Phil Kingsbury Articles
After some success on one of my local waters during the end of winter/early spring, I really wanted to get back to Vinny for my first session of the year. I booked a few days off of work and with it being mid-week, I hoped that I might stand a better chance of securing [...]
After my last session I had planned a three night trip to Cottington Lakes in Kent, with my girlfriend Konge. After catching at Vinny during my last session, it seemed mad not to return, so I loaded my car with two bed chairs sleeping bags and my two man Armo. I arrived early and after [...]
I’ve really been enjoying my fishing on Vinny this year, so I took half a day’s holiday on Wednesday the 16th July and got there about 3pm. With no one else fishing, I did a couple of circuits looking carefully for signs of fish activity; and in the end I decided to fish the Right [...]
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 [...]
During 2012 I was asked by a mate called Tristan, if I would I be up for a French trip in the autumn/early winter of 2013. There would be a group of ten of us so I said “yes”. The year flew by as I was concentrating fishing on Vinny. About a month before we [...]
Finally the weather is getting better and every thing is waking up from the long cold winter. This year I’ve decided that I would be fishing together with my brother on the same venue that he had caught a few from last year. I haven’t fished with him since Horton, so it should be a [...]
A good friend of mine fancied going carping for a couple of nights and was wondering where to go. There were a few places where we thought we would stand a good chance of catching, such as Farlows, Linear Fisheries or Orchid Lake. In the end we decided to stay local and fish Whitevane in [...]
For most of March and April I’ve been getting right into my perch fishing and for the moment I’ve not been doing much carping. After my last session perch fishing, when I caught the 3lb 8oz, I was eager to get back to the same lake and try for some more big perch. I planned [...]
Hi to you all. I’ve had a few blank sessions recently on the lake I fish at; still it’s nice just to be able to go. I had also planned a trip with some work mate’s to fish Blue Pool for a couple of nights in late February. With most of the winter being rather [...]
After last months bog my time on the bank has slowed down as my job gets busy this time of year. Sometimes I have to work long hours and do standby on a rota; this is 24 hours on an emergency call out. If I am out until the early hours of the following morning [...]
Hi to you all I’ve just come back from fishing in France! Someone had to drop out the last minute and I was asked if I would like to take his place. Happy days! There were nine of us on the lake, which was 19 acres in size and ‘L’ shaped which gave us plenty [...]
Phil Kingsbury – Big Carp Blog (September 2011) I’ve had a really good season so far catching carp from a few different lakes, and now that September is here, hopefully, I can carry on catching through the colder months to come. Last winter I joined a lake not too far from my house. It’s about [...]
Having booked a week off work to go fishing in France with four friends, the first week in April saw our group travelling overnight on the Saturday night ferry from Portsmouth to the port of La Harve. Then a 2½-hour drive to Normandy to our destination. We arrived about 10.15am on Sunday morning, and even [...]
