Bagging Up – Carp Fishing

 
The BRFC met at the Fishmongers Hall, London on 19th March 2007 and ratified the following claims for Barbel and Grass Carp British Records:-
Grass Carp
(Ctenopharyngodon idella)
44lbs 8ozs
(20.185kg)
 Mr Phillip Kingsbury
2 July 2006
Horton Church Lake
Previous Record 39lbs 8ozs 15drms
Barbel
(barbus barbus)
21lbs 1ozs
(9.837kg)
Mr Grahame King
16 November 2006
Adams Mill Fishery, Bedford
 Previous Record 21lbs
Source: New Record Fish – Grass Carp & Barbel

 
A PIKE angler fishing a small lake near Ibsley has caught what is probably the largest carp ever caught on a lure in Britain.
Christchurch Angling Club member Adam Martin was pike fishing with a lure at Tompkins Lake, Ibsley, when he hooked into what he thought was a large pike.
His pike turned out to be [...]

The world’s first autonomous robotic fish are the latest attraction at the London Aquarium. Biologically inspired by the common carp, the new designs can avoid objects and swim around a specially designed tank entirely of their own accord.

Check out the video at : Yan Feng » Robotic Fish

 
A forty is a dream fish for many. Blackpool carp angler Ian Huntington has taken 7 carp in a 48 hour session at Acton Burnell, the Shropshire syndicate water averaging 40lb 7oz!
Fishing the Bottom Lake, after all his fancied swims on the Top Lake were taken, Ian fished a new Mainline Bait called the Cell [...]

It’s that time of year again when you need to buy a rod license. Last year’s licences expires on 31st March. Don’t forget that if you intend to fish with more than two rods, you will need extra licenses.
Licenses can be purchased online, and as long as you receive your confirmation email, you can fish [...]

Fishing Magic report that the Angling Lines venue Laroussi has kicked off the season with mirror carp of 61lb, 57lb and 51lb, the tghird year in a row that a 60 has been taken during the opening week of the season. 
For the third year on the trot the Angling Lines venue Laroussi has had a [...]

 
Once again, our good friends at Tackle Bargains have produced a range March Specials, items that have had their prices slashed even more than usual. Listed below are just some of the bargains to be had. Please check out the Tackle Bargains Specials pages for the March Bargains. Don’t forget too that Tackle Bargains have [...]

GAUNTS LAKE
Rich Holohan fished last week down on the syndicate and had six fish which included four twenties up to 28lb.
MANOR FARM LAKE
Over the weekend Craig “Beefy” Blunsdon had a new PB in the shape of the mirror known as “Spike” at 38lb 04oz.
Cliff Kemp also fished the weekend taking 10 fish up to a [...]

 
Oxford and Oxfordshire Reports from the Oxford Mail……
Chris Lowe travelled down from West Bromwich for a 48-hour stint on Linear’s Manor Farm Lake and wasn’t disappointed.
He spodded out a mixture of particles and broken SBS Lobworm boilies and then attached these boilies to his rig.
He banked a mirror weighing 35.2.0, plus five 20s, the best [...]

Steve Butler of Wellingborough has broken the Wellingborough Lakes record with a 40lb 1oz common. Steve used a size 8 Mugga Hook baited with a Bang On Baits 18mm DSN boilie and tied to 15lb Cortex hooklink
Myles Gascoyne, a Carp-Talk columnist top an impressive brace of mirrors on a stint at Wellington Country Park Lake. [...]