and Dan
Date of holiday
09/09/2017
Number of anglers
3
Brief details of your catches
fished 6 days, 10 caught and five lost to lily pads weights from 45lb 7oz to 27lb smallest
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Bottom baits we used Sticky baits
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes
Thanks for a great time, we have fished so many lakes over the years and the food was simply the best ever! Wish you both all the best in the future.
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Customer name
Tony
Date of holiday
26/08/2017
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
It didnt fish that great, good weather start of week was hot 34 degree had a few days at the beach with my Wife and then weather changed it dropped to around 20 degree biggest fish was 38lb 5oz
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Listen to Dan advice, I used my own bait i had rolled Snowman Rig
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes plenty of hot water everything we needed.
Lovely old lake, the longer i was there the more i fell in love with the place. Its only 5 acres but the are plenty of features it has character. Dan and Cheryl really nice people one of the best angling lakes i have visited as a package. Carp in loverly condition i have booked my week for next year.
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Customer name
Neil and Tom
Date of holiday
19/08/2017
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
12 fish in total to 48lb smallest fish 25lb
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
We employed different tactics throughout the week from bags to baited areas one thing i would say its a good lake for baiting little corners.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Good WiFi at the seated area nice shower very clean
Very pretty lake to spend a week, caught some of the residents and ate some great home cooked food.
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Customer name
max
Date of holiday
22/07/2017
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
i have caught bigger before here but never the less great condition carp hard charging up to 37lb 9 fish in total. I caught a beautiful black common with yellow belly stunning fish
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
I used a boilie only approve due to the large rudd present i was using 2 of the different boilies produced on site.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yep good and clean
3 day stint been before but the place keeps evolving, Dan is always making improvements and cheryl’s cooking is amazing went home a stone heavier!!
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Customer name
Brad and Barny
Date of holiday
05/08/2017
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
Biggest was just over 40lbs at 41lb 6oz
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
I found baiting spots and leaving them benefitted me used a fair amount of bait to hold them
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes
Excellent venue
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Customer name
Francis
Date of holiday
08/07/2017
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
Carp up to 45lbs good mixture of mirrors and commons
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
We used lake special
Were the facilities what you expected?
Nice
Good holiday, nice place well set up great food and fresh bait.
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Customer name
Remy and Martin
Date of holiday
24/06/2017
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
New Pb mirror 46lb 12oz 26 fish in total
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Lots of bait moving around lake
Were the facilities what you expected?
Very good nice to have WiFi
I loved the place and booked my week for next year. Carp are mint and the food package is a must.
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Customer name
Vincent Morgan
Date of holiday
17/06/2017
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
8 x 30’s up to 38lb 6oz 4 x 20’s
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
I used some mainline and the nut house bait
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes
Average size was great and beat my personal best i loved the dark commons and caught one of the linears which was stunning. Stunning place and the food package was superb.
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Customer name
Paul
Date of holiday
27/05/2017
Number of anglers
3
Brief details of your catches
Carp to high thirties very hard fighting be warned.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Lake Special fishmeal
Were the facilities what you expected?
Everything we needed and very clean
Lovely lake very welcoming im definatley coming back in the future, the food was better than my wife cooks!
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Customer name
Alan Briggs group
Date of holiday
20/05/2017
Number of anglers
3
Brief details of your catches
26lbs – 42lb 7oz mirror, 7 x 30’s 2 x 40’s
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
I used my owns baits and the lake special boilies with large pellets.
Were the facilities what you expected?
WiFi, Great shower, big bait freezer and fridge perfect.
Very nice private lake, it can get very warm as the lake is very well protected by woodland, take sun cream in may! To get fresh rolled quality bait on site is a massive bonus and very helpful owners, Dan even helped me out with a bait formula i had been struggling to roll being a dabbler in rolling my own baits.
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Customer name
Alex and Brian
Date of holiday
06/05/2017
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
fish from 25lbs to 44lb 16 fish over the week and lost a fair few.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
I fished snowmen on silty spots
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes very nice covered seating area and WIFI
Good lake owner knows his stuff and very helpful stunning old estate lake, well managed, food was great.
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Customer name
Sullivan Group
Date of holiday
22/04/2017
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
Biggest 46lb 4 oz mirror new PB 3 x 30’s 10 twenties from 27 – 29 lbs 2 x doubles one a fully scaled mirror very nice for the future.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Snowman and oakwood boilies plenty of bait be prepare to be mobile.
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes
Lovely lake good relaxing break we will be back in future. Food 10/10 !!! we didnt need lunch beautiful fish.
Customer name
Pete and Rob
Date of holiday
15/04/2017
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
44 mirror PB, 30lb common, 33 mirror, 29lb 8 common, 39lb mirror, 34lb 4oz common, 34lb mirror, 3 x mirrors 28lb and one small one 22lb common.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
bait heavy we used house bait be mobile.
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes
Great Lake, friendly and helpful owners Good Fishery.
Customer name
Dan and Mike
Date of holiday
01/04/2017
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
12 fish from high twenties to 47lb 7ox mirror which was my PB.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Big beds of house bait we took Cell as well but only had one fish on this so swapped all our rods over which improved the action.
Were the facilities what you expected?
great shower clean everything you need.
Was still pretty cold to be honest most of the fish in the day, the fish were in excellent condition well kept old lake, food was tremendous had a good week.
Customer name
Stephen and Martin
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
24/09/2016
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
Biggest was 42lb 8 oz mirror my rod got pulled in as well in front of me by some monster i dived in grabbed the rod but then got broke up this was an experience! other fish were mainly high twenties
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
house bait big beds
Were the facilities what you expected?
Perfect and very clean more than we expected
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Yes
Great lake, great bait service, great fish that are in beautiful condition perfect holiday fishing for us and i broke my PB common and mirror happy days, the food package was also the bollox very nice!
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Customer name
Melvin and John
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
28/05/2016
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
Fish seemed to be in a slightly funny mood looking like spawning then not but we still managed 14 fish including a beautiful linear of 34lbs.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
We bought cell they didnt seem to like it so dan rolled us some bait up we moved about and fished both ends as its a long lake of around 350 meters and we upped our baiting midway through the week and caught well late on.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Lovely shower very clean, Fridge freezer for my beers perfect
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
N/a
Its a stunning site, secure and mature i believe its very old looking at the Oak trees. Its well run and looked after swims are nice good paths round and we must say we did enjoy the food package great holiday
Customer name
Bill and Ryan
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
24/04/2016
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
22 carp biggest 39lb 12oz mirror. we had 8 x 30’s and the rest were twenties mainly high
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
We opted for the lake special fishmeal boilie and moved about baiting areas
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes great
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
N/a
Beautiful lake surrounded by forrest very relaxing food was fantastic every day! The fishing was a bit slow at night but hectic in the day maybe down to the cold night time temps.
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Customer name
Brett and Dave
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
17/09/2016
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
2 x 40’s to 46lb 5 oz best fish 5 x 30’s 9 x 20’s 1 double
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
We used just boilies we found the brown house fishmeal bait the best topped off with a 12mm pop up
Were the facilities what you expected?
Great shower, clean
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Yes
First of all i would like to say thanks for a great holiday the fishing was quite slow for two days then really picked up and finished strong as we started to indroduce more bait into the swims It is a very well run fishery with the added bonus of beautiful fish, dark commons and mirrors. Food was amazing will miss it
Customer name
Mike and family
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
20/08/2016
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
Carp up to 31lb 8oz other fish were high twenties
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
House bait and moving swims
Were the facilities what you expected?
Very nice well presented house and lake
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Yes
It was extremely hot every day and the fishing was fairly hard for us but we did manage to get a few out, very scenic visit near by beaches as it was a family holiday.
Customer name
Gary and Phil
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
07/05/2016
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
39 carp and lost 12 3 x 40’s loads of thirties and twenties great looking fish with nice mouths only one we caught was showing any damage at all
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
We used loads of house bait got through about 60 kg boilies we were baiting two different areas of the lake and resting the swims.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Super
Were you happy with them?
Very
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Yes
We opted to move around and bait different areas of the lake fishing one swim at night and another in the day these tactics really worked for us. We caught all of our fish on the lake special boilies and another mix Dan rolled for us. Our top advice is to put in Loads Of Bait and rest the swims, we only used boilies as we thought using pellets etc would only bring in the big Rudd and Tench.” Gary said ” We had a great week on a beautiful lake very relaxing and the fishing was excellent. Facilities were also superb and I must say that we have fished many lakes over the years in France and the food here is the best ever! 10 out of 10 a must”
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Customer name
Dale and family
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
13/08/2016
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
Best was a 41lb mirror other fish were a mixture of commons and mirrors mainly mid to high twenties
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
only fished morning and evenings, bait left for a few hours and find the fish i was using quench
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes lovely stone house and lake like an english estate very peaceful
Were you happy with them?
very nice for the family
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Yes
A lovely place very good and well managed fishery will be back to fish again
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Customer name
Graeme group
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
11/06/2016
Number of anglers
3
Brief details of your catches
4 x 30’s were the best fish of the trip
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
beds of boilies lake special
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes good and very clean much better than where we have been before
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Yes
Very pretty lake peaceful setting we had a fantastic week away Dan’s tips help a lot
Customer name
Paul Bradley and Stuart
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
09/04/2016
Number of anglers
3
Brief details of your catches
Up to high thirties split of mirrors and commons
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Lake special boilies big beds of baits, dans advice
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes 3rd trip for me
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
N/a
Stunning lake that is well run and the are fish in tip top condition, We always have the food its a bit of a must have. Thanks again for a great holiday as always
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Customer name
Luke, Craig and Lloyd
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
19/09/2015
Number of anglers
3
Brief details of your catches
35 fish up to 37lb 8oz New PB two times in the week stunning fish
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Fishing over beds of boilies
Were the facilities what you expected?
Very good more than we expected
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Yes
Lovely place, welcoming hosts and very peaceful. Fishing was great Food package is a must, brilliant.
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Customer name
Barry, Frank and Ged
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
08/08/2015
Number of anglers
3
Brief details of your catches
22 fish between us up to 41lbs mirror, had a stunning linear of 34lbs
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
snowmen and bottom baits
Were the facilities what you expected?
good
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Nice 5 days fishing while on a longer vacation in France very scenic spot in woodland, mouths all in perfect condition some stunning dark commons, food was equally as good.
Customer name
Mark and Dan
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
11/07/2015
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
14 fish, New pb of 44lbs smashed my previous best, actually broke it twice in the week from swim 6, a brace of thirties both commons and mirrors and high twenties the rest Mark in swim 5 had fish up to 35 lbs
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Far margin fishing with lake special and our own bait.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Everything you need including a fridge for this year a good new addition for the beers!
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Coming back for our third trip. Dans very helpful and Cheryl great cook. Always have the food loads of it and nice, fishing was great.
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Customer name
Mark and Dan
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
11/07/2015
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
14 fish, New pb of 44lbs smashed my previous best, actually broke it twice in the week from swim 6, a brace of thirties both commons and mirrors and high twenties the rest Mark in swim 5 had fish up to 35 lbs
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Far margin fishing with lake special and our own bait.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Everything you need including a fridge for this year a good new addition for the beers!
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Coming back for our third trip. Dans very helpful and Cheryl great cook. Always have the food loads of it and nice, fishing was great.
Customer name
Tom, Gwinno, Taff, Victa
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
04/07/2015
Number of anglers
4
Brief details of your catches
14 fish between 19lb to low thirties
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Lake Special and Tom found stalking them on the surface was a good tactic.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes best so far in france
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Really hard to get back in to normal life this week after spending time with you guys in such a wonderful environment. Beautiful place food was amazing
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Customer name
Richard and Max
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
13/06/2015
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
4 day trip 18 fish 4 x 30’s to 37lb 12 x 20’s 2 doubles
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Just boilies our small pellets bought monster rudd into the swim
Were the facilities what you expected?
more good than expected
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Pretty Fish, we had a linear and fully scaled mirrors, nice looking old mature lake with south facing swims. Good owners and we had the breakfast which is a must.
Customer name
Paul and Bradley
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
23/05/2015
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
11 x 20’s to just under 30lbs mainly mid to high.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Lake boilies fished to the far margins
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes been before very good
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
A big thankyou to yourself & Cheryl for looking after us agin this year…the chicken pie is still a firm favorite mate ! As ever the lake ,fishing and condition of the fish was fantastic although I think our session coinsided with the fish just about to start spawning so was a little harder than expected but equally as rewarding once we got a few on the bank ! I really appreciate you taking the time to pass on your lake knowlede to Bradley and that “top secret rig” which I think he may of perfected himself now looking forward to coming back next year and hopefully back amongst the 40’s again like last time with my brace.
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Customer name
Dagan and Pete
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
25/04/2015
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
26 fish between us ranging from 18lbs – 46lb 4oz
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Baiting two different swims and moving between them. We were using the lake boilies and baiting fairly heavily
Were the facilities what you expected?
More than expected
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Beautiful lake, helpful advice on arrival, food was great and above all the fish are in great condition.
Customer name
Lester,Guy and Ryan
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
11/04/2015
Number of anglers
3
Brief details of your catches
Everyone had carp over 30lb with a new PB Common for Ryan at 32 lb Biggest fish 37lb Mirror stunner, the smallest fish 21lb common action straight away. 11 other 20’s mainly mid to high twenties.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Secret can’t say
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes good and very good food, well recommended
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes 2nd visit
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
N/A
Great week away, the lake looked very different at this time of year compared to when we last visited very pretty, Beautiful fish one Pb to Ryan with a stunning common. The Action was mainly in day light hours. Good hosts
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Customer name
Pat, Chaz, Planky
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
18/10/2014
Number of anglers
3
Brief details of your catches
The week started with my rod being dragged in on the first night. Lucky took the boat out on the Sunday morning and managed to retrieve it. It was a bit of a strange week we only banked carp up to 26lbs its the first time we have visited and not caught carp over 30lbs. We did loose a fair number of big fish due to hook failure this is the strange part! We experienced hooks snapping and bending straight. (these were big brand hooks nash and korda) Not too sure what was going on as I use these hooks at home and have had no problem. We suffered 4 losses due to this on decent fish. They were fighting particularly hard with the colder water temps but still you don’t expect this. One mid twenty common that was banked had also straighten another hook and we were lucky to land it. Had a few stunners though including some big plated mirrors and an offspring from the perfect linear at just over 20lbs. we have caught the perfect linear before and this little one is almost an exact replica stunning. Be back in April as my quest for the Black common goes on!
