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Free Licence Offer
Total Carp Staff  |  Apr 03, 2012  |  0 comments
Take a friend fishing for free and get them into angling. The Take a Friend Fishing promotion is back for 2012 giving anglers the chance to show a friend or family member the magic of fishing for free. A campaign to introduce more would-be anglers to the sport, the promotion gives individuals the chance to get a day licence for the sport, that would usually cost £3. 75, free of charge.
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Being Jimmy
Total Carp Staff  |  Apr 03, 2012  |  0 comments
Things are looking good and I’m itching to get back out on the bank any day now. I ventured over to a special lake on a glorious winter’s day that felt more like spring. The sun was beaming onto the surface and birds were singing. I had a quick walk to see if I could pinpoint any carp and, lo and behold, one jumped.
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Battle For Cemex
Total Carp Staff  |  Apr 03, 2012  |  0 comments
Angling Trust makes moves to save historic waters for future of our sport. Angling’s governing body has announced it is working hard to try and secure the future of some of our sport’s most cherished waters. Following the recent shock news that Cemex Angling is to wind up its operations and place its vast portfolio of waters up for sale, the Angling Trust has revealed it is to enter talks with the agent charged with selling off some of the most historic angling venues in the country. Including such gems as Burghfield, Yateley, Frimley and the Roach Pit, the Trust is looking to try and save the waters by acting as a ‘middle man’, helping to broker deals for the venues between interested angling parties and the agent, FennWright.
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It's Back!
Total Carp Staff  |  Mar 30, 2012  |  0 comments
The Great Northern Fishing Show is set to be the biggest and best carp show in the UK! The Great Northern Fishing Show returns to Cudmore Fisheries, National Angling Centre, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 5HW and will once again run alongside the Sky –televised Fish ‘O’ Mania and Home International finals. A massive tackle village, live demonstrations, free coaching sessions plus Korda Carpfest and carp city zones there will be plenty on offer. Save money and buy your tickets in advance available to buy online or by calling 0800 997 8714. Adults £7/ Concessions £5 – unders 12s FREE.
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Take Part In Our Survey And Win
Total Carp Staff  |  Mar 30, 2012  |  0 comments
We are constantly striving to keep our magazines fresh, topical, and entertaining. From time to time it’s nice to turn to you, the reader, to help us answer the question; “Are we giving you what you want to read?”Please help us to keep the magazine lively and in touch with today’s anglers by taking our short survey. Completing the survey will put you in a draw for the chance to win a year’s free magazine subscription. .
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Zig Bug Success
Total Carp Staff  |  Mar 30, 2012  |  First Published: Mar 29, 2012  |  0 comments
Nash ace employs new zigs to fool 41 pounder on new venue. It's no wonder Nash ace Jerry Hammond has a smile on his face, at over 41lb there aren’t many better results for a first visit to a new water. The hefty 41lb 8oz mirror fell to Essex-based Jerry's tactics as he tackled Lee Valley Park’s Bowyer Lakes for the very first time. Fishing the new Nash Zig Bugs on two rods, Jerry spent a fish-less night at the venue before a switch of swim to target deeper water changed his fortunes.
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Angling Direct Fox Day
Total Carp Staff  |  Mar 29, 2012  |  0 comments
Fox aces set to host carping open day at Waltham Cross this weekend. Fox-backed carp stars Steve Spurgeon and Chris Rose are to host a not-to-be-missed open day in Hertfordshire this weekend. The guys will be at the Angling Direct tackle store in Waltham Cross for a superb day that will see the two big fish gurus reveal tactics, thinking and tackle that will help you put more fish on the bank. Running from around 10am through until the store closes at 6pm, the angling master class will see detailed rig construction, advice on bait and a question and answer session, plus Steve and Chris will also be showcasing new Fox products including the brilliant new lightening quick, Rapide solid bag system.
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Charity 46 Pounder
Total Carp Staff  |  Mar 29, 2012  |  First Published: Mar 28, 2012  |  0 comments
Big Lakes The Steak hit's the bank during match for good cause. Boreham Wood angler Mick Richards made his first ever visit to Kent’s Darenth Big Lake count last weekend, taking this 46lb 14oz specimen during a two-day stint on the water. Known as The Steak, the carp provided the only action for the angler during a charity match at the venue, falling to Mick’s approach of spodding mixed particles over the back of a gravel bar. “I was targeting a gravel bar and didn’t have a touch, but then the bailiff said that over the back of the bar there was a silty gully where the carp are often found so I targeted that,” Mick told Total Carp.
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48hour Record Smashed
Total Carp Staff  |  Mar 27, 2012  |  0 comments
England trial sees carping duo bank over 2300lb of fish! The 48hour carp match record has been broken during last weekend’s trials for places in the 2012 Korda Carp Team. Taking place at Daventry’s Drayton Reservoir, 11 pairs of anglers took to the bank for the 48hour endure trial, but it was the duo of Mark Bartlett and Kev Hewitt that really found the fish – landing no less than 2310lb of carp over the two days. The huge weight taken by the two anglers formed part of the overall combined total of all 22 anglers, which stood at a mammoth 9418lb from 846 carp, with the biggest specimen of the weekend being a fish of 21lb 2oz. “We had some of the best carp anglers in the country here and it really showed, the amount of fish coming to the bank was just unreal – I was knackered and I wasn’t even fishing,” Drayton Bailiff Mark Rider told Total Carp.
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Dave Springall
Total Carp Staff  |  Mar 27, 2012  |  0 comments
I must start my first TC dairy piece by apologising to the editor! Marc asked me to start this a few weeks ago but with the barrage of winter Carp Shows, moving my business from one town to another and being snowed under with my work for Baitcraft I have hardly found time to breathe let alone write or even go fishing! Much of the drama seems to be over now for the time being at least so let the blog season commence. I decided to spend the vast majority of the winter with the family in order to earn a good few brownie points for the fast approaching spring season, good thinking eh? This thought process has seen me do little to no fishing at all since October and I have to admit the break has been nice. I did however manage to do a couple of nights on Fryerning Fisheries in sub zero conditions and managed a 34lb 8oz Koi from the Main Lake and a 12 fish haul up to 22lb from the Car Park Lake, both on quick overnighters so it wasn’t all doom and gloom. The only other trip I really had was just after the big freeze a few weeks ago when I made the trip with the Baitcraft camera guy up to the prolific Thorpe Lea fishery in Surrey for a twenty hour session and a spot of filming for the Baitcraft YouTube channel.
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