Articles - Carp Fishing and Specialist Fishing

CARP ARTICLES

Carp Fishing – House of Commons Part 1 – James Chisnall
Much to our amazement it was 39lb 14oz! Wow, an early Christmas present. My friend did me some great shots and we returned the fish. I sat drinking a tea thinking “this is awesome”. The only issue was once I had written about this epic adventure it was going to be even more like Piccadilly Circus. The rest of the night past with zero action, but I did not care, a December 39lb’er, and a new lake record…
Carp Fishing – Christmas Crackers – Louise Bowes
I stood poised over the rod then as the line pulled out of the clip, I lifted the rod to find myself into another carp, but this one felt a bit bigger. It was slower, more plodding, and stripping line as it went on a solid run. As I looked around for the net, I realized my dilemma. I had the handle at my feet, but the mesh was by the mat...
Carp Fishing – Bobbing Around – David Gaskin
Early in the afternoon Dave repeated a demonstration of his tactical supremacy and landed one of the longest commons I have ever seen, weighing in at over 50lb! Luckily, I got in on the action with a 48lb mirror before the end of play! The following day we managed another 3 bites before the weather took a turn for the worse and the fishing slowed.
Carp Fishing – Solid Gold – Rick Golder
I could see small clear gravel patches very close to the snag tree, a matter of feet from the bank. In no time the excitement was back, not only was I fishing, I was also on the fish!
Carp Fishing – A Year Of Two Halves – Carl Udry
2019 has been a year of two very different halves. The first half saw the inevitable running down of the final 6 months of a wonderful three years angling on the awesome Wellington Country Park (aka Welly). I have written a comprehensive account of my time on this special venue that will be published in the New Year...
Carp Fishing – What a Year! – James Hutton
The following weekend I turned up on the Friday after work and saw a carp show on the plateau around 80 yards out, in front of a swim known as The Wind Tunnel...
Carp Fishing – No Holds Barred – George Benos
It was early February, and as the days were starting to draw out that little bit longer, there were the first very subtle signs that spring was just around the corner and everything was [...]
Carp Fishing – Rocket Lockett’s 2019 – Matt Lockett
I stood there for several minutes in utter awe of this true giant. I called my friend to come and help me get her out of the water do some pics. We got her up on the scales and they read a massive 54lb 10oz. I was truly blown way and I had landed two PB’s that day!
Carp Fishing – Craig Clumps ‘Em – Craig Smithson
I fished for three nights and over the course of the weekend I landed two 20lb mirrors to 27lb 10oz. I was due back down the following down the following Thursday for another 3 nights and that trip I had 4 bites losing one and landing, a 24lb 14oz mirror, a 41lb 14oz mirror (a repeat from June) and a 13lb 8oz stockie.
Carp Fishing – Plenty In The Tank – Ian Lewis
It’s no coincidence that many great anglers have surrounded themselves and learnt from other successful, educated anglers, so this is exactly what I did. It’s been a long learning curve that’s forever evolving, but during this period I’ve gained so much knowledge and memories...

Finding good spots is definitely key. Whether you take a night off from fishing or if you can spare a couple of hours in the week after work, this extra effort can really pay off. I often spend hours on end in swims leading around for those all-important small hard spots, that fish visit on a regular basis...

Stiff D-Rig

When Nigel Sharp started off his Spring campaign on Engy, targeting this generation’s Black Mirror – Baby Black – [...]

Zig Rig

This method can be very effective at picking off bites from fish that you wouldn’t catch if you kept you rods fishing conventionally down on the lake bed.

