Steve Ringer's Skills School - Carp on the bomb
Angling Times joins World Champion Steve Ringer as he shows us how to bag up on the bomb and pellet. In this exclusive video, Steve takes us to the famous Barston Lakes where he reveals his tricks and tips for catching carp and F1s including his deadly rig, bait advice, and the edges he uses to win matches in the cold.
How to catch F1s with Matrix's Les Thompson
Join top match angler, Les Thompson, as he shares seven of his very best tips for catching F1s...
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New Matrix Superbox 36
Here is a detailed look at the new Matrix Superbox 36, which as the name suggests is our new seatbox with 36mm legs. If you're looking for the ultimate in seatbox design, then this may well be the answer to your prayers...
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New Matrix Hooklength Case & Retainers
Looking for a safe and effective storage system for your lovingly-tied hooklengths? Then check out this video of the Matrix Hooklength Case and Retainers...
New Matrix Panoramic Pole Support
Matrix consultant Les Thompson relies heavily on pole supports to aid his success. Here he talks you through the unique, new Panoramic Pole Support from Matrix that takes pole support design to a whole new level...
How to catch fishing to an island
Des Shipp shows you how to catch fishing towards an island on a commercial water.
How to use sweetcorn
Sweetcorn has caught more fish over the years than almost any other bait.
It is one of those bait that fish adore, especially in the cooler months when its bright colour helps it to stand out in the water.
One expert with corn is Jonny Watt.
Jonny is a real thinking angler and as well as using it straight out of the tin to good effect, he normally has a least one, two or half-a-dozen edges up his sleeve.
Joining him on the banks of Framfield Fishery, he showed us just a handful of great tips that have helped him to keep the fish coming all year round.
How to use meatballs
Normally associated with catching barbel from rivers, huge meatballs are a brilliant bait for commercial carp too, as match ace Matt Pillay has found.
When tackling commercial waters where large 'target' baits work, a single hair-rigged meatball can be a devastatingly effective bait to use.
The soft and strongly-scented meat is loved by carp of all sizes, including those monsters that rarely get caught and often don't show themselves for months on end.
But it's not just meatballs that Matt has been using to great effect - he's also found that garlic-flavoured sausage is a killer bait too.
There are a few pointers that you need to follow in order to get the most from both of these baits, as Matt details in this new and exclusive video.
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How to use a groundbait feeder
Become a much better groundbait feeder angler with our superb video guide to using the right groundbait and fishing with open-end and cage feeders.
In this video - part four in a very extensive groundbait video series - we talk through a stack of tips to help you catch more when fishing with groundbait via a feeder.
Find out how best to incorporate loosefeed into your feeder groundbait, and make sure you don't make the same mistakes as he did in the past!
You'll also find out how to become more accurate, and how to ensure that your groundbait remains as close as possible to your hook bait whenever it's in the water.
This is an unmissable series covering everything you will ever need to know about groundbait and fishing with groundbait.
To watch this video covering groundbait feeder fishing, click on the image below.
How to feed groundbait
One way to attract masses of carp, bream, tench and roach when fishing is to ball it in and feed with many balls of groundbait. This term is commonly known as 'balling in'.
Getting it right is absolutely imperative because once you've thrown that groundbait and feed in, you can't take it out again!
Here - in part three of Gofishing's exclusive video series - Iain Toombs explains why you should ball in at the start of a fishing session and exactly how to do it correctly.
There's tips on throwing the balls of groundbait, accuracy, how tightly packed you should feed, when to feed, how to add your loosefeed and, above all, how to make sure you catch loads more fish after 'balling in' your groundbait.
This video is part three of a multi-series set of videos explaining all there is to know about groundbait.
What groundbait is and why to use it
Here's part one of an extensive groundbait tips video series - this part details what exactly is groundbait and why anglers should use groundbait when fishing for roach, carp, bream and tench etc.
If you have ever wondered what ingredients go into making the vast majority of groundbaits on the market, or even if you're unsure of which groundbait you should choose to catch the fish you're targeting, this series of groundbait video tips is definitely for you!
Some of the ingredients used may well take you by surprise, as you'll soon see!
In part one we help you decide which colour and type of groundbait you should use to target specific species, then detail in close-up the difference between an active groundbait mix and an inactive mix, plus much, much more.
To watch part one of this extensive video series, click on the image below.
How to choose the right groundbait
In the second part of their extensive groundbait tips video series, the Gofishing team help you through the minefield of the massive amount of different groundbaits on the market so you can confidently pick the right colour and type.
In this revealing and in-depth video you will find out which species of fish respond best to the many different colours of groundbait, how to mix groundbait to the correct consistency and how best to look after it to ensure it remains in tip-top condition throughout your session.
There are tips on preparing the groundbait for both summer and winter fishing situations, plus lots more besides.
How to catch big carp on maggots from a commercial
Andy Kidd has been taking his local commercial snake lake apart catching masses of carp using pints of mixed maggots.
