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New Linear Record
Total Carp Staff  |  Jun 26, 2012  |  0 comments
Session of a lifetime sees lake best common come to the bank. The session of a lifetime has been had by Somerset angler Ben Johnson after the 21-year-old landed no less than 44 carp and a new Richworth Linear lake record on a recent trip to the day ticket venue. Making the trip across from his Bridgewater home to Oxfordshire was well worth the effort for Ben whose tally included a string of twenties plus a 36lb 12oz mirror from the complex’s St John’s Pool. Topping the trip though was the capture of the famous Box Common at 43lb 15oz – a new record for the water.
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43 For 17 Year Old
Total Carp Staff  |  Jun 23, 2012  |  0 comments
Big fish falls to teenager. There can’t be many 17-year-olds that can boast of banking a 40lb plus carp. However, cradling hid new personal best, one teenager who has is German angler Max Muellers after banking the 43lb specimen for a large German water. Fishing in 20feet of water, Max presented a Splashbaits Flash pop-up on a combi stiff blow out rig over a bed of the company’s Factor VII boilie to temp the big fish.
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Fox Mystery Prize
Total Carp Staff  |  Jun 21, 2012  |  0 comments
Subscribe to tackle firm's You Tube channel and you could be a winner. Leading tackle manufacturer, Fox International, is announced a competition where you could win a fantastic mystery prize!All you have to do is subscribe to the company’s You Tube channel, Fox Fishing TV, and when it hits 2,000 subscribers one lucky subscriber will be picked at random as a winner. Everyone who subscribing to the channel will be in with a chance of winning, plus they will also get access to some of the best fishing videos available on the net for free . To subscribe to the Fox International You Tube channel and start watching, click here.
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New Record Common
Total Carp Staff  |  Jun 21, 2012  |  First Published: Jun 20, 2012  |  0 comments
Northamptonshire big fish venue produces new 50lb specimen. Famous big fish venue Bluebell Lakes near Peterborough has produced a new 50lb common with the capture of a 50lb 1oz specimen. The fish was caught from the complex’s Kingfisher Lake during a short session by South East angler Charlie Stern. Also bagging other fish of 20 and 36lb from the water, Charlie presented a Mainline Cell boilie on a chod rig at 100yards range after baiting heavily.
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Win £1400 Of Daiwa Kit!
Total Carp Staff  |  Jun 19, 2012  |  0 comments
But hurry, time is running out to enter! Total Carp magazine is giving one lucky angler the chance to win all the carp rods they’ll ever need, courtesy of Daiwa. But hurry, time is running out if you want to be in with a chance of scooping this fabulous prize worth over £1,400. The prize includes three Longbow DF Carp Rods, one Longbow DF Spod & Marker and a Longbow DF Floater Special. There’s even a Daiwa Emblem Spod Reel and Exceler surface fishing reel thrown in!All you need to do is grab a copy of the June issue of Total Carp and turn to the Daiwa Competition page.
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Individual Carp Comp Announced
Total Carp Staff  |  Jun 15, 2012  |  0 comments
Famous Surrey fishery to held 48hour carp championship next month. Popular South East fishery Bury Hill has announced details for a two-day individual open carp championship taking place this July. Being fished on the venue’s Old Lake, the event will see a maximum of 25 anglers go head-to-head over two days, with fishing from 4pm on Friday 27 until 4pm on Sunday 29. Based on all 25 spots being fished, the pools for the championship will be £1250, broken down into £500 for first, £250 for second, £150 for third and £100 for fourth.
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Fox Lads Bag Up
Total Carp Staff  |  Jun 13, 2012  |  0 comments
Top carpers take French venue to pieces during short session. Fox-backed duo Rob Hughes and Mark Bartlett have just returned from an epic trip to France’s famous Abbey Lakes which over just four nights saw them bank no less than 44 fish between them. Including a large number of 30s and 40s in their haul, the guys showed why they are the top of their games, adopting totally different approaching to the venue but still giving the fish what for. During the trip Rob opted for a more mobile approach, keeping things fluid and following the fish, he even managed to stalk out fish to 45lb in the margins.
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Taska Site Launch
Total Carp Staff  |  Jun 13, 2012  |  0 comments
New carp tackle brand's web site goes live. Brand new carp tackle manufacturer Taska has unveiled its new website. Packed full of features, the new site includes information on the company’s new products, up-to-date news and profiles on its team of sponsored anglers, along with plenty of videos highlighting its brand new product range. Obviously the most import thing to carpers will be the full list of Taska products, and everything’s there - hangers, sticks, tools, leads, rig bits, PVA, rests, and there’s plenty more to come too.
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Alarm World First
Total Carp Staff  |  Jun 12, 2012  |  0 comments
Solar-powered bite alarm revealed by top carp tackle manufacturer. JRC has revealed what is believed to be a world first – the solar-powered bite alarm. Showcased at the recent EFFTEX show held in Paris, the Radar DS Solar – based on the firm’s brilliant Radar alarm – is set to hit tackle shops this Autumn. Doing away with the need for a regular battery, the Radar DS Solar works with the use of a Lithium-ion accumulator that receives its charge via small solar panels mounted on the back of the alarm.
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Daren Welton Part 2
Total Carp Staff  |  Jun 12, 2012  |  0 comments
Continuing on from my last piece, the conditions started to get more and more favourable for the Manor and I decided that now I could start to increase the amount of bait that I was applying to the North West bay that had been so good to me through the colder months. One particular area that I had plumbed and plumbed to ‘fine tune’ the spot would start to receive 2k of Richworth’s NV, mixed with 4/8mm Multi-Stim Pellets that have an excellent breakdown time while still maintaining the same attractors that are in the bolies. Size wise it was 10/14millers every 3 days. This spot was a ledge that started at 3ft and dropped to 7ft, at the end of this nice fine pea-shingle was located with the lead and every time I cast to that spot the tip would absolutely crack down, just the way I like it.
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