Fudgey’s @ 73.09 – Gigantica’s 3rd known 70lb+ carp So, after a slow first week but with amazing weather so early in the year, last weeks lake exclusive of German anglers really raised the bar for all who follow this year. Although the group only caught 3 fish for the week ( 6 anglers in […]
Preparation is key – building the social Swim Here’s some more photos of the improvements which have been made at Molyneux. The lads have done a sterling job!
Paul Cooper has just returned from Molyneux and considering the time of year he and fishing partner, Paul Brookes, had a great session taking 19 carp & 1 catfish of 35.04. The carp averaged mid 20’s and included 6 x 30’s to 35.04 plus a 32.07 Grass Carp. Here’s a short video clip he shot […]
Jake recalls a memorable session from 2009 in the Tree Line Swim at Gigantica, including some tactics and advice he was given to overcome the power from these creatures when fishing at close range. The Tree Line Swim Has Not Disappointed! By Jake Langley Hobbs Good Afternoon. Firstly sorry for the delayed post. It is just […]
Wayne & family… plus a big Laroussi 50! Laroussi has a well established reputation as one of the best big carp waters in France… but what a lot of anglers forget is that you can now stay in accommodation at the lakeside & take your family. Laroussi regular Wayne Naylor did just that last week […]
39lb of pure gold! As we only have 2 anglers here this week and Andy was happy for me to have a fish I thought I would give the new completed swim a go for a couple of hours in the afternoon. After a quite spell (other than watching the pike spawn, pictures on my […]
Steph & Chris Dagg run Notaires & Alder lakes. Through this personal Blog, Steph is going to describe her experiences of moving to France and living the dream of many UK carp anglers. It’s easy to fall in love with a fabulous property – or at least one with a lot of potential! – when […]
STOP PRESS – the Villefond lake record was broken yesterday with this magnificent 51.02 common. The captor was Andy Molyneux… he cast to a showing fish with a Mainline boilie and a size 6 Raptor hook.
Lillypool have installed a BBQ for the start of the 2011 season. Roll on those long summer evenings!
Arthur the common at 49lb Martin & Josh Bennett have just come back from Villefond (w/c 19th March) and what a great session they had! 24 fish, including 7 different 40’s; Arthur at 49lb Max at 42lb.14oz and one they named Bennett at 47lb.4oz plus a load of upper 30’s which are not far away […]
Jack with Big Lin at 43.02 Jack Cuthbertson has been helping out with the swim improvements at Molyneux. Each evening he’s been getting the rods out & he’s had some spectacular catches. Well now he’s topped it with a new lake record; Another day or two passed and with the fish becoming ever more active […]
What a fish! 45lb of real beauty! Mr Neales & Markham were the first anglers to fish Old Oaks this year (w/c 12th March) & they had a real Red Letter session; “We were the first group of the year and had a great haul of 41 carp !!! 3 x 40’s, 23 […]
Browsing YouTube we came across this video of Steve Pickering’s October 2010 Villefond session. Steve had a great session landing 20 carp including 3 x 40lb+ and 16 x 30lb+ You can read an article describing his trip here.
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.
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 […]