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Beds of boilies fishing to the features.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes very good.
Were you happy with them?
yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
n/a
Great week as ever, food/facilities top notch, the fish are in awesome condition and some of the prettiest i’ve seen.
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Customer name
Gus, Tim, Chris, Paul
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
20/09/2014
Number of anglers
4
Brief details of your catches
2 of us broke our PB’s myself with a 31lb mirror and my brother with a lump caught off the surface at 46lb 4 oz, which was a new record at Oakwood for a surface caught fish. The other fish we caught ranged from 16lb – 33 lb with most being mid to high twenties.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
longer hooklinks single boilie tipped with corn and snowman rigs fished over a bed of lake special boilies and surface fishing.
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes good facilities and a decent shower.
Were you happy with them?
yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
yes
The Surroundings and the lake are stunning plenty of large carp to go for. Well run site with fish safety at the forefront which is evident from the condition of the carp.. Helpful information from Dan who is always willing to help. Can’t wait to come back next april. Thank you to you and your good lady for an enjoyable weeks fishing and great food.
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Customer name
Ciaron
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
13/09/2014
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
I had 22 fish up to 38lbs a great weeks fishing and lost a fair few.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Rest the swim whenever possible, plenty of bait (35kg boilies used) lake special. listen to Dan I took his advice from day 1, he knows his lake and how to catch the fish.
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes excellent
Were you happy with them?
More than happy
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
yes
Stunning place, I had a great holiday, fishing was great on the first day I had 9 takes banked 5 of them and lost 4. I broke my PB multiple times in the week with thirties. Fish are real corkers in great condition and the food is fabulous lots of variety and very plentiful 10/10
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Customer name
Ciaron Jordan
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
13/09/2014
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
Total captures 22 fish up to 38lb 6 fish lost
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Rest the swims lots of bait 35kg boilies used
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes excellent
Were you happy with them?
Yes very
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Definitely
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Definitely
I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Dan & Cheryl for their warm hospitality throughout the week I spent at Oakwood fisheries . I was immediately made to feel welcome and Dan was really helpful in tactics and bait to use . I soon had my first capture from one of the spots Dan had pointed out . I went on to capture a total of 22 fish up to 38lb with an additional six fish lost . The fish are stunning , in excellent condition and fight hard so be prepared ! … Dan also supplies fresh quality bait at a very reasonable price ( I used it to great effect )… The facilities were excellent and very clean … Cheryl’s cooking was fabulous ! Highly recommended ( I guarantee you will not go hungry ) The lake is very picturesque with some great features to fish to , the pegs have plenty of room and are easily accessible . In summing up I had a fantastic week , the fishing exceeded all my expectations and more ! … I will definitely be back in the future , my tip for catching !.. Listen to Dan’s advice he knows his lake , his fish and how to catch them ! Thanks for everything …. Kind regards , Ciaron Jordan .
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Customer name
dave and gary
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
06/09/2014
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
biggest carp was 43lbs mirror broke my PB twice in the week
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
lake special boilie fishing in the margins
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes good
Were you happy with them?
yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Beautiful lake, Fish in perfect condition and good food and plenty of it.
Customer name
pete, phill, mark and peter
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
30/08/2014
Number of anglers
4
Brief details of your catches
Carp between 19lb 14 and 39lb 12oz
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Accurate bait placement Kd rig and lake special boilies find your spot and stick with it.
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes as website
Were you happy with them?
yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
great holiday excellent hosts many thanks
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Customer name
warick and mark
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
16/08/2014
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
we had 18 fish between us mainly between 25 – 35 lbs, Pick of the fish were a perfect zip linear at 33lbs and a great proportioned mirror of 46lb 10 which was a new PB for me.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Lake Special boilies done the best along with K-G-1
Were the facilities what you expected?
very good and the food was amazing
Were you happy with them?
yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
We had a great holiday very helpful hosts listen to dans advice. very beautiful lake with mature woodland surrounding it. Will be back in the future.
Customer name
Lester pardoe
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
21/06/2014
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
36lb mirror pb ,,18 and 20 common loads of tench and Rudd
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Bottom baits,
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 our services to a friend?
Yes
Great place to catch a pb,, weather was hot so the fishing was not at its best , but had a great week. Dan gave us good advice , and the food was superb should have had it all week saves a lot of hassle, wildlife was superb will take a better camera next time
Customer name
Lester and Guy
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
21/06/2014
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
Carp up to 36lb
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Dan special Rig (secret)
Were the facilities what you expected?
facilities and the food was great
Were you happy with them?
yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
yes
Great pace will be here again broke my PB Great looking lake loads of features
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Customer name
Chris,Paul,Toby
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
24/05/2014
Number of anglers
3
Brief details of your catches
carp tench roach rudd
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
boilies bottom and wafters
Were the facilities what you expected?
excellent shower facilities
Were you happy with them?
yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
yes
lovely lake, beautiful surroundings amazing owners being very helpful at all times. Toby got a PB
Customer name
Josh
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
17/05/2014
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
3 x 30’s to 39lb 6oz 8 x 20’s to 29lb 10oz 2 doubles and lost 7 fish.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
bottom baits tipped with small pop ups tight to the lily’s. Lake special boilie worked the best by far I ended up leaving my cell boilies in the freezer to take home as they didn’t really like them and ordered some more lake special which was rolled fresh, great service and got to see the boilie machine in operation.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes the food was lovely just like last time I was here, I would recommend it to everyone visiting. Facilities were perfect and the shower is great!
Were you happy with them?
very
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Great trip overall . Caught far more than I expected and Dan and Cheryl were excellent hosts who did everything to make sure I was happy. The lake is stunning this is my 2nd trip here and I was delighted to catch one of the linear’s at 32lb 2oz without doubt the best looking fish I have ever caught!
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Customer name
Paul and Bradley
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
10/05/2014
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
A brace of 40lb mirrors, 4 x 30’s between 31lb 8 oz and 38lb 4oz, 6 x 20’s mostly high twenties and one double.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Lake special Boilie over large beds of boilies
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes excellent
Were you happy with them?
yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
yes
Great venue run by Dan who really cares for the fish which are in mint condition. Food was excellent every night gained a few pounds! Lake is a stunning estate lake, I rented the whole lake for 2 which I thought was very good value. We will be coming back soon.
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Customer name
Mick and Lee
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
03/05/2014
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
1 x 40 new PB 6 x 30’s 5 x 20’s mainly around 28-29 lb
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
double 18 mm bottom baits and snowmen lake special boilie
Were the facilities what you expected?
Excellent all round.
Were you happy with them?
very
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
yes
Dan was a great host full of information on where to drop our rigs listen to him and your catch more. stunning lake and fish above all in great condition, we will be back again.
Customer name
dave, clive
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
19/04/2014
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
Carp between 18 – 39lb 10 oz Mirrors, commons and a beautiful linear.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Bottom baits
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes good facilities and the food was excellent
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Very helpful hosts, struggled a bit at first then dan came down to offer some advice on the spots I should be fishing and even baited the swim! I was then on the fish and ended up with several thirties and broke my PB with this stunning mirror of almost 40lbs. All fish caught were in great condition.
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Customer name
pete and frank
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
08/04/2014
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
10 carp between us from 17 – 37 lbs
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Bottom baits or snowmen, couldn’t get a bit on a pop up on its own. We used matrix twist rolled by the owners on site great service fresh bait!
Were the facilities what you expected?
Superb and the food is amazing.
Were you happy with them?
yes very
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
3 day trip, weather was changeable had some stunning looking carp, beautiful estate type lake cracking food.
Customer name
Ivan
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
29/03/2014
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
12 carp between 20 – 36lb 8oz highlighted by the biggest being a zip linear also commons mirrors and one fully scaled.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Listen to the advice given by Dan and get on the Trix, bait rolled in house by Dan great food source.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes was very happy with them
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
I had a great week away from work, I saw deer, red squirrels, water voles, big birds of prey and had some stunning fish in a beautiful setting all in great condition… happy days.
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Customer name
Davvy and Steve
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
05/10/2013
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
41lb 8oz new PB, 3 x 30′s, 4 x 20′s, 1 x 17lb
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Bottom baits with plenty of freebies, lake special boilies with wonka pop ups
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes spot on
Were you happy with them?
Very
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
My 3rd year on the trot, great holiday, great fishing stunning fishery and a new PB. The food really adds to the trip aswell its a must!
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Customer name
Simon and Peter
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
18/09/2013
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
3 Pb’s in the week 10 carp up to 39lb 11oz
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Boilies semi fixed rigs and snowmen
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes
Were you happy with them?
Very much so
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
A great relaxing week in a lovely setting, Superb food Cheryl is a great cook,friendly couple cheers to Dan and Cheryl.
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Customer name
Don Briggs group
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
14/09/2013
Number of anglers
4
Brief details of your catches
carp from 21 – 37lbs
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Bottom baits and pop ups
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes very good
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Yes
Lovely mature lake with good wildlife. Comfortable big swims well managed lake.
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Customer name
Micheal,Gary and James
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
07/09/2013
Number of anglers
3
Brief details of your catches
Carp between 17 – 28lbs
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Beds of boilies, bottom baits tipped with corn.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes Better
Were you happy with them?
Very amazing food well worth every euro!
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Stunning lake, Lovely swims Amazing food
Customer name
Dave
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
31/08/2013
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
carp 18 – 37 lb including a fully scaled mirror stunning
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
K-G-1 I found worked best
Were the facilities what you expected?
Very good combined with very tasty food and big portions and bait rolling on site what more could you want!
Were you happy with them?
Very
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Lovely lake, beautiful fish and very friendly helpful hosts.
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Customer name
Greg and Frank
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
17/08/2013
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
16 carp from 18 – 44 lbs very pretty fish and in great condition one of my favourites was a mint long linear of just over 30 one of the best fish I have ever caught.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Plenty of bait with snowmen style presentation. I used matrix twist rolled fresh on site.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Above what I expected from a carp fishery, very clean awesome shower and great food all hand made. A lot better than most restaurants I have ate in on the side of a lake perfect!
Were you happy with them?
Very
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Very nice set up, beautiful estate lake with many features surrounded by mature woodland with plenty of wildlife, fish are stunning all I caught had perfect mouths. Good hosts
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Customer name
John and jane
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
03/08/2013
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
carp up to 29lbs new Pb and just missed the ladies Oakwood record by 2 lbs!
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
pop ups
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes very nice, excellent shower and no generators here all mains electricity for charging bait boats all very clean and tidy.
Were you happy with them?
As above
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Yes
Very beautiful well kept lake with excellent wood chipped swims nestled in a secluded valley. Nice surrounding area too where we enjoyed some days and evenings out.
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Customer name
Mark, Phill, Carson
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
22/06/2013
Number of anglers
3
Brief details of your catches
Carp from low twenties to 41lb including a stunning thirty pound linear.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Kd rig with 18mm K – G – 1 or snowmen rolled fresh on site.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Excellent facilities and food,Cheryl and Dan top notch hosts
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Very beautiful lake lots of features and wildlife.
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Customer name
Eddie, Dave
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
08/06/2013
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
16 Carp both mirrors and commons from 19lb – 45lb 7oz new PB. Mainly mid to high twenties including 4 thirties and the mid forty
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
K – G- 1 and Matrix Twist rolled on site
Were the facilities what you expected?
Brilliant factilities much better than I expected and the food was really good every night well recommended.
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
This is my 16th year visiting France and this is probably the most beautiful lake I have visited with great wildlife all around in the mature forest. Well run fishery with nice hosts and contains some stunning fish all that we caught were in great condition. I will return again one year.
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Customer name
Mike, Paul
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
01/06/2013
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
New Pb 42lb mirror and 10 other carp mainly mid to high twenties with 2 x 30′s
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
K-G -1 rolled fresh on site with large beds of baits some rigs topped off by bright pop up
Were the facilities what you expected?
Shower spot on, food good value and nice breakfast roll delivered on the dot to your bivvy every morning
Were you happy with them?
Very
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Yes
Lovely lake great spot and after a hard start to the week the fishing picked up after spawning and smashed my PB by over 17lbs! would definitely come again.
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Customer name
Ben, Alex, Dave, Michael
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
25/05/2013
Number of anglers
4
Brief details of your catches
biggest carp of the week was 38lb 8 0z new PB then another 30lb fish, 29lb 12 oz, 3 x 20′s
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Snowman Rigs and Double baits
Were the facilities what you expected?
Facilities fantastic
Were you happy with them?
Very clean and nice.
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Nice Place Stunning Fish in great condition, lovely owners very helpful.
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Customer name
Mick and Tom
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
04/05/2013
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
Carp from 14lb a fully scaled baby mirror stunning to 37lb 8 oz
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Kd Rig with snowmen abd had one off the surface
Were the facilities what you expected?
Very nice cleaned every day and well kept
Were you happy with them?
Very
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Defo
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Stunning estate lake packed full of features and cracking fish in good condition, food was absolutly great every night dont cook urself unless your a top chef no need fab!
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Customer name
Mark and Dan
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
27/04/2013
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
18lb, 21lb, 44lb, 27lb x 2, 25lb x 2, 32lb, 26lb, 23lb, 28lb, 29lb
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
In the margins
Were the facilities what you expected?
Very Good impressed
Were you happy with them?
yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Yes
Really enjoyed stay, stunning place good fishing and excellent food with plenty of it, i smashed my pb by over 20lbs!
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Customer name
Gordon and
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
20/04/2013
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
Mainly mirrors with one small common 34lb 8, 34lb, 29lb 5oz were the best fish
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Long hook link with snowman fluro pop ups
Were the facilities what you expected?
Very good
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Lovely lake, loveley fish, food was great every night – thank you for helping feed two fishermen who normally live on tins!
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Customer name
Stag Party
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
13/04/2013
Number of anglers
4
Brief details of your catches
Fish between 18 – 31lb mainly high twenties commons and mirrors, the stag had one of the linears perfect
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Martrix Twist and cell
Were the facilities what you expected?
Better
Were you happy with them?
Yes Very
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes Defo will be back
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Beautiful site, abundance of wild life and nice comfortable swims.
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Customer name
Stag Party
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
13/04/2013
Number of anglers
4
Brief details of your catches
Fish between 18 – 31lb mainly high twenties commons and mirrors, the stag had one of the linears perfect
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Martrix Twist and cell
Were the facilities what you expected?
Better
Were you happy with them?
Yes Very
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes Defo will be back
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Beautiful site, abundance of wild life and nice comfortable swims.