SPECIALIST ARTICLES

Specimen Fishing – My Life in Pike Fishing – by Jamie Martin
By the age of 5, I was bugging my dad every weekend to go fishing. Rain or shine, snow or hail, it didn’t matter to me I just wanted to be outside next to the water. I still remember what he used to say to me “when you can swim, then I’ll take you” so I learnt to swim pretty sharpish...
Coarse Fishing – Tenching Heaven – Lewis Baldwin
Lengthening and increasingly warm day and night time temperatures and the dawn chorus getting earlier each day can only mean one thing if you’re a specimen angler, it’s time for a spot of tench fishing!
Carp Fishing ~ Dropping The Lead ~ Sam Meeuwissen
An investigation into the risks surrounding discharging of anglers (legal sized) lead weights into freshwater. Sam Meeuwissen, BCSG. September 2017. Introduction: The common practise amongst anglers to either deposit, discharge [...]
Coarse Fishing ~ Light at the end of the Tunnel ~ Lewis Baldwin
2017 was the year that never got off the ground, well at least where my fishing was concerned anyway! Don’t get me wrong, I still managed a few sessions [...]
Coarse Fishing ~ Winter Barbel Success ~ Sam Meeuwissen
Fishing can be a funny old sport. As a multi species angler, it can be more on the side of ‘peculiar’ funny, rather than ‘ha-ha’ funny, as you find [...]
Carp Fishing ~ Napoleonic Adventure ~ Mike Lyddon
I recently had a trip to France with some of the guys from work and some mutual friends, for a friends 50th birthday. The venue in question was Napoleon Lakes, [...]
Coarse Fishing ~ Enton Hero! ~ Mike Lyddon
It’s been a while since I last went crucian fishing. In fact, looking back I realised that I hadn’t fished for them since last season, so I thought I would go for a quick [...]
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 [...]
Coarse Fishing – A Winter Pike Session to Remember – By Lewis Baldwin
If you’re a river predator angler, then the last few months have been pretty awful! With nothing but dirty brown floodwater filling our running waters for what has seemed like an eternity, with opportunities [...]
Coarse Fishing – Mega Crucian Brace – By Mike Lyddon
Over the last few years, I have always got out and fished over the New Year period, and this year was to be no different. However, my original venue of choice, the River Severn, [...]

Hints & Tips

Coarse Fishing ~ Prep for Pike ~ Sam Meeuwissen

Winter is on its way and Sam details the preparation and tackle he uses to land his targeted pike on the bank.

Coarse Fishing – A Winter Pike Session to Remember – By Lewis Baldwin

If you’re a river predator angler, then the last few months have been pretty awful! With nothing but dirty [...]

Coarse Fishing – K.I.S.S – By Lewis Baldwin

For as long as I can remember my barbel fishing has been focused around location. Finding where the fish [...]

GARDNER INTERNATIONAL ARTICLES

FRENCH ARTICLES

Équilibré ou décollé?
La grande diversité des postes ainsi que des distances de pêche, des natures de fond, etc... m'oblige à adapter constamment mes montages. Plus que le choix du matériel ou des esches, c’est cette terminaison [...]
A la faveur de l’automne! – Dauchy David
C’est certainement durant cette période de l’année que mon temps de pêche augmente considérablement, à la faveur de RTT durement gagnés le long de l’année, Et oui travailler plus, pour [...]
ZIG RIG POWER! – par Dauchy David
Étant à l’affût de tous ce qui touche de près ou de loin à notre pêche, j’aime à découvrir de nouvelles techniques. Et c’est ainsi qu’au détour d’une énième recherche, [...]
Bien aborder les bordures par David Dauchy
A l’heure où une année se termine et une autre qui commence, nous sommes soumis ces dernières années à une mode, celle des statistiques: nous avons désormais la fâcheuse tendance à tout classer par [...]
Le Montage de Baies
l'automne arrive... la natures relâche ses baies... profitez de cette aubaine pour des pêches rapides en extrême bordure... péchez ou tombent les baies... ces postes sont souvent copieusement amorcés par dame nature... inutile de [...]
Koh Lanta Fishing
Habitant à quelques kilomètres de cette gravière, c'est l'endroit idéal pour mes pêches rapides ou pour mes coups du soir. Il m'arrive également d'y réaliser de petites sessions de 24H jusqu'à 48H maximum. Ne [...]
Achieving the target! – by Jerome Sebille
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 [...]

