Our Lakes

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

How to Catch Carp at Boux

Magical Boux Hi Paul, I have booked a week on Boux with some friends and my son… can you give any info on the best way to approach  the fishing at the fishery thanks. Peter Hi Peter, A lot will depend on when you have booked your visit to Boux.  One of the reasons for […]

Bumper Week of French Carping at Glehias

The Draper Party were here with us at Glehias last week and and had a bumper week of fishing, we were fortunate enough to be given their complete catch report. We love it when we get a complete record of a good week’s catches from our anglers. Apart from it being a precise record of your […]

The Film Stars of Glehias Carp Lake

We just want to say a big THANK YOU to our anglers here this week Tony Draper, Barry Price and Kevin Kerr for putting up with us filming a new lake video over the last couple of days here at Glehias. By the sound of it, camera man Martin Barker got some great film of […]

Fishing from the Spit at Beaurepaire

We join a group of Dutch anglers fishing from the spit at Beaurepaire in June ’12… & the German Vs Holland Euro football match disrupts the proceedings. Angling holidays at Beaurepaire

Fish ‘n’ Chips at Notaires

Size of the RFID chip We have initiated a programme to chip our fish in the Notaires lakes using tiny injectable RFID chips. This is partly as theft deterrent but mainly as a management tool. There is a saying that if you can’t measure it, then you can’t manage it. We have started the chipping […]

Water Levels at Beaurepaire

Because the water levels do vary at Beaurepaire we often get asked what should be expected.  Here’s the levels at 12th June ’12 after an averagely wet spring. Angling holidays at Beaurepaire

Research, research… it pays off!

I often get ask by anglers when they arrive what are the best tactics to use, what bait catches the most, what fish are in the lake and all the other information we anglers like to know.   But of course once you are here it’s too late to pack that extra rod or bring that […]

Villefond May Review

Finger Painting @ 39lb Wow the weather in May at Villefond has been a little crazy the torrential rain of April carried over to the start of the month and was quickly replaced almost over night with really high temperatures. The inevitable effect of this was that the fish turned there attention away from feeding […]

Monet’s House and Garden

Whilst our friends Oz and Caroline were visiting us at Molyneux we took a day out from the lake and decided to go to see Monets Gardens at Giverny, which is approx. 9-10km from the lake and very easy to find. It is said that Monet was travelling between Vernon and Gasny when he glanced […]

Bivvy Power Lights the Way!

Power Pack and Lighting system sets available for hire at Glehias for 15 euros per set per week. Complete set includes: Power Pack, Charger, Internal Light and External Light with Remote Control. The ‘Remote Lighting System’ not only allows you to illuminate your bivvy, but the area outside it too… and all from a remote […]

Good Times with Old Friends at Molyneux

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 […]

A Different Approach to Carp Fishing

A Different Approach… by Salv Licata Most, if not all, anglers head to France with a single minded mission to capture a monster carp & I suppose I’m no different… it’s something anglers all dream of and it’s something that seems to be more readily available in France.  However, if I’m brutally honest, a lake record […]

Lightning Strikes Twice at Molyneux

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 […]

What a Family Holiday!

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 […]

Return to Blue Lake – Field Testing Tales

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 […]