Please tell me your full name, when you write -  I don't like to feel like wasting my time on anonymous mails!

Prologic Press Release: 26,4kg Mirror Carp! 27-04-2008 News from French angler Raphael Martos that had a fantastic 2 day session. He caught 3 carp : 15,2kg, 20,8kg and his new PB 26,4kg. All carp caught on the same spot, same rod and same bait : home rolled boilies made with Fishy Boiliemix added with tigernuts powder, DD Tigernut Syrup, Betain Crystal and Dairy Sweetener. Hookbait was a 24mm boilie tied to a C2 size 2 hook and Reptilian 25lbs hooklink! Hectic Action! Denis Curot did a Short one night session on a small gravel pit, after a 2 weeks prebaiting with 14mm Kiwi & crustacean readymades. Hectic action, 11 runs and 11 fish landed (mostly between 9 and 13kg), topped by this 18kg mirror. Hookbait was a 14mm Kiwi snowman tied to a C2 size 6 hook and 0,45mm Spectrum trace. Check out the many new reports in the gallery! Prologic Product Manager Mads Grosell.

20.04.08:
Hi Kenth, just back from a tough "spring" session on a private water in Brittany - just to wet the appetite for a few big waters this year!
Arrived in darkness only to see temps plummet, hailstones then snow did their best to restrict our 1st trip of the year, but a few fish fell to hard work including this common which really is worth a mention in my opinion. As I previously talked about, we are still on schedule for Montbel and will be docking at Cherbourg so if you have a few waters to add to my list on the way that are worth a look let me know. Cabanac will see us on the way down for sure.
cheers, Gordon Goodwin

Wow - What a start to the new season! Look at those colors (opening page)!
Unfortunately, I can't add any informations on waters in the Cherbourg area. You see, I always list new informations as soon as I get them - as otherwise i'd probably forget all about them! No doubts, that in quite a few cases, I may have lost informations available due to lack of time to make everyday updates - but that's life.
I do have a life besides making these pages, you know.

Prologic Press Release:
Cold Water Success!!
16-04-2008
Now it´s April and we are still waiting for spring… The watertemperature at our chosen lake near the river Rhine is still around eight Degrees Celsius and it seems that it won't rise anymore this year... But my mate Christoph and me were out every weekend. And with big results as you see. After starting in deepest part of the big lake last week we caught commons up to 19kg (see gallery). But then, the behaviour of the fish changed and they started to move - as I wrote it in my article „spring time in big waters“ you find on this webpage - over into the very shallows even the water is still cold there. And so we did with our rods. Little 14mm critically balanced Banana&Crustacean Snowmans with stringers did the job with just very careful prebaiting with 14 and 18mm Boilies and 15mm DNA Halibut Pellets.
The next trip showed us that the biggies go first into the shallows. A 20,5kg mirror was the perfect result of the last trip. The fish moved very slow, head shaking all the time while I played her. First I thought it could be a small one but than I felt the weight in the 2,5Ib Classic Carp Rod and finally when lifting the net. The small C2 size 6 hook was dificult to find in the huge mouth – so perfectly hooked. You do not need big hooks for big fish!
So here we go with a perfect start into a new season on DD-Bait. Still wating for warmer weather… Cheers Bastian Reetz!

14.04.08:
Really like your site. I am soon to be visiting Cassien for fishing for Carp. Would you have any recent catch reports from the venue?
Gary Smart

No.

27.03.08:
Hi Kenth,
thank you for providing a treasure trove of information on your site. some wonderful ladies displayed & the fish aint bad either! could yourself or one of the boys provide any info on Montbel? re. the current status of the water/ restrictions /boat hire / night fishing / etc.. myself and my brother are heading over to that region in August and thought we would give it a week or two.
Attached are a couple of shots for you, one from each of our last two trips in Oct & Dec 07, one from an estate lake in France and the other from the Ebro.
Keep up the good work!
Cheers, Gordon Goodwin

Thanks for the mail and pictures - nice fish!
Regarding Lac de Montbel, french media have been very quiet over these last couple of years, and next to nothing have to my knowledge been published on the status of the fishing these days, and I've not been in the area for several years myself either.
Nightfishing will still be allowed on Lac de Montbel this year - as far as I understand on the whole lake. Permits can be obtained in local villages - but can also be ordered on the site of the Fédération de Pêche of the Ariège departement. The site and the application form is of course in french but is quite understandable. In august, a "Carte de vacance" is available at 30€, valid for 15 days.
4 rods are allowed, as is the use of a fishfinder (new for 2008). Whether boats are for hire locally, I don't know for sure, but expect so, as I saw a "Base Nautique" on the west bank - and usually boats are for hire such places.
I might add, that the lake is extremely beautifull - and for what I know, will still be worth a visit - even though not many catch-reports have been posted from it these last years.
This, I think, is probably at least partially due to a change of attitudes amongst the french carp anglers over the last 6-7 years - and even though they love to present really big fish one after the other in the many carp magazines and in internet sites, they tend to keep very quiet with informations on locations and venues.
Like way too many others - in my oppinion.

25.03.08 - Prologic Press Release:

Danish Bigfish hunter, Poul Stolling, had a severe case of Carpfever during the easter days – so a quick decision and Poul and friend packed the car and was of to a hopefully French spring! Conditions at the chosen river was superb on arrival and after only 6 hours of fishing – Poul’s right hand rod flies off! Poul is quickly in the boat and after a short hectic battle a big common broke the surface – unfortunately the fish goes ballistic and picks up the other line and looses hookhold after short time!
First biggie of the year was lost!
Next morning at 11 the same rod, fished at 6m depth, flew of again – this Time Poul was more lucky and after 10min of hard fight, the fish was in the net! The fish turned out to be a perfect 18,5kg 97cm long common – what a start to the season – yehaaaa!
Poul caught the perfect fish on a 20mm DD Crustacean snowman, fished over a bed of Crustacean Feedermix, tooped up with DNA pellet extract, mussel juice and a bit of salmon oil!
Keep the pictures and reports coming, whether it is big carp or any other great specimen fish - we cannot get enough!
Brgds Mads Grosell

See the picture in the opening page - what a cracking way to enter the new 2008 season!
Congratulations, Poul! - Well done!

24.03.08:
I was wondering if you had details of how to book boats in advance at Cassien. I am planning a trip in May and I am finding it very difficult to find any information on the web.
Love the site mate. Really good pictures.
An English Carper Gary Smart.

I'm glad you like my site - I try to do my best!
I too have been wondering why it doesn't seem to be possible to book boats in Lac de St. Cassien over the internet. I've never seen such an option published. One reason could be, though, that at times the lake is so absolutely packed with anglers, that even if you had a boat reservation, you may not be able to find a vacant swim! Sometimes, anglers have had to wait for days and even weeks to get in a swim when someone else is leaving! I suspect may could very well be one of those times in the year, where luck have better be on your side to get you a swim at all on this lake!
You could try to contact one of the restaurants at the lake though - I think they have boats for hire. A Google search will probably bring out some ideas of whom to ask of the local guys. Even if most of their sites will be in french, I think there's a good chance to get an answer to a question in english too.

16.03.2008 - Prologic Press Release: First report from new French Team member, Matthieu Faurisson: first try with DD Bait, Matthieu fished a Southern France lake for the first time. First night was blank because of stormy cold wind and freezing rain that made it impossible to fish. Those conditions continued over the next days but Matthieu caught a 18,6kg mirror carp the second night and a 15,4kg the third night. Not a bad start !!!! We welcome Matthieu Faurisson to the Prologic team, be sure to hear more from him in near future. The last week we have received so many great stories from all over the world - thank you all Prologic and DDbait users! Keep the pictures and reports coming, whether it is big carp or any other great specimen fish - we cannot get enough! Brgds Mads Grosell Manager www.prologicfishing.com

Prologic Press Release:
Barbel Bonanza!
05-03-2008
Spanish Store managers, Cesar Ruiz Garcia & Javier Marquez, from www.elgranbarbo.com, have had some fantastic barbel fishing since they started using DDbaits. The fishing has been out standing, with several monster barbel to both anglers – best bait so far seems to be DDbait F5 Kiwi & Crustacean, that just seems totally irresistible to the vary Barbel. Biggest fish of the incredible haul, was Cesar’s huge Comizo Barbel of 14,5kg –witch picked up a Kiwi & Crustacean boilie, tied to a C3 hook size 4 – what a monster fish!
Brgds Mads Grosell

03.03.08:
From Arvand Pouladi of Hungary, I have recieved these pictures - unfortunately with only very little comments. The fish are apparently cught from waters in the Debrechen region.

