General Carp Articles

Welcome to the second instalment of Bank Side Etiquette, which covers further musings surrounding the do’s and don’ts when out on the bank. Civil Rights & Use Of When we are out doing what we do by the lakes we choose to fish, we are not the sole users ... [full story]

Over the many years I have been an angler, the nature of the sport has changed and even more so some of those who are now amongst our ranks that cannot understand how things used to be and why it was like that. Question is, how it should be?   ... [full story]

This article was brought about by Julian asking for opinions on prebaiting a three-acre water on which he was going to have very limited time to fish. In fact it was not even his target water for the year but it was a water where he had spotted a particular ... [full story]

The following piece was written back in 1997 and first published in the March 2000 Edition of 'carp fisher', the magazine of the Carp Society. Current thinking along with my own knowledge on bait has progressed somewhat since it was first published, but much of the content remains as relevant ... [full story]

At 30lb 3oz it was definitely cause for celebration - not only was it a new personal best but it was also my first fish out of the serpentine after a whole season of blanks. Don’t get me wrong, it was just the challenge I’d been looking for ... [full story]

After hearing several reports from anglers that Sale Water Park contained 30lb plus carp, I decided I would concentrate my efforts on the water for the 2006 season and hopefully beyond. Considering the lake holds three 30lb+ fish up to 36lb, with a good few back up 20’s to ... [full story]

I’ve recently decided to pick up on carp fishing after a protracted lay off - 24 years to be precise. During this time, angling has remained my enduring passion but I channeled my resources and enthusiasm into match angling, then family and business commitments left me with short session times ... [full story]

I’ve got some really fond memories of a little Farm Pond just on the outskirts of Saughall village. I remember well when my dad took me fishing there for the first time when I was a kid, many years ago, and we sat catching lots of rudd and perch. ... [full story]

I arrived to a chilly wind that was blowing in a north-westerly direction across the lake, which wasn’t ideal for the lake, but after a few hours watching the water it was clear that the fish were following the wind with a few fish rolling, with one or two of ... [full story]

It was about ten to five when the thought first occurred, just as I was contemplating wrapping things up for the day work wise. I was supposed to be off out with Lisa to buy a new tumble-dryer to cope with the increased capacity of wet baby-grows, which had been stacking up at an ... [full story]