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Articles all about carp fishing written by our dedicated carp angler team. With a wealth of experience and skill, these articles will interest and help all carp anglers at whatever level of ability.

Carp Fishing – Ringing the Changes – James Chisnall

Carp Fishing – Ringing the Changes – James Chisnall

After three harsh frosts and sightings dwindling to a minimum, I’d decided that my autumn campaign in search of the Coconut Common had come to an end. Having fished the lake before with no cold-water bite, I felt like my chances were realistically slim to none...

November 11th, 2019|Articles, Carp Articles, Carp Catch Reports, Catch Reports, James Chisnall Articles|

Carp Fishing – When The Stars Align – Tommy De Cleen

Carp Fishing – When The Stars Align – Tommy De Cleen

My plan worked and I had another very good fish in the net. I took some shots, did a bit more filming, got him back in the water and then let him go. Once more I was feeling great with an amazing experience with a very old friend. Man, I love carp fishing all on my own. These are memories that will last a life-time.

November 8th, 2019|Articles, Carp Articles, Carp Catch Reports, Catch Reports|

Carp Fishing – Pinned Down – Carl Udry

Carp Fishing – Pinned Down – Carl Udry

The carp we all fish for are often under constant pressure so I personally choose to take every possible opportunity to disguise my trap, all the way from the rod tip to the hook bait. However, to what level I go is also dependent on several key factors that change from swim to swim.

November 7th, 2019|Articles, Carl Udry Articles, Carp Articles|

Carp Fishing – Fully Primed – Mark Betteridge

Carp Fishing – Fully Primed – Mark Betteridge

We are all guilty of setting up in a swim and hoping it will happen at some point in the day, but sometimes it doesn't. Therefore, it is not always best to put all your eggs in one basket. One key technique for maximising opportunities is to bait a few margin spots around the lake, on the off chance an extra opportunity appears.

October 2nd, 2019|Articles, Carp Articles, Carp Catch Reports, Catch Reports|

Carp Fishing – One Chance – One Barb – Louise Bowes

Carp Fishing – One Chance – One Barb – Louise Bowes

The fish took a bit of line on solid runs that I wasn’t going to even try and stop, even if I could. I gained a bit of ground before it took off again. As the fight drew nearer to the bank, I lowered my other two rods to get them out of the way and after one final burst I slid the net under the fish before taking a look inside.

September 12th, 2019|Articles, Carp Articles, Carp Catch Reports, Catch Reports, Louise Bowes Articles|

Carp Fishing – Birthday Bonanza – Ian Lewis

Carp Fishing – Birthday Bonanza – Ian Lewis

At the beginning of July I started catching a few over at Welly and after having held the ticket for a month or so I started to piece the puzzle together. One of the highlights was a new PB ghost carp which weighed 46lb that I landed on my birthday (12th July).

September 4th, 2019|Articles, Carp Articles, Carp Catch Reports, Catch Reports, Ian Lewis Articles|

Carp Fishing – Up against it – Ryan Searle

Carp Fishing – Up against it – Ryan Searle

I sat there for an hour or so and saw around 10 carp throw themselves out in the early morning mist, clattering noisily just behind the rope. We were due very similar weather conditions for the Saturday night, so I gathered there would be a very good chance the fish would behave in the same way...

August 27th, 2019|Articles, Carp Articles, Carp Catch Reports, Catch Reports|

Carp Fishing – No Carp Corner – Andy Muir

Carp Fishing – No Carp Corner – Andy Muir

I moved round to the second swim that I had seen fish in; a quiet corner of the lake known as “No Carp Corner” where there was a small group of fish browsing the top of the marginal shelf. I climbed the tree in the swim and watched their movements for a while, looking for the best spot to place the rig and waiting for them to leave the area...

August 22nd, 2019|Andy Muir Articles, Articles, Carp Articles, Carp Catch Reports, Catch Reports|

Carp Fishing – Testing Times – Ronnie de Cleen

Carp Fishing – Testing Times – Ronnie de Cleen

After getting everything sorted it took some time before I got my first bite after the disturbance of finding spots and baiting; this was after sunset. I was happy with the first one, after the preceding 11 nights blanking, and it turned out to be a high double. After returning this one the other rod was off, and this fish turned out a low twenty.

August 2nd, 2019|Articles, Benelux Articles, Carp Articles, Carp Catch Reports, Catch Reports, International Articles|

Carp Fishing – Du Pain, Du Vin, Du Poisson – Mike Lyddon

Carp Fishing – Du Pain, Du Vin, Du Poisson – Mike Lyddon

I had previously held the lake record at the lake, with a mirror of 54lb captured a few years earlier, though that had recently been beaten by another carp of 57lb, so I was amazed and more than happy to see the needle spin round and stop at 57lb 8oz! I had taken my lake record back again.

