HOW about this for an urban, day ticket carp! This stunning English common tipped the scales at 46 lb 5 oz. Walthamstow Reservoirs giant - Cal displays his stunning common carp. The Walthamstow Reservoirs stunner fell to Scotsman Cal Boyd during a trip far south from the border. Cal didn’t even know whether he’d be able to fish when he visited his in-laws down in Essex. He ended up landing this stunning 46 lb 5 oz PB common carp (above) from the vast North East London complex’s day ticket No. 2 reservoir. The 33-year-old marine surveyor told Angler’s Mail: “I had travelled down from my home ..read more

The Outlaw Pro Headtorch comes under the beady eye of Angler's Mail tackle editor Richard Howard. He's the No.1 product inspector, checking out loads of quality kit every week. Description: rechargeable headtorch. Specifications: charges from a USB port; charging cable supplied; five modes; 600 lumens; battery life of up to six hours; four hours charging time; torch can be activated by waving it, thanks to a built-in sensor; showerproof; adjustable headband; 1,200mAh Lithium Battery. My verdict: Outlaw Pro is a ‘new kid on the block’, having launched a host of products in 2020, from bait to c ..read more

The Outlaw Pro Stick Mix comes under the beady eye of Angler's Mail tackle editor Richard Howard. He's the No.1 product inspector, checking out loads of quality kit every week. Description: groundbait for PVA bag work. Specifications: available in Fishy or Nutty; packed with soluble attractors; designed for year-round use. My verdict: one of a range of new bait products from Essex-based Outlaw Pro, who recommend pairing it with one of their new glugs or dips. They look useful for creating a pile of attraction around a boilie, particle or a plastic hook bait. Price: £3.50 a bag. CAUGHT A BIG FI ..read more

The Outlaw Pro Hoodie comes under the beady eye of Angler's Mail tackle editor Richard Howard. He's the No.1 product inspector, checking out loads of quality kit every week. Description: hooded top. Specifications: S-XXXL sizes; polyester and French Terry cotton lining; Outlaw Pro branding. My verdict: designed to keep the chill out, this new hoodie won’t look out of place when worn away from the bank, perhaps while you’re out shopping or enjoying a pint in a pub. The French Terry cotton lining is warm and comfortable, and it features a hood and a front pocket. Price: £38.95. CAUGHT A BIG FISH ..read more

Carp expert Colin Davidson explains a simple way to fish the highly effective Method feeder. Method feeder fishing can be kept simple - and cheap. Method feeder fishing a cracking tactic to get those indicators moving where there are numbers of carp to go after, big fish included. Developed with the rise of commercial pools,  Method feeder fishing puts a great big ball of groundbait in front of fish. It needs to be attacked, shaken and pecked away from the feeder for carp to get at the feed. Encouraging competitive and almost obsessive feeding will, at times, almost make carp pounce on a ..read more

The Fjuka Neeonz come under the beady eye of Angler's Mail tackle editor Richard Howard. He's the No.1 product inspector, checking out loads of quality kit every week. Description: fluorescent hooker pellets. Specifications: fluorescent; loaded with Sensate Micronized Attractants (eight attractants, stimulants and taste enhancers); supplied in a reusable tube; available in Powerball Pink, Lightning White, Well Hello Yellow and Brilliant Orange. My verdict: these interesting fluorescent hook baits have been formulated for maximum visual appeal and smell. They are the brainchild of Dave Preston ..read more

Angler’s Mail features editor Richard Howard gives you some pointers to hopefully catch the lake's heaviest fish! SO how do you target those big carp on small waters? We’re talking about better fish on well-stocked ‘ponds’ – the sort of waters you skirt round on the way to the ‘big lake’ or main lake on your local day ticket complex. There’s hundreds of waters like this up and down the country – you’ve only got to look at Angler‘s Mail magazine’s weekly Where To Fish section. And lots of theses venues have fish around or over the 20 lb mark, fish that are well worth catching – especially on l ..read more

SPENCER KING got an almighty surprise when this 31 lb pike snapped up his crust. The surprise snapper came on floating bread at Leggett Lakes on the Kingscote Estate in West Sussex. Spencer was seeking carp at the £20-a-day water. His cousin, Ashley Pearman, said: “It was a total shock that Spencer caught a 31 lb pike on floating crust. “The fish was netted by myself, weighed and then returned to the water by the bailiff. “Our grandfather regularly took us fishing and I started when I was two and a half – I am now 61. “I am one of three cousins and we still regularly fish together. “They are ..read more

ANGLER’S MAIL can reveal that ex-pat Martin Davidson caught the biggest carp ever to a British angler – a mirror of  112 lb 8 oz – and another whopper of 101 lb. Martin Davidson cradles the bulk of the world's biggest carp. It scaled 112 lb 8 oz when he caught it, just a fraction down in weight from its peak. Martin, originally from Leicester, but now living in South Africa, caught the World’s biggest carp. He also notched up other incredible giants from Hungary wonder water Euro-Aqua last year. The incredible catch came weeks before Covid-19 even made world news, let alone the pandemic a ..read more

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