I love the large natural lakes and I like to spend a couple of nights a week on them. It’s difficult to quantify how many nights a year I fish, maybe 50-60, however this depends on factors such as work and my family. I fish all year round, from spring right through the winter. [...]
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 [...]
In recent years I've had a burning desire to better my PB bream of 16lb 7oz. I always set aside some time each year, with the hope of achieving this. Well this season was no different and I had been putting in a lot of ground work through the colder months in the hope that [...]
During the month of April I had a week trip to France planned with my dad. We left early Friday morning and after a long journey we arrived at the venue during the late afternoon. We spent the evening talking the owner Steve, who filled us in with how the venue had been fishing and [...]
I've fished for over 30 years for all different species. I started fishing in small streams for Chub and Barbel, constantly on the move and baiting different areas, always watching the fish and learning along the way. I try to apply the same principles to my carp fishing; pre-baiting and learning where the fish [...]
I usually apply my trade on the big Cornish reservoirs, so Anglers Paradise situated in Devon, a holiday complex made up of a number of small waters is not a venue you would usually expect to find me. However, after doing a show at the complex several years ago, I fancied going back and having [...]
Much of my stillwater fishing in recent years has evolved around one technique, introducing groundbait and lots of it, known as the baiting pyramid. The idea is to try and attract a wide range of species to dine in the swim, create competitive feeding and hopefully tricking the fish into making a mistake. This method [...]
March has been full of ups and downs for me with some frustrating fishing whilst trying to make a start on a new venue. The first weekend of March saw me heading straight to the lake to try and put my plans and preparation in to action and after sitting in traffic for a little [...]
There’s an old saying ‘You wait ages for a bus and two come along at once’. This age old adage often applies to occurrences in life, but I never thought it would be one that would be relevant to an incident experienced during one of my fishing trips. I’d like to share with you my [...]
It was time again for the biggest carp competition of the year – the British Carp Angling Championships. It was going to be slightly different this year as I would be competing with my new match partner – one of my best friends and current UK Carp Cup champion Kevin Grout. We joined forces back [...]
