Carp Catchers Blog

Customer Oliver Jarvis has been braving the cold weather to catch himself some nice pike. The one shown below weighed 9lb 14oz and was caught on a legered eel section from our deadbait section. Well done Oliver!

Best fishes,

John

Customer Ben also had a pike fishing trip to Pitsford Reservoir recently. Ben tempted this 21lb beauty of a pike whilst fishing a copper spoon lure from the back of a boat. The capture was featured in the Angling Times recently and was a Drennan Cup contender. Bens winter fishing goal was a 20lb pike and he achieved it at the first time of asking. Well done Ben!!

Best fishes,

John

A review on some new arrivals now for you pike and predator anglers. We’ve had a delivery of some very exciting Storm Lures, below are reviews on some of them and if you like what you see go to the main site to purchase them.

Storm Kicking Minnow Lures

These look really good, they have a soft rubber segmented body which gives them a minnow like action with a pronounced kick in the tail.

     Red Hot Chilli                     Fire Tiger                      Perch

We also have the rainbow trout model, so check them out yourself.

Storm WildEye Live Lures

The Storm WildEye Live Series of lures really do have wild eyes and look superb. They have a strong soft body with internal lead head, which coupled with a paddle shaped tail gives them a lifelike swimming action. The natural body colours of the wildEye lures should help you fool the wariest of pike. Below are a couple of examples

                                         Wildeye Live Perch                Wildeye Live Pike

We also have more. Check the site out for more of the Storm Lures there will be others to add soon.

Best fishes,

John

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Here’s a nice photo of customer James with a double figure pike. James was boat fishing at Pitsford Reservoir and took the fine specimen lure fishing a copper spoon.

Best fishes,

John

We have had some more Rapala Lures delivered and again they look absolutely superb. In this blog we’ll look at the best way to use them.

Rapala Deep Tail Dancer Lure

The Rapala Deep Tail Dancer Lure is best trolled from a boat but can be cast from the bank. It is designed to go deep between 4.5 – 9 metres to really search out those big pike. The Deep Tail Dancers action can be greatly improved by using different boat speeds.

Rapala Minnow Rap Lure

The Rapala Minnow Rap can be either cast from the bank or trolled. To achieve the maximum depth (4.5m) use the thinnest line you can, braid if possible. Varying the retrieve can bring outstanding results.

Rapala Super Shad Rap Floating Lure

The Rapala Super Shad Rap Floating Lure will dive to about 1.5 metres, but is best fished just under the surface over weedy or shallow areas. It fishes best with a fairly slow retrieve, but varying the speed will impart different actions which may just give you that extra edge.

All the Rapala lures come in different colours and patterns giving you a range of options for differing light and weather conditons.

Best fishes,

John

Exciting news now for the lure anglers among you, we now have a selection of the world famous Rapala Lures. Yes they are quite pricey but they are considered to be the finest lures available. They are made from the very best materials including VMC Treble Hokks and their actions are as realistic as you can get. Also each and every Rapala Lure is individually tank tested and hand tuned before it is boxed. The Pike season is now underway so give the Rapala Jointed Floating Lure Perch or the Rapala Shad Rap Deep Run Lure Fire Tiger a go. We will have more coming later in the month

  Rapala Jointed Floating Lure Perch              Rapala Shad Rap Deep Run Lure Fire Tiger

Happy hunting

John