Molyneux

A March Session on Molyneux

Dominic and Thomas fished Molyneux early March, ending the week with 34 fish between them. Read Dominic’s report below… Upon arrival at Molyneux on 7th March we were greeted with a warm welcome from Wally and Helen with a nice cup of coffee after the long drive from England. It was a dry, clear and […]

Interview with a Carp Lake Owner – Wally at Molyneux

From managing the famous Grenville to the equally well loved Molyneux lake in France, bailiff Wally has learned a lot about carp fishing along the way. We asked him a few questions… When did you discover carp fishing and how did you come to be here at Molyneux? I started angling in the early seventies. […]

Winter Plans at Molyneux

Bailiff Wally fills us in on the improvements planned for this winter at Molyneux, one of the prettiest carp lakes in France, which spans 13 acres and sits just 2hrs 45 from the port of Calais. Just a quick update for you all, as to what has been occurring at the lake during the off […]

Last Week’s Report From Molyneux

A good week was enjoyed by our first full booking of the season, with all catching carp and one particular angler having a blinding week with 21 fish to his name…..  There were six anglers in the group, Matt in Barn swim, Harrying his his dad Mick chose double, Roy social 2, Ray chose Stones […]

Work Party Report at Molyneux

This has been the first year that Molyneux have arranged a full two weeks of work parties… and boy did they make the most of it! Here’s bailiff Wally with a round-up of all the improvements and of course a few captures along the way…

A New Lake Record Catfish at Molyneux

There have been some very big Catfish caught recently at Molyneux. The first of these was a New Lake Record of 87lb 10oz and was caught by Nick Syms… I was fortunate to be alongside Nick when he got the take and have to admit to being impressed that he managed to get it in at […]

New Video From Molyneux

I have just received the annual video compiled by good friends and regulars at Molyneux lake, The Cockney Carpers. A cracking bunch of guys who enjoy their fishing, and are great fun to have over, never failing to make us chuckle. Please enjoy this lovely look back at their week in the sun… ‘What a […]

Molyneux Report – 7th May Week

No sooner had the previous weeks weather arrived, causing mayhem in it’s wake, than it started to dissipate. Saturday morning dawned bright and clear, and the prospect for the following seven days was for it to remain that way, with warmest temperatures of the year so far… More importantly the night time temperatures were high […]

Winter Bonanza at Molyneux

  After the work party of last week we were looking forward to welcoming our first guests of the new year at Molyneux in the shape of a lovely bloke Jack, who has visited us a number of times now. He brought with him for his first trip his brother in law Jamie, a fairly […]

Molyneux Report

Here’s a report from bailiff Wally on a busy week at 13 acre Molyneux Lake… Another Saturday we had been looking forward to for a while, our good friends Clive and Alex were revisiting and it is always a chuckle when they are around. Sadly Paul and Adam, who normally come with them, cannot this year […]

Watties Dangler’s Take On Molyneux… Again

Ding ding….Round 2….. Orphaned chicks, Status Quo roadies, Roland Rat, ‘Astro’, diesel spills, Russian Prince’s, blah blah blah matey, Wham! and a few Carp……. We had only waited for 364 days for Saturday 18th April to finally appear. Months and days of non-stop chatter about swim choice, bait, rigs and could we wear socks with croc’s […]

A Molyneux Carp Fishing Report

This is a round-up of the week commencing 28th March at Molyneux. This week’s anglers consisted of a couple of old friends and some newcomers to the lake. Colin Gates who has visited us in the past had returned for another week. We also welcomed back another old friend in the shape of Tom Judd, who brought […]

Molyneux Kicks Off Season With A Bang

  The first angler of 2015 has arrived at Molyneux to brave the conditions. Here is the lake’s bailiff Wally with the latest; Another year and another fantastic start to the season here at Molyneux, With conditions very wet and extremely windy at times, our sole hardy angler Kyle Williams has started his season and […]

An Autumn Session at Molyneux

A few photos and feedback from Mark and Jason’s trip to Molyneux on the 4th October. A couple of really nice guys, they fished Jack’s swim and caught a few lovely carp between them during their stay… Holiday date: Sat 4th Oct to Sat 11th Oct 2014 Name of customer: Mark Browne Number of anglers: […]

Molyneux’s Biggest Cat Comes Out

Regular guest Steve Moore, has just broken the Catfish record at Molyneux with a chunky beast of 78lb. Steve previously held the catfish record at 69lb 10oz, until earlier this year when Paul Fairman topped that with a 75lb specimen. Upon his return to the lake Steve said Jokingly that he was back to reclaim […]

New Lake Record Catfish at Molyneux

It seemed to be the night of the big cats last night (August 4th) with two being caught almost simultaneously. Barry in Barn landing a 56lb catfish around 11.30-12pm, whilst at the same time Paul in Stones was battling his own demon in the shape of another monstrous cat… This one led him a merry […]