The lake contains a huge amount of smaller fish, such as roach, but his feeding technique ensures that the roach don't really get a look in and each time the float goes under, it's another carp on the end.
The venue he's been fishing is The Oaks in North Yorkshire, where pellets are the principle bait for big carp weights. But as the season changes another bait has to be found to keep the carp's interest.
How to pole fish with meat
If you really want to catch more huge carp when pole fishing with luncheon meat, watch the video below!
An angler who has framed in every match he has entered at a popular commercial complex has revealed that his success is down to using huge meat hook baits usually associated with the bivvy boys.
Bag 'em Baits ace Myles Levy has been in unstoppable form at Somerset's Viaduct Fishery and has managed to record weights close to the magical double ton a number of times in recent weeks.
While the rest of his opponents have been opting for a traditional pellet approach, Myles has been using several 8mm and 10mm cubes of meat to regularly lure lumps to over 20lb into the net.
To find out exactly how he does it, we met up with him on the banks of the famous fishery and captured his tactics on film.
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How to use sloppy groundbait
An angler who has bagged four match wins in a fortnight and landed almost 600lb in the process has revealed that feeding a deadly sloppy groundbait mix whips the carp shoals into a feeding frenzy.
Leigh Tackle and Bait ace Chris Weeder Jnr has dominated events at Blundells Fishery since he devised the cunning approach, so to find out more Angling Times met up with him on Trio Pool at the Cheshire complex.
An even blend of Sonubaits Tiger Fish and Ringers Dark was introduced into a large bowl and whisked together with plenty of water to create the perfect sloppy groundbait that carp love.
Chris revealed his techniques for fishing with slop here in the video below.
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How to catch big margin carp
Mega-weight match angler Steve Gregory has developed a new pellet crumb feed and sieve pot system which 'swishes' in the water to create the ultimate carp-attracting cloud.
The deadly new combination recently helped him to victory in the Solhampton Fishery May Festival for the second year running, where he banked 632lb of carp in a week, averaging 126lb of fish per day.
MAP-backed Steve uses his famous Miracle Paste on the hook - a bait which once helped him to break the British match record three times - enjoying some frantic sport down the margins feeding his new 'slop'.
The Valley Lake at Solhampton, a five-lake complex near Stourport in Worcestershire, is Steve's favourite water for this method, and provided him with a winning 173lb 10oz in the festival. It was here were he was eager to show the virtues of fishing this new technique and bait.
To see Steve and the method in action, click the play button on the video below.
Steve Ringer's Skills School - How to catch more with meat
In this exclusive Angling Times video, match ace Steve Ringer reveals the tricks and tips you need to catch more carp this season using meat.
Filmed at the famous Makins Fishery, Steve shows you how to tackle the far bank of a snake lake or island swim on the pole as well as his simple rig and deadly feeding skills.
You'll also learn how to make Steve's 'meat mush' for attracting more fish into your swim.
How to catch carp using polony sausage
To keep catching carp in the colder months requires something a little bit special, and that's just what regulars at Lincolnshire's Moon Lakes have found to keep those bites coming thick and fast.
They have been catching on one of the cheapest supermarket baits available, and have been having great hauls of early spring carp using as little as 10p worth of bait.
And the bait that's been doing all the damage? It's polony sausage.
One angler who fishes the venue regularly and has been catching well when using this spicey bait is Dean Smith.
He recently caught an incredible 99lb using the simplest of techniques and this soft and tasty killer bait.
In this short video below, Dean explains the principle behind using the bait and the tactics he employs to catch his large weights of coldwater carp.
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How to mix a carp Method feeder mix
Method feeder fishing groundbaits tend to attract the average stamp of carp in any commercial stillwater. Why? Simply because the carp tend to have seen them all before, smelt them all before, and have tasted them all before.
So, in order to attract and catch the much bigger carp that might be swimming around the lake, something extra special has to be created that will draw the attentions of the bigger fish.
And that's exactly what Grant Albutt has created - a simply brilliant Method mix that is created from The Cell boilies and boilie-making ingredients.
It's certainly not a cheap Method mix to create, but having seen this in action, it is like a magnet to all the bigger fish in the water.
It is, quite frankly, devastating!
To watch the video on how to create this extraordinary Method mix, click the image below.
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How to use the KD or Separation rig
Big-carp fanatic Rich Wilby is a bit of an expert when it comes to tying, mastering and fishing carp rigs. He's caught masses of huge carp all over the country, including on his own day-ticket complex, Airfield Lakes.
Wanting to know more about the most popular carp fishing rigs, we met up with Rich at his lovely fishery to pick his brains.
In this video he details the KD, or the Separation rig, which Rich has used in confidence and with fantastic results.
It's certainly a rig with a difference in that the hair is remarkably long, providing a large separation between the pop-up bait and the hook, and this, in turn, produces a greater chance of the hook hitting home.
We met up with Rich on the banks of his own fishery, Airfield Lakes, to find out more.
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