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Customer name
Pat
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
06/04/2013
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
Best fish 2 mirrors of 40lb 1oz and 37lb 4 oz but a difficult week compared to all our visits before.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
As the conditions were cold we decided to bring some maggots fished in pva bags with matrix boilies which were rolled on site. The fish came from a silty area.
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes very good, the covered seated area came in handy this week, food great as always nice and clean.
Were you happy with them?
yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Probably the worst weather we have ever fished in! Non stop rain accomapanied with howling winds
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Customer name
Pat
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
15/10/2012
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
mirrors and commons between 20-29 lbs
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Premier baits matrix dumbells rolled on site by dan, tipped off with pop ups
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes perfect
Were you happy with them?
very
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
My 4th trip here lovely place as always, food top notch, great trip away for 4 days despite some of the weather!
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Customer name
chris murry
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
22/09/2012
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
Fish between 22 – 37lb 3 x 30’s and 1 grass carp of 33lb
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
I used the lake pellet and carp company natural impact rolled on site and ready for my arrival Happy days
Were the facilities what you expected?
Better
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Lovely swims, beautiful old lake, well run fishery. Could drop off the fishing tackle in the swims which made life easy for my bad leg. Food great and dan very helpful.
Customer name
Charlie
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
15/09/2012
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
9 fish from 21lbs – 35lb 8oz
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
All fish caught on boilies both pop ups and bottom baits. Used Matrix rolled on site at oakwood.
Were the facilities what you expected?
very nice clean and tidy as always and awesome food. well reccommended.
Were you happy with them?
yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Beautiful lake, stunning surroundings, friendly hosts and plenty of near by shops.
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Customer name
Steve
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
11/08/2012
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
2 x 40’s back to back upto 46lb 8oz 2 x 20’s 1 x 30
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Plenty of boilies bait purchased on site and rolled fresh.
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes very happy
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes will be back
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Fantastic place, great fish, really beautiful woodland setting with comfortable wood barked swims. Put my back out holding the 1st forty so lucky dan was at hand to hold the second one up for me!
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Customer name
Davvy
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
04/08/2012
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
6 x 30’s, 2 x 20’s amd 2 tench. New Pb within 24 hours smashed it by 9 lbs with a 38lb 4 oz mirror
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
large beds of oakwood pellets and plenty of free boilies
Were the facilities what you expected?
great lush
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes 2nd trip
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Fantastic venue this is my 2nd trip, lovely fish dan is willing to help whatever is needed will be back again!
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Customer name
David
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
14/07/2012
Number of anglers
3
Brief details of your catches
highlight 3 x 30’s
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
boilies brought from oakwood premier baits matrix
Were the facilities what you expected?
facilities were very clean and well kept
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Yes, we were very well looked after the food was excellent and very good value. Dan was very happy to pass on his experience and spent a lot of time helping my 14 year old son
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Customer name
brad
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
07/07/2012
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
Mirrors and commons nothing under 21lbs, biggest common 31lb 8oz biggest mirror 38lb
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Boilies bought on site with some of oakwood colourful pop ups.
Were the facilities what you expected?
great even a covered seated area which helped out because the weather wasnt great
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Beautiful place surrounded by trees and bays of lily pads, had the food great every night certainly saves cooking on the bank and a great breakfast baugette bought to your swim every morning heaven
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Customer name
mick
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
09/06/2012
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
9 carp and i lost 8. 2 x 30’s and 7 x 20’s
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Boilies and corn 360 rig with a dark pop up
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes great facilities
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Nice venue very helpful, great new swims very nice, wonderful woodland setting
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Customer name
greg
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
02/06/2012
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
We had carp upto 29lbs
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
bottom baits
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes very nice
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
We had a very enjoyable trip, we find dan & cheryl very accommodating and helpful and the lake was very picturesque, with excellent pegs, great facilities, fantastic to have the lake to ourselves without any hassle from other anglers. We both thought the home cooked food was excellent and there was a ready supply of good quality bait on site. Thanks for your help with organising the trip.
Customer name
dave smith
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
12/05/2012
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
30lb plus grass carp – commons upto 29.5lb
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Back leading and fresh bolies
Were the facilities what you expected?
very good clean and tidy
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
a nice fishery and dan was very helpful. We had a breakfast each day which was very good and reasonably priced. Lovely and peaceful. A good trip, fish were spawning for part of our trip but otherwise we had a great time and would return to the fishery with out doubt
Customer name
robert and tom
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
21/04/2012
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
4 x 20’s and 4 x 30’s
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Fishing to the pads with plenty of bait
Were the facilities what you expected?
the carp cradels were brilliant im buying oone when i get home! and the food was great big portions.
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes definately
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
The lake is stunning. Good features to fish to. Food was great every night had a good holiday
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Customer name
Robert
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
07/04/2012
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
36lb 4 oz 35lb 4 oz 32lb 8 oz 29lb 4oz 20lb
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Carp company cranberry + caviar boilies, bottom baits and lake pellet rolled on site
Were the facilities what you expected?
Excellent – above what is expected
Were you happy with them?
yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Stunning lake with many features. The weather was very changable caught all our fish after the rain had stopped when they started showing again. To have the food package was the best decision i made. The quality of the bait available to purchase is also excellent and dan is very happy to share his knowlwdge of the lake to help improve your catch. We both broke our pb’s and rob broke his by 21 lbs! I would definatly recommend the venue and would be happy to return.
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Customer name
pat
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
19/11/2011
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
4 carp 21 – 28lbs
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Running rigs, Dan’s pellet and a good quality frozen bait, fished to the dying lily pads
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes, Nice and clean as always
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes ive re booked
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
As always a beautiful place to fish it was a bit colder than when I normally come and it was nice to see the lake looking different in her winter colours, despite the cooler temps I still managed to winkle some out showing me their lovely winter colours well worth the effort.
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Customer name
terry and davvy
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
01/10/2011
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
I smashed my personal best by 10lbs thanks to a stunning mirror of 39lbs and dave added 6lbs to his p.b. With a 29lb 6oz mirror. He also had 5 other high twenties including the nicest fish I have ever caught called the perfect linear at nearly 29lbs.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
.I fished to gravel areas with short hook links and large 20mm boilies with plenty of freebies.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes everything we need and plenty of space to store bait.
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes re booked
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
A very friendly and well run fishery. Lovely looking lake and great condition fish and some right stunners! Dan is a great help and always willing to point you in the right direction. Will plan to come again next year.
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Customer name
Paul And Nigel
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
24/09/2011
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
It was a very difficult week due to the constant high temperatures, nudging 30 most days. I had 2 fish, both mirrors, 29 ½ & a 40 and a few ounces, and 1 for nigel, 15 ½
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Beds of boilies
Were the facilities what you expected?
Better
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
This venue has the potentially to be an extremely good venue, the fish were in cracking condition and large framed, so can well grow considerably bigger. Dan & Cheryl are both great people, happy to help. Worth trying Cheryl’s home cooking as well!
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Customer name
simon
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
10/09/2011
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
I broke my pb twice so I can’t say more than that. 31 lb mirror first followed by another at just under 35lb had other mirrors ranging between 25-30 lb and a small common of 18 lb.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Fishing to the far margin produced the takes
Were the facilities what you expected?
Absolutely brilliant.
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes defo
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Totally enjoyed my trip. It was my first trip to France and would definitely come back. Food was great an all-round pleasure to fish well recommended.
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Customer name
mick and ken
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
03/09/2011
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
21 fish including 12 twenties and 3 thirties to 35lb+ lovely linears, golden commons stunning fish
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Fishing to the features with green lipped mussel pellet and scopex boilies
Were the facilities what you expected?
Better!
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
A truly beautiful lake, great fishing with very helpful owners. We had the food package which was out of this world! Restaurant standard a must have. A great all round holiday with one pb broken holiday we will be back
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Customer name
pat
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
03/09/2011
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
New pb 40lb 10oz mirror and 6 x 20′s to 29lbs
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Bottom baits fishing on the gravel and in the silt.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes awesome take a look at the shower
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Beautiful lake, great hosts well thought out swims and great food, I will miss my bacon and egg baguette in the morning
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Customer name
pat
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
03/09/2011
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
New pb 40lb 10oz mirror and 6 x 20′s to 29lbs
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Bottom baits fishing on the gravel and in the silt.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes awesome take a look at the shower
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Beautiful lake, great hosts well thought out swims and great food, I will miss my bacon and egg baguette in the morning
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Customer name
pat
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
03/09/2011
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
New pb 40lb 10oz mirror and 6 x 20′s to 29lbs
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Bottom baits fishing on the gravel and in the silt.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes awesome take a look at the shower
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Beautiful lake, great hosts well thought out swims and great food, I will miss my bacon and egg baguette in the morning
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Customer name
Shane,deam,aid,christian
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
13/08/2011
Number of anglers
4
Brief details of your catches
29 fish including 15 x 20′s, 3 x 30lb plus two of our group broke there pb’s stunning fish in great nick
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
We used mainline bolies and fish to lily pads, weed beds and far margins.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Hydrostatic shower oh yes!!
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
A great holiday was had by all, beautiful lake, stunning fish and great hosts, we just needed a few more days!
Customer name
Ben,Lee
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
31/07/2011
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
7 x 20′s 2 x 30′s, 1 single
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Bottom Baits and pop ups plenty of free bait
Were the facilities what you expected?
very good
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Didn’t catch as much as expected due to the very hot weather for 5 days, after the rain the fishing got much better and there were lots of fish moving. Excellent food and good hosts.
Customer name
Jon and Josh
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
28/05/2011
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
Carp between 20-32lbs and one double both mirrors and commons. Beautiful fish
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Boilies with 1kg of freebies
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes very good, nice shower
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Very good fishing, we both broke our pb’s and my 14 year old son landed a 32lb mirror. Dan was a very good host and Cheryl’s home cooking was excellent and plenty of it! A well run and looked after fishery can’t wait to come back next year!
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Customer name
Micheal,Paul,Pete,Adam
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
14/05/2011
Number of anglers
4
Brief details of your catches
Three of us broke our pb’s during the week, we had carp from 18 – 34lbs including a stunning 28lb linear.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Sweet corn and 18mm bottom baits with pop ups
Were the facilities what you expected?
very nice facilities
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Happy with everything, we will be back for a re-visit next year. Wish we had the food will do next time.
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Customer name
Ron Keys
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
07/05/2011
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
7 fish for 15 to 32 lbs
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Pop ups close to lily beds
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
A beautiful, peaceful venue with great hosts and facilities. Stunning fish particularly the linears.
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Customer name
Les, Phil, Adam
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
16/04/2011
Number of anglers
3
Brief details of your catches
7 x 30’s to 37lb 4oz and 16 x 20’s
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Fish were caught on both bottom baits and snowmen. All on boilies.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Better than expected
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Enjoyed the visit, an excellent week. Nice fish, good owners and the food was fantastic every night. A good set up, bang on, see you next year
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Customer name
D Richards
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
09/04/2011
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
38 fish between us for the week. Few fish around the 30lb mark, mostly 20′s
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Singles and small bags first few nights then big beds of baits worked well. Cc moore meteor trigga
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes
Were you happy with them?
yes very
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
This is a very pretty lake, and surrounded with great wildlife, red squirrels, kites, dear – truly stunning. Really enjoyed the week, nice and secluded in stunning surroundings.
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Customer name
Bill
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
02/04/2011
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
2 x 30′s… 10 x 20′s… 1 x double. All beautiful fish including a fully scaled mirror
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Medium sized boilies tipped with yellow, over big beds of pellets. The pellet was bought on site and is what the fish get fed on in the winter so ideal.
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes better
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Not my usual style of fishing so it made a refreshing change to have a lake full of features. Food was excellent, home cooked means home cooked & very well too. Breakfast baguettes were awesome! Stay near your rods as all the takes were one-toners! I think the fish have been fed on steroids… They fight like demons and take off like trains as soon as they feel the hook!
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Customer name
Samantha Collins-ratcliffe Mainline consultant
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
13/11/2010
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
20 fish ranging between 15lb and 33lb.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
With lots of features to fish up to this lake was productive from all areas. We found that the lily pads kept attracting the fish but fishing amongst them meant we were always close to the rods. We found that most fish were caught using the chod rig with either chilli chocolate or fruity trifle quest pop-ups.
Were the facilities what you expected?
very impressed, very clean and everything you need
Were you happy with them?
yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
What a great weeks fishing on a lake that reminded us of an old English stately home lake set in the woods. Dan was very helpful and knows his lake and how to fish it very well.
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Customer name
neil
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
12/11/2011
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
5 fish all 20′s to 27 lb’s both mirrors and commons, the mirrors were big plated and beautiful golden commons a result for the time of year and only one nights fishing
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
On site rolled boilies by Premier baits and matching pop ups.
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes surberb
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
I was passing through so I arranged a 48 hour ticket for Oakwood I’m glad I did well recommended
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Customer name
Pete and Rob
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
15/04/2017
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
44 mirror PB, 30lb common, 33 mirror, 29lb 8 common, 39lb mirror, 34lb 4oz common, 34lb mirror, 3 x mirrors 28lb and one small one 22lb common.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
bait heavy we used house bait be mobile.
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 our services to a friend?
yes
Great Lake, friendly and helpful owners Good Fishery.
Customer name
Dan and Mike
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
01/04/2017
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
12 fish from high twenties to 47lb 7ox mirror which was my PB.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Big beds of house bait we took Cell as well but only had one fish on this so swapped all our rods over which improved the action.
Were the facilities what you expected?
great shower clean everything you need.
Were you happy with them?
yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
yes
Was still pretty cold to be honest most of the fish in the day, the fish were in excellent condition well kept old lake, food was tremendous had a good week.
Customer name
Stephen and Martin
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
24/09/2016
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
Biggest was 42lb 8 oz mirror my rod got pulled in as well in front of me by some monster i dived in grabbed the rod but then got broke up this was an experience! other fish were mainly high twenties
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
house bait big beds
Were the facilities what you expected?
Perfect and very clean more than we expected
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Yes
Great lake, great bait service, great fish that are in beautiful condition perfect holiday fishing for us and i broke my PB common and mirror happy days, the food package was also the bollox very nice!
