As a beginner carp angler, there is one aspect of carp fishing you must learn. Rigs… Until you learn how to use rigs properly and when to use each rig, you will be seriously limiting your ability to catch carp. You need to learn:- How to tie carp rigs as a...
What Is Method Feeder Fishing? The method feeder is a simple device designed to make catching fish as easy as possible. It is mostly used in match fishing. It delivers a tiny little parcel of bait, which is presented well anywhere you can cast. There is also has a...
The three biggest fish I have ever caught, have been caught with single hook baits. There have been occasions when I have put out large beds of bait, the odd big fish turns up. But most of the time for me, the big fish are caught when I am fishing single hook baits...
Float fishing for carp is almost becoming a dying art. Carp fishing is probably the most popular fish, I guess now in the British Isles and a whole industry, a whole tackle industry, and bait industry have all been drawn up into carp fishing on almost a cult basis....
Fishing on gravel can be very rewarding, but not many people know how to fish over gravel properly and effectively. In the majority of lakes, there are different types of lakebed, typically its a mixture of weed, gravel, silt, and clay. Each angler has their...
FigUpdated September 2026. An older post on where to catch carp at different times of year has been folded into this guide and redirects here. For the time of day rather than the season, see the best time of day to catch carp.uring out the best time to catch carp...
Fishing in thick weed can be very difficult, but it can also be very rewarding. Knowing how to fish for carp in weed is challenging to present a rig well in weed, but fish very often grub through the weed looking for insects and other food particles so don’t be put...
Today we will go through some method feeder fishing tactics. For me and probably for many other people, the method feeder for big carp is one of the easiest but most effective ways of fishing, once you know how to do it. So in today’s article, we will go through...
Today we will go through how to be successful at carp fishing in silkweed and fishing lakes full of Canadian pondweed. How many times have you blanked when fishing weedy lakes? Your catch rate is about to get better from reading this article. This morning, I was...
Hooklink books and Rig Boxes are a really good way to save a lot of money on end tackle. How many times have you put your rigs in your tackle box, then they get bent or cut by your other tackle, or twisted and tangled because they are too long? You then have to tie a...
Choosing The Best Catapult For Your Style Of Fishing If you ever want to experience REAL pain, like eye-watering, rolling on the floor pain, use a cheap catapult. You’ll only make that mistake once, I can promise you. Throwing your bait into the lake is the...
Baiting Needle These are very inexpensive and really handy to have, especially for tough boilies or halibut pellets. With most boilies, you can just push the baiting needle through, others you can’t. These are just basically a drill bit with a handle. Chances are, if...
