All species feed well in the spring but the two that really start feeding are carp and tench. Carp and tench of course are catchable all year round but without doubt they do lie up for some undetermined period during the winter, usually from mid-December to mid-February. Carp will be caught covered in leaches that…

AnchoringThe inability to anchor up properly is a certain way to ruin your day’s sport. Anchoring is one of those things that people take so much for granted but like everything else, there’s a right way and a wrong way. Choosing the right anchor for your needs is the first thing. There is a wide…

Primarily, as already stated, they have terrific fighting qualities that in my opinion are not equalled by any coarse fish and secondly, they can be caught on conventional coarse tactics avoiding the cost of spending out on sea tackle.Mullet often come close inshore, particularly in Summer when they often can be seen around piers and…

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Articles by Dr Paul Garner Dr Paul Garner Despite being born in central London, Paul Garner comes from a family who’s history has been intertwined with angling for generations. During his teens Paul spent most of his time match fishing with local clubs, travelling to such exotic venues as the Hampshire Avon and Great Ouse…

Articles by John Bailey John Bailey John Bailey is one of Europeís best known fishermen. Heís a columnist for Coarse Fisherman, Trout Fisherman, Improve Your Coarse Fishing, The Fly Fisherís Journal, Waterlog and Blinker and Carp Hunterís Magazine in Europe. He also contributes to The Field, The Independent and The Daily Mail. His pioneering features…

Articles by John Young John Young John Young has been fishing since 1972. He started by drowning maggots for anything that came along but soon donned a floppy green hat and joined the specimen hunting scene. In the late 1970s he started pursuing carp and soon caught his first 20lber on diced potato. Years later,…

Articles by Eric Edwards Eric Edwards Eric Edwards is forty five years of age, a logistics manager and lives in St. Helens, near Liverpool with his wife and three children. An angler since the age of six, he has specialised in catching specimen coarse fish for the last thirty years. Notable captures include a record…

Articles by Martin Gay Martin Gay “Martin began his lifelong angling interest at about the age 8 years during a family day out at Billericay Park, Essex. His first fish, caught on a one piece cane rod made up on the day was a gudgeon. He’s had a soft spot for them ever since! At…

I went back to Poole Hall fishery last Wednesday and had a really good four-hour workout on peg 25. By the end of the session I reckon I’d taken around eighty pounds of fish with more than three-quarters of the weight made up with tench!