Catch Reports
June has now passed and judging on my last capture from Horton’s Church lake being Split-Pec 6lb’s down in weight, it confirmed that those fish that were going to spawn have done their thing. With this in mind, and as the Church Lake has so many more fish that I’d love to catch (including my [...]
My last trip to the Kent lake coincided with the fish being totally preoccupied with natural food, and it was incredibly frustrating, as time after time they would jump and roll, but it was impossible to get a bite. I moved twice that trip, and even after these moves and getting my baits out perfectly [...]
Since my childhood days, I'd always had a burning ambition to fish the historic Horton Church Lake one day. Well the opportunity finally arose when new owners (RK Leisure) took it over... Understandably, I was full of excitement and anticipation as I set off for my first session. On arrival, and with the carp barrow [...]
This month I visited a several different venues, starting with my second ever trip to Rookley Park on the Isle of Wight. I chose to set up in the Woods swim one, an area I fished during my first session on the venue. After having a quick cast around with a bare lead, I put [...]
Around a month ago I fished the BCAC with my fishing partner Graham Mabey and doomed with a bad draw yet again we ended up finishing in 5th place and missing out on a qualifying spot. We have fished the competition for around six years now making three semi- finals and decided that we weren’t [...]
There can’t be a much more exciting way of catching a big carp (or any carp for that matter) than watching it feed close into the bank, planning your approach and then watching the moment the fish is hooked! It is an easy and effective way of fishing, but too many anglers get caught up [...]
Picture the scene: Low water levels, high light levels, barbel that have probably been hammered in the weeks leading up to my visit, a complete change of scenery, totally varied aquatic topography and a few as yet unknown technical challenges thrown in for good measure. All in all a perfect set of circumstances to charge [...]
I was planning on doing a few nights on Vinny but with the all of the warm weather the carp started spawning, so the management closed it for a couple of weeks. Instead of cancelling my holiday, I decided to book three nights on Sandhurst Lake instead (http://www.sandhurstlake.co.uk/). I turned up early on the Monday [...]
It was all change on the Church Lake upon my return with some people moving onto fish, whilst others who had done there maximum 4 nights in any one swim who were also jostling for position. With half collapsed bivvies everywhere and buckets in quite a few swims I decided to do my usual routine [...]
With my plaster cast now off, I was itching to get on the bank. After a month of staring at the walls at home, cabin fever was setting in good and proper! With the sun it didn't take long to find the carp, even if they did go for a swim round the lake twice [...]
Having moved off of Kingsmead 1, after it proved impossible to get through the Bream, I had a wander around the venue and found 4 nice looking chunks meandering in one of the bays on Church Lake (Horton). I dropped a handful of Grange boilies onto a little clear patch in the weed, just a [...]
After catching one of my all time target fish on a one off trip, I really felt confident that my methods and tactics were spot on, as well as my confidence being sky high! I was delighted to finally catch the fish known as the Little Grey at 45lbs and in essence lucky too, as [...]
After a recent spell of baiting regularly on a lovely Southern pit that I've been fishing, I got out on the bank and enjoyed a hectic few nights last week on the spot. I know the lake responds well on the big moon phase, so I timed my recent overnighters accordingly. Fishing to a lovely [...]
The UK Carp Cup has been running now for 4 years and after a long wait, this year I was able to enter for the first time allowing me to have a shot at the title. I had chosen to fish a runs water, which was Long Lake at Coking Farm, which I thought would [...]
May can always be a funny month for angling as the fish can often spawn if the spring has been a warm one. We have had an exceptionally mild winter this year and as a result most lakes around the country have started much earlier than last year and my syndicate is no exception. This [...]
I started the month of May off by visiting my Southern syndicate and after a quick walk around, I decided to set up in a swim I knew well known as the high swim. It was boiling hot and the fish were all over the surface, so I soon had three zigs positioned at varying [...]
After a setting a new PB during my last session, I couldn’t wait to get back to the Southern Stillwater I had been targeting this spring. I arrived early Friday morning and with it being a Bank Holiday weekend, I knew the venue was going to be busy. After a few laps of the lake, [...]
In the early spring of last year Tom Oliver, Andy Loble and myself had a brilliant long weekend trip to France visiting a lake called Lac de Laneuville. We all managed bites, which given the freezing cold conditions, was a result! I managed 3 30lb’ers tipped by a stunning common of 36lb. At the end [...]
April has been a fairly busy month for me starting with a French Trip to Lac De Laneuville. Myself and fellow GT anglers Calum Kletta and Alan Stagg made the long journey with a couple of other friends and had planned on doing some filming whilst we were there. We arrived late and as it [...]
After getting off the mark at the Kent Lake the previous week I was obviously keen for a swift return, however with half term coming up I had promised my 2 boys a night out fishing each. There was no way I could handle taking them both to the lake at once, so I planned [...]
