Discover essential carp tactics and watercraft skills, including reading water, choosing the right spot and adjusting strategies to increase your chances of a catch.
To me location is the most important factor that you need to get right whilst carp fishing. You can have the best baits and rigs in the world, but if you don’t place them in the correct place they will count for very little. I am sure we all take weather conditions into account when […]
In this video series Mark details his 2013 winter fishing campaign at Lac Du Villefond. Find out the tactics employed on this mature big fish water right from the person that knows it best. For more information on Villefond follow the link – Carp Fishing in France
During this time of the year it is normal to get heavy mist and fog falling… This happened last week whilst fishing Brocard Large Lake in France and after catching a gorgeous looking common I could no longer see the silhouette of the tree line on the far bank to be able to re-cast accurately. […]
Rob Inns follows on from his river carping introduction with part two of his ‘River Carp Fishing Tips’, covering the challenges facing this type of angling… Challenges To start part 2 of my river carp fishing tips, I want to highlight some of the challenges you will inevitably face when river carping and offer advice […]
Rob Inns delivers part one of his ‘River Carp Fishing Tips’ series… One element of carp fishing I have found myself increasingly involved in in recent years is river carp fishing. I think what attracts me to river carp is their wild and nomadic life style. But their ability to travel where ever they wish, […]
This year has been a difficult year at most fisheries in both England and France. The long warm sunny period that we have just seen, has encouraged massive weed growths on lots of lakes along with huge algae blooms… This certainly has effected catch rates on these effected waters and bait presentation has become difficult […]
Ron and Ken Discuss Slack Lines Vs. Tight Lines in this short video from their fishing trip this year. For more technical videos to get the most out of your carp fishing trip to France click here.
Following his hugely popular video on slack lines and running rigs, Duncan de Gruchy is back with a follow up. This time Duncan reveals his baiting tactics. If you have missed ‘How to Catch Carp in France 1 and 2’ you can go straight to them here: Part 1 – Slack Lines and Running Rigs […]
I have spent a lot of time this season fishing very short sessions on the river for barbel and some of these evenings in real over grown swims have seen swarms of mozzies and midges all wanting a bit of the Harrison blood. Now I am quite attached to my blood and don’t really want […]
Paul Cooper shows you that you don’t always have to cast to catch carp. By wading out to your chosen spot you can place your hook bait & freebies EXACTLY were you want them… Carp Fishing tactics & techniques – 65 technical videos to help you put more carp on the bank!
Anglers being anglers we often find ourselves complaining about the weather. Be it too bright, too hot, too cold, too windy, too wet and so on. But, to be fair hot weather conditions might not be conducive to heavy feeding at the moment but they are absolutely perfect for taking full advantage of in two ways. […]
Here’s a few quick tips courtesy of Shaun Harrison at the Quest Baits blog… 1) Location – Depending what you are after. If you simply want to catch as many as possible then set up on good shows of fish, but the larger ones can lead more solitary lives and can often be found in quieter areas. 2) […]
I have decided to write a piece to try and help people to get the best of their week fishing our lake, Villefond. As the fish grow on in leaps and bounds and with the lake average now pushing over 40lb the carp are becoming ever more wise and wary. I have explained in previous […]
One of my instruments that I use to catch that weary carp is to watch the weather. After a long period of high pressure in those summer months, when we have those nice warm days and pleasant nights, I am always waiting for that break in the weather. The lakes come alive in low pressure […]
Lac Du Villefond has been fishing really well recently and with a gap in the bookings I decided to take the opportunity to spend some time catching the monsters that swim our waters… I wasn’t able to fish a whole week so I decided I would at least pre-bait for a few days on the […]
Paul Cooper is one of our expert Field Testers, here’s the most recent post from his 2013 Fishing Diary… With the weather warming up I have been keeping an eye on the fish in my local syndicate water for signs of feeding fish. I called onto the lake mid-afternoon on the Sunday and saw around 20 […]
In part 1 of this series Duncan de Gruchy demonstrated how to catch carp using slack lines and running rigs. Here in part 2 Gary Hewes demonstrates how to achieve similar results using tight lines and shocker rigs. Gary is fishing the same spots from the same swim that Duncan fished 3 weeks before. It […]
by Duncan De Gruchy During a week of day sessions Duncan de Gruchy has 20 indications, 20 carp runs and 20 carp including a new lake record. Here he reveals his secrets… and at the end of the article you can watch a video of Duncan in action. HEAVY MAIN LINE Flourocarbon mainline (pure flouro, not […]
If only there was an easy solution of working out when our favourite species of fish feeds. There are triggers that we are all aware of such excessive low pressure fronts, new warm winds and thunderstorms. For those who can bare it out in extreme weather conditions the results can be quite productive. But do […]
Set in Stone? Part 1 – Wind Direction by Jason Rider In the following series of articles I will challenge of carp fishing’s Ten Commandments or the golden rules that are accepted as fact in our sport. The art of angling has been practised since the birth of mankind and although carp fishing for sport […]
