Winter Carping

Winter Carp Fishing Expert Tactics Video

Mehdi Daho, owner of Laroussi & Old Oaks, guides you through his methods to catch carp in Winter.  He outlines the tactics he uses and then gives great detail on his prefered bait and baiting techniques.  A real gem of a video for anyone considering winter carping. 57 Carp Fishing Tactics Videos

Winter Carp Fishing in France

The Long Two Tone at 47.12 24hrs at Lac Du Villefond, 7/11/12  by fisheries manager, Mark Lambert Wednesday the 7th of November 2012 was the start of my 24 hour session on my lake Villefond . I had my tent set up from a previous session the week before so after a quick setup of […]

A day winter carp fishing at Villefond

43.01 – who says carp don’t feed in the winter! We arrived at the lake at 7.30am just before it got light. There were three of us fishing, Myself (Mark Lambert) the owner (John Lambert) and our friend Gavin Rose. Just as it became light enough to boat the rods out I put my three […]

24hrs winter carping at Villefond

A winter caught 40 from Villefond January 11th saw myself (Mark Lambert Villefond fishery manager) and a friend get a chance to fish on Villefond for a quick 24hr session. I had been feeding the fish on our brilliant new range of boillies all winter and knew from previous catch reports the fish loved it […]

Winter Carping Tips

Carp don’t feed in the Winter – do they? Paul Cooper shares some winter carp fishing tips to help you catch a few more Winter carp;

Winter carp fishing tactics

Winter carping at Vaux by Chas Cook Catching carp in winter has a reputation for being difficult but I believe I’ve developed methods at Vaux which turn the odds in my favour.  Let me give you an example; On Thursday, 24th November a good helping of mixed giant maize and wheat, cooked and prepared in bulk, […]

Fantastic winter fishing at Old Oaks!

50.10 Kevin Hosie has just enjoyed (w/c 26th November 2011) a fantastic winter carp session at Old Oaks.  He had 24 carp… biggest a 50lb 10oz common plus; *  9 x 40’s *  10 x 30’s *  4 x 20’s Now that’s not bad for December!

Winter carp fishing at Laroussi

  Mark Oakes experienced some true winter carping at Laroussi just before Christmas (w/c 26th November 2010).  As you can see from the photo above he experienced around 6 inches of snow and had to come home 2 days early because the lake froze over! Did he catch?  He sure did…. a 43lb carp & […]

Winter carp fishing – at what temperature do they feed?

Finally most lakes around here have eventually crept back up in water temperature to make the catching of carp a much more realistic prospect than it was a couple of weeks back. For 30 odd years I have taken water temperatures during the winter months. I don’t mean just dangling a thermometer in a few […]

Winter carping – what’s the best carp rig?

This article first appeared on the Quest Baits Blog & is reproduced with kind permission Can you please tell me what you think are the best rigs for winter and the cold weather.  Thanks. Cold water rigs for me, differ very little from my normal rigs, however I do like to scale things down somewhat. You […]

You can catch carp in the snow!

This article first appeared on the Quest Baits Blog & is reproduced with kind permission.  I must admit I went to bed last night not particularly expecting to be doing much fishing this week-end. I re-loaded the open fire in my bedroom with logs before climbing into bed thinking I would have a nice leisurely day […]

Winter catch on Laroussi

Wayne Naylor with one of his Laroussi carp Wayne Naylor has just proved that cold water carping at Laroussi really is worth the effort.  Fishing the first week in November he took 34 carp in total… 1 x 52lb mirror, 1 x 54lb mirror, 1 x 44lb common, 3 x 30lb+ commons, 1 x 30lb […]

Winter Carp Fishing – The Ice Rig

David writes; The Winter fishing at Vaux this year has been superb – see the January 28th Blog post here In this post from Chas, the owner of Vaux, he gives away one of his winter edges… his Ice Rig! From May 2002 when we bought Vaux until March 2004 when it was opened as […]

Is it worth carp fishing in the UK in winter?

Following on from yesterdays post which definitely proves it’s worth winter carping in France, today we address the age old question – do UK carp feed sufficiently often in the winter  to make it worth while fishing for them?   In this excellent piece Shaun Harrison gives us the benefit of his 30 years of carp […]

Excellent Winter Carp Fishing in France!

For the brave ones who’ve crossed the channel in search of French winter carp there’s certainly been good rewards. Ian Lewis & 3 mates have just had a great week at Vaux (17th – 24th January) taking 6 mirrors, 4 being in the 30s, biggest 38.07; 2 commons, biggest 21.06; and 7 pike, biggest 25lb. […]

Winter carp bait query

Brent  wrote: I am going to La Fritterrie in november and am thinking of using either club or red herring.  Any tips please? Hi Brent, Not too sure what ingredients are used in Club Mix or Red Herring but would presume the Red Herring is fish meal based and possibly contains fish oils too. If […]