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Customer name
Melvin and John
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
28/05/2016
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
Fish seemed to be in a slightly funny mood looking like spawning then not but we still managed 14 fish including a beautiful linear of 34lbs.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
We bought cell they didnt seem to like it so dan rolled us some bait up we moved about and fished both ends as its a long lake of around 350 meters and we upped our baiting midway through the week and caught well late on.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Lovely shower very clean, Fridge freezer for my beers perfect
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
N/a
Its a stunning site, secure and mature i believe its very old looking at the Oak trees. Its well run and looked after swims are nice good paths round and we must say we did enjoy the food package great holiday
Customer name
Bill and Ryan
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
24/04/2016
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
22 carp biggest 39lb 12oz mirror. we had 8 x 30’s and the rest were twenties mainly high
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
We opted for the lake special fishmeal boilie and moved about baiting areas
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes great
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
N/a
Beautiful lake surrounded by forrest very relaxing food was fantastic every day! The fishing was a bit slow at night but hectic in the day maybe down to the cold night time temps.
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Customer name
Brett and Dave
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
17/09/2016
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
2 x 40’s to 46lb 5 oz best fish 5 x 30’s 9 x 20’s 1 double
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
We used just boilies we found the brown house fishmeal bait the best topped off with a 12mm pop up
Were the facilities what you expected?
Great shower, clean
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Yes
First of all i would like to say thanks for a great holiday the fishing was quite slow for two days then really picked up and finished strong as we started to indroduce more bait into the swims It is a very well run fishery with the added bonus of beautiful fish, dark commons and mirrors. Food was amazing will miss it
Customer name
Mike and family
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
20/08/2016
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
Carp up to 31lb 8oz other fish were high twenties
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
House bait and moving swims
Were the facilities what you expected?
Very nice well presented house and lake
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Yes
It was extremely hot every day and the fishing was fairly hard for us but we did manage to get a few out, very scenic visit near by beaches as it was a family holiday.
Customer name
Gary and Phil
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
07/05/2016
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
39 carp and lost 12 3 x 40’s loads of thirties and twenties great looking fish with nice mouths only one we caught was showing any damage at all
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
We used loads of house bait got through about 60 kg boilies we were baiting two different areas of the lake and resting the swims.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Super
Were you happy with them?
Very
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Yes
We opted to move around and bait different areas of the lake fishing one swim at night and another in the day these tactics really worked for us. We caught all of our fish on the lake special boilies and another mix Dan rolled for us. Our top advice is to put in Loads Of Bait and rest the swims, we only used boilies as we thought using pellets etc would only bring in the big Rudd and Tench.” Gary said ” We had a great week on a beautiful lake very relaxing and the fishing was excellent. Facilities were also superb and I must say that we have fished many lakes over the years in France and the food here is the best ever! 10 out of 10 a must”
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Customer name
Dale and family
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
13/08/2016
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
Best was a 41lb mirror other fish were a mixture of commons and mirrors mainly mid to high twenties
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
only fished morning and evenings, bait left for a few hours and find the fish i was using quench
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes lovely stone house and lake like an english estate very peaceful
Were you happy with them?
very nice for the family
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Yes
A lovely place very good and well managed fishery will be back to fish again
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Customer name
Graeme group
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
11/06/2016
Number of anglers
3
Brief details of your catches
4 x 30’s were the best fish of the trip
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
beds of boilies lake special
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes good and very clean much better than where we have been before
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Yes
Very pretty lake peaceful setting we had a fantastic week away Dan’s tips help a lot
Customer name
Paul Bradley and Stuart
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
09/04/2016
Number of anglers
3
Brief details of your catches
Up to high thirties split of mirrors and commons
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Lake special boilies big beds of baits, dans advice
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes 3rd trip for me
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
N/a
Stunning lake that is well run and the are fish in tip top condition, We always have the food its a bit of a must have. Thanks again for a great holiday as always
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Customer name
Luke, Craig and Lloyd
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
19/09/2015
Number of anglers
3
Brief details of your catches
35 fish up to 37lb 8oz New PB two times in the week stunning fish
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Fishing over beds of boilies
Were the facilities what you expected?
Very good more than we expected
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Yes
Lovely place, welcoming hosts and very peaceful. Fishing was great Food package is a must, brilliant.
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Customer name
Barry, Frank and Ged
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
08/08/2015
Number of anglers
3
Brief details of your catches
22 fish between us up to 41lbs mirror, had a stunning linear of 34lbs
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
snowmen and bottom baits
Were the facilities what you expected?
good
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Nice 5 days fishing while on a longer vacation in France very scenic spot in woodland, mouths all in perfect condition some stunning dark commons, food was equally as good.
Customer name
Mark and Dan
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
11/07/2015
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
14 fish, New pb of 44lbs smashed my previous best, actually broke it twice in the week from swim 6, a brace of thirties both commons and mirrors and high twenties the rest Mark in swim 5 had fish up to 35 lbs
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Far margin fishing with lake special and our own bait.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Everything you need including a fridge for this year a good new addition for the beers!
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Coming back for our third trip. Dans very helpful and Cheryl great cook. Always have the food loads of it and nice, fishing was great.
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Customer name
Mark and Dan
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
11/07/2015
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
14 fish, New pb of 44lbs smashed my previous best, actually broke it twice in the week from swim 6, a brace of thirties both commons and mirrors and high twenties the rest Mark in swim 5 had fish up to 35 lbs
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Far margin fishing with lake special and our own bait.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Everything you need including a fridge for this year a good new addition for the beers!
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Coming back for our third trip. Dans very helpful and Cheryl great cook. Always have the food loads of it and nice, fishing was great.
Customer name
Tom, Gwinno, Taff, Victa
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
04/07/2015
Number of anglers
4
Brief details of your catches
14 fish between 19lb to low thirties
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Lake Special and Tom found stalking them on the surface was a good tactic.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes best so far in france
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Really hard to get back in to normal life this week after spending time with you guys in such a wonderful environment. Beautiful place food was amazing
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Customer name
Richard and Max
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
13/06/2015
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
4 day trip 18 fish 4 x 30’s to 37lb 12 x 20’s 2 doubles
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Just boilies our small pellets bought monster rudd into the swim
Were the facilities what you expected?
more good than expected
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Pretty Fish, we had a linear and fully scaled mirrors, nice looking old mature lake with south facing swims. Good owners and we had the breakfast which is a must.
Customer name
Paul and Bradley
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
23/05/2015
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
11 x 20’s to just under 30lbs mainly mid to high.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Lake boilies fished to the far margins
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes been before very good
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
A big thankyou to yourself & Cheryl for looking after us agin this year…the chicken pie is still a firm favorite mate ! As ever the lake ,fishing and condition of the fish was fantastic although I think our session coinsided with the fish just about to start spawning so was a little harder than expected but equally as rewarding once we got a few on the bank ! I really appreciate you taking the time to pass on your lake knowlede to Bradley and that “top secret rig” which I think he may of perfected himself now looking forward to coming back next year and hopefully back amongst the 40’s again like last time with my brace.
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Customer name
Dagan and Pete
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
25/04/2015
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
26 fish between us ranging from 18lbs – 46lb 4oz
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Baiting two different swims and moving between them. We were using the lake boilies and baiting fairly heavily
Were the facilities what you expected?
More than expected
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Beautiful lake, helpful advice on arrival, food was great and above all the fish are in great condition.
Customer name
Lester,Guy and Ryan
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
11/04/2015
Number of anglers
3
Brief details of your catches
Everyone had carp over 30lb with a new PB Common for Ryan at 32 lb Biggest fish 37lb Mirror stunner, the smallest fish 21lb common action straight away. 11 other 20’s mainly mid to high twenties.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Secret can’t say
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes good and very good food, well recommended
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes 2nd visit
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
N/A
Great week away, the lake looked very different at this time of year compared to when we last visited very pretty, Beautiful fish one Pb to Ryan with a stunning common. The Action was mainly in day light hours. Good hosts
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Customer name
Pat, Chaz, Planky
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
18/10/2014
Number of anglers
3
Brief details of your catches
The week started with my rod being dragged in on the first night. Lucky took the boat out on the Sunday morning and managed to retrieve it. It was a bit of a strange week we only banked carp up to 26lbs its the first time we have visited and not caught carp over 30lbs. We did loose a fair number of big fish due to hook failure this is the strange part! We experienced hooks snapping and bending straight. (these were big brand hooks nash and korda) Not too sure what was going on as I use these hooks at home and have had no problem. We suffered 4 losses due to this on decent fish. They were fighting particularly hard with the colder water temps but still you don’t expect this. One mid twenty common that was banked had also straighten another hook and we were lucky to land it. Had a few stunners though including some big plated mirrors and an offspring from the perfect linear at just over 20lbs. we have caught the perfect linear before and this little one is almost an exact replica stunning. Be back in April as my quest for the Black common goes on!
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Beds of boilies fishing to the features.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes very good.
Were you happy with them?
yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
n/a
Great week as ever, food/facilities top notch, the fish are in awesome condition and some of the prettiest i’ve seen.
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Customer name
Gus, Tim, Chris, Paul
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
20/09/2014
Number of anglers
4
Brief details of your catches
2 of us broke our PB’s myself with a 31lb mirror and my brother with a lump caught off the surface at 46lb 4 oz, which was a new record at Oakwood for a surface caught fish. The other fish we caught ranged from 16lb – 33 lb with most being mid to high twenties.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
longer hooklinks single boilie tipped with corn and snowman rigs fished over a bed of lake special boilies and surface fishing.
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes good facilities and a decent shower.
Were you happy with them?
yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
yes
The Surroundings and the lake are stunning plenty of large carp to go for. Well run site with fish safety at the forefront which is evident from the condition of the carp.. Helpful information from Dan who is always willing to help. Can’t wait to come back next april. Thank you to you and your good lady for an enjoyable weeks fishing and great food.
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Customer name
Ciaron
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
13/09/2014
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
I had 22 fish up to 38lbs a great weeks fishing and lost a fair few.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Rest the swim whenever possible, plenty of bait (35kg boilies used) lake special. listen to Dan I took his advice from day 1, he knows his lake and how to catch the fish.
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes excellent
Were you happy with them?
More than happy
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
yes
Stunning place, I had a great holiday, fishing was great on the first day I had 9 takes banked 5 of them and lost 4. I broke my PB multiple times in the week with thirties. Fish are real corkers in great condition and the food is fabulous lots of variety and very plentiful 10/10
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Customer name
Ciaron Jordan
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
13/09/2014
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
Total captures 22 fish up to 38lb 6 fish lost
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Rest the swims lots of bait 35kg boilies used
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes excellent
Were you happy with them?
Yes very
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Definitely
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Definitely
I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Dan & Cheryl for their warm hospitality throughout the week I spent at Oakwood fisheries . I was immediately made to feel welcome and Dan was really helpful in tactics and bait to use . I soon had my first capture from one of the spots Dan had pointed out . I went on to capture a total of 22 fish up to 38lb with an additional six fish lost . The fish are stunning , in excellent condition and fight hard so be prepared ! … Dan also supplies fresh quality bait at a very reasonable price ( I used it to great effect )… The facilities were excellent and very clean … Cheryl’s cooking was fabulous ! Highly recommended ( I guarantee you will not go hungry ) The lake is very picturesque with some great features to fish to , the pegs have plenty of room and are easily accessible . In summing up I had a fantastic week , the fishing exceeded all my expectations and more ! … I will definitely be back in the future , my tip for catching !.. Listen to Dan’s advice he knows his lake , his fish and how to catch them ! Thanks for everything …. Kind regards , Ciaron Jordan .
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Customer name
dave and gary
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
06/09/2014
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
biggest carp was 43lbs mirror broke my PB twice in the week
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
lake special boilie fishing in the margins
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes good
Were you happy with them?
yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Beautiful lake, Fish in perfect condition and good food and plenty of it.
Customer name
pete, phill, mark and peter
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
30/08/2014
Number of anglers
4
Brief details of your catches
Carp between 19lb 14 and 39lb 12oz
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Accurate bait placement Kd rig and lake special boilies find your spot and stick with it.
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes as website
Were you happy with them?
yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
great holiday excellent hosts many thanks
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Customer name
warick and mark
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
16/08/2014
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
we had 18 fish between us mainly between 25 – 35 lbs, Pick of the fish were a perfect zip linear at 33lbs and a great proportioned mirror of 46lb 10 which was a new PB for me.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Lake Special boilies done the best along with K-G-1
Were the facilities what you expected?
very good and the food was amazing
Were you happy with them?
yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
We had a great holiday very helpful hosts listen to dans advice. very beautiful lake with mature woodland surrounding it. Will be back in the future.
Customer name
Lester pardoe
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
21/06/2014
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
36lb mirror pb ,,18 and 20 common loads of tench and Rudd
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Bottom baits,
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 our services to a friend?
Yes
Great place to catch a pb,, weather was hot so the fishing was not at its best , but had a great week. Dan gave us good advice , and the food was superb should have had it all week saves a lot of hassle, wildlife was superb will take a better camera next time
Customer name
Lester and Guy
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
21/06/2014
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
Carp up to 36lb
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Dan special Rig (secret)
Were the facilities what you expected?
facilities and the food was great
Were you happy with them?
yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
yes
Great pace will be here again broke my PB Great looking lake loads of features
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Customer name
Chris,Paul,Toby
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
24/05/2014
Number of anglers
3
Brief details of your catches
carp tench roach rudd
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
boilies bottom and wafters
Were the facilities what you expected?
excellent shower facilities
Were you happy with them?
yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
yes
lovely lake, beautiful surroundings amazing owners being very helpful at all times. Toby got a PB
Customer name
Josh
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
17/05/2014
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
3 x 30’s to 39lb 6oz 8 x 20’s to 29lb 10oz 2 doubles and lost 7 fish.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
bottom baits tipped with small pop ups tight to the lily’s. Lake special boilie worked the best by far I ended up leaving my cell boilies in the freezer to take home as they didn’t really like them and ordered some more lake special which was rolled fresh, great service and got to see the boilie machine in operation.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes the food was lovely just like last time I was here, I would recommend it to everyone visiting. Facilities were perfect and the shower is great!
Were you happy with them?
very
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Great trip overall . Caught far more than I expected and Dan and Cheryl were excellent hosts who did everything to make sure I was happy. The lake is stunning this is my 2nd trip here and I was delighted to catch one of the linear’s at 32lb 2oz without doubt the best looking fish I have ever caught!
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Customer name
Paul and Bradley
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
10/05/2014
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
A brace of 40lb mirrors, 4 x 30’s between 31lb 8 oz and 38lb 4oz, 6 x 20’s mostly high twenties and one double.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Lake special Boilie over large beds of boilies
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes excellent
Were you happy with them?
yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
yes
Great venue run by Dan who really cares for the fish which are in mint condition. Food was excellent every night gained a few pounds! Lake is a stunning estate lake, I rented the whole lake for 2 which I thought was very good value. We will be coming back soon.