02.03.08:
My name is Luis Francisco I live in France - I'm Portugais - look at this!!!
Water at Portugal!!!! New record of Portugal www.lagodaalfarrobia.com.
thanks!!
Luis Francisco

Fantastic fish - thanks for the pictures, though I miss the full story of the catch - and the names of the anglers pictured with the fish!
Unfortunately, it appears, that the link mentioned is incorrect - I have not been able to reach the site mentioned.
I gather the lake is situated near Alfarrobeira at the portuguese Algarve coast - but I have not been able to identify it.

01.03.08: Prologic Press Release:
From horror to happiness!
29-02-2008
That’s how I would describe my last trip to the mysterious Cassien this February together with my friend Jan-Simon Saamen. Well motivated we started off in the evening and were perfectly in time in the morning, a few kilometres south of Lyon, when our car broke down! What the f…! To keep it short: A service wagon picked us up we had to spend a sleepless night in the dirtiest hotel I had ever seen, it took them one and a half days to repair our red dragon (a Peugeot kind of older than your grand-grand-mother) and we arrived at Cassien in total darkness. Two nights lost, two nights without fishing.
On our first swim we blanked two nights, but celebrated my birthday with a good meal and more wine. On these days I could observe two good carp swimming in a little bay and gave them some DD Bait Tigernuts which they took with no hesitation. On the third morning a mild mistral wind blew in to that bay signaled us: Time to move!
I placed a rod where I saw the fish and it took a minute till it was off: 16kg mirror! Yes! But nothing more happened the night, nor the next night. We moved again, blanked again. Then, for the last five nights we got the swim we wanted from the start.
Two friendly German guys fished it for one and a half weeks with only two fish to show. It took us 48 hours to understand the swim (thank you Meik for that one tip!) and then we gave them our DD Bait Midi Mix Boilies without Flavour but with Liquid Sweetner and 20% Liverpowder! In our last three days we had no less than 19 runs and 18 fish with two old Cassien originals above 20kg, a 19,5kg and a few more above 15kg+ quite a few of those hand selected fully scaled mirror carp! A winter-trip to remember for sure and a recipe to remember too!
Cheers Christopher Paschmanns

18.02.08:
This is for Dave Donaghue.
In Etang Padou aren''t any fish enymore. All the big fish have been stolen by frenchmen in 2006/2007 and been put in a nearby lake. In that lake only french people can fish. Nearby you can go to a nother lake its called Donchery - the biggest in this lake is 27 kg but it is hard to fish. For more information call or mail me.
Reinbert Ras, Holland, reinras@hotmail.com.

Thanks for helping me out on this one.

15.02.08:
Hi, I´m Miguel form Madrid.
I saw in your web that fish of some 15-17kg carp in Embalse de Valmayor isn't be difficult. I´m fish this reservoir for more than 8 years, but only 2 in serius carping.
Please i want to know more information about this lake. I know about big carp but never see them. The biggest we caught weighed 10kg. If you have some picture or more info about it, please email me.
Thanks Miguel A. Martín

As I have no experiences from the water myself, and as usual fully rely on informations from a range of different sources, I unfortunately rarely will be able to provide other informations than what is already available in the CARPHUNTERS Suite site. This is also the case here. Therefore my only advice is to keep on trying - some day, you may bump into the better fish.

14.02.08:
Hi carphunters,
I am from Spain. I am the webmaster of www.carpones.com.  I send you a photo of a carp caught in Zujar, at 9:00 am.
It weight 34,900kg. The anglers in the photo are Abel Deogracias and David Aldana.
Best regards, Paco

13.02.08:
Hi Kenth
I have just got word of a 76lb Common Carp that was caught here in Spain by ABEL DEOGRACIAS.
At this time I have some low res photos. I have made contact with the Angler in question, and he has given us permission to spread the news.
There will be a CD at our office here within the week with all the high res. photos....
All I know at this stage is that the fish was caught on the 11th of Feb on a water called Zújar in Badajoz - Extremadura. The fish was caught by the young due of Anglers David Aldana and Abel Deogracias as you can see from this low res photo Abel had problems holding the fish. The fish has been officially measured by an official at the correct weight of 34.900kg. The speciemen was caught and released.
Andy Macgregor , Editor www.carpdiem.es.

Thanks for bringing this new record to my attention - and for providing the picture, which I have put on the front page of this update.
My apollogies for being this late to forward this fantastic news (24.02.08)!
Unfortunately, I have not got as much time for making updates as I used to have - but I have chosen to continue to do my best. I just hope it will be sufficient to keep the www.carphunters.com alive!
Congratulations to Abel Deogracias and David Aldana for their fantastic achievement!

24-01-2008: Prologic Press Release - Huge Wintercarp! Prologic Team Member, Olivier Boucher, just sent us pictures of his mate, Michael Ries, with a fantastic winter carp, caught on 14’th of January. Michael fished an old Gravel pit, with a “single hookbait” tactic’s. Hookbait’s where 24mm homemades, made from DDbait Crustacean Boiliemix, longtime soaked in Crustacean dip. At 01.00, Micheal had a run. Even the water temperature was extremely low, the carp fought like crazy – but Finally Michael could land this huge fish. 26,4kg – properly, the biggest fish caught so far in 2008 – DDbait rocks – not a bad start! Brgds Mads Grosell, Manager

14.01.08: Prologic Press Release:
Hi All,
Just a few nice reports form EU – winter carpfishing... Check out www.prologicfishing.com  to read the great stories.
Brgds Mads Grosell, Manager

This goes to prove, that down south (France, Italy, Spain), vinter carping can still be worth a go - even now! Note, that it can still be blistering cold though - without pushing the carp off the feed.

13.01.08:
Hi
I am looking to see if you can give me some ideas of venues in France. We have fished there many times on the tour type holiday thing. We have moved past this now and prefer to just book the boat and go. We fished in the Loire area last year Roland, Jonquoy Ect. We are looking for some thing on a similar set up within 300 Km of Calais. Big fish are a priority 40s 50s.ect plus also a good size lake 50acres upwards. We have a boat engine fish finder ect. Many thanks.
Dave Robinson

As I have no personal experiences from waters within this range of Calais, it would be foolish of me to point out any particular waters in the region before others. As most of the informations in the site are simpley the extracts from the sources mentioned in connection with each water listed, it is impossible for me to add to what is already published in the respective pages.
If anyone out there can add to the issue, please mail me!

12.01.08: He hello, Very nice website. I've a question about the restaurant ''Gerard" at Saint-Cassien. I heard they gonna break it down. Is it still there now? I 'm planning a trip in februari. Hope to hear from you soon. greetz Rick Langeveld I suspect you are refering to the restaurant "Les Bois de Callian", of Gérard Thévenon? I have not heard of such plans - but perhaps other visitors have and can help with an answer? Mail info@carphunters.com. Thanks for the pictures - nice fish!

11.01.08:
I’ve been trying to get info on the elusive Etang Padou near Charleville-Meziers do you know of anyone who would be willing to share some information. I’ve been hunting high and low for info but seem to come up blank. Don’t like blanking! You help would be massively appreciated.
Regards, Dave Donaghue

Well, I've heard of a water of that name - or was it Pardou?  - but admit not being able to recall any details of it! Maybe someone else out there is able to help?

11.01.08:
Hi,
I have used your website on previous occasions and had no difficulty. On some pages there are no pictures especially on the European Carp Waters page. I'm unable as before to click on the map (as there isn't one) just a little red cross in the white box.
Maybe it could be my internet settings messing things up.
I will keep trying. Thanks for all your hard work.
regards Jim Kublin

Thanks for notifying me on the problem, which I hadn't noticed myself. It was in fact a remnant of a severe harddisk breakdown in late november, making it nescessary for me to transfer all files - data and the lot - to new ones! In the process, some files didn't upload correctly. I did loose important files of the CH-Suite site, but have been able to recover or reconstruct all of those already uploaded - and I hope things work now, after the corrections made today.
A few new pages, not ready for publishing yet, were lost though - but if I get to recall what was planned, they will eventually turn up with future updates!
With at site like this, some pages can be worked on for weeks, months or even more than a year, before I find them ready for the site.
In fact, I'm not at this time quite aware of what was lost ......

