My first stop was the fallen tree where I had fished the night before, I clambered in behind the tree but in the sunlit water there was not a fish to see. I walked up beyond the car park and looked into a spot that had produced a few fish to a mate over the…

When I turned up I was pleased to see a much quieter affair, hopefully the early season pressure was dying down and I could get into some real fishing, the fact that England were playing some silly football game that night probably helped. After a quick look round the lake I found a few carp…

The first session did not start well, as upon my arrival and walking into the first occupied swim I was informed that my target 30lb plus mirror that I had not caught before had in fact been caught by a new member a few hours ago. Although obviously a disappointment, this is not a lake…

Picture the scene. A mate and I had decided to meet up for a couple of days on quite a high profile carp water about half-way between our respective homes in Suffolk and Bristol. It was mid-Summer and the weather was hot, so it didn’t take us long to find plenty of fish laying up…

However, the thing we are interested in is the fish and what they are up to under the water and how can we take advantage of it to put some on the bank. Of course June is the old traditional start to the season and a lot of lakes, and of course the rivers, still…

The lake was still quiet, just me there, rain was forecast but the wind that had helped me on the session before had gone. I had seen carp roll consistently in an area of the lake opposite the swim I fished last time so I drove straight round there. In the swim in question the…

Knowing this is a good time I pulled the stops out and got down the lake three nights during the past week. The first session was on a mild cloudy day, a stiff westerly wind was blowing down the lake during the day but by the time I arrived its effect had left the surface…

I did though have a 6th sense feeling that at last something was going to happen and the hard work of the last four months on the lake may just pay off. I was pleased to pull into the lake not to find any other cars there and as it was dry at the time…

In the November edition of the site I have written an article about winter carp fishing and all the ups and downs that go with it. So with a free week to write I thought I’d bore you silly with another of those stories from the past when carp fishing was done by the idiots…

It was the second session of the week. The first session I had got a result landing a 21lb 12oz common on a single hookbait. If you recall on the next session I fished from the other side of the lake but still put a bait on the spot from where the common had fallen….