Fishing Network

Do your big carp catches need a boost?! Paste has always been outstanding carp bait and many carp anglers over-look so many great ways of ap...

Tip 1. Choosing a suitable carp water Choosing a water to carp fish on is heavily dependent on what you want to achieve from the sport. Wh...

The weather conditions will greatly effect carps feeding patterns. We have to change our strategies to suit the time of year. Your normal ri...

One of the most important points to get right when river fishing for carp is to know exactly where to fish. In other words, location, locati...

So, you've read part 1 of the series, you haven't been frightened off, you are going night fishing and want to know what to take. Ba...

We all know the feeling, the sun is sinking in the evening sky, the day's fishing almost over. It's been a good day, plenty of runs,...

The nailer rig as it name suggests literally nails the point of the hook into a carps lip. When this rig is sucked into the mouth of a feedi...

The 'D' rig takes its name from the small d-shaped section of hooklink material that is attached to the back of the hook shank. This...

The supple hooklink is a great all round hooklink that is perfect for the beginner. It requires no specialist accessories to construct, is a...

Multi strand hooklinks are made up of hundreds of extremely fine strands. The advantage of multi strands is that they are almost un-detectab...

Combi links are a combination of supple and stiff rigs. Supple sections of the link can act as a hinge, allowing some movement of the hook b...

Stiff links can be constructed from high breaking strain fishing line, 20 Lb+, or by using one of the many manufactured stiff Hooklinks avai...

Ornamental carp have been bred for their looks. There are hundreds of variations from ghost koi to the koi carp we keep in garden ponds. Som...

The grass carp originated in Asia/China and is like no other carp in appearance. Its scaling closely resembles that of the chubb, with a ric...

The mirror carp is slightly different in shape to the common carp. As a rule, mirror carp have a fuller, more rounded shape. A huge swollen ...

The Crucian Carp has been in the UK since about the 18th century. It is the smallest of all the carp that we fish for and has a unique appea...

King carp have been bred in Europe for about the last 300 years. In countries where they were popular to eat, they were originally bred to g...

Winter carp fishing can very often be more productive in many ways with less anglers on the bank and more possibility of multiple catches of...

Carp fishing can be both awesome and frustrating. Carp will suck in all kinds of bait, even if it's suspicious. But if they don't li...

Carp have been considered in China as a cherished fish for many years. One colorful member of the carp family is the Koi, sought after for t...