20.12.07: Press Release:
Dear carp anglers,
Finally it's done!
Germanys first online TV programme for carp anglers is now available.
Carpheart.TV has the approach to cover all topics of modern carp fishing in an informative and exciting way.
Run by carp anglers for carp anglers, the format reflects interests and topics of carp fishing with a diverse mixture of product reviews, news, interviews and dvd previews.
Further categories such as "á la carte" - about cooking, or "carp shots" - with nice pictures of incredible carps, assure 40-minutes entertaining programme. "With more than 3.8 million fisherman in Germany and an increasing number of specimen hunter, it was just a matter of time, when the first programme for carp anglers would be available" says founder and moderator Bjoern Rosenthal.
In 2005, the passionate fisherman already realised a project called "Radio Carpheart", reporting about news and trends in carp fishing as well as interviewing experts such as Steve Briggs, Christian Finkelde or Christoph Schulz in an audio format. At the same time he started developing the idea of Carpheart.TV, which has now been realised together with technical producer Thomas Boda.
The innovative fishing format is available for free on http://www.carpheart.tv since the 17th of December.
Best Regards, The Carpheart Team

P.S.:
Within the first three days more than 2000 viewers watched Carpheart.TV. Pictures and screenshots of the programme can be downladed at: http://www.carpheart.de/tranfer/screenshots.zip  Sample copies of any reprints would be appreciated.
The Carpheart Team would be happy to meet you in Brentwood at the Carp Spectacular and talk about the project in detail.
Carpheart.TV , T.  +49 221-423-488-29  F.  +49 721-151- 300545 M.  +49 177-793-4846 E.  info@carpheart.tv  http://www.carpheart.tv 

13.12.07: Hi My name is Armand, and am sending you a few pictures of carp caught in Debrecen Hungary. The Lake is called Latokepi Viz Tarozo.  There are a few monsters still living in theses waters till today.  The first picture is a 25.4 kgGrass Carp caught on Maize in the summer of 2006.  The second picture is a 54kg Big head Carp also caught on corn. Best Regards Arvand Pouladi Fabulous fish both of them! Thanks for sharing them with us! I don't think I've heard of this water before - but will add it to the list over hungarian carp venues.

25.11.07: - Extraction of Press release from Prologic:
105cm Common!
I spent a wonderfull week fishing in the heart of Spain with Pete Staggs, whoms fishing holidays I can only recommend to anybody who likes untouched natural waters and adventurous fishing. Daytemperatures reached around 25 C, while it dropped to -7 C in the nights. Extreme conditions. Anyways, our 24mm Kiwi-Crustacean Readymades did a good job in the cold water. We caught a couple of very beautifull carp. Maybe these fish will never see a hook again??? A common topped the magical meter mark by almost 6! centimeters, a really long and lean fighter that was. I also had the luck to catch one of the heavily scaled uncommon mirros from the lagoons. But in the last moment I fullfilled my dream and landed a golden comizo barbel. What a beautifull fish that was. No monster, but worth the effort all the way. I can fully understand Pete: One gets addicted to these creatures!!!
Christopher Paschmanns.

2 x PB in one session!!
In this 2 day session I had two times a new PB for common carp (old PB was 17,0 Kg). The first day I caught a common of 20,0 kg with F4 Crustacean 24 mm bottom bait and the second day a huge common of 23,0 kg again on F4 Crustacean 24 mm boilies (the carps love it!!). I always use the poly leader (I can't fish without it!!) the hook was the reliable C4.
Tight lines Fabio Gerratana..

Keep em’ coming – we can not get enough!
Brgds Mads Grosell Manager www.prologicfishing.com 

25.11.07: Hi Kenth! Still busy with working all the time? Don’t forget to take a break and go fishing! I haven’t fished much lately, but i have some real good news to report! In the latest session I have fished a big lake in Holland. This time no France for me. The fishing trip was a big success, the first day we caught already some good fish. During the session I lost also some real good fish, so i decide to change the whole rig for some new ones. That was a real good idea, because I caught al other carps. At one night, i get a real hard run and when I took the rod, the carp was at full speed. Stopping was impossible so we decided to follow the carp with the boat. After some time, we landed the carp and at first sight we didn’t think it was a big one. But when lifting the carp out of the water, it was heavy! Maybe this carp is a new record? When we weigh the carp, I see that I caught my new personal record! The carp weight a stunning 23,8kg! My old (French) record is broken whit this impressive Dutch common carp! Kindly regards Alex Poot

Wow, Alex - you have no idea how busy I've been lately! Work is one thing - but for more than a month computer problems have been almost killing me! Fishing has simply not been an option due to concerns to losse irreplacable data (including the site files) - but finally things are looking brighter, and I have recovered almost all files and lost only very little!
Congratulations with this absolutely stunning fish! I know how much effort you have put into fishing both dutch, belgian and frenc waters thes past quite a few years - and I think it's only fair, that you've caight such a beauty in yopur own home country!

Prologic Press Release:
Big Balls !
15-11-2007 From Italy, we get reports of great fishing – here is one:
The chosen lake’s water level was extremely low and the first 2 days of fishing only gave a few small carp. During the 3rd day Roberto Bussolari and Kevin found a new and extremely interesting spot: 410 meters from the bank the bottom of the lake rose from 21 meters depth and very soft silt to 9 meters and rock hard bottom!! Kevin and Roberto managed to place 3 rigs in this 9m shelf.. As many times before on this lake, single DDbait Big Ball pop up’s is one of the best choices. Lats 2 nights resulted in commons of 17,2 18,5 and 20,2 kg plus many other from 8 to 12 kg, all fish caught with Crustacean or Biored big ball popups, mounted on C1 size 1 hooks. Pictured is Roberto, with a stunning 20,2kg November common. We also had many great reports from France, Italy, UK etc – see them in the gallery! Also see Bastian Reetz’s short article on target fishing – in the tip’s and media section.

Guillaume Vial shows the way!
Back from a one week session on the big and difficult lake I told you last time. Results were good again, with some nice fish caught. Biggest were 18kg – 19kg – 23,5kg … and guess what ? Yes again the 29kg mirror I caught 2 weeks before. Again a very mobile approach and big quantities of boilies prebaited (100kg) with still the same recipe : Crustacean and Biored Boiliemix, Soluble Fish Protein, Liver Powder, Chrisalis Silkworm, Mussel and Crayfish Juice. Never change a winning recipe !!! Now cold weather has come but carp season is far from over. I’ll keep you posted »

Huge Italien Grasscarp On nbr, 1 grasscarp bait!
Lollo with a huge 24,2kg grasscarp, landed on the last sunny days ten days ago with the PRO GRASSCARP BAIT : DDBait kiwi crustacean single pop up.

Spanish Prologic manager, Peter Staggs, writes:
"See photo attached, one of my Spanish customers, 29.08 comizo on the Kiwi 24mm in 14 meters of water over hemp maize and boilie ground bait. Flat pear lead 150gr. C2 hook size2 25lb hook link. cast about 80 meters to a clear spot in the weed.
Brgds Peter"

Just keep the good news coming – we can not get enough!!
Brgds Mads Grosell

11.11.07:
Dear Kenth,
I hope you are well recovered from you cat fishing trip and are gearing up for the festive season. I have just returned from the Mirrors of La Mancha where we were fortunate enough to up our barbel personal bests, although the fishing there as you know is not easy to say the least we managed a true specimen in the form of a 25 lb 8 oz common barbel one of the largest in Europe, in addition a few Comizo's. In addition, on my return to the Ebro I heard rumors of big fish and had a day session with fellow guide Gary Allen, also attached are a couple of low 40 lb commons with other carp to just over 50 lb recently landed.
Tightest Lines to you
Stephen Buss

I'm glad to hear, that what we experienced at our visit to Ebro have turned up to be less severe than we could fear, and that good carp are still there to be caught! - That means, that we have something to return for - and I would certainly love to experience the river Ebro carpfishing, like it's known to be - instead of seing dead carp floating by, while the buzzers remained absolutely silent for days.
Congratulations with the fantastic comizo's - and the other barbel. I'm not sure that you've got the species right, though, as to the best of my knowledge the common european barbel (Barbus barbus) is not present in Castilla de La Mancha - and I think you've mistaken a Common Spanish Barbel (Barbus bocagei) for the common european barbel. In Spain you also find Small-head barbel (Barbus microcephalus) - which is still also another species different from the common barbel found in the rest of Europe. All this of cause doesn't make the fish any less impressive - and huge for any of the species!

