Raphael Biagini is claiming the biggest carp every caught in the USA using legitimate angling tactics – this 54lb 8oz common carp. And Total-Fishing.com is the first to post video of the amazing capture – see below. If the video fails to load first time, try refreshing the page. The Quantum Radical test fisherman said: […]
American Carp Record – VIDEO
115-pound carp brace
Radical-Carp newcomer Tobias Krämer embarked on a night session on a large German gravel pit in the Ruhr area to test some new boilies for the 2014 season – and bagged a brace of giant carp. Krämer landed the first, a huge common carp of 25.1 kg (55 lb 6′), in the late afternoon using […]
Dutch Ladies Pairing Wins 2013 World Carp Classic
The landscape of competition carp fishing has been redrawn by two Dutch masters after a week of building tension in the picturesque Italian countryside. The 2013 World Carp Classic trophy went to Lizette Beunders 43 and Bianca Venema 37, who brushed aside their opposition to win by one of the biggest margins, over 173 Kgs […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ivan’s Great Italian Lake Session
Ivan’s Great Italian Lake SessionTaska backed Ivan Battisti is fresh from a superb session on a big lake in Northern Italy which saw him back a trio of big commons to just short of 50lb. Fishing white fish boilies on a D-rig utilising a Baseline Tungsten Aligner and Core Zero, Ivan, who bagged fish from […]
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Scott Improves His Carp Fishing!
Scott Horrocks was over the moon to catch a 33lb carp on his first visit to Linear Fisheries under the guidance of tutor Andy Ormrod. Andy, who runs Bolton based http://www.improveyourfishing.co.uk, selected the Oxfordshire complex because Scott had been catching carp to 16lb close to his Lancastrian home but felt he was ready for something […]
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 […]
New World Common Carp Record Landed In France
Meet the biggest common carp ever landed – all 100lb 8oz of it! The mighty fish came from Etang La Saussaie in the Champagne region of France and was caught by Colin Smith. The carp, which came from peg 14 on the lake on Premier Bait, came at 6.45pm. It was last captured in 2011 […]
Taska Snap Up Belgian Ace
Carp Channel sponsor Taska has added another name to its growing consultants list, this time in the shape of Belgian angler Dennis Hellings, whose personal best carp goes a massive 67.7lb. Dennis (24) specialises in fishing massive waters like Cassien in France and admits he is ‘addicted’ to carp fishing.Name:Dennis HellingsAge: 24Location: BelgiumPB:67.7 lbsFavourite Rig: Short combi rigFavourite […]
