Molyneux Report to 12th May 2012; As I mentioned at the end of last week’s report, we were expecting some very important guests at Molyneux… our very good friends Oz and Caroline were travelling over to spend the week with us. We have known them both for a few years now as we used to […]
Linear complex in Oxford is the scene for the new TF Gear carp fishing DVD. The DVD will be available free on the front cover of next months Total Carp Magazine. With most fishing dvd’s there seems to be some amounts of trickery involved, If you do you watch the disk, which will be on […]
Molyneux Report to 21st April 2012 The Dawson party, were packed and away fairly sharply in the morning. Helen and I busied ourselves preparing for the next group of anglers. They arrived around 10.45am, once the cup of tea was out of the way we had a good look around the lake. The party consisted […]
The Hope family enjoyed a fantastic week at Beaurepaire (w/c 12th May)havingg 48 runs with 44 landed; * 32 carp all mirrors * 7 x 40’s * 13 x 30’s * 11 x 20’s * 1 @ 16lb * 2 grass carp 19.8 & 24lb * 2 catfish 12 & 37lb * 8 bream Here’s […]
Last year Jim Kelly and I visited Blue Lake in almost monsoon conditions, with freshly dug swims with marl and mud everywhere, it was a trip to forget and we finished our trip early due to the adverse conditions. A view of Blue lake from swim 7 On our return to the UK we reported […]
43.03 A new Lillypool lake record common for Martin Larner @ 43lb 3oz – a new PB for him. It was his last day and it came with the last cast of the week! French Carp Fishing
42.12 – The lake record Common Molyneux Report to 14th April 2012; Saturday arrived and after an early breakfast, Paul was on his way. Living Ooop North, means he has an awful long drive from Dover, so he set off in plenty to get home during daylight. Our next anglers consisted of two parties of […]
70lb Congratulations to Rick for setting the new Old Oaks catfish record with a 70lb moggy! Last time out this cat was 60lb. Carp in the 50’s and 40’s are still coming out week after week. This really is a fantastic year for Old Oaks. Carp France
We have just heard from lake owner Sebastien that one of this week’s anglers has banked Blue Lake‘s first 40 with a carp of 42lb. And it looks like the anglers (Denton group of 4) are in for a busy time this week. Early Monday morning and they have already chalked up over 20 carp […]
I’m blogging this because this week we have already taken 3 last minute bookings for carp fishing holidays starting , yes you guessed it, this weekend! One of the calls began with the sentence; “I don’t expect for a minute but… have you anywhere available this weekend?” … and to be fair that’s pretty much […]
53lb Beaurepaire was born in 2005 , 7 years ago and the big decision that faced Bernard at the time was how to stock the lake. He could obviously go for smaller numbers and bigger carp and stock additional fish along the way or start the lake in it’s infancy with good quality smaller carp, […]
The DIY Ghosty @ 44lb 1oz The fish are yet to really get on the feed at Villefond but this hasn’t prevented anglers from having some amazing catches and some really special fish have been caught which has made picking a fish of the month really difficult. A lot of the lakes real characters have […]
Blue Lake – looking across the lake from swim 7 General Paul Cooper and I visited Blue Lake last July, before it was stocked and the going was tough. The lake had been stocked during the winter and we had returned, hopefully to catch some carp. On arrival we had a good look round and […]
Phil Belton with the 53lb Beaurepaire lake record Colin Ventons group had a great session at Beaurepaire 21st to 28th April 2012. Battling gale force winds and torrential rain, the guys caught 3 different 50’s including a new lake record of 53lb. Sadly, for some of the guys, an unexpected illness sent 4 of them […]
53lb 10oz Derek Ryley, from Liverpool, took his three sons (Joshua 19, Liam 17 and Louis 13) to Boux at the wish of his Nan, Sally Latimer, who gifted them money for the trip prior to her passing away. The family group, had a fantastic result taking 63 carp which included, 4 x 50’s, 14 […]
57lb common Only the week after the lake mirror record was smashed with a 57lb carp the next group of anglers have managed to break the Lake record for a Common Carp with Gary Gordons capture at 51lb 06oz. This is an amazing start to the season for Old Oaks with this being the fifth […]
Josef’s 45lb 8oz PB. Josef Tubby, age 9, on his first fishing trip to France has become the youngest angler to bank a carp over the 40lb mark here at Genets. Fishing with his own 2 rods during the daytime, he was very happy this afternoon when he landed a 24lb 8oz Common, his first […]
Boux has kicked off to a great start, the lake has produced over 60 carp in its first week. Derek Ryley who took Josh (19 yrs), Liam (17 yrs) and Louis (13 yrs) with him to the lake says that each of them has caught a 50lb+ carp. Josh also had 7 x 40’s inc […]
Electricity now on-site at the cabin swim Jean-Francois has let us know about a few improvements he’s made at Boomerang. The toilet block has now been completed, he has added a couple of benches, electricity has been added at the swim nearest the mobile home and he has now added the English name to the […]
James Wilcox with Big Lin @ 45.02 Hi David, Please find attached a picture of my recent capture of ‘Big Lin’ from Molyneux in April 2012. She came out a week earlier at 46lb so did not make lake record for me by a few oz’s … but I think you will agree that she […]