06.11.07:
Hi Kenth,
Thank you very much for your honest statement about the pictures which you have recently got from the Prologic Team. It is a shame for any photographer to make such wide angle pictures. I would recommend you not to publish such inaccetable pictures. Poor carpers who need such shoots for their ego!!!
Best Regards from Graz, Austria ,
Andreas Karrer

I'm glad you share my view regarding utra-wide angle presentation shots - they shouldn't  be nescessary at all, and they do certainly not do the angler, nor the carp, any more credit at all!
Unfortunately, with modern techology most cameras these days are able to exaggerate and simply distort proportions - which is why we se so many of these pictures. Not bringing them in my site would of course be a possibility - but it could very well mean starving the pages of any catch-reports at all!
I have thus decided against this option - as I think it will be clear for everyone within some time, which type of pictures to consider valuable as documentation - and which ones not!
Documentation has to be reliable to be of any value - and the ultra-wide angle shots are no such thing!
I hope the wide-angle hype will be over in a while - and we get more honest and reliable trophee shots instead!

30.10.07:
Prologic Press-release:
Two weeks ago, we announced that French Prologic Team member, Guillaume Vial, just broke his PB. When it deals with such a skilled and experienced full time carp angler, we knew it would be something really big. Here is his report : « Just back from a session in a highly difficult big lake, with even unexpected results. In 10 days, I got 6 runs with 5 carp landed : 13 – 15- 18,5-19 and a fantastic mirror of 29kg. This carp broke my PB with an extra 1,5kg (Guillaume’s former PB was the famous St Cassien Banana at 27,5kg). To achieve this result, I basically changed my strategy with a very mobile approach and a new spot every day, prebaited the day before. Concerning baits, I have used 100kg of 30mm home rolled boilies made with Crustacean and Biored Mix, added with Soluble Fish Protein, Liver Powder, Chrysalis Silkworm, Mussel Juice and Crayfish Juice. I had the evidence that they just love these baits when I saw the quantity they rejected in the carp bags. When you’ll read this, I’ll be on the lake’s bank again … So, see you soon!!!! » Keep the pictures and reports coming, whether it’s big predators, carp or any other great specimen fish - we cannot get enough! info@prologicfishing.com
See Much more on www.prologicfishing.com
Brgds Mads Grosell

08.10.07:
Hi
My name is Daniel and I come from Sweden. I should go to Moselle and fish for a week in october. And I wonder if its a good time to fish in Moselle and if i should prebait much or less. And if you have some good information about the river and some good places to fish in october.
Kind regards Daniel Anderson

October usually is a prime month to fish in most of France - and the rivers in the north are no exceptions!
I have not fished the river Moselle at this time of the year, but would certainly very much like to, as I have no doubts of the potentials of this time of the year! The trouble is, that I have never had the opportunity in october!
Bear in mind, though, that river fishing will be very depending on water levels - which are in turn depending on the weather in distant areas, where weather alterations are beginning to be the order of the day this time of the year. As with fishing in general, you can never be certain to get the right conditions to arrive to a fantastic fishing - but you'll definately have a chance in october!
The water level may make it hard or even difficult difficult to fish - but difficulties are there to be overcome!
Make sure to bring heavy leads - 120 - 200 gr. or more may be needed - or use a heavy pebbles rig (rather big stones of ½-1-1½ kg attached to a clip to the swivel with heavy rubber bands - a boat will be needed to bring out this kind of rigs and baits).
If currents are heavy, more baiting are of course also needed - unless you choose to fish backwaters of no current. This, however, I would not recommend, as I've experienced these areas devoid of fish on my previous visits (in the spring/early summer), where fish were definately prefering to feed right in the rim of the most heavy currents just outside such calm backwaters.
River fishing usually requires rather heavy baitings (both boilies and particles available locally). In my experience it does not pay not to bait enough - and if you pay thousands of skr to get there and live there for a week, don't try to save a few kronor  - make sure you have enough bait - and pile it in!!
You can get away with less - but be prepared to bait like you've probably never baited before in Sweden! 25 kg boilies for a week is not considered to be more than just enough for one man - more can easily be needed - and then there's the particles to go by ...
These french Moselle river carp are said to be eating all day long - as long as they are not fighting hard at the end of a line!
It's been a while since I've last visited Moselle the Moselle river at the Metz area, and lots of things may have changed since then.

07.10.07:
Prologic Press Release:
French biggies 05-10-2007
In France, carp fishing is totally incredible now.
We've received so many reports and pictures that we can't display them all at the same time. Today we start with news from Nicolas Quéraud. He spent a 10 days session on a centre France big lake. After a difficult beginning, he has found the fish in another part of the lake and results came quickly when they arrived on the 24mm Crustacean readymades prebaited area.
And what results !!!
21,2kg, 24,2kg and above all 27,8kg (lake's biggest fish and new PB for Nicolas) felt to 24/20mm Crustacean snowmen tied to C3 size 2 hooks and 0,59mm Spectrum FC traces. Congratulations, a great achievement. See Nicolas' other biggies in the Gallery.
We can also announce that famous French carp angler and Prologic Team member, Guillaume Vial, also just broke his personal best with a huge 29kg mirror carp. Pictures are on their way.
Brgds Mads Grosell, Manager www.prologicfishing.com

What impressive fish! - And congratulations to Nicolas!
Having said that - and admitting being a wide-angle to ultra wide-angle lens enthusiast myself for some (surprisingly few and specific) photographic purposes - I find pictures like these way over the top!
- In fact way far too exaggerating to provide reliable trophee-shots, as were undoubtedly intended!
There is no real reason for bringing such big fish out arms lenghts right in front of a ultra wide-angle lens to make it look even bigger and even more dramatic looking in the first place - as everyone nowadays have seen such things too many times before and can easily make out the con!
- Most will even be able to do the same with their own cameras!
Luckily, most choose not to do so!
Quite honestly - straight forward pictures with a standard or slight wide-angle lens would display the fish in a far more appropiate manner - and thus do the carp, as well as the captor, more justice and credit.
I'm affraid this is a tendency of the latest technologic possibilities in optics and digital cameras, that are not exactly to the benefit, but rather to the detriment, of the presentation of good catches. It's important to think things over - simply to be able to maintain the picture as a reliable means of documenting our captures!
Please, go easy with this, lads - or all our fish end up looking like disfigured monsters in pictures with no real value as reliable documentation!
Turning back to these actual pictures, there's no doubt in my mind, that they picture 3 fantastic fish - but they leave us no chance to evaluate the real size of each fish within any reasonable limits!
- In my oppinion, these pictures are of no reliable value at all, regarding the documentation of the real size of any of them ..... - I'm sorry to say!
Dramatic and impressive recordings - definately! - Actually well done .... - the middle one in particular!
- But of no reliable use as documentation .....
-  Think about it, lads!

04.10.07: Carp angling at its best! I finally found a weekend where I had time for some carp angling! After permission from the wife/boss I packed down all my gear + a couple of kilos of the green Kiwi/Apple boilies from Catch-It-Bait. After arriving at the lake I found 3 exquisite hot-spots. One fishing rod was angled at a massive water lilies zone. The second fishing rod was angled at a gravel/sand spot on the otherwise soft lakebed. The third fishing rod I angled at an underwater ridge that started out at an island of reeds in the middle of the lake, a really exceptional and exquisite hot-spot. The three fishing rods were rigged with a secure bolted rig tackle, 15 cm. tackle, Owner hooks angled with short hair. Three hours later the first strike came. A mirror carp weighing 9,7 kg was quickly caught and photographed. During the following 24 hours I caught mirror carp weighing 8,6 -11,3-13 kg and a commoncarp weighing 11,1 kg. To end the party I took one more turn and this time it was an extremely massive fish. The fight started with the fish taking a serious leap of 40 meters and I could not do anything about it. Then I had to jump in the boat to chase the fish. It had decided to go sightseeing through boats, water lilies and reeds... After 15 minutes of severe fighting I got close to the fish and the one thing that should not happen took place. The fish got stuck in a pile of waterlilies. I took the chance and pushed the fish to the limit. Fortunately it escaped and went on with about 20 kg of water lilies sorrounding it. The fish fought like crazy but finally I managed to get the fish in the net! A very happy angler weighed the fish that was 19,5 kg heavy and a lot of good pictures were taken. Tight Lines Henrik Nielsen, Denmark What an incredible result in just one weekend in Denmark! - This s one to remember!

