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Simon Syndicate Success...
Simon Leinster has been doing the business again although this time on his syndicate water with another superb fish weighing 25lb 8oz. Simon was at our place only last week after having some joy on our Blackcurrant & Garlic boilies with a good 25lb fish landed only the week before. This time a change in flavour to try our 'Strawberry fishmeals' was in order for a go and they proved ultimately successful as Simon slipped the net under this lovely whacker!
Ian and Ivan net nicely...
Ian Jones from Whitchurch in Shropshire spent two nights on Brasenose 1 on the Richworth Linear Complex and managed no less than 8 fish including 6 doubles and two 20's up to this stunning 26lb 4oz stunning mirror. All fish were caught using 8ft zigs with the hookbaits dipped in our PVA friendly sludge range in his own special flavour we concocted for him. Ivan Griffiths has also been into some nice fish, catching this nice 25lb 4oz common on our blackcurrant & garlic boilies just before Hawk Lake shut for the close season. Ivan had caught a few fish during the winter and this is just another cracker that found its way into his net!
Two Top Catches...
Two very recent captures are shown here, both caught on the ever-producing blackcurrant & garlic fishmeal boilies that are doing so well everywhere they are taken. Firstly here is Simon Leinster from Tern Hill (with the hat) who spent a short session on Marchamley Pool and landed a magnificent mirror carp of precisely 25lb's. Next is young James Elliot with a cracking 24lb fish which was the biggest fish out of his syndicate so far this year using the b & g freebies and a devastating snowman set-up to trick his prize! Well done guys!
Jimmy has a good day...
Jimmy Huxley went for a days fishing on a local Shropshire day ticket water and was rewarded with a new personal best fish, a lovely common of 24lb 6oz. Jimmy only began to use our boilies recently last year and has had a few good catches on many different flavours since. We here at CP are all sure a few good many more fish will end up in Jimmy's net throughout 2013...Well done!
Return to Crete is a Lumpy 62.12 ...
During a trip over to 'Crete Lakes' in France Andy Horne and fishing partner Jimmy Ellinson decided a little bagging up was in order and managed a very special session indeed. Andy completed the week with a total of 16 fish which included 5 x 40's using our 'warlock fish mix' boilies with their own secret smell concoction. Jimmy had lost the big fish known as 'lumpy' on a previous trip last year and when his rod took off this time and lumpy was actually settled in the landing net both lads were left stunned! The fish went 62lb 12oz on the scales and was the new complex record. Jimmy is still in disbelief with the capture and he had definately made amends after knowing he had lost the fish once before. A further 3 x 40's were landed by Jimmy and the boys certainly did do the business. Top angling!
Crumpy Catches Carp ...
Martin Crump from Whitchurch in Shropshire spent two nights down on a lovely Gloucestershire private gravel pit near Cirencester. Martin had only just taken up carp fishing properly in which case his previous personal best was just an 11lb common carp caught only a few weeks earlier. On the first night of his gravel pit session and fishing to some islands martin picked up a fish which snaffled a full kilo of our finest warlock fishmeal boilies flavoured with the ever-consistant blackcurrant & garlic. The fish went in the net and is pictured here as Martin's new personal best at 34lb's 8oz. What a result for the new kid on the block! Well done Crumpy lad!
French 50's ......
During a trip to Crete lakes in France Andy Horne and Craig Cosgrove had a fantastic session and reckoned our boilies were a sure winner outcatching anything else used during the week including the house bait. Loads of 30's, and 40's were to be had and pictured here are two 50's caught during the hectic action. Andy is shown (wearing glases) with a right dumpy chunk in the lake weighing precisely 50lb's and Craig is more than pleased with his awesome 57lb personal best prize that made his week. Our 'Warlock' fishmeal boilies did the trick accompanied by obviously awesome haulin' Well done boys!
Steve on a roll ......
Here is Steve Walton from Cheshire with a few of his recent catches using our 'Warlock' fishmeal boilies in liver & garlic flavour. Included is a cracking 41lb common from France, a lovely 27lb Cheshire common and a lump of a 14lb 9oz bream. Well done Steve, you are obviously on a roll. Keep them coming and all the best from us all here at CP.
Mark's PB @ Brasenose......
A 48 hour session down on Richworth Linears Brasenose 1 turned out nicely for Mark Booth from Telford. Mark fished at 120 yards to showing fish using our blackcurrant & garlic supreme pop-ups and landed this superb 33lb 10oz personal best mirror. Mark caught 8 fish in all most of which came from a spodded area at 90 yards which included 6 other doubles and a 25lb 4oz mirror all falling to our warlock fishmeal boilies and chilli-hemp.
Hawk eyed ......
