Geoff is off on a jolly so he has asked for a Carp Diary or two up front so I知 afraid there is a break in the Carp fishing for a week or two but in early September I値l catch up with what痴 been happening on the estate lake I致e been fishing all summer. I…

There is a school of thought that says this is a shame, especially for youngsters, but I will sit on the fence and accept the fact that carp angling is big business and throughout January I will describe some of the essentials needed to move down the carp fishing road. I will cover Tackle, Baits,…

Christmas is one time of the year I never fish nowadays although I have in fact fished many times on Christmas Eve and many years ago a group of us used to go up the Fens to fish for zander over the New Year Eve period.These Christmas excursions though have always been about having a…

I went into the same swim and once again went through the process of wading out to the front of the swim and casting around looking for the essential clear areas amongst the weed. This done it was back out with the PVA bags of pellets and crushed boilies. I had run out of Gardner’s…

What I really wanted was to get an opportunity to fish under an overhanging tree that just about everyone was baiting up and fishing. This spot was one that I had utilised last season to good effect but as with everything, good things always come to an end. The pressure this spot was getting meant…

Stillwater carp angling is never going to be easy. Each season brings itís own problems to solve. At this time of year, fishing on some lakes can be especially hard due to the weed growth dying off. In high summer, the weed – especially that awful bane to the carp angler, Canadian pond weed –…

Now, as I have more than a passing interest in the carp, my mate e-mailed me a picture of the latest biggy to be caught. Somehow the fish looked familiar, even though it’s current weight of nearly forty pounds was much bigger than anything I had ever caught. That night I got my old photo…

Summer was with us here in the south, not the summer that sun worshipers want but humid close weather. In my early days after carp it was these days we used to say we could smell carp, sounds quite disgusting now! On my first session of the week I arrived to find the lake deserted…

I suspect I am right in saying that the majority of anglers fishing for carp will use boilies for bait. Some of them will regard particles as just another bait, when, in fact, they are much more than that. Fishing particles properly is an angling principle. Particles are a relatively cheap, yet in terms of…

Last season I was able to turn up in the afternoon and spend an hour walking round the lake baiting up four or five margin spots and see where the carp were willing to feed. Having the lake to myself meant I could take my time and any baited spot I did not fish would…