23.0907:
Huge Catfish on DDbait!
18-09-2007 Danish angler, Søren Damkiær, recently caught this incredible catfish, on a trip with Spanish Prologic distributor Peter Stagg’s. Søren enormous catfish weighed 191 lbs or 86,7kg!! The big cat picked up a hair rigged couple of DDbait 28mm Halibut pellets and is as far as we know the biggest catfish ever caught on DDbait. Check out news from Felix Van der Marel, Christopher Paschmanns & Bastian Reetz in the Gallery.
Keep the pictures and reports coming, whether it’s big predators, carp or any other great specimen fish - we cannot get enough! info@prologicfishing.com
Brgds Mads Grosell Manager www.prologicfishing.com

12.09.07 - Prologic Press Release:
Potential Scandinavian Common Record!
Prologic consultant, Poul Stolling has done it again! This time Poul hit jackpot, with an historic brace of big Danish carp, topped by an absolute stunner of a common carp, with Scandinavian record potential. “By the beginning of august, I had located some new very interesting lakes, that could contain some nice sized carp – after some scouting, I decided on a quite deep lake, with huge amounts of natural food. I had no doubt about the presence of carp – but no idea about the amount and size – witch just made it all very interesting! For the fall fishing, I made up 25kg of 20mm DDbait LT fishmix, Monster crab flavour and added DNA Soluble fish protein and GLM – simply perfect carpfood! I also prepared a mixture of hemp, tigernuts and DD’s Elips pellet, to start up the campaign, with a large carpet of particles to get the carp concentrated in my chosen swim. I found a 100m2 plateau of 3-5 m of water, approx 50m from the bank, surrounded by quite deep water – this was the perfect place to prebait. I put the bait in 4 times, with 2 days interval, before I made the first attempt. 2 x 24hours went by, without any run’s or signs of fish?? I drove home disappointed, but after 2 days I went back to put more bait in, I simply knew there had to be carp in the big lake! Just as I looked out over the plateau, before leaving the lake that evening – a huge fish rolled over the baited area. I had to work for 3 days, before I had the chance to go back – so the days went by immensely slow. Once back on the lake, conditions could not be better, westerly warm winds in my face and signs of fish, with milky water in the area. At 01.00, I get a full dropback on my left SMG rod, followed by a steady run. As I pick up the run, I feel a heavy fish plunging along the plateau, 5 min later, the fish comes towards me on the small shallow area in front of me – just to discover that something is very wrong!! The big fish panic’s and makes a powerful long rush straight out into the lake. After a good 15min, I am able to slide the net under, what seems to be a huge fish! On the matt, It proves to an absolute monster of a common carp, with shacking knees, I get it on the scales and I after double checking several times – there is no doubt – a new potential record common of 20,4 kg!! What seems to be a first time capture from the pristine lake, makes everything very special in the hours to come. I did not sleep much during the night, awaiting the morning hours photo session and getting the huge fish witnessed. Just as we put the huge fish back in the morning, the middle rod is away in a screamer – again a very heavy fish – unfortunately I loose the hookhold. I only have 10min think about the lost fish, when the last rod left in takes of – after only 5min the most perfect mirror carp of 15,7kg is in the net – wow! The next 24 hours I will never forget – the water on the plateau turns milky white and the action is unreal – every time I place a hook bait on the baited area I get a run – next morning, I can add fish of 9,6 12,2, 13,1,13,4, 13,5, 13,6, 13,6, 14,2 & 14,6kg to the 15,7 and 20,4kg carp!! DDbait strikes again – big time! During the last week I have fished the lake again and had more incredible action – with perfect fish of 12,6, 13,1, 13,5, 14,1, 15,7 og 16,1 – simply the best carp fishing I have ever witnessed! Now I am home to make more DDbait LT fishmix & Monster crab boilies – since I feel confident more big fish will come. All fish was caught on Prologic’s 3 1/4lbs SMG rods and C4 size 4 carphooks, fished on a short trace tied to a Prologic’s tugsten boom. Baits a mixture of single 20mm LT fishmix, Monster crab boilies, tigers and snowmen.
We congratulate Poul with this incredible achievement and a potential Scandinavian common carp record. If the fish will be approved as Danish record, both the Scandinavian mirror and common record is caught on DDbait. Keep the pictures and reports coming, whether it’s big predators, carp or any other great specimen fish - we cannot get enough! info@prologicfishing.com.
Brgds Mads Grosell, Manager

30.08.07 -  Prologic Press Release: Indian Summer Carp! 30-08-2007 “Just a few days passed since I wrote that Mr. Münz is giving it a go on a secret gravel pit and it worked out on his first night already. He set his traps with DD Biored boilies that he freshly rolled just a few hours before fishing. After a silent night the screaming take came in the late morning hours. The strong fish in the other end turned out to be a big mirror: 19kg+! I can't wait to see what Mr. Münz is going to catch over the coming Indian summer and autumn weeks. There are rumors of a 25kg+...we will see. Together with Chris photos I received a brilliant shot of an old 14kg common carp caught by my friend Felix Esser. A beautiful fish and just one of quite a few fish, that Felix caught over the last days fishing instant with DD Bait readymades. Best regards and keep your thumbs crossed for my two fishing mates, Christopher Paschmanns." We have received some incredible carp reports over the last days, including a new national record carp! We will publish the incredible news soon. The Indian summer carpfishing is red hot just now – so get out there and catch a biggie! Brgds Mads Grosell, Product Manager www.prologicfishing.com

23.08.07 - Prologic Press Release:
Girl Power!
22-08-2007 From our German Prologic team boss, Christopher Paschmanns, we received yet another great report: "There are many thoughts on your mind, during the 1200km tour to Cassien, most dominant the excitement and happiness to be at this place soon again. Of course some worries as well : all the time, the money, the effort, the bait...is it worth it? Yes! After 18 days on the bank of southern France most famous lake, I know the answer. Together with Christian Münz and his sister I took the 12hour drive down south again, in a car totally overloaded with DD Bait (sweet Crustacean home rolled boilies with banana flavour and sandeel powder and fishy Biored boilies without flavour plus particles). As a big bonus, my girlfriend Angela also flew down to Nice and stayed with me ten days... Waterlevel was extremely high, fishing pressure as well. We arrived in a full moon phase and it took us some time to get the fish on the bait but it worked out again. Christian and I, both fishing a completely identical set up (SMG rods ins 12ft 23/4lbs, Okuma Axeon and Spectar reels, mono snag leader, heavy inline leads, Prologic C4 or C2 in size 6 as line aligner tied not a knot on 25lb Reptilian) fished run by run. Sometimes we even handed over the rod while playing a fish. We call it holiday-style! We shared over 55 runs, some of which were catfish, and landed some really stunning cassien carp. Highlights were a very old Cassien bull mirror of 1,04meter and 'The Dragger', one of the old original commons of the lake and again a fish far longer than 1 meter. That one old common, that I wished so much to catch since I saw it the first time years ago, landed on our mats two times in the first week! He liked the DD Baits so much that he even took on a pound of extra weight in a few days! More news to come from my teammate Bastian and expect to see Christian again here soon, he is giving it a go on a secret gravel pit right now... My thumbs are crossed! Best regards from a now brown skinned Cassien junky who is trying to sort his life out again in rainy Germany...Christopher Paschmanns." See the amazing pictures from Chris' trip in the Gallery during this week.
Brgds Mads Grosell Prologic Product Manager

