I love carp fishing. I love the challenge. I love the sound of a Micron going off at 3 in the morning. I even love it when it’s blowing a hoolie and raining buckets. But there are a few things about carp fishing that really really bug me. As a carp fisherman, I take care [...]
The British Carp Angling Championships 2007 got underway this week with the first elimination rounds taking place at Ecton Lake and Farlows Lake.
Ecton proved to be really tough, with only a few fish troubing the marshalls. Finally coming out on top were Shaun McSpadden and Scott Day with a common of 22lb 12oz.
Farlows was totally [...]
BRITISH dace record holder Simon Ashton swapped his beloved River Wear for Spain’s mighty River Segre to take this impressive half albino catfish weighing 183lb.The 31-year-old from County Durham took the huge specimen during a week’s holiday with friends on the river above Mequinenza, beating his old pb for the species by over 50lb in [...]
News from Norfolk of an excellent week of carp fishing, with several 20s from Weavers Way Fishery, near Stalham, the newly reopened Taswood seeing a 33lb mirror carp and Swnagey Lakes offering up a hatful of 20s.
Huge carp catches are being heaved out from all the major fisheries throughout East Anglia and from some that [...]
I came across a great post by Pete (Borsey?) in my Google blog alerts. He tells of his early attempts at carp fishing with his mates Karl and Rob. Expert carp fishermen they were not, but it sounds like they had a great trime trying. Oh, the good old days!
T W A N G goes the elastic [...]
TASWOOD Lakes, one of Norfolk’s still water fisheries, re-opened this month to bring joy to local carp enthusiasts who reeled in dozens of quality fish to 30lb.And the good news from Sue Ellis, who runs the seven lake complex with her husband Richard is that this fabulous fishery is being open for day tickets from [...]
I wanted to share this special offer with you my fellow carp fishermen. As a blogger on carp fishing, I subscribe to a whole load of carp fishing newsletters, blogs and websites in an attempt to bring you the latest carp fishing news. Sometimes I come across a little gem and this is one such [...]
20-Apr-2007
GENERAL***** Important Info ***** Just a reminder that both Brasenose -1 and 2 are closed this weekend (20th-22nd April) for matches.
BRASENOSE 1Paul Vinton from Romford had eight fish up to 16lb on pop-ups. Thomas Vinton also from Romford had seven fish up to 22lb. Eddie Eliot had nine fish on zig rigs up to [...]
It’s everybody’s nightmare. You catch the carp of a life time and there’s nobody about to help you get the trophy shot. So you put your camera on self timer, hope for the best and hey presto, you’ve chopped your head off in the shot and only got half of the carp in the frame.
Worry [...]
13-Apr-2007
Latest Catches
MANOR FARM LAKE
Les Bowers had six fish fishing zig rigs with black foam, this included three twenties up to 22lb 12oz. And Chris Lowe from West Brom had and amazing 14 fish catch. This included six twenties, the “Long Nose Mirror” at 32lb 05oz and after many years of trying finally landed “Cut Tail” [...]