ITALIAN ARTICLES

V2 ATTx Receiver e ATTx Deluxe Receiver
La redazione di Carpaonline non poteva esimersi dal provare e mettere in confronto le 2 centraline di Casa Garner che per chi non le conoscesse sono compatibili con qualsiasi tipo [...]
Retention Sling – Gardner Tackle
Si sa che negli ultimi anni le sacche di mantenimento/pesatura hanno fatto passi da gigante nel campo della ricerca e sviluppo, fortunatamente tutte le aziende hanno sfornato prodotti sul mercato [...]
CamFlex Leadfree Recensione di Luca Nanetti
L’Inglese Garner presenta questo nuovissimo Leader senza anima interna in piombo: Il CamFlex Leadfree è costruito intrecciando fibre PTFE pesanti ed è un prodotto 100% in PTFE, pertanto siamo riusciti [...]
Camflex Recensione di Luca Nanetti
Il Nuovo CamFlex Leadcore della britannica Gardner è un Leadcore di nuova generazione, è completamente chiazzato e ultra morbido e questo struttura di nuova generazione offre un’ottima mimetizzazione; difatti la trama chiazzata rompe la [...]
Ultra Skin Recensione di Luca Nanetti
Un trecciato fantastico di ultima generazione completamente rivestito da una pelle davvero morbida, elastica e molto resistente, perfetta da utilizzare sia in Rig semplici che particolari, un trecciato completamente affondante. Ultra Skin + disponibile [...]
Point Doctor 2 Recensione di Luca Nanetti
Mantenere il proprio amo ben affilato aumenta in maniera sistematica le possibilità di cattura, per questo motivo noi di Gardner Tackle abbiamo creato la Point Doctor 2 una seconda versione ulteriormente migliorata dopo l’enorme [...]
Medic Plus Recensione di Luca Nanetti
Gardner "Medic Plus" è un gel antisettico scientificamente sviluppato per il trattamento di piaghe, ulcere, lesioni da amo, tagli o ferite esterne. Medic Plus non è liquido, è un vero e proprio Gel denso [...]
Covert Continental Mugga Recensione di Luca Nanetti
La Redazione di Carpaonline mette sotto la lente d’ingrandimento I nuovi ami dell’Inglese Gardner I “Covert Continental Mugga” che sono l’evoluzione dei famosi Covert Mugga, ami che hanno fatto la storia di questa disciplina [...]
Bait Bucket Recensione di Luca Tugnoli
Comodi e resistenti, in grado di ottimizzare al meglio gli spazi, i BAIT BUCKET sono contenitori per mantenere cibo o esche al fresco. Queste borse, studiate per il pescatore piu esigente, possono contenere fino [...]
GT80+ Plus Clear
Si sa i materiali sono in continua evoluzione e tra le aziende piu’ attive del settore abbiamo sicuramente l’Inglese Gardner Tackle, distribuita in italia da Big Fish Tackle. Questa volta la redazione di Carpaonline [...]

BENELUX ARTICLES

Karpervissen – Najaar op Het Beton – Chris Vandenhaute
Het najaar is bij velen onder ons de moeiste tijd van het jaar, en eigenlijk is dat niet verwonderlijk, de voordelen zijn dan ook legio, gaande van stekken die iets desolater worden, en vissen [...]
Karpervissen – Mijn 2019 Karpervissen – Tommy De Cleen
In februari begon het enorm te kriebelen om te gaan. Tussen de open deur dagen door heb ik eind februari men eerste 2 nachten gevist en geblankt. Maar ik heb het één en ander geleerd i.v.m. de topografie van de bodem, paar leuke foto’s en een geweldig gevoel om ergens eindelijk na jaren echt te vissen was het top er te zijn.
Karpervissen – Le Petit Canal – Jurgen
Belgie is redelijk wat kanalen en rivieren rijk. Grote, ruwe kanalen die nog steeds het nostalgische van weleer uitstralen. Kanalen waar echte bakken huizen, en nog steeds druk bevist worden bovendien... Ik hou me meestal afzijdig van deze meute. De zoektocht openen naar kleinere, rustige kanaaltjes liggen me meer. Uw ding kunnen doen zonder echt rekening te moeten houden met anderen? HET KAN NOG! Vaak ook gelegen aan de Franstalige zijde van ons kleine landje.
Gardner Tackle Hengels
Sedert dit jaar heeft Gardner Tackle zich weer begeven op de markt van de hengels. Voor velen kwam dit als een verassing, maar velen weten niet dat wij al een verleden hebben met hengels. De drie types hengels die dit voorjaar op de markt werden losgelaten zijn eerst en vooral een 10 ft 3 ¼ l...
Tussen Alle Drukte – Jurgen Vandenstorme
Inleiding Een oase van groen....open vlaktes ....rust....stilte... Het doorploeteren van modder...ontwijken van ferme koeienvlaaien....zelden lukt het om in het donker ,zonder enige stinkende brij , aan het schoeisel of banden van je trolly , "vlaailoos" [...]
Geen Slap Gelul – Jurgen Vandenstorme
Ieder jaar stippel ik een bepaalde route uit welke visgronden aangepakt worden, of beter in mijn geval gezegd: welke ik hopelijk,normaal, misschien ga aanpakken. Als zelfstandige is het verdomd moeilijk om op lange termijn te [...]
Het Zwijgen Van – Danny De Kruyff
Ergens begin 2017 zit ik op een koude winter avond samen met een vismaat wat oude herinneringen boven te halen, ook komen er de nodige fotos op tafel te liggen en krijg ik een oude [...]
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.
Onbekende Kanaalkarpers
Het klinkt voor velen onder jullie waarschijnlijk als muziek in de oren, karpers vangen die niemand kent, waarvan geen gewichten bekend zijn, laat staan namen. Nu het vangen van [...]
Karpervissen – Pril Lente Succes
De lente staat zonder verbloemen voor de deur. Het is de tijd van het jaar waar we als visser een hele winter naar zitten te smachten. Prille lente dient zich altijd aan en de verwachtingen zijn altijd hooggespannen om de eerste stappen naar het water te zetten.