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Customer name
Mick and Lee
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
03/05/2014
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
1 x 40 new PB 6 x 30’s 5 x 20’s mainly around 28-29 lb
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
double 18 mm bottom baits and snowmen lake special boilie
Were the facilities what you expected?
Excellent all round.
Were you happy with them?
very
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
yes
Dan was a great host full of information on where to drop our rigs listen to him and your catch more. stunning lake and fish above all in great condition, we will be back again.
Customer name
dave, clive
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
19/04/2014
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
Carp between 18 – 39lb 10 oz Mirrors, commons and a beautiful linear.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Bottom baits
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes good facilities and the food was excellent
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Very helpful hosts, struggled a bit at first then dan came down to offer some advice on the spots I should be fishing and even baited the swim! I was then on the fish and ended up with several thirties and broke my PB with this stunning mirror of almost 40lbs. All fish caught were in great condition.
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Customer name
pete and frank
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
08/04/2014
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
10 carp between us from 17 – 37 lbs
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Bottom baits or snowmen, couldn’t get a bit on a pop up on its own. We used matrix twist rolled by the owners on site great service fresh bait!
Were the facilities what you expected?
Superb and the food is amazing.
Were you happy with them?
yes very
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
3 day trip, weather was changeable had some stunning looking carp, beautiful estate type lake cracking food.
Customer name
Ivan
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
29/03/2014
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
12 carp between 20 – 36lb 8oz highlighted by the biggest being a zip linear also commons mirrors and one fully scaled.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Listen to the advice given by Dan and get on the Trix, bait rolled in house by Dan great food source.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes was very happy with them
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
I had a great week away from work, I saw deer, red squirrels, water voles, big birds of prey and had some stunning fish in a beautiful setting all in great condition… happy days.
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Customer name
Davvy and Steve
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
05/10/2013
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
41lb 8oz new PB, 3 x 30′s, 4 x 20′s, 1 x 17lb
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Bottom baits with plenty of freebies, lake special boilies with wonka pop ups
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes spot on
Were you happy with them?
Very
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
My 3rd year on the trot, great holiday, great fishing stunning fishery and a new PB. The food really adds to the trip aswell its a must!
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Customer name
Simon and Peter
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
18/09/2013
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
3 Pb’s in the week 10 carp up to 39lb 11oz
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Boilies semi fixed rigs and snowmen
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes
Were you happy with them?
Very much so
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
A great relaxing week in a lovely setting, Superb food Cheryl is a great cook,friendly couple cheers to Dan and Cheryl.
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Customer name
Don Briggs group
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
14/09/2013
Number of anglers
4
Brief details of your catches
carp from 21 – 37lbs
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Bottom baits and pop ups
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes very good
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Yes
Lovely mature lake with good wildlife. Comfortable big swims well managed lake.
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Customer name
Micheal,Gary and James
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
07/09/2013
Number of anglers
3
Brief details of your catches
Carp between 17 – 28lbs
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Beds of boilies, bottom baits tipped with corn.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes Better
Were you happy with them?
Very amazing food well worth every euro!
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Stunning lake, Lovely swims Amazing food
Customer name
Dave
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
31/08/2013
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
carp 18 – 37 lb including a fully scaled mirror stunning
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
K-G-1 I found worked best
Were the facilities what you expected?
Very good combined with very tasty food and big portions and bait rolling on site what more could you want!
Were you happy with them?
Very
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Lovely lake, beautiful fish and very friendly helpful hosts.
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Customer name
Greg and Frank
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
17/08/2013
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
16 carp from 18 – 44 lbs very pretty fish and in great condition one of my favourites was a mint long linear of just over 30 one of the best fish I have ever caught.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Plenty of bait with snowmen style presentation. I used matrix twist rolled fresh on site.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Above what I expected from a carp fishery, very clean awesome shower and great food all hand made. A lot better than most restaurants I have ate in on the side of a lake perfect!
Were you happy with them?
Very
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Very nice set up, beautiful estate lake with many features surrounded by mature woodland with plenty of wildlife, fish are stunning all I caught had perfect mouths. Good hosts
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Customer name
John and jane
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
03/08/2013
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
carp up to 29lbs new Pb and just missed the ladies Oakwood record by 2 lbs!
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
pop ups
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes very nice, excellent shower and no generators here all mains electricity for charging bait boats all very clean and tidy.
Were you happy with them?
As above
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Yes
Very beautiful well kept lake with excellent wood chipped swims nestled in a secluded valley. Nice surrounding area too where we enjoyed some days and evenings out.
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Customer name
Mark, Phill, Carson
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
22/06/2013
Number of anglers
3
Brief details of your catches
Carp from low twenties to 41lb including a stunning thirty pound linear.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Kd rig with 18mm K – G – 1 or snowmen rolled fresh on site.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Excellent facilities and food,Cheryl and Dan top notch hosts
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Very beautiful lake lots of features and wildlife.
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Customer name
Eddie, Dave
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
08/06/2013
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
16 Carp both mirrors and commons from 19lb – 45lb 7oz new PB. Mainly mid to high twenties including 4 thirties and the mid forty
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
K – G- 1 and Matrix Twist rolled on site
Were the facilities what you expected?
Brilliant factilities much better than I expected and the food was really good every night well recommended.
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
This is my 16th year visiting France and this is probably the most beautiful lake I have visited with great wildlife all around in the mature forest. Well run fishery with nice hosts and contains some stunning fish all that we caught were in great condition. I will return again one year.
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Customer name
Mike, Paul
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
01/06/2013
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
New Pb 42lb mirror and 10 other carp mainly mid to high twenties with 2 x 30′s
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
K-G -1 rolled fresh on site with large beds of baits some rigs topped off by bright pop up
Were the facilities what you expected?
Shower spot on, food good value and nice breakfast roll delivered on the dot to your bivvy every morning
Were you happy with them?
Very
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Yes
Lovely lake great spot and after a hard start to the week the fishing picked up after spawning and smashed my PB by over 17lbs! would definitely come again.
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Customer name
Ben, Alex, Dave, Michael
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
25/05/2013
Number of anglers
4
Brief details of your catches
biggest carp of the week was 38lb 8 0z new PB then another 30lb fish, 29lb 12 oz, 3 x 20′s
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Snowman Rigs and Double baits
Were the facilities what you expected?
Facilities fantastic
Were you happy with them?
Very clean and nice.
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Nice Place Stunning Fish in great condition, lovely owners very helpful.
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Customer name
Mick and Tom
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
04/05/2013
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
Carp from 14lb a fully scaled baby mirror stunning to 37lb 8 oz
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Kd Rig with snowmen abd had one off the surface
Were the facilities what you expected?
Very nice cleaned every day and well kept
Were you happy with them?
Very
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Defo
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Stunning estate lake packed full of features and cracking fish in good condition, food was absolutly great every night dont cook urself unless your a top chef no need fab!
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Customer name
Mark and Dan
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
27/04/2013
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
18lb, 21lb, 44lb, 27lb x 2, 25lb x 2, 32lb, 26lb, 23lb, 28lb, 29lb
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
In the margins
Were the facilities what you expected?
Very Good impressed
Were you happy with them?
yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Yes
Really enjoyed stay, stunning place good fishing and excellent food with plenty of it, i smashed my pb by over 20lbs!
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Customer name
Gordon and
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
20/04/2013
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
Mainly mirrors with one small common 34lb 8, 34lb, 29lb 5oz were the best fish
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Long hook link with snowman fluro pop ups
Were the facilities what you expected?
Very good
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Lovely lake, loveley fish, food was great every night – thank you for helping feed two fishermen who normally live on tins!
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Customer name
Stag Party
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
13/04/2013
Number of anglers
4
Brief details of your catches
Fish between 18 – 31lb mainly high twenties commons and mirrors, the stag had one of the linears perfect
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Martrix Twist and cell
Were the facilities what you expected?
Better
Were you happy with them?
Yes Very
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes Defo will be back
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Beautiful site, abundance of wild life and nice comfortable swims.
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Customer name
Stag Party
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
13/04/2013
Number of anglers
4
Brief details of your catches
Fish between 18 – 31lb mainly high twenties commons and mirrors, the stag had one of the linears perfect
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Martrix Twist and cell
Were the facilities what you expected?
Better
Were you happy with them?
Yes Very
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes Defo will be back
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Beautiful site, abundance of wild life and nice comfortable swims.
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Customer name
Pat
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
06/04/2013
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
Best fish 2 mirrors of 40lb 1oz and 37lb 4 oz but a difficult week compared to all our visits before.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
As the conditions were cold we decided to bring some maggots fished in pva bags with matrix boilies which were rolled on site. The fish came from a silty area.
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes very good, the covered seated area came in handy this week, food great as always nice and clean.
Were you happy with them?
yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Probably the worst weather we have ever fished in! Non stop rain accomapanied with howling winds
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Customer name
Pat
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
15/10/2012
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
mirrors and commons between 20-29 lbs
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Premier baits matrix dumbells rolled on site by dan, tipped off with pop ups
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes perfect
Were you happy with them?
very
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
My 4th trip here lovely place as always, food top notch, great trip away for 4 days despite some of the weather!
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Customer name
chris murry
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
22/09/2012
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
Fish between 22 – 37lb 3 x 30’s and 1 grass carp of 33lb
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
I used the lake pellet and carp company natural impact rolled on site and ready for my arrival Happy days
Were the facilities what you expected?
Better
Were you happy with them?
Yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Lovely swims, beautiful old lake, well run fishery. Could drop off the fishing tackle in the swims which made life easy for my bad leg. Food great and dan very helpful.
Customer name
Charlie
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
15/09/2012
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
9 fish from 21lbs – 35lb 8oz
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
All fish caught on boilies both pop ups and bottom baits. Used Matrix rolled on site at oakwood.
Were the facilities what you expected?
very nice clean and tidy as always and awesome food. well reccommended.
Were you happy with them?
yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Beautiful lake, stunning surroundings, friendly hosts and plenty of near by shops.
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Customer name
Steve
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
11/08/2012
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
2 x 40’s back to back upto 46lb 8oz 2 x 20’s 1 x 30
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Plenty of boilies bait purchased on site and rolled fresh.
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes very happy
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes will be back
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Fantastic place, great fish, really beautiful woodland setting with comfortable wood barked swims. Put my back out holding the 1st forty so lucky dan was at hand to hold the second one up for me!
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Customer name
Davvy
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
04/08/2012
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
6 x 30’s, 2 x 20’s amd 2 tench. New Pb within 24 hours smashed it by 9 lbs with a 38lb 4 oz mirror
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
large beds of oakwood pellets and plenty of free boilies
Were the facilities what you expected?
great lush
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes 2nd trip
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Fantastic venue this is my 2nd trip, lovely fish dan is willing to help whatever is needed will be back again!
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Customer name
David
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
14/07/2012
Number of anglers
3
Brief details of your catches
highlight 3 x 30’s
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
boilies brought from oakwood premier baits matrix
Were the facilities what you expected?
facilities were very clean and well kept
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Yes, we were very well looked after the food was excellent and very good value. Dan was very happy to pass on his experience and spent a lot of time helping my 14 year old son
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Customer name
brad
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
07/07/2012
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
Mirrors and commons nothing under 21lbs, biggest common 31lb 8oz biggest mirror 38lb
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Boilies bought on site with some of oakwood colourful pop ups.
Were the facilities what you expected?
great even a covered seated area which helped out because the weather wasnt great
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Beautiful place surrounded by trees and bays of lily pads, had the food great every night certainly saves cooking on the bank and a great breakfast baugette bought to your swim every morning heaven
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Customer name
mick
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
09/06/2012
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
9 carp and i lost 8. 2 x 30’s and 7 x 20’s
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Boilies and corn 360 rig with a dark pop up
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes great facilities
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Nice venue very helpful, great new swims very nice, wonderful woodland setting
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Customer name
greg
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
02/06/2012
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
We had carp upto 29lbs
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
bottom baits
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes very nice
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
We had a very enjoyable trip, we find dan & cheryl very accommodating and helpful and the lake was very picturesque, with excellent pegs, great facilities, fantastic to have the lake to ourselves without any hassle from other anglers. We both thought the home cooked food was excellent and there was a ready supply of good quality bait on site. Thanks for your help with organising the trip.
Customer name
dave smith
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
12/05/2012
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
30lb plus grass carp – commons upto 29.5lb
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Back leading and fresh bolies
Were the facilities what you expected?
very good clean and tidy
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
a nice fishery and dan was very helpful. We had a breakfast each day which was very good and reasonably priced. Lovely and peaceful. A good trip, fish were spawning for part of our trip but otherwise we had a great time and would return to the fishery with out doubt
Customer name
robert and tom
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
21/04/2012
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
4 x 20’s and 4 x 30’s
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Fishing to the pads with plenty of bait
Were the facilities what you expected?
the carp cradels were brilliant im buying oone when i get home! and the food was great big portions.
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes definately
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
The lake is stunning. Good features to fish to. Food was great every night had a good holiday
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Customer name
Robert
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
07/04/2012
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
36lb 4 oz 35lb 4 oz 32lb 8 oz 29lb 4oz 20lb
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Carp company cranberry + caviar boilies, bottom baits and lake pellet rolled on site
Were the facilities what you expected?
Excellent – above what is expected
Were you happy with them?
yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Stunning lake with many features. The weather was very changable caught all our fish after the rain had stopped when they started showing again. To have the food package was the best decision i made. The quality of the bait available to purchase is also excellent and dan is very happy to share his knowlwdge of the lake to help improve your catch. We both broke our pb’s and rob broke his by 21 lbs! I would definatly recommend the venue and would be happy to return.
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Customer name
pat
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
19/11/2011
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
4 carp 21 – 28lbs
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Running rigs, Dan’s pellet and a good quality frozen bait, fished to the dying lily pads
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes, Nice and clean as always
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes ive re booked
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
As always a beautiful place to fish it was a bit colder than when I normally come and it was nice to see the lake looking different in her winter colours, despite the cooler temps I still managed to winkle some out showing me their lovely winter colours well worth the effort.
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Customer name
terry and davvy
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
01/10/2011
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
I smashed my personal best by 10lbs thanks to a stunning mirror of 39lbs and dave added 6lbs to his p.b. With a 29lb 6oz mirror. He also had 5 other high twenties including the nicest fish I have ever caught called the perfect linear at nearly 29lbs.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
.I fished to gravel areas with short hook links and large 20mm boilies with plenty of freebies.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes everything we need and plenty of space to store bait.
