UK Carp & Coarse Fishing

Trip 5 Carp Fishing – 2018

Posted on February 3, 2018 by richardhandel

After spotting a post on good old Facebook regarding a very local lake stocking some upper twenty’s, with the possibility of being able to get a day ticket for only £5 for 6 hours. This will perfectly suit me (and the school run), certainly worth looking at and having a few trips in the winter months.

So, here we are for my first trip, this is after a long walk round yesterday. I thought it was worth coming back today. Armed with all sorts of bait, just the barrow and the vital bits of kit, I’m planning on doing a few hours in a couple of swims and take it from there. I have started off with a 12mm Catalyst pop up on one rod and a couple of Hi-viz Fluoro Wafters.

We shall move on from there. After the rain stopped, I quickly moved down to a corner of the lake, where there were still signs of the pads.

I had a couple of Robin’s after my pellets.

And with the a very cold wind picking up, it was time to head home and warm up.

Until next time

Richard

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Evolution Carp Tackle

Posted on February 2, 2018 by richardhandel

As you all know, I have become part of the Evolution Carp Tackle brand. The reason for this is, after looking at the products (and having a play around with them), I got a call from Kevin (from Evolution Carp Tackle) and after a long conversation, I just couldn’t turn down an opportunity like this.

In general, my fishing at the moment is a quick overnight or a few hours in the day time (when the kids are at school). I am lucky in the fact that I can go out 4 times a week. This does sound like a lot of fishing (just ask the Mrs!) but as I keep tell her, if you break it down, the day trips are only 4/5 hrs and the nights are just about 12 hrs. This does add up to a fair few hours each week but you need to treat each trip as one in itself and they are not long. I need to get quick results and felt their artificial bait range with the combination of Spotted Fin Bait, will increase my catch rate this year.

A few bits & bobs which turned up.

I am particularly fond of the Ronnie Rig, so how could I resisted these beauty’s? Now that looks just perfect a pre tied cocktail bait ronnie rigs on a Long Shank Turning Point Hooks.

The Maggot Clusters also take my fancy, as there are plenty of combination available.; from the natural range to the standard range and then it’s your choice on rig combinations.

Perfect combination with a wafter or bottom pop up and the cluster tipping of the boilie or as I have done here, chopped the bait in half.

Evo Corn Stacks

The corn stacks will be another great aid for me this year. With so many colour combinations to use in the range. Over a small stick mix bag, it will look perfect.

I have yet to have a play about with the other bits yet but I will keep you informed as I go along. I can certainly say that if you are after a bit of an edge this winter give them a go.

Richard

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Trip 4 Carp Fishing – 2017

Posted on February 1, 2018 by richardhandel

It’s been a week since my last trip (sounds like a confessional!), my dad has been down looking at options on where to live or if he fancies staying in Wales. It has been a fruitful week in this respect and it has done him a world of good. This is great news and has helped me lots as well. But I now need to go and fish!

I’ve decided that Sunday nights are back in order. After a nice big 40+ came out the other week, the weekends have gone a bit crazy. I’ve found Sunday & Monday night to be very productive in the past, as the pressure from the weekend is released.

In all honestly, I didn’t really have a clue where to fish, as most swims had been fished over the weekend. Also the lake was not looking particular fishy – probably as there were still a few anglers about. We shall see if anything shows as night falls.

I opted for a swim which had some deep water and a good view of the lake. I needed to get back in tune with it.

I was using 12mm Catalyst pop ups on both rods.

One had a double hook bait and the other with an Evolution Carp Tackle maggot cluster.

Perfect combination of products. I then Spombed out a small amount of Spotted Fin new Pva friendly particles, with some 10mm catalyst boilies. These had been soaked on the food dip, for a bit of added attraction. This was all just in time before the rain arrived, which I was unaware that it was forecast, I was hoping for a bit of sunshine for once.