Dale, Lee & Gary had a great week at Beaurepaire a couple of weeks ago (w/c 6th August) catching the new lake record at 51lb 10oz !!! They had 11 fish in total…9 carp to 51.10 and 2 cats (one at 50lb and one at 39.05) Father & son, Dale & Lee, had a fantastic […]
Question: Hi Shaun, .I’ve currently got the Freespirit XS rods. I’m fishing a lake at present which involves a fair chuck. What weight lead can I get away with? Cheers, Lee Nichols Shaun Answered: Hi Lee, . I found 3 1/2′s went best for me on my X.S. but I did occasionaly use 4oz in big side […]
I wrote this piece around 3 years ago and it was published Carp Talk and is still very relevant now. So, if you are new to travelling across the water there may be a couple of useful snippets for you here… So You are Going to France? I only ever did it the once and […]
This issue includes an interview with disabled angler Ray Barnes at Oakview plus news of lots of record breaking weeks from around our venues.
Owner, Dan Allen, with a 40lb+ from his venue, Oakwood Fishing slack lines is nothing new, as an 11 year old boy I was using this tactic to catch small common carp alongside a reed bed at a local farm pond. I quickly learnt that my arsley bomb set up with a relatively tight line […]
Grassies doing their thing……………an update! In June 2010 we introduced 20 small Grass Carp to Joy Lake, to help combat a growing weed problem. One year on and we’re pleased to say the measures have been a great success. To show the difference they have made take a look at the photos below, showing the Brace […]
An extract from the Blog diary of Jake Langley Hobbs; Good evening for the final time at Salagou… As I write this sat outside my bivvy, watching another sunset into the red rock hillside, it is with regret that I am calling it a day at Salagou. It is just not happening and it is […]
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Jake Hobbs Jake recalls a heartstopping battle with a large Italian common carp….. Yesterday flew by and by late afternoon I had done most of my planned work. I had gone out to my distant bottle marker and placed two more to its right, to create a line about 50m long. The three rods were […]
73.07 Dave, Janet and Dan Johnson have just enjoyed a truly fantastic week’s fishing at Laroussi taking mirrors of 73lb 7oz, 51lb 7oz, 45lb 4oz ( fully scaled), 44lb 5oz, 43lb 8oz, 39lb, 37lb… commons of 26lb3oz, 18lb, 17lb 4oz, 14lb… catfish of 64lb… crucian carp of 5lb and a fantastic new French and lake […]
A series of Angling Lines videos that’ll help you put more carp on the bank! Here we join Paul Cooper as he explains how to set up & use a marker float.
A series of Angling Lines videos that’ll help you put more carp on the bank! Here we join Dan Phesay at Sapphire as he explains the tactics he uses to concentrate the carp in his swim, plus his stick mix rig & how he uses back-leads.
A series of Angling Lines videos that’ll help you put more carp on the bank. Here we join Ron Key at Sapphire as he explains the tactics he uses to bring out of range carp into his swim.
At Oakview Lake we monitor our fish stock. One element of this is the micro-chipping individual fish. In addition to obvious benefits like security this also allows for quick identification and monitoring of growth rates. Here the Oakview stock pond is used to demonstrate how this is achieved.