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes re booked
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
A very friendly and well run fishery. Lovely looking lake and great condition fish and some right stunners! Dan is a great help and always willing to point you in the right direction. Will plan to come again next year.
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Customer name
Paul And Nigel
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
24/09/2011
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
It was a very difficult week due to the constant high temperatures, nudging 30 most days. I had 2 fish, both mirrors, 29 ½ & a 40 and a few ounces, and 1 for nigel, 15 ½
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Beds of boilies
Were the facilities what you expected?
Better
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
This venue has the potentially to be an extremely good venue, the fish were in cracking condition and large framed, so can well grow considerably bigger. Dan & Cheryl are both great people, happy to help. Worth trying Cheryl’s home cooking as well!
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Customer name
simon
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
10/09/2011
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
I broke my pb twice so I can’t say more than that. 31 lb mirror first followed by another at just under 35lb had other mirrors ranging between 25-30 lb and a small common of 18 lb.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Fishing to the far margin produced the takes
Were the facilities what you expected?
Absolutely brilliant.
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes defo
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Totally enjoyed my trip. It was my first trip to France and would definitely come back. Food was great an all-round pleasure to fish well recommended.
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Customer name
mick and ken
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
03/09/2011
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
21 fish including 12 twenties and 3 thirties to 35lb+ lovely linears, golden commons stunning fish
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Fishing to the features with green lipped mussel pellet and scopex boilies
Were the facilities what you expected?
Better!
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
A truly beautiful lake, great fishing with very helpful owners. We had the food package which was out of this world! Restaurant standard a must have. A great all round holiday with one pb broken holiday we will be back
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Customer name
pat
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
03/09/2011
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
New pb 40lb 10oz mirror and 6 x 20′s to 29lbs
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Bottom baits fishing on the gravel and in the silt.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes awesome take a look at the shower
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Beautiful lake, great hosts well thought out swims and great food, I will miss my bacon and egg baguette in the morning
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Customer name
pat
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
03/09/2011
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
New pb 40lb 10oz mirror and 6 x 20′s to 29lbs
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Bottom baits fishing on the gravel and in the silt.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes awesome take a look at the shower
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Beautiful lake, great hosts well thought out swims and great food, I will miss my bacon and egg baguette in the morning
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Customer name
pat
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
03/09/2011
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
New pb 40lb 10oz mirror and 6 x 20′s to 29lbs
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Bottom baits fishing on the gravel and in the silt.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes awesome take a look at the shower
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Beautiful lake, great hosts well thought out swims and great food, I will miss my bacon and egg baguette in the morning
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Customer name
Shane,deam,aid,christian
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
13/08/2011
Number of anglers
4
Brief details of your catches
29 fish including 15 x 20′s, 3 x 30lb plus two of our group broke there pb’s stunning fish in great nick
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
We used mainline bolies and fish to lily pads, weed beds and far margins.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Hydrostatic shower oh yes!!
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
A great holiday was had by all, beautiful lake, stunning fish and great hosts, we just needed a few more days!
Customer name
Ben,Lee
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
31/07/2011
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
7 x 20′s 2 x 30′s, 1 single
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Bottom Baits and pop ups plenty of free bait
Were the facilities what you expected?
very good
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Didn’t catch as much as expected due to the very hot weather for 5 days, after the rain the fishing got much better and there were lots of fish moving. Excellent food and good hosts.
Customer name
Jon and Josh
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
28/05/2011
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
Carp between 20-32lbs and one double both mirrors and commons. Beautiful fish
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Boilies with 1kg of freebies
Were the facilities what you expected?
Yes very good, nice shower
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Very good fishing, we both broke our pb’s and my 14 year old son landed a 32lb mirror. Dan was a very good host and Cheryl’s home cooking was excellent and plenty of it! A well run and looked after fishery can’t wait to come back next year!
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Customer name
Micheal,Paul,Pete,Adam
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
14/05/2011
Number of anglers
4
Brief details of your catches
Three of us broke our pb’s during the week, we had carp from 18 – 34lbs including a stunning 28lb linear.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Sweet corn and 18mm bottom baits with pop ups
Were the facilities what you expected?
very nice facilities
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Happy with everything, we will be back for a re-visit next year. Wish we had the food will do next time.
Customer name
Ron Keys
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
07/05/2011
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
7 fish for 15 to 32 lbs
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Pop ups close to lily beds
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
A beautiful, peaceful venue with great hosts and facilities. Stunning fish particularly the linears.
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Customer name
Les, Phil, Adam
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
16/04/2011
Number of anglers
3
Brief details of your catches
7 x 30’s to 37lb 4oz and 16 x 20’s
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Fish were caught on both bottom baits and snowmen. All on boilies.
Were the facilities what you expected?
Better than expected
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Enjoyed the visit, an excellent week. Nice fish, good owners and the food was fantastic every night. A good set up, bang on, see you next year
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Customer name
D Richards
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
09/04/2011
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
38 fish between us for the week. Few fish around the 30lb mark, mostly 20′s
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Singles and small bags first few nights then big beds of baits worked well. Cc moore meteor trigga
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes
Were you happy with them?
yes very
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
This is a very pretty lake, and surrounded with great wildlife, red squirrels, kites, dear – truly stunning. Really enjoyed the week, nice and secluded in stunning surroundings.
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Customer name
Bill
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
02/04/2011
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
2 x 30′s… 10 x 20′s… 1 x double. All beautiful fish including a fully scaled mirror
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Medium sized boilies tipped with yellow, over big beds of pellets. The pellet was bought on site and is what the fish get fed on in the winter so ideal.
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes better
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
Not my usual style of fishing so it made a refreshing change to have a lake full of features. Food was excellent, home cooked means home cooked & very well too. Breakfast baguettes were awesome! Stay near your rods as all the takes were one-toners! I think the fish have been fed on steroids… They fight like demons and take off like trains as soon as they feel the hook!
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Customer name
Samantha Collins-ratcliffe Mainline consultant
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
13/11/2010
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
20 fish ranging between 15lb and 33lb.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
With lots of features to fish up to this lake was productive from all areas. We found that the lily pads kept attracting the fish but fishing amongst them meant we were always close to the rods. We found that most fish were caught using the chod rig with either chilli chocolate or fruity trifle quest pop-ups.
Were the facilities what you expected?
very impressed, very clean and everything you need
Were you happy with them?
yes
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
What a great weeks fishing on a lake that reminded us of an old English stately home lake set in the woods. Dan was very helpful and knows his lake and how to fish it very well.
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Customer name
neil
Venue
Oakwood Fisheries
Date of holiday
12/11/2011
Number of anglers
1
Brief details of your catches
5 fish all 20′s to 27 lb’s both mirrors and commons, the mirrors were big plated and beautiful golden commons a result for the time of year and only one nights fishing
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
On site rolled boilies by Premier baits and matching pop ups.
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes surberb
Were you happy with them?
Would you recommend the venue to a friend?
yes
Would you recommend our services to a friend?
I was passing through so I arranged a 48 hour ticket for Oakwood I’m glad I did well recommended
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Customer name
Pete and Rob
Date of holiday
15/04/2017
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
44 mirror PB, 30lb common, 33 mirror, 29lb 8 common, 39lb mirror, 34lb 4oz common, 34lb mirror, 3 x mirrors 28lb and one small one 22lb common.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
bait heavy we used house bait be mobile.
Were the facilities what you expected?
yes
Great Lake, friendly and helpful owners Good Fishery.
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Customer name
Dan and Mike
Date of holiday
01/04/2017
Number of anglers
2
Brief details of your catches
12 fish from high twenties to 47lb 7oz mirror which was my PB.
What did you find were the best tactics/baits?
Big beds of house bait we took Cell as well but only had one fish on this so swapped all our rods over which improved the action.
Were the facilities what you expected?
great shower clean everything you need.
Was still pretty cold to be honest most of the fish in the day, the fish were in excellent condition well kept old lake, food was tremendous had a good week.
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Holiday date: Sat 19th Sep to Sat 26th Sep 2015
Name of customer: 3
Number of anglers: Luke, Craig and Lloyd
Details of your catches: 35 fish up to 37lb 8oz New PB two times in the week stunning fish
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Fishing over beds of boilies
Were the facilities what you expected? Yes
General comments: Lovely place, welcoming hosts and very peaceful. Fishing was great Food package is a must, brilliant.
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Holiday date: Sat 8th Aug to Sat 15th Aug 2015
Name of customer: 3
Number of anglers: Barry, Frank and Ged
Details of your catches: 22 fish between us up to 41lbs mirror, had a stunning linear of 34lbs
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Snowmen and bottom baits
Were the facilities what you expected? Yes Good
General comments: Nice 5 days fishing while on a longer vacation in France very scenic spot in woodland, mouths all in perfect condition some stunning dark commons, food was equally as good.
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Holiday date: Sat 11th July to Sat 18th July 2015
Name of customer: 2
Number of anglers: Mark and Dan
Details of your catches: 14 fish, New pb of 44lbs smashed my previous best, actually broke it twice in the week from swim 6, a brace of thirties both commons and mirrors and high twenties the rest Mark in swim 5 had fish up to 35 lbs
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Far margin fishing with lake special and our own bait
Were the facilities what you expected? Everything you need including a fridge for this year a good new addition for the beers!
General comments: Coming back for our third trip. Dans very helpful and Cheryl great cook. Always have the food loads of it and nice, fishing was great.
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Holiday date: Sat 4th July to Sat 11th July 2015
Name of customer: 4
Number of anglers: Tom, Gwinno, Taff, Victa
Details of your catches: 14 fish between 19lb to low thirties
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Lake Special and Tom found stalking them on the surface was a good tactic.
Were the facilities what you expected? Yes best so far in France
General comments: Really hard to get back in to normal life this week after spending time with you guys in such a wonderful environment. Beautiful place food was amazing
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Holiday date: Sat 13th Jun to Sat 20th Jun 2015
Name of customer: 2
Number of anglers: Richard and Max
Details of your catches: 4 day trip 18 fish 4 x 30’s to 37lb 12 x 20’s 2 doubles
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Just boilies our small pellets bought monster rudd into the swim
Were the facilities what you expected? more better than we expected
General comments: Pretty Fish, we had a linear and fully scaled mirrors, nice looking old mature lake with south facing swims. Good owners and we had the breakfast which is a must.
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Holiday date: Sat 23rd May to Sat 30th May 2015
Name of customer: 2
Number of anglers: Paul and Bradley
Details of your catches: 11 x 20’s to just under 30lbs mainly mid to high
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Lake boilies fished to the far margins
Were the facilities what you expected? Yes been before
General comments: A big thank you to yourself & Cheryl for looking after us again this year…the chicken pie is still a firm favourite mate ! As ever the lake ,fishing and condition of the fish was fantastic although I think our session coinsided with the fish just about to start spawning so was a little harder than expected but equally as rewarding once we got a few on the bank ! I really appreciate you taking the time to pass on your lake knowledge to Bradley and that “top secret rig” which I think he may of perfected himself now looking forward to coming back next year and hopefully back amongst the 40’s again like last time with my brace.
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Holiday date: Sat 25th Apr to Sat 2nd May 2015
Name of customer: 2
Number of anglers: Dagan and Pete
Details of your catches: 26 fish between us ranging from 18lbs – 46lb 4oz
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Baiting two different swims and moving between them. We were using the lake boilies and baiting fairly heavily
Were the facilities what you expected? More than expected
General comments: Beautiful lake, helpful advice on arrival, food was great and above all the fish are in great condition.
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Holiday date: Sat 11th Apr to Sat 18th Apr 2015
Name of customer: 3
Number of anglers: Lester, Guy and Ryan
Details of your catches: Everyone had carp over 30lb with a new PB Common for Ryan at 32 lb Biggest fish 37lb Mirror stunner, the smallest fish 21lb common action straight away. 11 other 20’s mainly mid to high twenties.
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Secret can’t say we were on our own rolled boilies and the lake special
Were the facilities what you expected? Yes good facilities and very good food
General comments: Great week, the lake looked very different at this time of year compared to when we last visited very pretty, beautiful fish one Pb to Ryan with a stunning common. The Action was mainly in day light hours.
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Holiday date: Sat 18th Oct to Sat 25th Oct 2014
Name of customer: 3
Number of anglers: Pat, Chaz, Planky
Details of your catches: The week started with my rod being dragged in on the first night. Lucky took the boat out on the Sunday morning and managed to retrieve it. It was a bit of a strange week we only banked carp up to 26lbs its the first time we have visited and not caught carp over 30lbs. We did loose a fair number of big fish due to hook failure this is the strange part! We experienced hooks snapping and bending straight. (these were big brand hooks nash and korda) Not too sure what was going on as I use these hooks at home and have had no problem. We suffered 4 losses due to this on decent fish. They were fighting particularly hard with the colder water temps but still you don’t expect this. One mid twenty common that was banked had also straighten another hook and we were lucky to land it. Had a few stunners though including some big plated mirrors and an offspring from the perfect linear at just over 20lbs. we have caught the perfect linear before and this little one is almost an exact replica stunning. Be back in April as my quest for the Black common goes on!
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Beds of boilies fishing to features
Were the facilities what you expected? Yes very good
General comments: Great week as ever, food/facilities top notch, the fish are in awesome condition and some of the prettiest i’ve seen.
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Holiday date: Sat 20th Sept to Sat 27th Sept 2014
Name of customer: 4
Number of anglers: Gus, Tim, Paul, Chris
Details of your catches: 2 of us broke our PB’s myself with a 31lb mirror and my brother with a lump caught off the surface at 46lb 4 oz, which was a new record at Oakwood for a surface caught fish. The other fish we caught ranged from 16lb – 33 lb with most being mid to high twenties.
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: longer hooklinks single boilie tipped with corn and snowman rigs fished over a bed of lake special boilies and surface fishing.
Were the facilities what you expected? Yes good facilities and a decent shower
General comments: The Surroundings and the lake are stunning plenty of large carp to go for. Well run site with fish safety at the forefront which is evident from the condition of the carp.. Helpful information from Dan who is always willing to help. Can’t wait to come back next april. Thank you to you and your good lady for an enjoyable weeks fishing and great food. 
