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Team England awarded silver medal after a hard-fought Carp World Champs in Italy. England has won silver in the Carp Fishing World Championships in Italy. The team, made up of three pairs of anglers was beaten only by South Africa over 72hours of fishing at a water in the Pietrafitta Basin, central Italy, with Latvia taking bronze followed by Croatia and France. The result sees South Africa take their forth gold in the championship in as many years, but once again the hard-working England boys were unlucky to lose out on the top spot.

Massive mirror tops mega haul of four fish from legendary Colne Valley venue. At 47lb 8oz this beautiful mirror was the icing on the cake for well-respected carp angler Mark McKenna during a session that saw no less than four fish over 34lb banked. Testing out a prototype bait for his company Bait Craft at the legendary Savay Lake in the Colne valley, the massive hit of fish – including the 40 known as the Black Mirror – came after a run of blanks at the venue, but we’re sure this more than makes up for it. Mark’s week-long session at the venue which saw him fish the nights and go to work through the day, coincided with a full moon phase – a time of the month that often sees the bigger Savay fish go on the feed.

Environment Agency announces rod licence price freeze for next three years. Anglers are celebrating this week following the news that rod licence prices will be frozen for the next two years, Total Carp can reveal. The Environment Agency has confirmed that the cost of a rod licence purchased between April 1 2012 and March 31 2014 will remain the same as this seasons prices, with an individual adult coarse license remaining at £27. The news follows last years similar price freeze, meaning anglers will have not seen an increase in the cost of rod licence for a total of three years.

Prestigious venue shut to anglers following series of unexplained big fish mortalities. One of the country’s best-known carp lakes has been closed to anglers following a string of unexplained fish deaths. Horseshoe Lake in the Cotswolds, the famous home of the Carp Society, has lost an estimated 60 big carp since the spring, with at least one fish dying at the water per day throughout August. So far the specimens lost have range in size between mid-doubles and low twenties, with none of the venue’s large head of 30lb plus fish having been affected.