14.08.07:
Prologic Press Release:
Slovenian Carp!
14-08-2007 From Our Italian Prologic boss, Enrico Parmeggiani, we got a great report. "The guys from the Italian "Carphunter shop" (a specialized carpfishing tackle shop in Rome), Lollo and shop keeper Angelo Lodoli, spend 6 days fishing in Slovenia. The stunning lake only 2 rods and day fishing is permitted - but the fishing is incredible any how ... every day they moved swims, trying many places all from 8 to 12 meters depth, no prebaiting and fishing only with few boilies around the bait. During the week it was evident that DDbait's F4 Elips & Crustacean readymades was an outstanding bait. Many big mirrors was hooked on F4 Elips and Crustacean 20mm snowman'a rigged on Prologic's 7"stiff booms and the fabulous C2 hook. At the end of the week more than 15 carp over 13kg was landed with 2 over 20kg+ . Pictured is Lollo, with one of the biggies - the beauty of the fish and the lake is breath taking.
Now the Carp fishing will soon enter the hectic late summer and early fall period also soon Predator season will be here - so get ready! Keep the pictures and reports coming, whether it’s big predators, carp or any other great specimen fish - we cannot get enough! info@prologicfishing.com
Also see:
Danish Big Fish Specialist, Jacob Devantier, from www.odl.dk with a big French river runner of 17,2kg - caught on a short trip accompanied by his lovely Girlfreind. No wonder he is smiling! The carp picked up a 24mm DDbait Crustacean snowman, tied to a C3 size 1 hook. More than 20min of battle, over 6-7m of water, before the fish was securely in the net.
Keep the reports coming - our many readers can not get enough!!!
Brgds Mads Grosell, Prologic Product Manager

10.08.07:
Hi
This is for Fred Page "Holland"
You will need to buy a 40 euro permit which allows you to fish 2 rods in most of Holland. It comes with an easy to understand map of places you can and cant fish. The round about near Rotterdam airport has 4 lakes there which is covered with your permit. There is also 2 good tackle shops in Den Haag who are helpful.
Hope this helps Tom French

Thanks a lot for helping me out - I hope you read this, Fred!

03.08.07: Kenth I am off on a family holiday in Brittany for 2 weeks (tonight). I am staying very close to Lac du Duc (Ploermel) and was planning to spend a few days on the lake. From you’re comments you imply that there are better places to fish in the area, can you give me some examples ? I was also planning on fishing the Nantes Brest Canal – have you any info on the carp stocks on this canal ? Many thanks in advance (attached is an upper English 30 I caught recently) Simon Best I'm sorry not being able sooner, and I realize, that I'm now too late to offer any help for this trip. I hope you did allright anyway? Lac du Ploermel is reputed to be able to produce very decent fish, and the same go for quite a few other waters in the area. However as I have no personal experience from this part of France, I cannot comment on what is hot at the moment. Please note, that what I've refered in the CH-Suite pages are based on sources dating years back, and I simply can't remember it all now. Things may be quite different now - hopefully in a positive manner, as is the case in most waters with the fish continuing to grow - but deterioration due to carp being stolen or other things cannot be ruled out - but I have heard of no such things from the area.

31.07.07:
Hello...
your web site is very informative....but please can you tell me how I can tell which is the left bank and which is the right bank???? Am I missing something? Is it left as you go up stream or down stream?
I live in the Dordogne and I am finding my way around the rivers etc...I shall let you know how it goes...
All the best
Phil Shute

The french always face downstream when they describe left or right bank - and the same goes for reservoirs and dammed lakes - you face the damm direction to make up which is right or left bank. When natural lakes or ponds with no strems running to or from it are concerned, it's somewhat more complicated. Sometimes, there used to be a stram - but it's now impossible to locate, as it has been piped for years - but the banks are still called right or left nevertheless. Sometimes the only access path to the water decides which bank is right or left - and sometimes no definate answer can be found - you simply have to ask locally
You live in a very interresting area - and I look forward to hear more of you fishing!

11.07.07:
THE WORLD'S BIGGEST CARP EVER CAUGHT ON ROD & LINE IN THE HISTORY OF SPORT FISHING! A 265 LBS SIAMESE GIANT CARP CAUGHT BY FISHING ADVENTURES THAILAND PRO GUIDE KIK!
Jean-Francois Helias' Fishing Adventures Thailand team is known internationally to be the most professional pro guides for freshwater sport fishing in Southeast Asia.
That team of pro guides has accomplished numerous angling achievements, including up to today racking up an amazing total of 129 IGFA world records (114 homologated + 15 currently pending an homologation), or setting several non-official records such as the record of the Southeast Asian biggest fish ever caught on rod and line they still hold up to this day for the catch on August 26, 2001 of a gigantic 185 Kg Arapaima .

17.07.07:
Hi You have a great site. I have planned a trip to Vieilles de Forges for the first week in October. Is night fishing only allowed between March and September do you know. Please but my mind to rest.
Thanks Tom French

Don't worry - nightfishing is allowed all year this year on most of the Lac de Vieille Forges. Exceptions are stretches at the beach; on a 200 meters security zone at the dam; along the RD40 at Pont des Aunes and at the port area.

26.06.07:
Hello,
I'm sorry to be a pain but our family are going on holiday to Holland in August and as three of us are avid anglers I was wondering if you could give us any advise on where to fish. We are staying in Wassenaar which is close to Den Hague and not too far from Amsterdam and Rotterdam. My two sons in law are carp crazy and I'm more into general course fishing.
Is there anywhere close to this region where we could obtain day tickets that you know of? I would very much appreciate any help you may be able to give. I believe that permits are required and qre obtainable from most tackle shops.
Many thanks Fred Page

In Holland you'll need the general angling permit, called the "Sportsvis-akte", which is available from post-offices. In most places you'll need an additional local permit for the water in question, as most waters are club waters. Usually these permits can be obtained at local tackle shops or restaurants.
I have no personal experiences from the area you mention, and thus can't specify further.

22.06.07:
Hi there
My name is Jim and i live in sunny Spain on the Costa Brava. In September we are planning a fishing trip to the mighty river ebro and have recently purchased a dingy with a small outboard motor of 4 HP and the problem we have is that no one seems able to tell us where and what we need to do to license the boat so we can use it on the ebro hope you can help with some info
Jim Keen

The general problem in Spain appears to be, that angling licenses and boat licenses usually are not available from the same authorities, and the Ebro region is no exception! In fact, as far as I've heard, you can not even get both permits in the same town! Unfortunately, I do not have the adresses  - and as far as I know, it also depends on which section of the river, you plan to fish. You may be able to find the adresses on some spanish sites - bu I just found out right now, that my old link to a valuable site called Apesca Tocan is now invalid. Too bad - I used to find many valuable informations on that site.

Prologic Press Release: BIG Fish! 22-06-2007 From Italian big fish specialist, Valerio D'Angelo, we received yet another report of a huge Grass carp. “During the day it was extremely windy, so not many Grass carp was feeding. Early in the morning I did a massive prebaiting with sweet corn and Banana Crustacean readymades, at 5:30 PM, the middle rod was off, when this 22kg grass carp picked up my 16mm Banana Crustacean pop up, mounted on aC2 size 4 hook. Due to the incredible hard fighting, I can sincerely confirm that Prologic’s C2 hooks are actually the best carp hook I have ever used.” News from French Team member Guillaume Vial. "In may, a few one night sessions turned out to be very busy. As lake's water level is very high, fishing close to the margins was the best approach and constant prebaiting with home rolled boilies did the trick. Biggest caught weighed 19,8kg and a double take : 20kg and 21,5kg the same night. Baits were made with Crustacean mix added with Soluble Fish Protein, Chrysalis, Liver Powder and Insect Juice. That was also the right occasion to test my new rods and the SMG in 12' 2,75lbs passed the test ok. So slim and so powerful at the same time, I could not imagine this was possible." Now Guillaume will start his 6 months full time fishing season, testing new gears and baits, so you can expect to hear much from him soon!!! Now the fishing is incredible, Carp fishing, Tench & Bream fishing is really worth a go - See all the great reports, we had during the week in the gallery! Brgds Mads Grosell, www.prologicfishing.com

20.06.07:
Dear Kenth,
Mary, the big Common Carp was caught this year for the first time. The last Angler who take the carp was Dieter Thomas Stein, last year in november with the old world record.
Emir took the Carp in a 6 ha Lake in Germany, nearby Mannheim.
Mary is still alive and will surly give us a new record in autumn.
The rainbow carp is dead, thats right…
Greetings from Germany, Jan Brauns

I suspected the fish to be the one I'd heard of, caught by Dieter! Even then an impressive catch - and an equally or perhaps even more impressive story, that I'd had loved to be able to bring in these pages back then! I did  find a link to a site, that had the story - look here - the link to Max Nollert's site is fortunately still valid - however, the text is in german only.
You are quite right - hopefully we have not seen the last of this magnificent specimen!
Thanks for these details!
I can add, that Emir caught his fish Sunday the 3th June at 9.30 a.m.. She fell for a homemade 20mm Pelzer Element boilie flavoured with The Energizer-soak complex, and put down a scrap of more than 30 minuttes, before she graced the bank!