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Holiday date: Sat 13th Sept to Sat 20th Sept 2014
Name of customer: Ciaron
Number of anglers: 1
Details of your catches: Total captures 22 fish up to 38lb 6 fish lost
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Rest the swims lots of bait 35kg boilies used lake Special
Were the facilities what you expected? Yes excellent
General comments: I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Dan & Cheryl for their warm hospitality throughout the week I spent at Oakwood fisheries . I was immediately made to feel welcome and Dan was really helpful in tactics and bait to use . I soon had my first capture from one of the spots Dan had pointed out . I went on to capture a total of 22 fish up to 38lb with an additional six fish lost . The fish are stunning , in excellent condition and fight hard so be prepared ! … Dan also supplies fresh quality bait at a very reasonable price ( I used it to great effect )… The facilities were excellent and very clean … Cheryl’s cooking was fabulous ! Highly recommended ( I guarantee you will not go hungry ) The lake is very picturesque with some great features to fish to , the pegs have plenty of room and are easily accessible . In summing up I had a fantastic week , the fishing exceeded all my expectations and more ! … I will definitely be back in the future , my tip for catching !.. Listen to Dan’s advice he knows his lake , his fish and how to catch them ! Thanks for everything …. Kind regards , Ciaron Jordan .
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Holiday date: Sat 6th Sept to Sat 13th Sept 2014
Name of customer: Dave and Gary
Number of anglers: 2
Details of your catches: biggest carp was 43lbs mirror broke my PB twice in the week
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Lake Special boilie fished in the margins
Were the facilities what you expected? Yes good
General comments: Beautiful lake, fish in perfect condition and good food and plenty of it.
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Holiday date: Sat 30th Aug to Sat 6th Sept 2014
Name of customer: Pete, Phill, Mark, Peter
Number of anglers: 4
Details of your catches: Carp between 19lb 14 and 39lb 12oz
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Accurate bait placement Kd rig and lake special boilies find your spot and stick with it.
Were the facilities what you expected? Yes as website
General comments: Great holiday, excellent host many thanks
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Holiday date: Sat 16th Aug to Sat 23rd Aug 2014
Name of customer: Warick and Mark
Number of anglers: 2
Details of your catches: We had 18 fish between us mainly between 25 – 35 lbs, Pick of the fish were a perfect zip linear at 33lbs and a great proportioned mirror of 46lb 10 which was a new PB for me.
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Lake Special boilies done the best along with K-G-1
Were the facilities what you expected? Yes
General comments: We had a great holiday very helpful hosts listen to dans advice. very beautiful lake with mature woodland surrounding it. Will be back in the future.
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Holiday date: Sat 21st June to Sat 28th June 2014
Name of customer: Lester and Guy
Number of anglers: 2
Details of your catches: Carp up to 36lb
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Bottom baits and dans secret rig
Were the facilities what you expected? Facilities and food was great
General comments: Great place to catch a pb, had a great week. Dan gave us good advice , and the food was superb should have had it all week saves a lot of hassle, wildlife was superb will take a better camera next time !
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Holiday date: Sat 24th May to Sat 31st May 2014
Name of customer: Chris, Paul, Toby
Number of anglers: 3
Details of your catches: Carp, Tench, Roach, Rudd
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Bottom boilies and wafters
Were the facilities what you expected? Excellent shower facilities
General comments: Lovely lake, beautiful surroundings amazing owners being very helpful at all times. Toby got a PB
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Holiday date: Sat 17th May to Sat 24th May 2014
Name of customer: Josh
Number of anglers: 1
Details of your catches: 3 x 30’s to 39lb 6oz, 8 x 20’s to 29lb 10 oz , 2 doubles and lost 7 fish.
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Bottom baits tipped with small pop ups tight to the lilys.
Lake Special boilie worked the best by far I ended up leaving my cell boilies in the freezer to take home as they didn’t really like them and ordered some more lake special which was rolled fresh, great service and got to see the boilie machine in operation awesome!
Were the facilities what you expected? Yes the food was lovely just like last time I was here, I would recommend it to everyone visiting. Facilities were perfect and the shower is great!
General comments: Great trip overall . Caught far more than I expected and Dan and Cheryl were excellent hosts who did everything to make sure I was happy. The lake is stunning this is my 2nd trip here and I was delighted to catch one of the linear’s at 32lb 2oz without doubt the best looking fish I have ever caught!
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Holiday date: Sat 10th May to Sat 17th May 2014
Name of customer: Paul and Bradley
Number of anglers: 2
Details of your catches: A brace of 40lb mirrors, 4 x 30’s between 31lb 8 oz and 38lb 4oz, 6 x 20’s mostly high twenties and one double.
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Lake special Boilie over large beds of boilies
Were the facilities what you expected? Yes Excellent
General comments: Great venue run by Dan who really cares for the fish which are in mint condition.
Food was excellent every night gained a few pounds!
Lake is a stunning estate lake, I rented the whole lake for 2 which I thought was very good value.
We will be coming back soon.
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Holiday date: Sat 3rd May to Sat 10th May 2014
Name of customer: Mick and Lee
Number of anglers: 2
Details of your catches: 1 x 4o (new PB), 6 x 30’s including a beautiful linear, 5 x 20’s mainly high around 28/29lbs.
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Double 18 mm bottom baits and snowmen, lake special boilie.
Were the facilities what you expected? Excellent all round
General comments: dan was a great host full of information on where to drop our rigs listen to him and you will catch more. Stunning lake and fish in great condition we will be back.
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Holiday date: Sat 19th Apr to Sat 24th Apr 2014
Name of customer: Dave and Clive
Number of anglers: 2
Details of your catches: Carp from 17 – 39lb 10 oz mirrors, commons and a stunning thirty linear
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Bottom baits
Were the facilities what you expected? yes very happy and the food was excellent.
General comments: Very helpful hosts, struggled a bit at first and then Dan came down to offer some advice on where we should be fishing and even baited our spots for us. I was then onto the carp and ended up catching a new PB mirror which was stunning at almost 40lbs and several thirties.
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Holiday date: Tue 8th Apr to Fri 11th Apr 2014
Name of customer: Pete and Frank
Number of anglers: 2
Details of your catches: Carp from 18 – 37 lb
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Bottom baits and snowmen, I couldn’t get a bite on just pop ups. We used Matrix twist rolled on site at Oakwood Fisheries, fresh bait what a service.
Were the facilities what you expected? yes very happy
General comments: Great holiday hard fighting fish in great condition.
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Holiday date: Sat 29th Mar to Sat 5th Apr 2014
Name of customer: Ivan
Number of anglers: 1
Details of your catches: 12 carp from 20-36 lbs the biggest being a zip linear! Commons, Mirrors and a fully scaled
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Bottom baits Matrix twist rolled in house at Oakwood Fisheries
Were the facilities what you expected? yes very happy
General comments: I had a great week away from work, I saw Deer, red squirrels, water voles, big birds of prey and caught some stunning fish in stunning surroundings Happy Days…..Thanks to the hosts
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Holiday date: Sat 5th Oct to Sat 12th Oct 2013
Name of customer: Davvy and Steve
Number of anglers: 2
Details of your catches: 41lb 8oz new PB, 3 x 30’s, 4 x 20’s, 1 x 17lb
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Bottom baits with plenty of freebies, lake special boilies with wonka pop ups
Were the facilities what you expected? yes spot on
General comments: My 3rd year on the trot, great holiday, great fishing stunning fishery and a new PB. The food really adds to the trip aswell its a must!
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Holiday date: Sat 21st Sept to Sat 28th Sept 2013
Name of customer: Simon and Peter
Number of anglers: 2
Details of your catches: 10 carp to 39lb 110z, 3 new PB’s
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Boilies, semi fixed rigs and snowmen
Were the facilities what you expected? Yes very good and Cheryl is a superb cook!
General comments: A great relaxing week in a lovely setting cheers to Dan and Cheryl
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Holiday date: Sat 14th Sept to Sat 21st Sept 2013
Name of customer: Donn Briggs Group
Number of anglers: 4
Details of your catches: carp from 21 – 37lbs
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Bottom baits and pop ups
Were the facilities what you expected? Yes very good
General comments: Lovely mature lake with good wildlife. Comfortable big swims well managed lake.
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Holiday date: Sat 7th Sept to Sat 14th Sept 2013
Name of customer: Gary, Michael and James
Number of anglers: 3
Details of your catches: Carp between 17 – 28lbs
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Beds of boilies, bottom baits tipped with corn.
Were the facilities what you expected? Very amazing food well worth every euro!
General comments: Stunning lake, Lovely swims Amazing food
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Holiday date: Sat 31st Aug to Sat 7th Sept 2013
Name of customer: Dave
Number of anglers: 1
Details of your catches: carp 18 – 37 lb including a fully scaled mirror stunning
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: I found K-G-1 worked best.
Were the facilities what you expected? Very good combined with very tasty food and big portions and bait rolling on site what more could you want!
General comments: Lovely lake, beautiful fish and very friendly helpful hosts.
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Holiday date: Sat 17th Aug to Sat 24th Aug 2013
Name of customer: Greg and Frank
Number of anglers: 2
Details of your catches: 16 carp from 18 – 44 lbs very pretty fish and in great condition one of my favourites was a mint long linear of just over 30 one of the best fish I have ever caught.
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Plenty of bait with snowmen style presentation. I used matrix twist rolled fresh on site.
Were the facilities what you expected? Above what I expected from a carp fishery, very clean awesome shower and great food all hand made. A lot better than most restaurants I have ate in on the side of a lake perfect!
General comments: Very nice set up, beautiful estate lake with many features surrounded by mature woodland with plenty of wildlife, fish are stunning all I caught had perfect mouths. Good hosts
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Holiday date: Sat 3rd Aug to Sat 10th Aug 2013
Name of customer: Jane and John
Number of anglers: 2
Details of your catches: Carp up to 29lbs new Pb and just missed the ladies Oakwood record by 2 lbs!
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: pop ups
Were the facilities what you expected? Yes very nice, excellent shower and no generators here all mains electricity for charging bait boats all very clean and tidy.
General comments: Very beautiful well kept lake with excellent wood chipped swims nestled in a secluded valley. Nice surrounding area too where we enjoyed some days and evenings out.
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Holiday date: Sat 22nd June to Sat 29th June 2013
Name of customer: Mark, Phill, Carson
Number of anglers: 3
Details of your catches: Carp from low twenties to 41lb including a stunning thirty pound linear.
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Kd rig with 18mm K – G – 1 or snowmen rolled fresh on site.
Were the facilities what you expected? Excellent facilities and food Cheryl and Dan top notch hosts
General comments: Very beautiful lake lots of features and wildlife.
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Holiday date: Sat 8th June to Sat 15th June 2013
Name of customer: Eddie, Dave
Number of anglers: 2
Details of your catches: 16 Carp both mirrors and commons from 19lb – 45lb 7oz new PB. Mainly mid to high twenties including 4 thirties and the mid forty.
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: K – G- 1 and Matrix Twist rolled on site.
Were the facilities what you expected? Brilliant factilities much better than I expected and the food was really good every night well recommended.
General comments: This is my 16th year visiting France and this is probably the most beautiful lake I have visited with great wildlife all around in the mature forest. Well run fishery with nice hosts and contains some stunning fish all that we caught were in great condition. I will return again one year.
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Holiday date: Sat 1st June to Sat 7th June 2013
Name of customer: Mike, Paul
Number of anglers: 2
Details of your catches: New Pb 42lb mirror and 10 other carp mainly mid to high twenties with 2 x 30’s
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: K-G -1 rolled fresh on site with large beds of baits some rigs topped off by bright pop up
Were the facilities what you expected? Shower spot on, food good value and nice breakfast roll delivered on the dot to your bivvy every morning.
General comments: Lovely lake great spot and after a hard start to the week the fishing picked up after spawning and smashed my PB by over 17lbs! would definitely come again.
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Holiday date: Sat 25th May to Sat 1st June 2013
Name of customer: Ben, Alex, Michael and Dave
Number of anglers: 4
Details of your catches: biggest carp of the week was 38lb 8 0z new PB then another 30lb fish, 29lb 12 oz, 3 x 20’s
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Snowman Rigs and Double baits
Were the facilities what you expected? Facilities fantastic
General comments: Nice Place Stunning Fish in great condition, lovely owners very helpful.
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Holiday date: Sat 4th May to Sat 11th May 2013
Name of customer: Mick, Tom
Number of anglers: 2
Details of your catches: Carp from 14lb a fully scaled baby mirror stunning to 37lb 8 oz
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Kd Rig with snowmen abd had one off the surface
Were the facilities what you expected? Very nice cleaned every day and well kept
General comments: Stunning estate lake packed full of features and cracking fish in good condition, food was absolutly great every night dont cook urself unless your a top chef no need fab!
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Holiday date: Sat 27th April to Sat 4th May 2013
Name of customer: Mark and Dan
Number of anglers: 2
Details of your catches: 18lb, 21lb, 44lb, 27lb x 2, 25lb x 2, 32lb, 26lb, 23lb, 28lb, 29lb
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: In the margins
Were the facilities what you expected? Very good impressed
General comments: Really enjoyed stay, stunning place good fishing and excellent food with plenty of it, i smashed my pb by over 20lbs!
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Holiday date: Sat 20th April to Sat 27th April 2013
Name of customer: Gordon and Kevin
Number of anglers: 2
Details of your catches: Mainly mirrors with one small common 34lb 8, 34lb, 29lb 5oz were the best fish
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Long hook link with snowman fluro pop ups
Were the facilities what you expected? Better
General comments: Lovely lake, loveley fish, food was great every night – thank you for helping feed two fishermen who normally live on tins!
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Holiday date: Sat 13th April to Sat 20th April 2013
Name of customer: Stag Party
Number of anglers: 4
Details of your catches: Fish between 18 – 31lb mainly high twenties commons and mirrors, the stag had one of the linears perfect
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Martrix Twist and cell
Were the facilities what you expected? Better
General comments: Beautiful site, abundance of wild life and nice comfortable swims.
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Holiday date: Sat 6th April to Thu 11th April 2013
Name of customer: Pat
Number of anglers: 2
Details of your catches: Best fish 40lb 1oz and 37lb 4 oz mirrors
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Premier baits matrix rolled on site and maggots in pva bags fished to a silty patch.
Were the facilities what you expected? Very good, the covered seated area came in handy this week, food great as always and nice and clean.
General comments: Terrible weather conditions non stop rain and howling winds accompanied with low tempretures made the fishing more difficult than our previous visits.
