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This is a reminder of what it’s all about. Even if you don’t catch a carp, you get this sort of scenery to wonder over.
Oxlease Lake.
Early Morning on Oxlease Lake. (Photo provided by Matt Buck).
Source: Richworth Linear Fisheries
April 30th, 2007 | Posted in General Carp Chat | No Comments
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 [...]
April 25th, 2007 | Posted in General Carp Chat | No Comments
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 [...]
April 24th, 2007 | Posted in General Carp Chat | No Comments
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 [...]
April 20th, 2007 | Posted in General Carp Chat | No Comments
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
March 28th, 2007 | Posted in General Carp Chat | No Comments
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 [...]
March 27th, 2007 | Posted in General Carp Chat | No Comments
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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 [...]
March 25th, 2007 | Posted in General Carp Chat | No Comments
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 [...]
March 17th, 2007 | Posted in General Carp Chat | No Comments
Our good friends at CatsnCarp have a brilliant write up of a recent carp fishing road trip to Morocco, regarded by many of those in the know to be a potential provider of a future world record carp. If you only read one carp fishing article today, make it this one.
Tangier to Kas al Kabir Part [...]
March 15th, 2007 | Posted in General Carp Chat | No Comments
Budding anglers of all ages in Cornwall can look forward to a bumper season of free fishing events courtesy of the Environment Agency.
Last year’s ‘Get Hooked’ sessions proved so popular extra events have been added to this year’s programme to cope with the demand.
Visit this article in www.anglers net.co.uk for venues, dates and further information
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March 14th, 2007 | Posted in General Carp Chat | No Comments