GERMAN ARTICLES

Distanzwerkzeuge
Angler machen sich oft selbst das Leben schwer. Ehrgeiz liegt in unserer Natur, jeder will der Bessere sein. Aus diesem Grund wird auch kaum im Uferbereich geangelt. Die straffen Schnüre der Nachbarn wirken [...]
Warum Einfach, Wenn es Schwierig Geht
Im Sommer gibt es viel zu tun. Der Arbeitgeber verlangt Überstunden, Haus und Hof wollen auf Vordermann gebracht werden und der Familienurlaub steht auch noch vor der Tür. Immer wieder [...]
Eine Woche Ausland pro Jahr!
Das war die Aussage meiner Frau als sie erfahren hat, dass sie schwanger ist. Nun ja, besser als nichts, oder? Es sind nun ein paar Jahre vergangen und im goßen [...]
Maximale Tarnung
Jeder Karpfenangler war bestimmt schon einmal an dem Punkt, wo er darüber nachgedacht hat, wie er seine Angelei noch effektiver gestalten kann. In erster Linie setzt man dann bei seinen [...]
Der leichte Unterschied
In meinem kurzen Artikel möchte ich einen Kniff loswerden, der besonders vorsichtig fressende Fische an den Haken bringt. Manchmal schwimmen Fische die Futterplätze nur sporadisch an und schnüffeln ein wenig [...]
Auf dem Boden bleiben
Kiesgruben erfreuen sich vor allem bei den Karpfenanglern an sehr großer Beliebtheit. An diesen Gewässern kann man jederzeit mit Ausnahmefischen rechnen! Sie können nicht abgelassen werden, und daher wissen wir [...]
Diese Drei habe ich immer dabei!!!
Das Angebot an Vorfachschnur ist schier unendlich. Gerade wenn man mal einschlägige Webseiten durchsurft bekommt man den Eindruck, das man für jedes bestimmte Wunderrig ein spezielles Vorfachmaterial braucht. Schnell verliert man dabei die Übersicht, was [...]
Drei Länder, drei Gewässer ein Haken!
Im Gegensatz zu so manchem Tackle-Fetischisten lege ich mehr Wert auf das Endgame unter Wasser, als auf das chromblitzende Zubehör, was am Ufer steht. Denn Fakt ist hauptsächlich die letzten 25cm der Montage entscheiden, [...]
Bring Licht ins Dunkel
Auch der Beste Köder wird gelegentlich versagen, denn es gibt kaum ein Gewässer in dem die Fische immer gut fressen und somit auch gefangen werden können. Da gibt es zum Beispiel Wetterkapriolen die unserem [...]

MAGAZINE ARTICLES

Multi Rig ~ Lewis Read

It’s not only extremely effective, but incredibly versatile too. Here’s why you should try it...

Horton Rig ~ Lee Wagner

The Horton Rig is essentially a presentation tailored to catch the fish that are showing over an area that is both firm and relatively weed-free, and is his own tweaked/bespoke balanced bottom bait presentation...

Clone Rig ~ Carpology

Classic ‘D’ bottom bait rigs have been around a LONG time – for the simple reason that they work! It’s a presentation that offers amazing consistency by way of how the rig lays out after the lead when it reaches the lakebed, and then settles down nicely...

Articles – Carp Fishing and Specialist Fishing