Lee Johnston, our Lake Owner at Glehias, recently answered a query about the Catfish in the lake, a good read if you’re going out to the venue this year! Hi, beginning to plan for our visit at the beginning of July, hoping to have a go at the catfish as well as the carp, any advice or […]
So, after 5 months of working around the Carp and Cats lake at Holly Pools – it’s done for this year. New swims complete, path gravelled, plants starting to grow, leaves appearing on the trees. Bearing in mind I really have done little else but work on the fishery for the last 5 months, I […]
The anglers due this week at Molyneux were old friends from last year, which is always so nice, as it is truly a pleasure welcoming back familiar faces to the lake. Having been before they had predetermined what swims they were going to fish, mostly the same as last year. Keith opting for Social 1, […]
It was too cold to fish for carp at Laroussi, so Mehdi went for the perch instead… & here’s the two he caught. Both around 17 inches long, he calls them “The Twins”. Merry Christmas!
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!! […]
Barbel fishing is enjoyed by many carp anglers so we thought we’d ask Paul Cooper to shoot a couple of videos for us. Here we join him on a July 2012 Barbel session on the River Dove. Paul explains his tactics and bait and we see carp and barbel to 16lb landed. You can watch […]
Barbel fishing is enjoyed by many carp anglers so we thought we’d ask Paul Cooper to shoot a couple of videos for us. Here we join him as he prepares for a Barbel session on the River Dove & Paul demonstrates all the essential items of tackle required. In a few days time (14th July) […]
Andy Neal discovered just what it means to be a fishing coach for a day; ‘When Sparsholt College in Hampshire got in touch to say they were running their annual FLC coaching day I just had to be there. This day is organised by Sparsholt College fishery students and is there to give other students […]
When Helen and I arrived at Molyneux the start of last year the Catfish record stood at 45lb. All through last year we had a number of 40lb plus captures but again the largest for the season weighed in at 45lb. This puzzled me slightly as surely there must be larger in the lake? This […]
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
It’s complex, confusing and loaded with jargon. We describe it as both a sport and a hobby, a science and yet also an art. It is as complex as the female psyche. It attracts both casual devotees and total fanatics of every age and background. Jesus did it- but then again, so did George Bush. […]
From October onwards, my fishing became very disjointed and only really came back to normal in February. The main reason was a succession of health issues within the family, which saw me missing a lot of fishing and only going locally for a few hours when I could get out. Consequently, I was never able […]
Around 160lb The Laroussi lake record catfish came out yesterday, April 1st. Of course we couldn’t have let you know yesterday or you would have thought we were just fooling around! Matthew Parker has landed the Laroussi Monster which has remained uncaught (or should we say unlanded since its been hooked & lost several times […]
A short video showing the recent introduction of 2 x 30lb+ cats into Lillypool. French Carp Fishing at Lillypool
A rare Ripsaw Niger Catfish TopCats , Thailand, is home to over 26 species fish and one lucky customer had a shock when his bait was picked up by our Niger Catfish. The take was slow and steady but once the hook was set it ripped off like a torpedeo! The lucky man was Joe […]
This week the Main Lake at Mas Bas welcomed two new arrivals, a lovely 25lb mirror and a very pretty 17lb 8oz red carp. Lets hope they both settle in well to add even more excitement to next seasons fishing.
15.03 Tench It’s now official that the 15.03 Tench caught at Laroussi by Janet Johnson in July is the new French record. If you can read French here’s an article on it; https://www.anglinglines.com/img/upload/press/Laroussi_-_Record_Tench.pdf
12.04 Tench from Laroussi – what a fish! 69 carp out this week and a new lake record tench at 12lb 4oz Here’s the Tench info; Mr Adrian Manks Caught from Le Chene at approximately 40 yards onto a silt/sandy bottom. Bait: 15mm Rahja Spice tipped with pop-up corn. Hook: size 6 T-6 Raptor. Hooklink: […]
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 […]
Dave and the Molyneux lake record catfish of 45lb There has been two lake record catfish caught at Molyneux this August. The first was a 41lb cat caught from swim 5 and whilst waiting for the photos a 45lb cat fish was caught from the cabin swim by Dave on a Baitcraft T1.
