Carp Journals

At the end of the last piece I was having fun on my early morning sessions targeting carp from a few club waters close to home. The fish were not massive, but the fun in finding ways to overcome obstacles on new waters proved extremely rewarding and by the end of July it was ... [full story]

I can’t believe it’s been almost two years since my last Carp Journals piece. Time certainly has flown and things are very much different than they were back then. I decided to take a break from the journals as I was not doing much fishing at the time, what with my up-and-coming wedding, renovations ... [full story]

August had seen another enjoyable trip to Birch Grove and yours truly winning the third Carp Match at Blackwood towards the end of the month, however, it was now September and I was eager to get back up to the Top Pool to try and bag a few autumn kippers. ... [full story]

Sometimes you have to pinch yourself just to make sure it's happening to you. A week into the new season and I’d already managed three twenties, a nineteen plus, and a nice double off the Top Pool, with Victor in amongst them, one of my main target fish from the water - ... [full story]

The closed season had just kicked in at the end of the last piece and I’d managed to sneak a couple out before the close, in-between days spent building a new kitchen. I was keen to get out on the bank on a regular basis during the closed season to ... [full story]

Welcome to the first journal of 2004. At the end of the last piece Christmas was approaching and time on the bank had been limited over the latter part of the year. Results for the year had been patchy at best and I’d certainly not spent as much time on the ... [full story]

Welcome to the third piece in the series; Christmas is just a few weeks away and yet it only seems seconds since I got back from Birch Grove in August; time is going way too quickly of late! My fishing since then has been rather sporadic and I hardly managed ... [full story]

At the end of my previous piece I’d just had my first two carp for the year from the Top Pool. I was made up with the result although neither fish were of the size one would normally expect; at 12lb 4oz & 8lb 12oz. No matter though, I’d attained ... [full story]

Up until August of last year everything was going fine; I was getting plenty of fishing in on the Top Pool, the 20’s were coming to the bank on a regular basis, and the plan was that it would stay that way until the season ended. However, that plan was ... [full story]