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Holiday date: Sat 15th October to Sat 19th October 2012
Name of customer: Pat
Number of anglers: 1
Details of your catches: Mirrors and commons from 20 – 29lbs
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Premier baits matrix dumbells rolled on site by dan, tipped off with pop ups
Were the facilities what you expected? Very good
General comments: My 4th trip here lovely place as always, food top notch, great trip away for 4 days despite some of the weather!
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Holiday date: Sat 22nd September to Sat 29th September 2012
Name of customer: Chris Murray
Number of anglers: 1
Details of your catches: Fish between 22lbs – 37lbs, 3 x 30’s and one grass carp of 33lbs
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: I used the lake pellet and carp company natural impact rolled on site and ready for my arrival Happy days
Were the facilities what you expected? Better
General comments: Lovely swims, beautiful old lake, well run fishery. Could drop off the fishing tackle in the swims which made life easy for my bad leg. Food great and dan very helpful.
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Holiday date: Sat 15th September to Sat 22nd September 2012
Name of customer: Charlie
Number of anglers: 1
Details of your catches: 9 Fish from 21lbs – 35lbs 8oz
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: All fish caught on boilies both pop ups and bottom baits. Used Matrix rolled on site at oakwood
Were the facilities what you expected? Very nice, clean and tidy as always and awesome food. well reccommended.
General comments: My 3rd trip now, beautiful lake, stunning surroundings, friendly hosts and plenty of near by shops.
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Holiday date: Sat 11th August to Sat 18th August 2012
Name of customer: Steve
Number of anglers: 1
Details of your catches: 2 x 40’s back to back upto 46lb 8oz 2 x 20’s 1 x 30
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Plenty of boilies bait purchased on site and rolled fresh.
Were the facilities what you expected? Yes very happy.
General comments: Fantastic place, great fish, really beautiful woodland setting with comfortable wood barked swims. Put my back out holding the 1st forty so lucky dan was at hand to hold the second one up for me!
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Holiday date: Sat 4th August to Sat 11th August 2012
Name of customer: Davvy
Number of anglers: 1
Details of your catches: 6 x 30’s, 2 x 20’s and 2 tench. New PB within 24 hours smashed it by over 9 lbs with a 38lb 4oz mirror.
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Large beds of Oakwoods pellet and lots of free boilies.
Were the facilities what you expected? Great Lush
General comments: Fantastic venue this is my 2nd trip, lovely fish dan is willing to help whatever is needed will be back again!
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Holiday date: Sat 14th July to Sat 21st July 2012
Name of customer: David
Number of anglers: 3
Details of your catches: Highlighted by 3 x 30’s
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Boilies bought from Oakwood premier baits matrix with a twist
Were the facilities what you expected? Factilities were very clean and well kept
General comments: Yes, we were very well looked after the food was excellent and very good value. Dan was very happy to pass on his experience and spent a lot of time helping my 14 year old son.
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Holiday date: Sat 7th July to Sat 14th July 2012
Name of customer: Brad
Number of anglers: 1
Details of your catches: Mirrors and commons nothing under 21lbs, biggest common 31lb 8 oz, biggest mirror 38lbs
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Boilies made fresh on site tipped of with oakwoods wonka pop ups.
Were the facilities what you expected? Yes even a covered seated area which helped out as the weather was not very good.
General comments: Beautiful place surrounded by trees and bays of lily pads, had the food great every night certainly saves cooking on the bank and a great breakfast baugette bought to your swim every morning heaven
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Holiday date: Sat 9th June to Sat 16th June 2012
Name of customer: Mick
Number of anglers: 1
Details of your catches: 9 Fish and i lost 8, 2 x 30’s and 7 x 20’s
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Boilies and corn, 360 rig with a dark pop up
Were the facilities what you expected? Yes great factilities
General comments: Nice venue very helpful, great new swims very nice, wonderful woodland setting
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Holiday date: Sat 2nd June to Sat 9th June 2012
Name of customer: Greg
Number of anglers: 2
Details of your catches: We had carp to 29lbs
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Bottom baits
Were the facilities what you expected? Yes very nice
General comments: We had a very enjoyable trip, we find dan & cheryl very accommodating and helpful and the lake was very picturesque, with excellent pegs, great facilities, fantastic to have the lake to ourselves without any hassle from other anglers. We both thought the home cooked food was excellent and there was a ready supply of good quality bait on site. Thanks for your help with organising the trip.
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Holiday date: Sat 12th May to Thu 17th May 2012
Name of customer: Dave Smith
Number of anglers: 2
Details of your catches: Commons upto 29lbs 8 oz and a 30lb plus grass carp
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Back leading and fresh boilies
Were the facilities what you expected? Very good clean and tidy
General comments: A nice fishery and dan was very helpful. We had a breakfast each day which was very good and reasonably priced. Lovely and peaceful. A good trip, fish were spawning for part of our trip but otherwise we had a great time and would return to the fishery with out doubt
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Holiday date: Sat 7th Apr to Fri 13th Apr 2012
Name of customer: Robert and Tom
Number of anglers: 2
Details of your catches: 4 x 20’s and 4 x 30’s
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Fishing to the pads with plenty of bait
Were the facilities what you expected? Excellent
General comments: The lake is stunning. Good features to fish to. Food was great every night had a good holiday
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Holiday date: Sat 7th Apr to Fri 13th Apr 2012
Name of customer: Robert
Number of anglers: 1
Details of your catches: 36lb 4 oz 35lb 4 oz 32lb 8 oz 29lb 4oz 20lb
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Carp company cranberry + caviar boilies, bottom baits and lake pellet rolled on site
Were the facilities what you expected? Excellent above what is expected
General comments: Stunning lake with many features. The weather was very changable caught all our fish after the rain had stopped when they started showing again. To have the food package was the best decision i made. The quality of the bait available to purchase is also excellent and dan is very happy to share his knowlwdge of the lake to help improve your catch. We both broke our pb’s and rob broke his by 21 lbs! I would definatly recommend the venue and would be happy to return.
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Holiday date: Sat 19th Nov to Wed 23rd Nov 2011
Name of customer: Rick
Number of anglers: 1
Details of your catches: 4 carp 21 – 28lbs
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Running rigs, Dan’s pellet and a good quality frozen bait, fished to the dying lily pads
Were the facilities what you expected? Yes, Nice and clean as always.
General comments: As always a beautiful place to fish it was a bit colder than when I normally come and it was nice to see the lake looking different in her winter colours, despite the cooler temps I still managed to winkle some out showing me their lovely winter colours well worth the effort.
Holiday date: Sat 1st Oct to Sat 8th Oct 2011
Name of customer: Terry Ingram
Number of anglers: 2
Details of your catches: I smashed my personal best by 10lbs thanks to a stunning mirror of 39lbs and dave added 6lbs to his p.b. With a 29lb 6oz mirror. He also had 5 other high twenties including the nicest fish I have ever caught called the perfect linear at nearly 29lbs.
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: I fished to gravel areas with short hook links and large 20mm boilies with plenty of freebies.
Were the facilities what you expected? Yes everything we need and plenty of space to store bait.
General comments: A very friendly and well run fishery. Lovely looking lake and great condition fish and some right stunners!
Dan is a great help and always willing to point you in the right direction. Will plan to come again next year.
Holiday date: Sat 24th Sep to Sat 1st Oct 2011
Name of customer: Paul Heneke + Nigel Potter
Number of anglers: 2
Details of your catches: It was a very difficult week due to the constant high temperatures, nudging 30 most days. I had 2 fish, both mirrors, 29 ½ & a 40 and a few ounces, and 1 for nigel, 15 ½
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Beds of boillies
Were the facilities what you expected? Better
General comments: This venue has the potentially to be an extremely good venue, the fish were in cracking condition and large framed, so can well grow considerably bigger. Dan & Cheryl are both great people, happy to help. Worth trying Cheryl’s home cooking as well!
Holiday date: Sun 4th Sep to Tue 6th Sep 2011
Name of customer: Rick
Number of anglers: 1
Details of your catches: New pb 40lb 10oz mirror and 6 x 20’s to 29lbs
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Bottom baits fishing on the gravel and in the silt.
Were the facilities what you expected? Yes awesome take a look at the shower
General comments: Beautiful lake, great hosts well thought out swims and great food, I will miss my bacon and egg baguette in the morning!
Holiday date: Sat 30th Jul to Sat 6th Aug 2011
Name of customer: Dan, lee, tom, ben
Number of anglers: 4
Details of your catches: 7 x 20’s 2 x 30’s, 1 single
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: We found pop ups worked best
Were the facilities what you expected? Yes
General comments: Didn’t catch as much as expected due to the very hot weather for 5 days, after the rain the fishing got much better and there were lots of fish moving. Excellent food and good hosts.
Holiday date: Sat 28th May to Fri 3rd Jun 2011
Name of customer: Jon And Josh
Number of anglers: 2
Details of your catches: Carp between 20-32lbs and one double both mirrors and commons. Beautiful fish
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Boilies with 1kg of freebies
Were the facilities what you expected? Yes very good, nice shower
General comments: Very good fishing, we both broke our pb’s and my 14 year old son landed a 32lb mirror.
Dan was a very good host and Cheryl’s home cooking was excellent and plenty of it!
A well run and looked after fishery can’t wait to come back next year!
Holiday date: Sat 14th Nov to Sat 21st May 2011
Name of customer: Michael, Paul, Pete, Adam
Number of anglers: 4
Details of your catches: Three of us broke our pb’s during the week, we had carp from 18 – 34lbs including a stunning 28lb linear.
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Sweet corn and 18mm bottom baits with pop ups.
Were the facilities what you expected? Spot on.
General comments: Happy with everything, the carp were spawning during the week so that was a shame but we will be back for a re-visit next year. Wish we had the food will do next time.
Holiday date: Sat 16th Nov to Sat 23rd April 2011
Name of customer: Les, Phil and Adam
Number of anglers: 3
Details of your catches: 7 x 30’s to 37lb 4oz and 16 x 20’s.
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Fish were caught on both bottom baits and snowmen. All on boilies.
Were the facilities what you expected? Better than expected
General comments: Enjoyed the visit, an excellent week. Nice fish, good owners and the food was fantastic every night. A good set up, bang on, see you next year!
Holiday date: Sat 9th Apr to Sat 16th Apr 2011
Name of customer: Bill Holcombe
Number of anglers: 1
Details of your catches: 2 x 30’s… 10 x 20’s… 1 x double. All beautiful fish including a fully scaled mirror
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Medium sized boilies tipped with yellow, over big beds of pellets. The pellet was bought on site and is what the fish get fed on in the winter so ideal.
Were the facilities what you expected? Yes better
General comments: Not my usual style of fishing so it made a refreshing change to have a lake full of features. Food was excellent, home cooked means home cooked & very well too. Breakfast baguettes were awesome! Stay near your rods as all the takes were one-toners! I think the fish have been fed on steroids… They fight like demons and take off like trains as soon as they feel the hook!
Holiday date: Mon 22nd Nov to Tue 23rd Nov 2010
Name of customer: Neil
Number of anglers: 1
Details of your catches: 5 fish all 20’s to 27 lb’s both mirrors and commons, the mirrors were big plated and beautiful golden commons a result for the time of year and only one nights fishing
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Baitcraft t1 boilies with around 50 baits around each rod. I fished swim 6 in the deeper water
Were the facilities what you expected? Yes superb
General comments: I was passing through so I arranged a 24 hour ticket for Oakwood I’m glad I did well recommended
Holiday date: Mon 25th Sept to Tue 30th Sept 2010
Name of customer: Simon Bird
Number of anglers: 1
Details of your catches: I broke my pb twice so I can’t say more than that. 31 lb mirror first followed by another at just under 35lb had other mirrors ranging between 25-30 lb and a small common of 18 lb.
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Fishing to the far margin produced the takes.
Were the facilities what you expected? Absolutely brilliant.
General comments: Totally enjoyed my trip. It was my first trip to France and would definitely come back. Food was great an all-round pleasure to fish well recommended.
Holiday date: Sat 4th Sep to Sat 11th Sep 2010
Name of customer: Mick And Ken
Number of anglers: 2
Details of your catches: 21 fish including 12 twenties and 3 thirties to 35lb+ lovely linears, golden commons stunning fish
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Fishing to the features with green lipped mussel pellet and scopex boilies
Were the facilities what you expected? Better!
General comments: A truly beautiful lake, great fishing with very helpful owners. We had the food package which was out of this world! Restaurant standard a must have. A great all round holiday with one pb broken holiday we will be back
Holiday date: Sat 7th Aug to Sat 14th Aug 2010
Name of customer: Shane, Dean, Aid, Christian
Number of anglers: 4
Details of your catches: 29 fish including 15 x 20’s, 3 x 30lb plus two of our group broke there pb’s stunning fish in great nick
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: We used mainline bolies and fish to lily pads, weed beds and far margins.
Were the facilities what you expected? Hydrostatic shower oh yes!!
General comments: A great holiday was had by all, beautiful lake, stunning fish and great hosts, we just needed a few more days!
Holiday date: Sun 9th May to Fri 14th May 2010
Name of customer: Ron Key & Dan Phesay
Number of anglers: 2
Details of your catches: 7 fish for 15 to 32 lbs
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Pop ups close to lily beds
Were the facilities what you expected? Yes
General comments: A beautiful, peaceful venue with great hosts and facilities. Stunning fish particularly the linears, but would benefit from a some bigger fish stocking.
Holiday date: Sat 17th Apr to Sat 24th Apr 2010
Name of customer: D.richards
Number of anglers: 2
Details of your catches: 38 fish between us for the week. Few fish around the 30lb mark, mostly low 20’s
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: Singles and small bags first few nights then big beds of baits worked well. Cc moore meteor trigga
Were the facilities what you expected? Yes
General comments: This is a very pretty lake, and surrounded with great wildlife, red squirrels, kites, dear – truly stunning.
Really enjoyed the week, nice and secluded in stunning surroundings.
Holiday date: Sat 10th Apr to Sat 17th Apr 2010
Name of customer: Samantha Collins-ratcliffe Mainline consultant.
Number of anglers: 2
Details of your catches: 20 fish ranging between 15lb and 30lb.
Your best tactics/bait/rigs: With lots of features to fish up to this lake was productive from all areas. We found that the lily pads kept attracting the fish but fishing amongst them meant we were always close to the rods. We found that most fish were caught using the chod rig with either chilli chocolate or fruity trifle quest pop-ups.
Were the facilities what you expected? Very impressed
General comments: What a great weeks fishing on a lake that reminded us of an old English stately home lake set in the woods.
Dan was very helpful and knows his lake and how to fish it very well.
