LATEST ADDITIONS

Total Carp Staff  |  Oct 17, 2011  |  0 comments
Some slick additions to the Fox range on display for the first time at T&G Show. Fresh on the Fox stand at this year’s Tackle & Guns Show is a list of new goodies. Flat-liner bed chairNew from Fox is the extremely comfy Flatliner bedchair. Featuring a number of clever touches, the Flatliner offers huge comfort a huge sleeping space for a bedchair that weighs just 12.
Total Carp Staff  |  Oct 17, 2011  |  First Published: Oct 16, 2011  |  0 comments
Frank Warwick reveals new range of proven US carp catcher baits for the UK. ‘This bait has been taking venues apart’. The claim of well known carpers Frank Warwick and Jason Caan, the two names behind Pack Baits due to hit the UK next year and revealed at the Tackle & Guns show 2011. Based on 40 years of carping in the states, Pack Baits have been responsible for some mega catches of fish on the other side of the Atlantic and is used to great affect in the west coast’s carp match scene.
Total Carp Staff  |  Oct 16, 2011  |  0 comments
New kit include things of beauty and tackle giant displays its wares. Tackle giant Shimano are displaying their new range of just-launched reels at the Tackel & Guns show – and they are definitely getting some interest. Top of the tree is the new Aero Technium XS-B in all it’s shining glory – although fairly pricey at £749. 99.
Total Carp Staff  |  Oct 16, 2011  |  0 comments
New Nanofil from Berkley isn't a braid and it isn't a mono - but it is set to take the UK by storm. A revolution in fishing line has been launched at this year’s Tackle & Guns show, in the form of Nanofil from Berkley. Half way between a braid and a mono line, Nanofil uses a special technique where hundreds of nano filaments (hence the name) of gel spun polyethylene are bonded together to deliver high breaking strains at unbelievably low diameters. For example a 25lb break strain length of Nanofil measures just 0.
Total Carp Staff  |  Oct 14, 2011  |  0 comments
One of the biggest carp of the season banked from Kent venue open to all. One of the biggest carp in the country, and one of the largest caught this season, has been banked on a day-ticket water in Kent. The fish - a giant of 58lb 12oz - was caught by angler Daniel West during a 48-hour session at Kent’s Elphicks Fisheries. Known fondly as The Big Girl, the specimen fell for the 19-year-old Student’s boilie based approach which some him target a clean patch of ground between two island at 40 yards range on the venue’s North Lake.
Total Carp Staff  |  Oct 13, 2011  |  0 comments
Exclusive news from this year's massive tackle showcase. The Tackle & Guns Trade Show, one of the UK’s biggest showcases for new tackle products, is on this weekend. With the country’s top tackle manufacturers attending to reveal brand new kit, Total Carp has been given exclusive access to bring you all the news on the latest tackle products and innovations. Throughout the Sunday and Monday (October 16 and 17) Total Carp will get all the breaking news from the likes of Fox, Nash, Shimano, Trakker and Gardner to name just a few.
Total Carp Staff  |  Oct 11, 2011  |  0 comments
Council U-turn threatens future of carp fishing on inner-city London lakes. Carp anglers are fighting to save their fish, following a local council’s u-turn on angling in a city-centre park. Anglers who fish London’s Victoria Park have seen stocks of fish at the venue’s two lakes removed in order for the park to be ‘prepared’ to act as a big screen viewing area for next year’s Olympic games. The fish were due to be returned around the end of the year, however a dramatic change of policy by London Borough of Tower Hamlets could now see the fish given away – even though half the stock were paid for by the local angling club, Victoria Park Anglers Alliance.
Total Carp Staff  |  Oct 11, 2011  |  0 comments
Two 10hour round trips to venue delivers record results for dedicated angler. Back-to-back 40pounders and a new lake record was the reward for Wigan rod Phil Woodcock after putting in a total of 20hours traveling time to his target water. Fishing Kent’s Wingham Lakes, 46-year-old Phil made the 5hour trip from up north to the exclusive syndicate water, landing the strapping carp known as The Orange at a new venue best of 45lb 1oz. As if that wasn't enough though, on his next 4day session down from Wigan, Phil fished the same swim, this time hooking into another of the 40lb residents – just 4hours after his first cast.
Total Carp Staff  |  Oct 07, 2011  |  0 comments
Charity Lakes heavyweight beats its own best to set the county bar even higher. The Norfolk carp record has been beaten with a fish of 52lb. Caught by Richie Lofthouse from Charity Lakes near Lenwade, the big specimen known as Baby Face breaks its own previous record by 6oz. Essex-based Richie has been targeting the fish at the syndicate water since April, coming agonizingly close to banking her last month after a hook pull.
Total Carp Staff  |  Oct 06, 2011  |  0 comments
Rare Scandinavian specimen tracked down in remote forest lake. Finland isn’t a country known for its big carp, in fact anglers have to look far and wide just to find waters holding decent fish – a fact that makes this 38lb 10oz fish such an impressive catch. Banked by Finnish angler and consultant for tackle firm Prologic, Janne Sulstrom, the beautifully coloured common was the result of a trek to a stunning remote forest lake. Baiting up with DD-Baits offerings, Janne fished the water using a DD-Baits Banana and Crustacean Big Ball popup, landing the specimen using a Prologic T-Carp rod following a screaming run from the fish which had probably never seen a hook before in its life.

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