Angling’s Mr TV, John Wilson has published a book about the embryonic days of carp fishing before retiring to Thailand. The book, ‘One Man’s Passion For Carp’ charts the life of Norman Symonds, one of the UK’s commercial carp breeders, who John describes as one of carp angling’s unsung heroes. Said John: “It’s a true and […]
John Wilson Launches Book Before Retiring To Thailand
Linear Carp Event Raises Over £20,000
Pic Caption:Ian Russell (left) and Iain Macmillan (right) were just two of the big names at the 2013 Fishing With the Stars event at Linear Fisheries.PIC: ANGLER’S MAIL The third annual ‘Fishing With The Stars’ charity event held at England’s Linear Fisheries has raised an incredible £20,000-plus for the Motor Neurone Disease Association. This year’s […]
Like Father Like Son – Two Forties Within Hours Of Each Other
The time-old phrase ‘like father, like son’ certainly applies to John and Charlie Terry after the pair both landed 40lb English carp within hours of each other. Fishing a southern syndicate water, first dad John latched into a much targeted 41-pounder known as ‘Black Spot’ after fishing a small, weed-free area using Mad Baits Nutz […]
Incredible Big Carp Sport For Day Ticket Anglers at Erics Willows Lake
Since opening to day ticket anglers for the first time in May, Erics Willows Lake in West Yorkshire has already produced NINE different forty pound fish. The 25-acre lake was stocked less than ten years ago with Croatian strain fish under 10lb in weight, and they have grown on beautifully, with the water having produced […]
Hellings Is Up For The Cup
Dennis Hellings is targeting the fish at a 14-acre gravel pit known as ‘The Cup’ and his latest session produced this 34lb 3oz common known as ‘De Kegel’ or ‘The Cone’. Said the Taska backed angler: “Last year I fished about 30 nights there and with success. The only thing missing was one of the […]
Historic Lake Bled Produces Big Carp For Matteo
Matteo Tecchi is on a quest to catch big carp all over Europe and his latest session on the historic glacial Lake Bled in Slovenia resulted in a 44.1lb mirror and a stunning 30.8lb common. Matteo fished a Combi rig with a Taska Tungsten Aligner, choosing White Fish Big Fish and Green Fish Big Fish […]
Ooh La La! ‘Roady’ Lands Lake Island Record Carp At 81lb 12oz
Droitwich angler Chris Roadknight has hit the carping headlines after a trip to France saw him set a new venue record at Island Lake at 81lb 12oz. Chris fished the venue last year as well when he set a new personal best with the second biggest fish at the venue 70 miles south of Paris […]
World Carp Classic: The TV Show
In 2012 The Carp Channel – the video magazine for carp anglers which is free to view here on Total-Fishing.com – shadowed Ian Chillcott, Tim Paisley and Lee Jackson in their quest on the World Carp Cup at Lake Bolsena in Italy. The trio had to endure some tough breaks during their week on the 25,000 […]
Four Thirties For ‘Aircurve Ed’
Greys and Chub Media Manager Ed Betteridge has been putting the new Greys AirCurve rods we reported on last month to good effect recently by banking four carp over 30lb in the space of 36 hours. Despite a 360-mile round trip from his Derby home, Ed has been targeting a low-stock, 55 acre gravel pit near […]
Steve Briggs: Carping Horizons
Globetrotting carp legend Steve Briggs has a new book out which chronicles his carping adventures between 2005 and 2012‘Carping Horizons’ includes chapters about his pioneering fishing in Morocco, Austria and Germany, as well as winter sessions on Lake Cassien in France and his time at Rainbow Lake, when the carp world was only just realizing […]
Massive Cassien Carp For Brighton Angler
Brighton angler Phil Brown’s first ever carp the massive Lake Cassien was this unforgettable 58lb 10oz fish landed while fishing with Cassien Carp Tours. With night fishing now banned at the famous 1,500 acre water in the Var region of Southern France and the water levels rising due to heavy rainfall, the guides did plenty […]
Taska Snap Up Belgian Ace
Carp Channel sponsor Taska has added another name to its growing consultants list, this time in the shape of Belgian angler Dennis Hellings, whose personal best carp goes a massive 67.7lb. Dennis (24) specialises in fishing massive waters like Cassien in France and admits he is ‘addicted’ to carp fishing.Name:Dennis HellingsAge: 24Location: BelgiumPB:67.7 lbsFavourite Rig: Short combi rigFavourite […]
Big Hit For German Carper
German carp ace Simon Wichert has had a big hit with a catch of 11 commons averaging nearly 30lb. The Taska backed angler has been targeting the massive River Rhine because like in the UK, many of the stillwaters have been frozen and unfishable. He started on the river, but a window in the weather allowed […]
Another Result For Stu Cobb
Stuart Cobb continued his good run with this 32lb 1oz mirror carp caught on his faithful chod set-up. Stu, who features in the current issue of THE CARP CHANNEL showing how he ties up the Withy Pool rig, spread around 50 Denham Baits Element boilies liberally around the swim and at 3am on a freezing cold […]
Junior Carp Camp 2013
Bait company CC Moore is once again getting behind the Carp Society Junior Carp Camp, which takes place at the end of May at the society’s flagship water Horseshoe Lake. Open to budding carpers aged 12-16, over four days the anglers will learn a variety of skills from casting to carp care, floater fishing to […]
