Catch Reports
Specimen maestro Tony King and new recruit to Gardner Tackle, has just sent through some details of an awesome tench haul he made over the weekend. During his first tench session of the year, Tony had a mega hit of 31 fish, consisting of 9 fish weighing over 7lbs and two eights at 8lb [...]
I was drenched and made my way to the van to get a change of clothes, leaving the wet ones draped over the inside of the van with the engine running and the heater on full blast in an effort to dry them. Less than an hour later and the left hand rod busted off [...]
As a Ground worker/ Landscaper all my work is outside. I have been lucky over the past few weeks with the jobs I have been doing and I have managed to keep working and earn a wage, even with the inclement weather. Last week though I had to admit defeat and call it a day, [...]
After around 2 weeks of blanking on my syndicate water I have finally managed to get amongst some fish. My first productive session produced a lovely little mirror of 16lb, unfortunately this was to be the only fish of a short 24hr session. A week later I decided to return to the water, feeling sure [...]
To read part 1 click here: Part one With the spots now properly ‘rocking’ as the carp boys say, it was fill your boots time. My total so far has included 8 double figure bream to 13lb 8oz with a few backup 12’s and 11’s to boot. The rest of the fish were made up [...]
Fishing for carp isn’t just about and having barrow loads of kit, the latest high tech equipment and camping out day after day in pursuit of your quarry. In fact two anglers, Richard Gardner and Chris Maltby, have been doing exactly the opposite, fishing short sessions and using a very different, yet a very successful [...]
“Please be gentle with me – this is my first time....” On my first tutorial session I took out a young angler by the name of Thomas, he was eager to get out on the bank and catch what he thought was the hard to tempt ‘elusive carp’. As I was supplying the tackle for [...]
Well, where should I start? What a month April has been weather wise. It seems that since the announcement of a hosepipe ban across many parts of the country the weather has lived up to it’s April showers reputation and a whole lot more! According to the news last night there has only been one [...]
Spring time for the angler is a time to dust off the cobwebs formed over winter and a time to formulate plans for the season ahead. However, if you are like me and relentlessly pursue fish whatever the species, then the next campaign is not only round the corner, but looms up all too quickly! [...]
Thanks to French angler, Jerome Sebille, friend of Gardner Tackle and member of the French Carp Connection Team, for his account in first locating and then banking this stunning carp weighing 30lb 8oz. A good challenge in Carp fishing is targeting one fish in particular. Two years ago, I saw a nice fish with beautiful [...]
My ticket was just about to come to an end and I was keen to get to the lake for my last session for a while on there, so as you can imagine I was quite excited about getting the rods out and hopefully bagging myself a lump or two. I rolled into the carp [...]
After having some success fishing in one of the snaggy corners of the lake, I felt as the days warmed up that there may be a chance to be had from the middle of lake which still held a significant amount of weed. In parts it was new fresh growth, which I knew was really [...]
It is an exciting time to me, when the days begin to lengthen and the promise of spring is on it’s way. I’ve always found March to be a good month for captures, even the last couple of years, after the savage winters that we had. However this year was different, as this winter hadn’t [...]
After finishing off another brilliant but busy week at FLE I headed up the A34 towards Banbury where my parents live. The area holds some very special memories for me - not only is it the place I grew up but it’s where I started my obsession with angling, and more specifically carp fishing! As [...]
Charity Carping Success! It has been an early start to our competition season this year with our first match being the Charity-Carping pairs match qualifier. The match took place over the last weekend in February and was held at the Willows Lakes complex on the notorious Match Lake. We arrived at the venue on the [...]
After my capture of Kiss Scale I was once again away on other waters for a while making videos and writing articles, so upon my arrival at the Match Lake some weeks later I was shocked to discover the lake was literally sewn up with weed. At this point I thought it was time for a [...]
On my next 48 hours session down the Match Lake, when I arrived I decided on a swim called The Beach as I saw a few fish grouped up in between the two islands in front of the swim. At this stage the weed was starting to really take a hold. I stuck to my [...]
On return the following weekend I managed to get back into the bay again, as I thought this would be a good starting point as I had observed that there were a few fish drifting around in the upper layers close by. I placed the rods on the same spots with the same tactics, only [...]
With a slow start last year due to dreadful winter conditions, I didn’t manage to get the carp rods out of hibernation until late February, and when I did I fished at a local club water just 10 minutes down the road. My visits were mainly afternoon sessions when the weather was a little milder [...]
Now it is winter and the waters we visit are getting colder and colder, the carp are also less likely to be feeding or paying a visit to our unhooking mats. After enjoying the Christmas festivities with the family, I returned to the waterside for a short 48 hour session, hoping to catch a last [...]