Basically I have been fishing since God was a lad and still love every minute of it, particularly my time spent on large windswept gravel pits and when engaged in new challenges. Having started my fishing on smaller, silty, lakes in Sussex I then moved on to gravel pits around the Chichester area, [...]
I’m a self diagnosed obsessed carp angler. A lot of anglers are now instant carp anglers and if you have the money or the backing you can fish for big fish with little knowledge, which is something that I strongly disagree with. I began fishing when I was around 10 and I used [...]
For me the fishing started around 30 years ago, with a stick, a hook and some line. Fishing for rudd and roach at the local canal with the family. After a few years, on a trip to a local lake and seeing someone catch a massive carp, I was hooked. Over the years, [...]
The T-Rig is a hugely successful rig when targeting species such as Tench, Crucians and Carp. Here is a step by step on how to tie this fantastic rig. What you'll need with the finished rig. Step 1. Take a length of Trickster Heavy braid and tie a double overhand [...]
I was 5 years old when my father first plucked up the courage to take me fishing. After hours of my father pulling floats out of the trees and untangling the numerous bird's nests, I was finally fishing. I remember my father somehow knowing there was going to be a bite just from [...]
I was really looking forward to getting back on some of my favourite waters, chasing Tench on big pits or mega hard pits. There were three main waters I had in mind, the largest one going up to 120 acres. All three of them have their own problems, i.e restricted areas, restricted fishing times...
"Diep gaan" & zandafgravingen In dit schrijfsel vertel ik iets meer over zandafgravingen. Voor mij persoonlijk de mooiste visserij dat er is. België heeft talloze grote en diepe zandafgravingen, met een verre geschiedenis. Vaak vind je ze in de buurt van snelwegen, daar waar ooit het grind [...]
Hallo mijn naam is Dries. Vanaf kinds af ervaar ik een enorme rust aan de waterkant en interesseert me elke zoetwatervisserij. Vroeger ging ik vissen om te vissen en het ultieme doel was zoveel mogelijk vis/karper te vangen, klein tot groot. De laatste tien jaar heb ik een heel ander pad bewandeld binnen [...]
I started dabbling at carp fishing just catching the odd small carp fishing with friends up my local lake Bury hill fishery’s. It wasn’t until I started fishing a local club water that I became more interested in catching bigger carp.
Rick is an experienced big fish angler who has been carp fishing for over 25 years. He is solely interested in the pursuit of big, English carp, and has fished a number of well known waters, including the Road lake, Crayfish Pool, Wellington Country Park, Dinton and more recently a private Surrey syndicate [...]
The Hampshire Avon has always been a magical river and I think it’s fair to say, that when it comes to barbel fishing, this river is commonly thought of as one of the most iconic waterways in the country.
I'm a 23 year old mad keen angler fishing in and around leafy surrey. Most of the angling I do is on still waters hunting for carp relatively close to home, occasionally having a dabble for other species on both still waters and rivers. I started fishing from a very young age [...]
Since targeting big fish became a large part of my life in the early 1980s, I have been on one long journey and have been fortunate to have landed plenty of personal bests and each one has been special.
Along with many other anglers I always look forward to the summer months, especially the traditional start of season, and when 16th June arrives rudd are normally uppermost in my thoughts. In the south of England the large gravel and sand pits produce some of the finest specimen rudd fishing the country has to offer...
Crucians have traditionally been known as a tentative feeder, and sensitive float fishing tactics at dawn and dusk have been the accepted textbook way to target this species. I think that it would be fair to say that as specimen fishing has moved forward a little since then and tackle, techniques and rigs have become more refined.
I had landed ten of the fourteen caught between us, with Adrian catching the largest at 7lb 9oz. Only one other tench was caught between about 20 other anglers on the lake. It wasn’t a bad way to kick off a fishing diary that I keep to this day!
Spring is the time of the year I, like most carp anglers, look forward to the most. Not only are the longer days and lighter evenings so much more pleasant than the long winter ones, but also the rewards are there be had and when the fish are often at their easiest to catch.
Pressured carp can be very adept at ejecting rigs and swapping over to a stiff boom has made the difference when fish have been getting away with it. I’m sure the rigid boom makes for the most effective and difficult to deal with...
During the last 7-8 seasons I’ve fell in love with a brilliant method, trotting for chub. Each winter my dad and I head down to the banks of the Dorset stour in search of its specimen chub. This river is by far my favourite for the species and I really couldn’t think of a better place to target a huge chub.
