A week on Mas Bas Lotus Lake

There was just myself fishing and to be honest I caught too many fish to mention… but the highlights were: PB Mirror 37lb in fact 1st fish caught! Double Mainline Cell 18mm with mixed pellet PVA bag. PB Common 21lb 8oz Double Mainline Cell 18mm Lots of 10lb + and mid twenty Mirrors and the […]

Getting the Best from Molyneux

Readers Question; Paul, I read your article on your March session on Molyneux and thoroughly enjoyed it. I have been let down over recent weeks by my mates on a trip to France, so I still wanted to go on my own. I have been with Angling lines a few times and I am thoroughly […]

Stuart’s French Carp Session – Lots of Hints & Tips!

This feedback from Stuart is full of detail & tips on how to get the best out of Vincons – so we thought we’d include it here too. Holiday date: Sat 25th Aug to Sat 1st Sep 2012 Name of customer: Stuart Olley Number of anglers: 2 Details of your catches: We wanted a run water and this place delivered. It […]

Beaurepaire Carp Record Broken with a 54lb Mirror

  54lb – the new venue record Tony & Anne Larkin fished Beaurepaire w/c 11th August & Anne broke the venue record with this stunning 54lb mirror.  They caught a total of 22 carp plus catfish using a variety of different baits including Quest Baits, Poacher baits & Dynamite. Angling Holidays at Beaurepaire

Molyneux Report to 28th July 2012

Mike and his 27lb Common With no one on Molyneux during the week 14th to 21st July it gave Helen and I a chance to catch up on those jobs that we are always having to put off due to anglers being here and other jobs taking priority. Soon enough though the weekend loomed large on the […]

Molyneux showerblock refurbished and painted inside and out

The last couple of weeks have seen us completely overhaul the showerblock on site here at Molyneux. It is a forty year old building and although in pretty good condition it was showing signs of its age, and general wear and tear. I was very lucky that I had some help in doing this with […]

Tactics To Catch Over 100 Carp in One Session!

A view from the dam to the bays on the Southern part of the lake As with any lake, it is important to do your research as best you can prior to your arrival at the venue. With the venue that I am going to talk about, I was fortunate enough to have previously fished […]

Carp Fishing in France – Villefond July Review

75lb 4oz – Villefond Lake Record Catfish The unsettled weather over the last few months has seen the fish spawn in a more staggered way to usual. Usually by the end of May most of the fish have finished and are back on the munch but with the weather being hot one week and wet […]

Great Mas Bas Lotus Lake Feedback

Holiday date: Sat 7th Jul to Sat 14th Jul 2012 Name of customer: Adrian Brown Number of anglers: 1 Details of your catches: There was just myself fishing, too many fish caught to mention here but the highlights were: pb mirror 37lb in fact 1st fish caught! Double mainline cell 18mm with mixed pellet pva bag. Pb common 21lb 8oz double […]

Tips for Hot Weather Carp Care

Paul Cooper & Jim Kelly enjoyed a prolific session on Alder taking 161 carp in the week, even though temperatures exceeded 30 degrees most days. In this short video Paul gives us some tips on how to ensure the carp are well looked after on the bank in such hot weather. Carp Fishing in France […]

Molyneux Report to 7th July 2012…

Aidan helps his dad with his 45lb 8oz Catfish With Molyneux and its surroundings tidied and trimmed we were ready to welcome our latest guests on Saturday morning. Majid and his two sons Ben and Aidan had travelled all the way down from Glasgow to be with us, and after all the travelling we knew […]

27lb Catfish for Will

  Will Winkles Out a Whopper!!! 16 year old Will Waterton of QES, here at Glehias for the week with his family – dad Mark, mum Claire and sister Nina from Lancaster – managed to bag himself a rather large Catfish this morning. Large enough to break the current ‘Juniors Lake Record Catfish’ at least!! […]

Molyneux Report to 16th June 2012…

  Ollie and his 40lb 2oz common Saturday morning and once again the telephone summoned us to the Molyneux gates to welcome the weeks anglers. On arrival I was greeted by only one car containing two anglers and a very poorly looking corpse like figure huddled in the back. Expecting a group of six anglers […]

French Carp Lake Molyneux – Report to 2nd June ’12

Jason with a spawned out Big Lin at 41lb 10oz After a frenetic few weeks we had only two anglers on Molyneux this week. Good mates Jason and Andy from London arrived mid-morning after a pleasant journey across. Tea was taken and the usual wander around the lake began. I explained the week that the […]

A Weeks Carp Fishing at Villefond (July ’12)

Mark Lambert recently spent a week fishing his own venue, Villefond, and recorded it in this short video clip.  We see carp to 40lb+ and Dan the catfish makes an appearance at 75lb.   Superb fishing! Carp fishing in France at Villefond