July 23rd, 2019|Articles, Carp Articles, Carp Catch Reports, Catch Reports, Mike Lyddon Articles|

Carp Fishing – Moving On – Carl Udry

Carp Fishing – Moving On – Carl Udry

With so much water, comes that inevitable natural aura and ambience that just makes the air smell 'carpy' in the Cotswolds. Well this ticket offered a similar challenge to my other new ticket, being bigger at 45 acres, but with depths more manageable (up to 10ft), areas of dense weed, islands, but with relatively well catalogued stock, understood to be in the region of 110 or so carp, with 5 or 6 carp over the magical 40lb mark.

July 11th, 2019|Articles, Carl Udry Articles, Carp Articles, Carp Catch Reports, Catch Reports|

Carp Fishing – A Classic Autumn – George Benos

Carp Fishing – A Classic Autumn – George Benos

The fish took a good 50-60 yards of line on its first run, before hitting the surface. The battle was far from over and we spent the next 10 minutes playing tug of war, until she began to realise I was the stronger opponent...

July 9th, 2019|Articles, Carp Articles, Carp Catch Reports, Catch Reports, George Benos Articles|

Carp Fishing – Welly Bound – Ian Lewis

Carp Fishing – Welly Bound – Ian Lewis

It was a prolonged and dogged fight but I slowly drew a chunky mirror into the folds of the waiting net. I woke up another member Simon, and he in turn helped with the weighing and pictures (I retuned the same favour later that morning). The old mirror weighed a healthy post spawn weight of 35lb 14oz. I was elated to get a carp on my first trip and get the ball rolling...

July 1st, 2019|Articles, Carp Articles, Carp Catch Reports, Catch Reports, Ian Lewis Articles|

Carp Fishing – The Anchor Man! – James Clarke

Carp Fishing – The Anchor Man! – James Clarke

It’s always nice to peel back the cord and look at your prize, and to say I was somewhat elated to see it was one of my target fish would be an understatement, I was over the moon! As is often the case at this time of year she was a little low in weight at 39lb 10oz, but that didn’t bother me, I was just happy to have the pleasure of meeting 'The Anchor' in person.

June 20th, 2019|Articles, Carp Articles, Carp Catch Reports, Catch Reports, James Clarke Articles|

Carp Fishing – Southern Comfort – Craig Smithson

Carp Fishing – Southern Comfort – Craig Smithson

The scaly one in the net weighed 14lb 14oz and we clicked off a few pictures. We had a quick brew and then weighed the fish from earlier in the morning. This one turned out to be bang on 28lb, and with the pictures done I set about doing a round of bacon sandwiches for us. The perfect start to any day!

June 19th, 2019|Articles, Carp Articles, Carp Catch Reports, Catch Reports|

Carp Fishing – Junior Carp Camp 2019 – Tom Oliver

Carp Fishing – Junior Carp Camp 2019 – Tom Oliver

We all kept working the swim and the bites kept coming, Ben then had his opportunity and after a very hairy battle where an angry carp dived from one weed bed to another, he eventually landed a beautiful dark Horseshoe mirror at a new P.B. weight of 25.08lb.

June 17th, 2019|Articles, Carp Articles, Carp Catch Reports, Catch Reports, Tom Oliver Articles|

Carp Fishing – Dad Time – Carl Udry

Carp Fishing – Dad Time – Carl Udry

When Ellis turned five years old, three years ago, I started using the Easter holiday to gradually get him to enjoy the solitude and tranquillity carp fishing has to offer. During this time, it’s grown on him and it would be fair to say he is now hooked...

May 13th, 2019|Articles, Carl Udry Articles, Carp Articles, Carp Catch Reports, Catch Reports|

Carp Fishing – Turned Out Nice – Kai Richards

Carp Fishing – Turned Out Nice – Kai Richards

Kai Richards details a successful carp fishing trip, where he lands some lovely looking specimens for the cameras using a zig rig set up.

May 8th, 2019|Articles, Carp Articles, Carp Catch Reports, Catch Reports, Kai Richards Articles|

Carp Fishing – New Year Adventures – Tommy De Cleen

Carp Fishing – New Year Adventures – Tommy De Cleen

I have had this public complex of waters on my mind for a long time and this year I am definitely going to fish there more seriously, after walking around there every year for the last 20 years. A few fish had caught my eye, and for the first time a few targets got on that wish list.

April 18th, 2019|Articles, Carp Articles, Carp Catch Reports, Catch Reports|

Carp Fishing – Kick Starting the New Year – Rick Golder

Carp Fishing – Kick Starting the New Year – Rick Golder

By the time we reached January this year I felt ready to get out fishing again after family circumstances had meant it had been several months since I’d been out. During that time, I had kept my finger on the carping pulse, staying in contact with a few close friends, and then early in [...]

April 17th, 2019|Articles, Carp Articles, Carp Catch Reports, Catch Reports, Rick Golder Articles|

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