4 guides
Watercraft: finding and handling carp
Finding carp before you cast: reading a lake with a marker rod, fishing the margins and the surface, and looking after every fish you land.
Reading a lake with a marker rod
How to find bars, plateaus, gravel and silt with a marker rod and float, and what each feature tells you about where carp feed.
Carp care on the bank
Landing, unhooking, weighing and returning a carp safely. The kit fisheries ask for and the habits that keep fish healthy.
How to catch carp off the surface
Controller floats, floating baits and feeding carp up on mixers until they compete, then getting a hookbait in among them without spooking them.
Margin fishing and stalking for carp
Carp spend a lot of time close to the bank. How to approach quietly, spot feeding fish and place a bait right under the rod tip.