Carp Catchers Blog

Regular Carp Catchers Blog contributer Sean has had a new PB here’s his report. Hi John, just got back from a 24hr session on pit 6 and had my first mirror from there, and new U.K. PB to boot. Fish was 25lbs on the nose and fell to 2 pieces of Enterprise Pop-Up Sweetcorn tied Blow Back style to a size 10 Gardner Longshank Incizor  and 15lb jelly wire. Well done Sean, keep them coming.

Best Fishes,

John

We have the new Korda Kaptor Hooks  in stock now. The Kaptors come in two hook patterns namely The  Korda Kaptor Wide Gape Hooks  and The  Korda Kaptor Kurv Shank Hooks . They come in two camo colours  Weed Green and Gravel Brown. The Korda Kaptors are the first coloured PTFE coated hooks, however the hookpoints themselves are uncoated and corrosion resistant. To keep the hookpoints razor sharp they are capped so no damage can occur during manufacture. For more information or to purchase please click on the above links.

                                            Korda Kaptor Hooks

                          Korda Kaptor Wide Gape Hook

                             Korda Kaptor Kurv Shank Hook

Best Fishes,

John

Customer Dodge Green had a nice result from Gigantica recently. As most of you know Gigantica is quite a hard water and the week that Dodge was there only 4 carp were landed with 5 lost. The nice 39lb 8oz mirror below fell to Dodges rods after only 6 hours fishing, with another lost on the last night. The winning tackle included 12lb Pro Clear  tied to a 4ft 24lb Grand Max leader and a 3oz Atomic Inline Lead. The rig was tied blowback style with Korda Supernatural  in gravel brown tied to size 6 Nash Fang Twister  hook with two Korda Sinkers  on the hooklink. Bait was from Deception Baits. Well done Dodge!!

Best Fishes,

John

After a very long lean spell customer Sean Bowen has landed a nice common from the difficult Pit 6. It’s not the biggest carp in the world, but they all count and when your struggling size doesn’t matter. Sean broke his blank spell using Baitcraft T1 Freezer Boilies  his rig featured a Korda Soft Coated Braid hooklink tied to a size 8  Korda Kurv Shank Hooks . Well done Sean on, keeping on.

Best Fishes,

John

Some more new products now. From Nash Baits we have the new Nash IC-1 Boilies  now in stock these have a curry/spicy flavour and are suitable for year round use. We have them in both freezer and shelf life and I’m sure they’ll be really popular. From Gardner Tackle we have the new Gardner Covert Chod Hook which is plated rather than Teflon coated. We all know the problems with Teflon coated hooks, rust around the eyes, loss of hook point sharpness and increased diameter, well the unique Covert plating overcomes these problems and also increases camouflaging. For more information or to purchase please click on the above links.

                                        Nash IC-1 Boilies

                                       Gardner Covert Chod Hook

Best Fishes,

John

In this Carp Catchers Blog we have one for the future. Customer Rob O’Brien sent in this photo of this gorgeous scaly mirror carp not a monster but who cares. Also notice how Rob has chosen a suitable background for his catch photo which really enhances the whole thing. Rig details are sketchy but a Korda Choddy  hook and a Korda IQ Hooklink  were involved.

Best Fishes,

John

Customer Sean Bown and his friends had a fantastic haul of French carp recently from The Sanctuary. Sean reports

 “Hi John,
A top time was had by all at the Sanctuary in France with 54 fish being banked between the four of us, with 5 40′s and some 20+ 30′s, awesome!!!!
I accounted for 14 of the haul with one 40 and nine 30′s three mid 20′s and one at 12.”

Baitcrafts T1 Freezer Boilies  purchased from us in both 16 and 20mm accounted for all of Sean’s fish. His rigs were constructed wth size 5 ESP Big T hooks tied to either Korda Hybrid Soft Coated Braid  or  Korda Supernatural  hooklinks. Nice one Sean, really good looking fish. Photos’ are pukka too.

                                                                                   38lb 8oz Common Carp

                                                                                   41lb 8oz Mirror Carp

Best Fishes,

John

Customer Tony had a nice result from Wold Lake recently. Using  Mainline Hi Visual  Pineapple pop ups Tony had two nice mirror carp of 17lb and 24lb. Tonys’ rig consisted of  Korda IQ Xtra Soft  tied to a size 8  Korda Kurv Shank  hook. Well done Tony!!

Best Fishes,

John

A nice result for Ben recently with this 29lb 4oz mirror carp from Wellingborough Lakes. Ben was using Mainline Activ-8  boilies scattered over a wide area. Fishing to a silty area Ben used a chod rig tied with a size 5 ESP Stiff Rigger  hook on a readymade Ace Hard On Camo Leadcore Helicopter/Chod Rigs . Well done Ben.

Best Fishes,

John

James Kirk had a great result recently bagging himself two gorgeous linear mirror carp. They weighed in at 26lb 12oz and 21lb and as you can see from the photos’ below they are absolute stunners. James was fishing to a hole in the weed in 8ft of water at 30yrds range. The successful bait was Dynamite Baits Chocolate Malt & Tiger Nut Freezer Boilies  scattered over a wide area and the hookbaits were double 20mm bottom baits straight out of the bag. James end tackle consisted of 3ft of Ace Hard On Camo Leadcore   running on a 1oz Guru Square Leads . A size 6 Gardner Longshank Incizor  hook featured in James’ rig. The venue was Wellingborough Lakes.

Best Fishes,

John