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 […]

Carp landed at Molyneux… and caught on film

While we were over filming our ‘Molyneux – A week carp fishing in France‘ film, we caught up with the other anglers on the lake including Marc Wheatley, who landed this mid-twenty just in time for our cameras… Molyneux is a tree lined lake of 13 acres situated in rural Normandy. It’s very easy to reach […]

Molyneux – A Week Carp Fishing in France

Two of us recently escaped the office for a week to travel out to Molyneux, a beautiful tree lined lake of 13 acres situated in rural Normandy. David only fished up to Thursday but  had 12 carp & 2 cats. 5 of the carp were 30’s (largest 33.05)and the others all averaged around 25lb, so a good […]

A Summary Of Our Week At The Wonderful Molyneux

Quite simply one of the most humorous accounts of a week fishing in France we’ve ever read. This was sent in by Tim Hayes, who fished Molyneux last month, and it’s well worth taking a few minutes to have a look through… Socks with sandals, one broken rod, Plonker of the Day, Only fools and horses, Top […]

A Week of Carp Fishing Action at Molyneux

Following a week with no anglers at Molyneux, which I have to say is very very odd in April which is without doubt one of our better months, the fish were on the hunt for food big time. We had two anglers, Tony and Dave, arrive on Good Friday for a long weekend break. They […]

A Molyneux Report

Molyneux is really fishing well so far this season. Here’s Wally to break down the action from last week… The forthcoming week was one of those we look forward to so much, with all the anglers arriving old friends that have visited us before. James, a lovely guy from the South West was first at […]

New Swim Christened by a Pair of Forties at Molyneux

A round-up of last weeks fishing action at Molyneux, including a pair of forties to christen the new cabin swim… We set about preparing for the arrival of our guests for the week, a couple of lads from Essex, Dean and Mike, who had never been to the lake before. They arrived around mid morning, […]

A February Weekend Fishing at Molyneux

The first anglers of 2014 at Molyneux spent a long weekend this February, here’s Wally with a report of the weekend…  It was a chilly wet morning as Mark and Jamie our first anglers of the year drove through the gate. With a few days spare, they had decided at short notice to pop over […]

Springtime Deal at Molyneux

  The early part of the year at Molyneux has historically been a fantastic time to be on the bank. Wally is here with an update and news of a 50% discount fishing. Feeding the fish throughout the winter keeps them active and on the move looking for food and this year is no different, […]

A New Lake Record for Molyneux

With all the fish caught last year and different records broken during the course of the season (you can read the 2013 round-up here), I forgot to mention a new lake record Grass Carp of 44lb 2oz, caught by a young angler called Richard who visited us in April. This was actually one of three […]

Molyneux End of Year Report

Well another year has passed, and oh so very quickly. They do say that time flies when you are enjoying yourself, and there was certainly lots of laughter and merriment around Molyneux again this last year. The year started early for Helen and I, returning from our usual Christmas break we soon got stuck back […]

Team Fox France Film at Molyneux

Following on from a very successful DVD launched earlier this year, Team Fox in France have been working very hard on a wide number of venues from huge lakes in the South of France through  to canals in the North. We are very pleased and proud that they have chosen to visit Molyneux this weekend […]

New Avid Safeguard XL Carp cradles for Molyneux

We have this last week had a delivery of Avid safeguard XL cradles for use around Molyneux. Before making my decision I looked at many different makes and types of unhooking mats. I truly believe these are the best out there at the moment with regard to ease of use and fish welfare and our […]

Inflight at Molyneux

Next up in our Inflight series is an aerial view of Molyneux lake, designed to give you a real taster of the venue’s layout and lake features. This 13 acre lake is around 40 years old, spring fed and the banks are lined with fully grown willow trees which have had plenty of time to mature. […]

A Review of Molyneux

Nick Hilton spent the week at Molyneux in September and did a cracking informative write-up.  After spending a week at Molyneux in France with Wally and Helen, I thought it would be nice to write a short review to try and help promote their lake as it really is a hidden gem that could always […]

Molyneux Belated May Report

Wally, Bailiff at Molyneux, fills us in on a busy week at the lake earlier this summer… A long awaited week was finally with us, our friends Dom and Gemma were visiting for the week as part of the last leg of their European motorhome jaunt.  Firstly as always on a Saturday morning we breakfasted […]

Molyneux continues to amaze… 15 known 40lb+ carp

After such a momentous weeks fishing at Molyneux it seemed only right and proper that I post up a few photos over and above the normal half dozen that accompany the week’s report. With five new forty pound carp caught it is a very exciting time for Molyneux and this takes the number of known […]

Molyneux Report to 4th May 2013

Lake record grass carp caught & five new forty pound fish landed… Saturday morning and the phone rang bright and early, the Dawson party were at the Molyneux gate already! I opened the gate and welcomed them back to the lake. I often say how good it is to see old faces back at the lake […]

Double Trouble at Molyneux

 Fishing at Molyneux produced these two beauties for Neil Spreadborough this month…  “20 fish in total, including 9 over 30lbs. Excellent hosts in Wally and Helen, just left us all to it. If we wanted anything it was there. Can’t fault the place at all, 5*”  Neil Spreadborough, May ’13 For more information, feedback and […]

Biggest Catfish to date comes out of Molyneux

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, […]