Catch Reports
Lee (Gudgie)
Name: Lee (Gudgie) Where From: River Wey Capture Details: Only a baby at 15lb 9oz but a river carp none the less, mainline milky toffee pop up. Gardner Products Used: GR60 line
Lee Fraser Catch Report
Name: Lee Fraser Where From: Local club water Capture Details: After speaking to a few people on my way around the lake not much was coming out, I noticed a few fish showing on top and immediately thought zigs. I quickly got into my swim and got the rods on the showing fish , [...]
Carp Fishing ~ A week at Abbey Lakes by Ash Bailey
With the tunnel booked for 3 in the morning it was an all-nighter for me and the 13 other lads that were heading over to France with. Either way, I don't think a single one of us would have got a wink of sleep anyway as we were all so buzzed for the week [...]
Carp Fishing ~ Taking All Opportunities! By Dan Chart
I knew this year was going to be tough with regards to me getting the rods out, but some things in our lives are simply more important than fishing! Moving my family from our home of ten years to a new house was not only one of the most stressful times in my life, [...]
Carp Fishing ~ Hollybush Lakes ~ Day Ticket Campaigning
After having had the target fish that I wanted from Church Farm, it was time for me to move on and find a new venue to fish. I had a few options open to me, but one that caught my eye was Hollybush Lakes, a fishery steeped in so much carp fishing history. I [...]
Carp Fishing – A Lucky Chuck
A very lucky chuck and another chunk of a carp... I can’t quite believe that I’m sat here tapping away on the old keyboard, starting another piece for the website. As you may have guessed already, inevitably it means that I have enjoyed some success at the Park Lake. I’m no angling hero - [...]
Carp Fishing – A Little Slice of Heaven – Lewis Read
An all too rare family holiday interrupted my overtly relentlessly/excessive angling for a couple of weeks in August - and you know what I thoroughly enjoyed every precious second spent with Sophie and TLSW. It was bloomin’ dreamy. I personally ate about 10 goats worth of Feta and came back [...]
Carp Fishing – Etang de Pierre – Dave Gaskin
It was time for my annual pilgrimage to France, to try and have a relaxed ‘holiday’ whilst doing a spot of fishing - although the lure of catching a carp or two always seems to over ride my ability to be sociable! The group I was angling with for the week left on the [...]
Carp Fishing – Oh, Sweet Lady Luck…
On the basis of the last few weeks result I have been defecated on by a bird (isn’t that supposed to be lucky) as I have enjoyed a fairly unprecedented golden spell in my angling. It’s almost impossible to say why my lucks changed, it’s true to say I have done an LOT of [...]
Carp Fishing – Brandon Butler Lands The Long Common
After spending the last couple of weeks flitting around on different venues, it was time to head back to Church Farm at Yateley. I checked the weather for the week ahead and the pressure was expected to drop and a new South Westerly wind was forecast for the next couple of days, so I [...]
Carp Fishing – Bobbling Around Down the Pit – T.J. Elliot
Over the past month I had lost the buzz for my fishing. No matter how hard I tried to get it back I just couldn't quite do it. Even popping to one of my local waters for a quick overnight trip and landing 2 fish to 26lb still didn't seem help. All of [...]
Carp Fishing – Gaskin Lands Ulcer Fish
After enjoying a bit of success on my last session a couple of weeks ago, my confidence was where it needed to be and I couldn’t wait to be back down the park. I had no idea how the lake had been fishing or what had been out; and to be fair I wasn't [...]
Kai Richards Mint Common
With a 48 hour session ahead of me, I had a good walk round my syndicate lake and with an area known as the Comfy doing a lot of fish in recent weeks being vacant; it seemed a good place to start. I got everything set up and then found a spot straight out [...]
41lb Mirror Catch Report – David Gaskin
After a bit of a break from fishing, to butter the Mrs up with a holiday and because I had just started a new job, I was pleased just to be starting to get back down the pond regularly.My first few nights in the warmer weather had proved frustratingly difficult! The fishing had [...]
The Secrets Out – Get on the ‘Ronnie’ – by Lewis Read
There's rigs and there are RIGS... Some stand the test of time and work year after year, others are more transient in nature, with tangible benefits being a figment of a twisted mind, but not offering any genuine advantage in terms of catching carp! This one however is very special, and it's a rig that’s [...]
Lewis Baldwin July Blog 2016
When Coarse Angling Today magazine announced it would no longer be running as a publication I made a mental note not to allow the fact I no longer had magazine deadlines to meet to stop me from writing regularly. Prior to this I had been writing articles and blogs almost monthly for the best [...]
Swan Session – Ian Lewis
Due to work and family commitments, on average I get around 1 night every week to get out fishing, so being organised is a must. When I am at the lake being prepared to move onto fish, staying focused and on the ball is the only way to be consistent. As we all [...]
The Birth of The “Hinged Stiff Rig”
On the whole, my angling has always been epitomised by a slow Darwinian like progression of understanding – from rigs and baits to a very basic conceptual understanding of what (sometimes) works and why. The fact of the matter is that there have few leaps in that slow development but one that stands [...]
Give ’em Some Rope… – Ian Stott
Long hook lengths. For as long as I can remember this has been one of my favourite means of catching carp. Now I'm not talking about zig fishing, I'm talking about actual long hook lengths for bottom bait rigs and pop up presentations. Rigs that are simply much longer than what is considered [...]
All the right ingredients for success at Church Farm
After knuckling down and getting a load of revision done, as my college course was coming to an end, I decided it was finally time to get back on the bank. I hadn’t really had the sticks out for a decent session for a while, so I decided to hedge my bets and get [...]