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Old Mill Lakes netting

Old Mill Lakes netting

Old Mill Lakes owner Chris Marler has endured a frantic few weeks as he continues his exhaustive stock management programme and development of the site. The venue’s popular three-acre Willow Lake has ...

Teenager’s death ruled as misadventure

Teenager’s death ruled as misadventure

The coroner investigating the death of 16-year-old Jack Morrisson, who drowned while fishing Sutton-at-Hone, near Dartford, Kent, shortly before Christmas, has said Jack died due to misadventure. The ...

Fifty-fifty!

Fifty-fifty!

Not many anglers have caught two UK fifties, and even fewer have caught two in three weeks! However, one man who has achieved this remarkable feat is Les Marsh from Cleveland, who banked two of ...

Star in the making

Star in the making

We are winding the clock back to July 2002 for this one, when a 10-year-old carper appeared in the news with a 35lb 9oz mirror from Walthamstow. It is, of course, Tom Maker, who has since gone on to ...

Big Bertha

Big Bertha

Young anglers have been making the headlines of Carp-Talk since the very first issue. Here’s a cracking 40¾lb mirror known as Bertha, landed by 13-year-old Peter Higgins from the Warmwell Leisure ...

More than just myths

More than just myths

We mentioned a few weeks back about two fish that Bob James caught from a very secret lake during the filming of the ‘Monster Myths’ episode in the A Passion for Angling series. Here is the full ...

The Quarry in Essex Fishing

The Quarry in Essex Fishing

  Luke got to work and Spombed 10kg of boilies and pellets out to the spot – but would it work? By Luke Vallory Luke Vallory takes us back a few summers when a planned filming trip to the ...

In Pursuit Of The Brown

In Pursuit Of The Brown

Target achieved – the incredible Brown Fish at 43lb 3oz By Ian Jarrold Ian Jarrold relays the tale of the Brown Fish, one of the kings of Cambridgeshire. My target for 2014 was a fish ...

Carp Fishing In Austria – The Adventure

Carp Fishing In Austria – The Adventure

  A typical Fishery Steffan mirror By Fishery Steffan Carinthia in the south of Austria The modern carp angler has plenty of opportunities to practice his hobby, but there is no other place ...

Ridge Monkey Bivvy-Lite Duo IR

Ridge Monkey Bivvy-Lite Duo IR

It didn’t surprise me that the Ridge Monkey Sandwich Toaster won ‘Best New Product’ in the Carp-Talk Awards 2016; in fact, I predicted it would before we even opened the voting, such has been the ...

FIRST LOOK: Korda Chod Safe

FIRST LOOK: Korda Chod Safe

This well designed unit is ideal for housing all your chod rigs and stiff rig hook sections safely and securely. Its strong, rigid, yet minimal design prevents the sections becoming damaged in ...

Myles Gibson Interview

Myles Gibson Interview

  51lb 7oz Cheshire common by Paul Monkman Paul Monkman talks to big-carp specialist Myles Gibson. Paul Monkman: When did the fishing bug first take hold for you? Myles Gibson: I suppose ...

Fox FX240

Fox FX240

By Ben Wales This is the latest boat from Fox International and is the result of numerous requests from anglers for an inflatable boat that was a bit bigger than the existing FX200 But not quite as ...

Star-Flite Stainless S3 Range

Star-Flite Stainless S3 Range

  With so many bank-ware options, it’s difficult to make your stainless products stand out from the crowd. Nottingham based Star-Flight Stainless has developed a range of stainless bank-ware ...

Thorpe Lea Hints | Tips & Guide

Thorpe Lea Hints | Tips & Guide

  You can catch plenty of these at Thorpe Lea By Jack Brown Keen to get his angling year started, Jack Brown heads over to Thorpe Lea to sample some prolific day-ticket action. If there’s ...

ESP Butt Grips

ESP Butt Grips

By Ben Wales It’s so much easier to vouch for a product when I’ve actually used it on the bank and one such product that I’ve enjoyed using recently is the latest Butt Grips from ESP. In fact I have ...

Dynamite Baits Meaty Marine Groundbait

Dynamite Baits Meaty Marine Groundbait

By Ben Wales The best is back! There was a time when it seemed like every other rig cast out had a PVA stick attached, and you could guarantee in that stick would be Dynamite’s Meaty Marine ...

Dark day for Romanian super lake

Dark day for Romanian super lake

It is 13 years ago this year since the infamous Lake Raduta in Romania suffered a severe fish kill. Almost the entire stock of original fish were lost in what was likely to have been a viral ...

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