Kev Hewitt had a great session on Orchid Lake just before Christmas, resulting in a brace of thirties. The mild low pressure conditions were perfect for a mid-winter feed up and here Kev tells how it happened: All I Want For Christmas is… a brace of thirties! 2013 was a manic year for me. For the most part things were going great however it wasn’t all plain sailing. During a […]

Dave Springall couldn’t resist the recent mild, low pressure conditions and got off to a great start to the New Year on his current target water, good angling mate! ‘After spending every waking moment working to pay for the much needed renovations on our new family home it was finally time for me to get back in pursuit of another local big common, and to resume where I had left […]

Well know German angler Mario Winnikes sent us this belated report from a couple of very productive weekend session back in November when he caught fish up to 65lb! Read on… November, my favourite month of the year, again has been very kind to me. Like in 2012 when I caught Mary the world record common, the magical month brought me my three biggest fish of 2013. I did two […]

Many thanks to Dutch angler Arend Termorshuizen for sending us this catch report from a wet and cold Netherlands: “At the end of a windy night, I got this early morning run which resulted a magnificent mirror carp of 35 lb. The rig I used was a 15 cm ESP Camo Sinklink 15 lb combined with a sharp and strong ESP Curveshanx size 8 with a sliding hair of a ESP […]

Lee Collings has been plugging away on a fairly unproductive Farriers Lake and taking the time to find a new spot produced the goods with this lovely 39lb 1oz common. ‘The lake had been fishing really slow with hardly any fish being caught, they seemed to be avoiding feeding on clear areas in the weed and known feeding spots even though they were showing in these areas. So it was back to […]

Kent big carp specialist Daren Norman got an early Christmas present this week with his first ever December 30 pounder – and what a cracker it is too! Here’s Daren’s account, superb angling mate. ‘I’ve been baiting a large southern gravel pit fairly regularly now since the start of November with 4-5 kg of Sticky Vortex 12 and 20 mm baits per week. The fish can sit out in the middle a […]

Kev Hewitt took full advantage of a guest session on Milton Abbas by banking a fish called Steve’s linear at 31Lb 14oz. The lake had been fishing very slow the previous few days with nothing coming out over the weekend to the syndicate lads. The session was a bit of a struggle, I hadn’t seen any signs of fish during the first 24 hours but during the afternoon I spotted […]

With the nights getting colder and winter fast approaching big fish angler John Claridge, author of ‘Beauties and the Beasts’ has offered us some winter wisdom which has helped him catch some cracking big fish through the coldest months of the year. The cold and bleakness of winter carp fishing isn’t for everyone but if you get it right, then the sight of a big carp in its winter splendour is […]

Steve Harknett sent us these lovely pictures and a brilliant story of his capture of this stunning linear. Here’s Steve’s account: “I had this one last Monday, been fishing this water on and off for a while after a lovely old mirror with half its tail missing. On this session I found the carp in question mooching in the shallows, on the front of a fresh wind. I placed a couple of chods in […]

Swan lake on the Bluebell complex is well known for its head of stunning large carp and has a reputation for being a very tricky venue. Although the lake has been fishing very slow in recent weeks, Kev Hewitt managed to enjoy a blinding session slipping the net under no less that 13 fish during his 48 hour stay. Kev’s stunning tally of carp included fish of 19Lb, 20Lb, 23.8, […]