Angling Lines Blog

Have you ever caught a carp, weighed it accurately and then a few days later the same fish is caught weighing 2 to 3 lb heavier by another angler.

Watch some of the angling video’s on the internet web sites and you can witness for yourself, examples of fish being weighed in-correctly.

I have in fact caught a feeding fish at 9.30 am and returned the fish for it to be caught later at around 11.30pm that evening by another angler, weighing in at an extra 3lb. Do you think that is possible? No! It is not. So why do anglers claim these exaggerated weights. Is it ignorance, self esteem, or simply knowingly cheating?

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There is a statement I often here while I’m fishing, “Oh ! I’ve lost several fish because the Carp in here have soft mouths!!”

Most of the time I have a hard job accepting that carp in any particular lake have soft mouths. My own waters are gravel/sand pits where the bottom is hard and, well gravely… Yet I’ve heard the same comments that my fish have soft mouths. Surely fish feeding in such circumstances would be expected to have hard mouths!

I guess if you look at the mouth or any carp then yes there will be soft bits, that stands to reason, but where does this species of ‘Soft Mouths’ come from? continue reading…

As carp anglers it is in our interests to protect the species we fish for, so everyone in the sport can continue to enjoy their future captures in our venues, both in the UK and France.

Many anglers however, are unaware or ill-prepared for the first trip to France and I often see people arriving with inadequate equipment to safely handle large carp. Here then is a brief run down of what you ought to know about fish care.

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Why we should all use Klin-ik 

Klin-ik is a Laboratory Formulated Fish Care Product. Dave Chilton of Kryston tells us why and how the totally safe and laboratory formulated fish care product Klin-ik was introduced.

This is an issue that many carp anglers still ignore, especially when they come to France.  I see anglers turn up with tiny unhooking mats, undersized landing nets and no carp care medication.

Dave explains in great detail the history of carp care solutions and how to use his own product… here are some extracts from the article;

What does it do?

When we remove a hook we leave behind a puncture hole. In certain cases that open cavity could lead to secondary infection setting in. The treatment is purposely designed to be an extremely searching liquid that immediately seeps and travels in a capillary action down to the base of the wound instantly cleansing and sterilizing the immediate area. The medication is rapidly absorbed into the blood cells and this is where the other ingredients kick in, speeding up the healing process and helping the regeneration of tissue. Thus giving the fish a flying start on the road to recovery. continue reading…