Martin Bowler has sent us this picture from his trip to Milton Abbas last week. Martin was filming for Seeking Shadows Part 2 and his efforts were rewarded with a mid double common in freezing conditions. Not one of the lake’s bigguns but they all count in the snow!

Here is an excellent article by Kev Hewitt on the new ESP Mega Method Feeders and Rigs which featured in a recent issue of Carp News in Angling Times. These feeders and rigs look set to tear waters apart this spring and if you are looking for something a bit different to add to your armory, look no further! Available in all good tackle shops now. Click image below to […]

Gary Knott sent us this lovely picture of the biggest common in an Essex club lake weighing 37lb 9oz. Gary tempted the fish from a spot near a big weed bed at 60 yards range on a rig incorporating a size 8 Big-T and 15lb Strip-Teaze hook link with a snow man hook bait. The fight lasted 30 minutes after the fish kept getting weeded up but a decent hook […]

Ash Hall sent us a great photo of this beauty he caught recently. “Hi guys, here’s a pic of a 32lb 8oz common caught using size 6 Raptor G-4’s. Just 1 of 59 fish I caught from a local club water this season – all on the faithful raptors.” Good angling, Ash!   Got something you want to share with us? Send us your catch report! This year we would […]

Bristol angler Lee Barter took full advantage of the unseasonably mild weather over the Christmas period to bag three 30’s from two different waters in the space of a week. After a cracking session on Orchid, a change of approach paid dividends on a tricky day’s only lake. Here Lee takes up the story: I have had a recent run of success starting with the day after boxing day at […]

Merry Christmas everyone from all at ESP and best wishes for a happy, healthy, and of course carpy 2013!

There hasn’t been much caught recently with the chilly weather making things very difficult but Sean Leverett has had an excellent result from a southern venue with this stunning common. Just reward for plugging away, top angling Sean! ‘I did a couple of nights on a southern pit and had this 31lb 12oz common along with another of 16lb 10oz. Both fish were caught using snowman rigs constructed with Two-Tone […]

John Claridge has sent us some cracking pictures of the mighty Big Linear he caught from the Roach Pit, Ringwood back in October. Careful observation and bait placement lead to the downfall of undoubtedly one of the best looking big carp in the country.   With my book, Beauties and the Beasts, signed off at the end of September I finally had a rare trip to my syndicate water planned […]

Here is Kev Hewitt with a stunning early winter mirror from St. Johns lake on the Linear fisheries complex. Kev caught this 29Lber along with mirrors of 23Lb and 18Lb during his recent trip to the venue on a single grain of ESP big buoyant sweetcorn dipped in CCMoore Silent assasin bait dip. Kev Fished his hookbait inside a Mini ESP solid bag of mini pellets on the new Mini […]

Darryl Dunn has been in touch with a brief resume on his year so far on Bundys Pit where he has caught some cracking fish off the top and bottom using ESP gear. Top angling mate! It’s been a good season for me so far this year fishing the deep waters of Bundy’s pit in Cambridgeshire. The season started unexpectedly early due to otter sightings in the local area and […]