18.06.07:
Hello
My name is Mike I m general Manager from fishing Factory Bivylight.com. We will fishing in Danmark on 30.6. – 7.7.2007 on Tjele Langsø lake (privat) it is good for Capfishing?
Maybe can you give Information of good carp Lakes  near by Viborg !?
Thank you for you help.
P.S. Emir Caro with his new World Record common from Germany near by my Home Town 120 kilometers distance..! - Big Fisssssssssssssssssshhhh !!!
Sex carp and Rockn Roll only big carps.
Best Regards and only hungry carps.
Mike  / Michael Eisel

As you mention, Tjele Langsø is not a public lake, and I have only very little and unfortunately only old informations on the fishing there. I heard of a few quite good carp from there almost 15 years ago - and if they are still there - they could be quite spectacular now! I have no qualified guess as to fish stock size / numbers.
In the Viborg area - the two Viborg lakes right by the town center can in fact offer quite prolific fishing at times. Carp stocks are rather good for danish standards; max weights a bit dissapointing though. 
17 kg+ fish should have been caught in the past, but have never been properly wittnessed, nor documented by a photograph -  and a 10 kg+fish will be a good one from there, though not exceptional. Personally, I find it plausible, that much bigger fish are there to be caught - but that's pure speculations due to good water quality and abundant natural food stocks. It is in fact a bit odd, that to my knowledge, no 15kg+ carp from there have been documented ...
I do hope, that you'll find some good fishing on danish grounds - on Tjele Langø, at Viborg Lakes or perhaps somewhere else!
- Please give me a notice of how you get on, when the time comes!

18.06.07: Hi Mates I have read you are looking for pictures of my new Worldrecord Carp "Mary". No problem, here are two pictures just for you!!! I really like your homepage, thats the reason why you get some pictures from me. Go on...... Cheers, Emir Caro Thanks a lot for these pictures - and congratulations with one of the most fantastic fish, I'v ever seen in a picture! (See the main presentation of the fish in the opening page) I regrett to admit, that I've got the little info on fish weight and details from Fishingmagic.com - and can tell, that the fish took a 20 mm boilie, Mako super fly hook size 3, 18lb Krystonite with a 65lb Score Gold lead core leader. The fish was quickly released in good health after being properly wittnessed. Apparently, it has been out, that this fish later died, whitch should not be the case, as the fish went back almost immediately and spent very little time out of the water. Again refering to Fishmagic.com, it should be the Rainbow lake 40 kg+, that died shortly after the latest capture. The problem in this sad story probably have been exactly too long time out of the water due to misunderstood publicity needs! - I could write my oppinion on treating a big fish (or any other fish) like that in plain words - but prefere not to at this time!

06.06.07: Prologic Press Release:
Here is an amazing report from Finland:
Finish Prologic consultant, Jussi Ruissalo and his fishing partner Jouni Salmi (Stig Dog) recently had an amazing night.1-2.6 2007. They had 7 runs, and landed 5 fish. Jouni caught 2 fish (17,4kg mirror and 17,4kg common) Jussi caught 3 fish (16,5kg common (pictured), 14,8kg common, and a 12,6 common). All fish was caught on DDBait F4 Musselmeat and F4 Banana & Crustacean 20mm pop-ups, fished over a bed of crushed boilies and tigers.
Pictured is Jussi, with a perfect 16,5kg common - WOOOOOOW!!! (Look in the opening page)
Incredible to see real big and stunning fish from such Nordic latitude.
Brgds Mads Grosell
Manager www.prologicfishing.com 

28.05.07: Prologic Press Release: Dear All, From Italy we received some great reports from the last week. Pictured is Valerio D'Angelo with the biggest of a 12 fine grass carp landed during last week end. The 24kg monster was caught using a 16mm Kiwi Crustacean pop up over a bed of crushed F5 Kiwi & Crustacean readymades. The rig was a combi using Prologic’s superb 7" tungsten stiff booms and a C2 size4 hook. Big carp angler and Nordic carp record holder, Rasmus Jespersen, is at it again. Rasmus, seem’s to able to find and catch big carp, ahead of the crowd – a true Pioner spirit and something that deserves great respect. Here is one more memorable catch – a 96cm long Danish mirror – pulling the scales to 18,4kg – Making it obvious, that no other Danish angler have more big Danish carp under their belt. The carp was caught on a single 24mm F5 Creambanana & Crustacean readymade, over a bed of tigers, readymades and real mussel meat. The fish was caught on a C3 hook size 2 and the new Reptilian hooklink material. We congratulate Rasmus, with yet a remarkable achievement. Brgds Mads Grosell Manager www.prologicfishing.com

27.05.07:
Hallo
I am Kenny from Belgium and I am going to France this year. I wonna fish days only, but I like to stay at my place in the night and don't move to the camping. Is this somthing risky?
Greatz Kenny Spillebeen.

Well, all over France they are very prohibitive about "Camping Sauvage" - which is camping outside authorized camping grounds. This in fact also includes while you are fishing - and certainly if you are not fishing, but staying bivvied up over night. You will almost certainly be facing a fine, if caught. During nightfishing bivvies or maybe only shelters and umbrellas are usually accepted in nightfishing sectors - but may be requested to be marked with a lantern - and are not allowed to be left unattended at any time of the day or night.

20.05.07: Prologic press release:
Swedish Prologic consultant, David Lundqvist, did it again! Last year, David was the man behind one of Scandinavia’s most remarkable carp braces – now he has topped that brace – with an unreal trio of mirrors weighing 15,5 – 18,5 and 19,7 kg in just one night! All fish was caught on DDbait F4 Crustacean readymades, coated with Crustacean powder dip. David Prepared the swim with a sloppy spodmix, made from Crustacean methodmix, DNA krill powder and Elips pellets, to make a big cloud of attraction in the area – it certainly worked. Pictured is David with his stunning mirrors of 18,5 and 19,7kg!

20.05.07:
Hi Kenth,
I have just returned from fishing a few days on a river in the northern part of France and did quite well.
The first dayalready, I landed some nice carp with a average of 10kg's. My girlfriend came along with me, and helped me where she could. Even on her 23 birthday, she was helping me catching some carps, isn’t that very nice of her!
The first day's of fishing I landed some great carps and especially 2 nice grasscarps of 89cm and 9,5kg and one of 99cm and 11,5kg! They where big fighters as well and tested my material to the edge. When I fished for 2 days the weather change dramatically into no winds and lots of sun. The carp stop with feeding and the result was no hits. After 3 days of hard work we stopped with fishing and went home for some rest.
Kindly Regards Alex Poot

I can see, that you've hit that river at the right time and place to do that well! Congratulations to both of you!

30.04.07:
Dear Angler
Congratulation for the web site wich is really good.
I contact you because I look for carp magazine contact in these countries: Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, Greece.
Thanks a million in advance
Best Regards Jocelyn Dupré

I'm glad you like my site - I allways try to do my best.
However on this one, I regret to say, that I can't help - but perhaps some of the readers can?
- If anyone out there can help, please drop me a line. If any help turns up, I forward the info in this page - providing, that the info will be of benefit of the users of the site.

Please note, that no info on the purposes of this mail are given - but I suspect it to be with bussiness purposes. I must point out, that I have no intentions of acting as a commercial consultant without anything in it for me!
The www.carphunters.com  pages have existed for more than a decade as a philantropic project to make it easier for everyone around Europe (and the World) to enjoy carpfishing - I do not make any sort of money from it - but if somebody else is making money from informations, articles, pictures and so on, coming from me, I think it's fair, that I get paid as well!      
I'm inclined to add, that adverticing is of course possible - please contact me for current charges.

20.04.07:
hello,
I saw the repport of the biggie from cassien at 34 kilo. The name of that particular fish is 100% sure Timothee. Mathilde is dead for some time.
I understand the comotion about the weigt, because this fish has never been over 30 kilo before as far as I know. I know 5 captures from this fish. 3 times 29.5 kilo, including myself september 2005, also on 29.5 kilo. And one time about 27 kilo's in spring 2006.
But Stella was also never over 30kilo and suddenly in spring 2006 over 31+ kilo one time and after that back on 27 kilo last summer. So this weight of Timothee can be possible, but suddenly so many kilo's + is a bit strange.....
Nice site by the way
Ciaou Alben Zantinge

I'm glad you like my site. You are quite right about the name - Andreas Karrer has in fact asked me to correct it, and it's done. The austrian lads also have come to the conclusion, that the fish is in fact the one called Timothy or as you spell it Timothee (I've seen it spelled in both ways before).
Regarding the weight of the fish, I see no reason to doubt it, as a weight gain like you refere have been seen so often before in other fish. Fluctuations like this is absolutely possible.
On the bottom line, all that hype in my view is of very little importance - and if anyone should be tempted to cheat on fish weights, they actually only cheat themselves! I don't think, that these lads do such things - and they are quite familiar with weighing of very big fish.

