Carp Fishing

This is a massive topic on it's own. People have written entire websites on Carp Fishing...

So, I'm going to try and be a little different.. As well as describing methods I use and those of my friends, I will also look closely at a range of Carp Fishing topics found across the web. After trying some of them, I will discuss the merits or problems encountered here. There will soon be a discussion board here where visitors can compare or disect theirs and others comments of the subject at hand.

Perhaps you'd like to add your experience about a particular Carp Fishing issue, problem or experience, so send your Carp Fishing Experience.

There are a thousand and one things that I will be writing about here in this section. You can have your say as well... Tell me your Carp Fishing Story and I WILL display it here or in the Fishing Stories page. Also, you might like to visit my blog at Simon's Fishing Blog

For now, here's a few photo's and a video of carp in my old home village pond. I spent my teenage years in a village call South Harting near Petersfield in Hampshire. There were three ponds that were, originally brick lined. Crystal clear water allowed me to see what was swimming around. Back in the 1970's and early 1980's there was a large carp of about 25lb. Somebody stole this very tame carp and, no doubt, added it to a carp fishery.

The 'Top Pond', at the foot of the South Downs Hills, held a healthy population of medium sized carp, tench, rudd and 1 brown trout. I fished many happy hours in all kinds of weather. The clear water helped me learn the habits of carp and tench. Watching them approach and take your bait was electrifying and very educational. I experimented with different baits and presentations. By far the most successful was bread flake. Lightly pinched flake was far more attractive to the carp and tench. The heavier squeezed offerings were left until last. So I used to offer heavier squeezed baits as attractors with a perfect piece on the hook. The carp and tench would patrol the baited areas, nudging and mouthing the baits. They would leave the swim, only to return from different approaches, bump the baits again and disappear again. This would happen a few times until finally they would confidently take the hook bait.

Harting Carp