Canal Carp

[squab 2,875]

used to fish a decent stretch of canal years ago with a mate,nice quite spot on a bend with overgrown trees on the far bank,we had lot fish over the season but nothing bigger than about 15ib.one thing for sure though these fish were in immaculate condition,fins and mouth curtain was perfect likely hood never been caught before which was an added bonus.

 

anyway talking to him today and decided we do few days soon,conversation turned to the general size we had caught previous,he reckons he heard of a spot that a 30ib mirror was caught but its all a bit hush hush lol,now thats some fish for a canal or is it?

 

have any you lads caught big carp on the canals?

 

il stick a pic up of the 30ib when i catch it

[squirell1 1,350]

used to fish a decent stretch of canal years ago with a mate,nice quite spot on a bend with overgrown trees on the far bank,we had lot fish over the season but nothing bigger than about 15ib.one thing for sure though these fish were in immaculate condition,fins and mouth curtain was perfect likely hood never been caught before which was an added bonus.

 

anyway talking to him today and decided we do few days soon,conversation turned to the general size we had caught previous,he reckons he heard of a spot that a 30ib mirror was caught but its all a bit hush hush lol,now thats some fish for a canal or is it?

 

have any you lads caught big carp on the canals?

 

il stick a pic up of the 30ib when i catch it

when can we go .......................................

[green lurchers 16,718]

never really been into catching carp but have seen a few biggies on the fen drains

[toby63 1,236]

some big grass carp in lancs canal

[squab 2,875]

some big grass carp in lancs canal

iv never fished for them but definately something id want try,off the surface feeding with sugar puffs,apparently

[Daniel cain 45,685]

Used to be a few 20's and odd 30 in the Brecon and Mon canal years ago.they would travel a fair distance between locks.my biggest is around 17 lb caught it on doggie biscuits and controller float.not fished it for years...Used to be some nice perch and tench aswell. Caught this little one on a zig rig in January time.atb dc

[lee 99]

You talking about the grand union squab?

[squab 2,875]

You talking about the grand union squab?

yes mate

[squab 2,875]

Used to be a few 20's and odd 30 in the Brecon and Mon canal years ago.they would travel a fair distance between locks.my biggest is around 17 lb caught it on doggie biscuits and controller float.not fished it for years...Used to be some nice perch and tench aswell. Caught this little one on a zig rig in January time.atb dcBlackhearts Dogs 033.jpg

yep we did catch lot on zigs during the colder months far more than I ever caught on a lake although saying that seemed to get better standard of fish from the lakes using this method

[the monkey 338]

Have had three different 20 s out of the bridge water, many years

[lee 99]

Rings a bell like some of the stretches in bucks

[jonnie bravo 572]

Had a scraper 20 ghost from Leeds Liverpool, we had some cracking fish out of there mainly on floating bread, dog biscuits and method feeder/hali pellets, think the EE's have been at them now though

[Flipper_Al 1,012]

There were pictures of a 40lb+ Mirror from the Grand Union Canal, i expect it came from a lake that flooded

 

Canals see very little sustained pressure, if i was going to target a stretch, i would be baiting with 10kg to 20kg of particle every 48 hours for a few weeks before i fished it... also use plastic baits as the crays will be a nightmare

[walshie 2,804]

Used to be a few 20's and odd 30 in the Brecon and Mon canal years ago.they would travel a fair distance between locks.my biggest is around 17 lb caught it on doggie biscuits and controller float.not fished it for years...Used to be some nice perch and tench aswell. Caught this little one on a zig rig in January time.atb dcBlackhearts Dogs 033.jpg

 

That's what i call a carp DC. Not one of the beer-bellied tame fatties you see so much of.

[air gun ant 1,666]

some big grass carp in lancs canal

my biggest carp came out the lancs canal 28 1/2 lbs also caught a lot of grassies from there on the other side of the motorway biggest was 21lbs but caught loads of mid teens. Had to fish stupid light for them, size 16 hook on a 4lbs hook length with a dog biscuit superglued to the hook and a couple split shot 3-4ft down the line to give a bit of casting weight and hold the bait against the (very slow) flow.