AMERICAN President Obama is being verbally attacked for allowing Asian carp to invade the Great Lakes, pushing out native species.
The carp – bigheads and silver – grow to 4 ft and 100 lb. Some scientists say Asian carp could devastate the region’s $7 billion fishing industry.
After reading the full report in this week’s Angler’s Mail magazine, anglers and fisheries in the
DARRELL PECK has been crowned the inaugural Angler’s Mail/Dynamite Baits Carp Cup champion.
After catching some eight 40s to 49 lb 8 oz from four different waters as well as in excess of 50 30s, the Korda tackle representative and tackle tutor was crowned our No.1.
Darrell (pictured below) bags the £2,500 jackpot from our sponsors, and our famous silver bowl trophy.
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ANGLERS all over Britain are out enjoying their coarse fishing on rivers, stillwaters and canals.
If YOU or a friend has caught something decent…be sure to report the details and pictures quickly – and exclusively – to Angler’s Mail. You could appear in our magazine!
AND THE EXTRA GOOD NEWS IS…. we have lots of great prizes, with the Fox Specimen Cup, Dynamite Carp
St. George Cross flags have long been binned or stashed in lofts by now… but there is a big fishing reason to be proud in England!
Here’s the good news: Drennan England clinched coarse fishing team gold in the World Angling Championships.
Hundreds of thousands of UK anglers wished they enjoyed a Sunday fishing session last weekend, instead of watching the England
Tested by Duncan Charman
DRENNAN CARP FEEDER
£1.10 for ten
This medium bronze coloured hook is the eyed version of Drennan’s popular spade end Carp Feeder pattern. It’s formed from super strong high carbon wire with a slightly more pronounced bend than most of its competitors. This helps to gain a better grip in combination with the beaked-in point, either when directly hooking
Tested by Duncan Charman
30PLUS KARPULT
£6.50
Moulded camo ’pult with no handle grip. Super strength latex is brutal and finger grip is released early due to this. Swivel mechanism reduces latex twist and is connected to pouch and frame by standard, push-on spigot-style attachments. The pouch is extremely fragile and lacks any fold-over around eyelets. Accurate with singles but multiples need holding
Tested by Duncan Charman
JRC PVA MESH
£15.99. 5 m refill £5.99
Another dual system containing 5 m of no-ladder 37.5 mm standard mesh and 23.5 mm micromesh PVA that allows a multitude of uses from pellets to stick mixes. The inner tubes containing the PVA have the odd sharp spot that needs to be removed to avoid bag splitting. The precise twin
Tested by Dave Coster
DRAGON CLAWS
£1.99 for ten
Medium wire, wide gape hook with a nickel finish and an in-turned long point. Looks best suited to 2 lb to 5 lb hook lengths in smaller 14 to 20 sizes, while the bigger 6 to 12 gauges match well with even stronger lines. This pattern has a slightly enlarged eye so it’s well
Tested by Dave Coster
DINSMORES
£2.99
Dinsmores Syndicate Rigs 1-15 offer wide-ranging carp tackles from light (0.12 mm traces and size 16 hooks) to heavy-duty (0.16 mm traces and size 12 hooks). These are built on various float designs and shotting capacities. Two rigs picked at random dotted down perfectly in water, although none tallied with the shotting arrangements on their packaging! Instead
Tested by Ian Welch
ZEBCO COOL VIPER S
£16.99
A great value starter reel but lacking the finesse of control and solid reliability demanded by regular commercial carpers. Three ball bearings and 5.1:1 gearing deliver decent power via a tough handle with soft-touch grip, but it lacks real oomph in the engine room and the bale arm roller didn’t function correctly. Line capacity
