One of the UK’s most sought after and biggest carp – a fish known as The Parrot – has been banked at a whopping 62lb 4oz by police officer Matt Bryant. With a cold northerly wind blowing the 25-year-old was surprised to arrive at the Cranwells Lake syndicate on the Wasing Estate in Berkshire to […]
Could The Parrot Break The British Carp Record
First 200lb Albino Catfish For British Angler
A British angler has banked what’s thought to be the first albino wels catfish over 200lb ever landed during a session on Spain’s River Ebro. Wirral angler Bernie Campbell was on a break with his son Gary with angling holiday firm Catmaster Tours when the 206lb catfish fish picked up his multiple pellet hook bait.The […]
Jim Shelley At The Tackle Warehouse
Top carp angler Jim Shelley will be the star turn at The Tackle Warehouse open day in Crawley, West Sussex when the carp angling author and guide will be answering questions and signing his latest book, ‘Carping Re-Cut’. Jim is known for his ‘big hit’ approach to the sport and his many impressive captures include […]
Sleeping Angler Fined – The Facts
Recent angling press reports about an angler “being prosecuted for being asleep” while fishing for carp have generated a huge amount of interest in the wider media and on Facebook. We think it is right to publish the full facts, obtained from the Environment Agency today by our Fisheries Enforcement Manager Dilip Sarkar in order […]
No Joy For Korda Carp Team England
England’s 2013 dominance of the world match fishing scene did not extend to the World Carp Championships, where Korda Carp Team England finished down the pack. The 15th FIPSed World Carp Angling Championships were held at Lake Montargil, Portugal between 26th – 29th September 2013, with the Korda Carp Team England representing the Angling Trust […]
John Wilson Launches Book Before Retiring To Thailand
Angling’s Mr TV, John Wilson has published a book about the embryonic days of carp fishing before retiring to Thailand. The book, ‘One Man’s Passion For Carp’ charts the life of Norman Symonds, one of the UK’s commercial carp breeders, who John describes as one of carp angling’s unsung heroes. Said John: “It’s a true and […]
Linear Carp Event Raises Over £20,000
Pic Caption:Ian Russell (left) and Iain Macmillan (right) were just two of the big names at the 2013 Fishing With the Stars event at Linear Fisheries.PIC: ANGLER’S MAIL The third annual ‘Fishing With The Stars’ charity event held at England’s Linear Fisheries has raised an incredible £20,000-plus for the Motor Neurone Disease Association. This year’s […]
Like Father Like Son – Two Forties Within Hours Of Each Other
The time-old phrase ‘like father, like son’ certainly applies to John and Charlie Terry after the pair both landed 40lb English carp within hours of each other. Fishing a southern syndicate water, first dad John latched into a much targeted 41-pounder known as ‘Black Spot’ after fishing a small, weed-free area using Mad Baits Nutz […]
Incredible Big Carp Sport For Day Ticket Anglers at Erics Willows Lake
Since opening to day ticket anglers for the first time in May, Erics Willows Lake in West Yorkshire has already produced NINE different forty pound fish. The 25-acre lake was stocked less than ten years ago with Croatian strain fish under 10lb in weight, and they have grown on beautifully, with the water having produced […]
Hellings Is Up For The Cup
Dennis Hellings is targeting the fish at a 14-acre gravel pit known as ‘The Cup’ and his latest session produced this 34lb 3oz common known as ‘De Kegel’ or ‘The Cone’. Said the Taska backed angler: “Last year I fished about 30 nights there and with success. The only thing missing was one of the […]
Historic Lake Bled Produces Big Carp For Matteo
Matteo Tecchi is on a quest to catch big carp all over Europe and his latest session on the historic glacial Lake Bled in Slovenia resulted in a 44.1lb mirror and a stunning 30.8lb common. Matteo fished a Combi rig with a Taska Tungsten Aligner, choosing White Fish Big Fish and Green Fish Big Fish […]
Ooh La La! ‘Roady’ Lands Lake Island Record Carp At 81lb 12oz
Droitwich angler Chris Roadknight has hit the carping headlines after a trip to France saw him set a new venue record at Island Lake at 81lb 12oz. Chris fished the venue last year as well when he set a new personal best with the second biggest fish at the venue 70 miles south of Paris […]
World Carp Classic: The TV Show
In 2012 The Carp Channel – the video magazine for carp anglers which is free to view here on Total-Fishing.com – shadowed Ian Chillcott, Tim Paisley and Lee Jackson in their quest on the World Carp Cup at Lake Bolsena in Italy. The trio had to endure some tough breaks during their week on the 25,000 […]
Four Thirties For ‘Aircurve Ed’
Greys and Chub Media Manager Ed Betteridge has been putting the new Greys AirCurve rods we reported on last month to good effect recently by banking four carp over 30lb in the space of 36 hours. Despite a 360-mile round trip from his Derby home, Ed has been targeting a low-stock, 55 acre gravel pit near […]
Steve Briggs: Carping Horizons
Globetrotting carp legend Steve Briggs has a new book out which chronicles his carping adventures between 2005 and 2012‘Carping Horizons’ includes chapters about his pioneering fishing in Morocco, Austria and Germany, as well as winter sessions on Lake Cassien in France and his time at Rainbow Lake, when the carp world was only just realizing […]
