In this Blog I would like to introduce you to one of the lakes I go carp fishing on. It’s a small reservoir that was dug many years ago to build the old local hospital. There are lots of Lilly pads and over hanging tree, with not too many swims. It’s so peaceful & quiet there, at the shallow end there is a nice area of Norfolk reeds. You cannot fail to find fish held up in the reeds at any time of the year, even when there is snow on the ground & ice on the la...

Last weekend I took a trip to my local syndicate, which I am chasing two big commons. I turned up and my fancied swims were taken, but nothing had been out so I set up in an un-fancied swim because I had a plan. Out came the waders from the boot of the car because on that particular swim there is a channel which hasn’t had bait in it for years. So I waded into the channel with a chopped down squid and liver boilie and a piece of pva foam, with my bucket quarter full with crus...

On my second most recent at RH Fisheries Sitch I managed to tempt 2 Carp when the 4 anglers around me only managed 4 carp some of which had been there a day previously to me! I used Irish cream boilies once again which I absolutely adore the smell and texture of, they are my favourite boilie I have ever used and cannot see myself using any other in the considerable future, I feel confident that the gulp boilies will catch me carp where ever I go! I spread around half a kilo...

During one of my most recent sessions on RH Fisheries Sitch I experienced a relatively good result using Berkley Gulp Boilies. In my most recent session I visited the Sitch on the 31st Of September where I had a 2 fish catch on a short overnight session. I fished with my tiny 1” naked Chod rigs incorporating a white 16mm Fluro Irish cream boilie as my hook bait to help me present my hook bait over the silkweed that can make a bottom bait presentation snarled up amongst the w...

A day off work, a good forecast, my best mate James Hughes available, must be time for a 24hr session down the Mill. This time I’ve taken 3kg of Tuna Spice and matching fluoro pop ups, and in preparation after my last session I had a look at my rigs and decided to scrap the contents of my rig box and start again. I’m fishing one on the pop up over a small spread of boilies and some of James’ ground bait in the margin under a big oak tree. The other is on a bottom bait ov...

Finally, after a long wait I managed to get my hands on the new JRC Extreme XLR 12 ft casting rods, the slimline blank with a 50 mm butt ring and 5 rings down to a big tip ring, matt black finish and looked the business. Along, with my new Penn Affinity 8000 long range big pit reels which come with a long tapered braid spool and a mono spool too. The Affinity reel has a slow oscillation on them which makes for a perfect line lay and with the quick turn drag system mak...

After a very successful summer it was time to get back on my winter venue, with temperatures dropping to 7-5 degrees during the day and 3-0 degrees during the night it was time to get on my winter venue. I decided to do a overnight on 4th November, on arriving at the venue i saw there were anglers at the top and bottom end of the lake, after a quick walk round and not seeing any carp show i opted to fish the middle section of the lake as this part of the lake was not receivin...

I arrived on Wentworth at sunrise on lake one (Mill Dam) empty, not an angler in sight which wasn't a real shock as it was the first real cold morning of the year with a good frost on the ground a cold north wind blowing the sun was coming up and not a cloud in the sky. I picked my swim after a short time just based on comfort as no fish were showing on the lake I remember thinking that this is probably the worst day I could have picked to fish a new bait, cold and bright not...

I just had to share these pictures sent to me by Berkley Gulp Carp consultant and fellow angler George Csonka.....all caught in one session on Rainbow Lake in France....On? Red Crustacean......Great angling George.

With the recent poor weather we have been experiencing in Northern Ireland, it pains me to say that boat trips have been few and far between! However, I did manage one short session out in the deep water off the Antrim Coast last week. A welcome break from the northerlies allowed me to launch at Dunseverick Harbour. As this would only be a six-hour trip, my crew and I decided to anchor on one particular mark that looked quite interesting. This is an un-marked reef lying in 4...