John London is the owner of Bletiere and through this Blog section he’s going to keep a diary of the daily life of a French carp lake owner. If you have any questions for him feel free to post them at the bottom of this post. At last the dirt has dried out enough to finish the […]
Little Bailiff’s prize! Following my recent success on the 6th of March fishing on the baited spots I decided to make the effort at the weekend. It’s now the 13th March and with the bait still going in on the same spots it was obvious the fish were still on the feed The weather was […]
There’s lots of improvement work that’s been carried out at Molyneux. Here’s some before & after shots of the improvements to the swims.
John London is the owner of Bletiere and through this Blog section he’s going to keep a diary of the daily life of a French carp lake owner. If you have any questions for him feel free to post them at the bottom of this post. Here’s his first post… a video tour of the […]
29lb common for Jay the bailiff It’s Sunday March 6th and the weather is finally warming up over here. The nights are still cold, almost into minus figures, but during the day you can feel the heat in the morning sun and things are starting to wake up… animals and plants alike. The temperature has […]
If you buy this weeks Carp Talk there’s a free to enter competition to win a week at Villefond , including the ferry crossing.
Welcome to the first Gigantica report of 2011. Though we have had no anglers on so far in 2011, I wanted to give you all a quick update on the lake. Throughout this wet winter we saw a huge influx of water which made water lever rise significantly and flooded most of all the swims. […]
Here’s the video of the fish which features on the front of our 2011 brochure. It’s Jake Langley-Hobbs current PB carp, caught in August 2009 from Gigantica. The mirror weighed 64lbs 8oz and is known as Staples. It fell for a Monster Tiger Nut boilie from the DB range.
Pat Gillett answers a query for Molyneux, advising on his baiting tactics early on in the year… Spencer wrote: Hi, I’m fishing at lake Molyneux in France on the 19th to the 26th March and was just wondering what the best bait would be & maybe best tactics? I was looking into taking Quest Chilli Chocolate ? Any […]
At last, after a lot of frustrating delays due to the weather, we’ve finally got the swims finished at Bletiere . To help with drainage we installed a land drain pipe & buried it in half a ton of gravel under the swim. This had an immediate effect meaning we could get the work finished […]
Hi Danny, Thanks for your recent e-mail. I’m very interested in your observation regarding the biggies now may be wary of boilies. As you say, they see a lot of 20mm baits used due to bream & maybe a change to smaller boilies would work – 16`s maybe? As you say the bream are not […]
Wally, the Molyneux bailiff, explains the thinking behind his winter feeding programme; During my time at Grenville Carp Syndicate I realised just how important a carefully managed feeding programme can be. It’s vital for the carp to maintain their weights and condition to get them through the harsher weather the winter months bring. This […]
Here’s the video of 24 more carp going into Lillypool. All the carp were above 20lb, being between 20.7 lb & and 26.4 lb. You can see more photos here.
This video was shot in 2007, before Danny Fairbrass bought Gigantica. At that time it was known as St Christophe.
This video was shot in 2007, before Danny Fairbrass bought Gigantica. At that time it was known as St Christophe.
Molyneux is famous for its large Grass carp Phil asks; I’m going to Molyneux for a week for the first time at the end of March. Any advice on bait, hook lengths, pegs location, or things to take and watch out for. Will the weather be a problem? Any assistance greatly appreciated. . Roy Fulton […]
It’s still muddy… but I’m getting there! I must first apologise has it’s been a while since I updated you all, but I’ve been back to UK for my 5 days holiday for the year… it’s a tough life but someone has to do it! As you can see from the photos the digger is […]
Between winter and summer the water level at Old Oaks goes up and down. This natural phenomenon has eroded a couple of the pegs, as mentionned by some anglers in their feedback. We have just finished the work to repair them all. We first added first plenty of big stones to stabilize the bottom […]
An update of work in progress from the new Molyneux bailiffs, Wally & Helen; We arrived early on Monday morning after an easy and pleasant drive from Calais of approximately 2hours 45 mins. We pulled through the gates of Molyneux to meet Roy and were pleasantly surprised at the natural beauty of this complex. Although […]