20.04.07:
Hello,
Hi, I am going to Étang de Barbanson in a few weeks and I am trying to find out as much info as possible about the lake. Unfortunatley I can only see one link which may be old info? http://inet.uni2.dk/home/carphunters/ParcoursCarpe/60-oise.htm Do you know anyone that might be able to give me more details about this lake?
Thank you for your time, all help is appreciated.
Regards John Coppock

I can see, that you have forund an old link to the page on waters in the french Oise Departement. However, the info given there is all I've got on the water.

12.04.07:
I wonder if you could give me some advice about Salagou. Firstly, is Salagou a lake that you could fish on your own, or is it best to fish with someone else? I am due to fish Salagou on 1st June for a week. However, due to flight times etc, I will actually only be fishing for 5 nights and I was wondering whether you think that this is enough time on the lake?
Regards Sarah Waters

Salagou is to my experience a very good place to fish on your own, if you like it that way. The period you plan should be absolutely brilliant. As only fishing within casting range is allowed, company is only required for social purposes - but in places a boat could come in handy for freeing fish from snaggs. This may be an issue in deciding to go alone or at least two together.
However, whether a week is enough depends largely on what you expect.
At Salagou, you can blank a full week in prime season (I've done it with 2 friends - not a single carp landed) - or you can catch loads of fish - or maybe just a few really good specimens, making it all worth while just the same!
I wouldn't hessitate to give it a go in that week - and would expect to get excellent action - and to bank good carp!
Don't forget the sun-blocker - and a shelter towards the famous and quite powerfull Tramontane winds, picking up most days at about 10-11 AM!
Let me know how you get along - and Tight Lines!

12-04-2007 Prologic Press Release: French carp angler Damien Chatelin send us a picture of a perfect 26,1kg mirror carp caught in a center France lake! Damien is running a long term prebaiting campaign on this extremely high pressured lake, this incredible mirror, is the first biggie up on the campaign and Damien hopes to land a few more – so he would like us to keep secret, what bait he is putting in. We can just say the baits are DD Bait F5 readymades. The big fish was caught on a 0.48mm Spectrum FC Trace. The spring fishing is incredible - get out there and enjoy! Brgds Mads Grosell

21.03.07:
Hi,
How do I actually access the list say for example in France? As I can see a link to the list so to speak.
Thanking you in advance.
Kind regards, David Howard

It's quite simple really - push the button "European Carp Waters" in the international opening page - click on the map over the country you are interested in, and you're at it. In the case France, the list is split up further by Departements - just follow the instructions clearly given in the page.

07.03.07:
Hi my name is Jürgen. I´m from Germany. (Do you understand german??) I`m planing a trip to the lago di annone. Can you send me some information about the lake? I heard that some of the naïve italian making trouble against the carphunters?
Thank you Jürgen Behringer

I understand and read german rather well - but have chosen to make this site in english only (apart from the danish and french sections of CH-Suite) .
Unfortunately, I have no further info on any of the waters mentioned in the CH-Suite pages, besides what is already available in the respective pages. I have simply chosen to forward straight away every bit of informations, given to me or found by reading magazines from throughout Europe. I keep no further records on the waters mentioned.

I can say, though, that I too have heard of episodes, where local italians have been aggressive towards visiting anglers - similar to what over the years have been reported from Holland, France, Germany, Poland and several other countries, where visiting anglers have created problems by bad conduct! This obviously can cause the locals to react toward strangers, if bad experiences have been had with prior visitors!
I'm not saying, that I find such reactions acceptable - but find it quite understandable, if visitors spoil local fishing by giving every carpangler a bad name in the public!
Much could be avoided, if it weren't for too many incompetent idiots among us, who badly need to learn how to behave when visiting waters outside their own backyard!
The fact is, that this rather small fraction of anglers from small, dark crevices of the international carpangling scene, are spoiling a tremendous lot for the vast majority of us, who have no problem with proper conduct while fishing.
It's sad, that we have to take such problems into account, when we plan our next quests.

05.03.07:
There seems to be a great deal of information on carp fishing in and around Amsterdam. Can you tell me a little about why carp fishing seems to be so popular. Here in the US, we consider them a trash fish and nobody really fishes for them. So I am a little confused. Do people eat the carp? Do they just catch and release them? Are there no other species to fish for? No panfish? Anything you can tell me will really help. There is not much on the Internet.
Also, as to you Dutch/English translation. The only thing I noticed was your use of the word "hole" as in "fishing is allowed the hole year." It should be "fishing is allowed the whole year." Hope that helps. Thanks,
Daryl Adams, USA

Well, we here in Europe love the quest for the carp - not only in the Amsterdam area!
In fact, the carp is reckoned to be the 3. most popular species to fish for in most of Europe - after pike and salmon! This is certainly not because we don't have anything else to fish for - but carp out-rank every type of trout, charr, bass, perch, catfish and the lot in European lowland angling!
In fact, most european anglers fail to understand why americans haven't discovered the great potentials of carp angling instead of considering the species as trash!
 - You are really missing out on the great angling potential by neglecting this hardfighting and beautiful species!
I'm perfectly aware of the fact, that carp are not an indigenous fish in America - as in fact it was not in Europe some 1000 years ago - and that new species as adaptable as the carp can have devastating effects on local species. I therefore understand the concerns of the spreadding of the carp in american waters - and why it's considered an undesired fish in your eco-systems.
However, here in Europe many of us nowadays find carp to be the ultimate challenge with a rod and line, almost unrivaled in temperate freshwater rivers and lakes in our part of the world - and as the species has been around in European waters for many centuries, it's now very well established - and we like it that way. In most of Europe, carp stocks are looked carefully for, and restockings are undertaken regularly.
From the beginning, more than a millenium ago, it was because monks found the fish easy to breed for food and spread it out to monestaries all over Europe - and in great parts of eastern and central Europe it's still a popular fish for consumption - even as a traditional Christmas meal!
Most modern carpanglers today  fish for carp on a Catch & Release basis - because we like to catch them big!
In fact - it's probably one of the best ways to relax and spend your time off duty in peace and quiet surroundings on the lake or river bank!
Regarding the translating - you have no doubts visited the pages of CH-crew member and friend, dutch angler Alex Poot - who might have made that translation mistake. For both him and me, english is sort of a second, third or fourth language (I'm danish) - and we both make mistakes in translation from time to time - even though we usually do our best.

12.02.07:
Hello
Having read your article on carpfishing In Romania I thought (as a romanian fisherman) I could bring some information which, as you pointed in the text itself, you did not know at the time.
Carps are the most widely spread fish in Romania, you can find them in virtually every pond, lake and river. To fish in public waters you will need a permit with a stamp from the Fish & Hunting Association of the county where you intend to fish in (although in 20 years of fishing, I was never asked for my license ever...).
However, I would say nearly 90 % of all waters (ponds and lakes, to a much lesser extent the rivers) are now private, so it is not really worth taking the license anymore.
Hence, you need not worry about the official rules and regulations, as the private ones will apply (usually quite different for every lake).
Fishing is made against a daily ticket which you can purchase locally (the guard will come and charge you, do not always expect a reciept!). You do not need the fishing license to buy the ticket. He will also inform you about the regulations. Nightfishing and camping on shores is usually alowed (it is how I mostly used to fish in summers)
Although carps are present in nearly all waters, capital carps are a different story. Most waters are run like buisnisses, in which game and course fishing is secondery - most of the money is made of harvesting the fish and selling it to the markets - hence it will be very difficult to find big carps anywhere. If you know Romanian, you can find some good tips here: www.pescuitul.ro. It holds a good data base with many fishing venues, updated with the personal fishing experiences of the anglers going there.
Generally try to find larger waters, where harvesting is difficult. I would not recommend Snagov - full of poachers...
The most challenging fishing is probably the Danube and its Delta, although it can