John Hill recently caught one of the finest commons on the complex in the shape of Angel at over 43Ib. The car park lake at Irchester is notoriously tricky and can really do you over. What makes this capture even more special is that word on the street, the carp after a decade have stopped eating our beloved shrimp Clearly Angel didn’t get the memo Good angling buddy the most wanted ain’t far away. Continue reading
Category: Carp Blog
This fish wasn’t really deserved for Kelly as we gave her a hoody, and in true Kelly style put her own twist on it!!! Going against the grain as per What wasn’t against the grain was this stunning mirror which was caught on simple shrimpin tactics. Lovely fish mate well done Continue reading
It’s no secret that those big old Nene Valley commons love a bit of shrimp. For years now this bait has been one of the most consistent catches of big, old knarly commons and mirrors all over the country, but quite notably in the Nene Valley. Here’s Mr.Salmons with just one of those kind of fish. Fishing straight, unmolested boilies with simple pop up tactics over the top. Good angling as ever mate. Continue reading
After Adrian’s incredible success on Wraysbury he moved his efforts over to the famous Horton. Fishing his favoured shrimp and squid mixed approach. This mega fish came from presenting a small mesh bag of shrimp pellet with a yellow squid pop up attached. Continue reading
Ric Smales recently sent in this lovely creature which is also a new pb!! Fishing naked chods with yellow shrimp pop ups, over a big spread of shrimp and squid boilies mixed together was the winning tactic. Wicked result mate well done Continue reading
Another year older, another year wiser and if it’s possible another year sexier for the original bigsexyshrimpgimp Between beer, food, laughs and if we know him well, probably being naked at some point he also managed a couple of carp. ActiveNut nut pop ups over crumb and corn being the winning tactics. Continue reading
It’s fair to say Wez has made the Folly look pretty easy! Having caught his most wanted first bite he did carry on and catch a few. This particular trip he was supposed to be heading to St.Ives but received word his main target from there had been out. A bit despondent he decided to head back over to the Folly. Not a bad conciliation prize black spot at 42+ Consistent as ever mate. Continue reading
One of the midlands finest. Bards has been chasing this for a couple of seasons on the low stock pit. Having caught the majority of the stock repeats we’re starting to happen. After being ill and not wanting to infect his household, he headed to the lake. The following morning out the blue Baz was his. Feeding his favoured squid little and often around the lake has been the downfall to nearly all the stock. Good angling mate well done Continue reading
What a lovely old black one for Mark Davidson. Fishing the famous Monks pit, Mark fished a mix of Shrimp boilie crumb, fish mix pellet all dosed up with Amino 30. A small shrimp wafter over the top completed the set up. At over 35Ib not a bad way to end the session. Continue reading
Alex certainly seems to have a knack when it comes to pulling them big girls! On a recent trip trip to @carpzoo he had a good week and had plenty of action. This eclipsed the other captures though as it’s the biggest in the lake at an impressive 72lb. Good angling mate well done Continue reading
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