Hawk Lake really took off during the back end of the lakes still in force close season with Jim Minshall, Bill Hopkins and Paul Humphreys all catching their fair share of decent fish. Jim sporting his surfers blonde locks and hippy beard shows off here two stunning commons both weighing 27lb 14oz and 27lb 2oz using our winter wonder smell in the bait...Atlantic Sea Salmon, tutti-frutti and black pepper. Bill Hopkins (the gaffer) got amongst a couple too with immense commons of 22lb 7oz and 24lb 7oz, Bill's becoming a bit of a pirate these days sporting his bandana and we are not too sure of his dress sense either looking at the lack of clothing! However one of his favourite boilies smells is old faithful 'plum & caramel' which he usually keeps to himself and has done very well on over the past few winters. Also in on the act was Paul Humphreys (in the hoodie) with a lovely mirror carp of 22lb 10oz, we dont even know which smell he caught this one on as his bait choice is a bit random just like himself!
Trip of a Lifetime......
Steve Walton and Nigel Powell from Cheshire had a fantastic trip over to France where they ended up on Lac du Der. Plumping for the ever famous 'church swim' even after being told by everyone that the area doesnt fish very well they managed to have the trip of a lifetime. 15 fish were landed which is good for the venue including a 48+ and the pictured 55lb mirror caught by Steve and the massive 81lb 5oz common caught by Nigel. The guys were absolutely over the moon with the session and mailed us back to thank us for the 62kg's of liver & garlic boilies which worked wonders accompanied by matching boilie dips and pop-ups. Incidentally, this is the largest carp yet caught on Cyprinid Products boilies and easily beats Darren Manns 70lb 5oz common the other year from Teillats. Well done boys and as you say in your email...Happy Days!
Tough Going ......
During a stint down to Orchid Lakes when the going was tough Bill Hopkins and son Jason both managed a fish each for their efforts. Bill (fishing powelley's swim) cast a single Cyprinid Products Blackcurrant & Garlic supreme pop-up hookbait to a silt channel running between weedbeds which took off the next morning with a nice mirror giving a lengthy scrap before becoming locked up in heavy weed just out from the margin. After some angle changes and steady pressure the fish began to move again and Jason netted for Bill just about the whole weedbed fish & all. The mirror looked a right old warrior and went 25lb 11oz, a cracking result!
Jason was fishing the edge of a large gravel patch (chris's bar swim) and baited heavilly with plum & caramel boilies and our own 'chilli hemp' that's been doing the business recently. The fish were on the bait but were very cagey and it was a bit of a waiting game for jason before the rod was off and a 25lb 14oz orchid stunner was in the net.
It's All a Dream......
A 15 man trip to 'Dreamlakes 1' in France became an exceptional session never to forget. Pictured here is Bill Hopkins with his 50lb 3oz common and also Jason Hopkins with his 60lb 4oz common caught using the 'warlock fishmeal boilies' Click on the 'Dreamlakes 1 Haulin' link here to find out just how good the session was!
Carp Collateral Damage ......................
We can only describe the past months catch results as 'carp collateral damage' in its highest form. Ivan Griffiths managed two outstanding Hawk Lake commons of 24lb's and 25lb's (pictured here) and Will Hopkins in his last two sessions has bagged no less than seven fish including six twenties up to 27lb 4oz (also pictured). Both are using our boilies in various flavours including monster crab and orange and blackcurrant and garlic flavours. Ollie Lowe has had some recent crackers too and he is holding for the camera here another stunning 26lb 2oz common. We have heard too that Paul Humphries has blown his pb away with a 25lb common only this morning, although we havent got pics of that one. Jason Hopkins managed some action too with a 19+ linear mirror and Terry Smith and Tom Smith have been having a few from their local venue including many fish to well over 20lb's. The results have been pouring in from far and wide and with the summer months now truly gone the fish are heavily on the feed.
Alan and Animal ......................
Alan Williams has been on the famous Mangrove this year and catching a few too. Here he is holding one of the famous old mangrove lumps known as the 'Animal' at a cracking 31lb 2oz. This fish fights like a looney hence its name and was tripped up using our blackcurrant & garlic boilies in the warlock fish mix. Well done Al.
.......Paul - "Best Pic of the Month"
Paul's Octo-catch Nets First Prize @ Cyprinid Products Carp Match....
Huge congratulations go to Paul Goodwin who came in first place on the Cyprinid Products carp match held on Shropshire's 'Hawk Lake'. 21 anglers were in attendance during the match many thanks go to all for the great turnout and fantastic weekend. Paul took the lake by storm by landing no fewer than 8 fish including 7 over 20lb's. The lake in general fished very slow possibly caused by the amount of lines in the water and unfavourable weather condition, but Paul was having a red letter session down in the first bay with fish literally rolling over each other in his swim. Paul is pictured here with just one of his amazing haul.
Bertie bags a Big-un at Hawk ....
Bertie Smith continues his amazing string of success on Shropshire's 'Hawk Lake' with yet another 20lb common. This one weighed in at 24lb's exactly and is just one of the latest captures of the many fish Bertie has bagged this season. Using our 'Birdfood Blitz Mix' boilies in his own unique smell Bertie is catching time and time again on just about every short stint he puts in at the lake.
Jason & Ollie manage a Quickie result at Hawk ....
Jason Hopkins and Ollie Lowe have been venturing out again on Hawk Lake just doing quick overnighters. Although the lake has been fishing tough of recent weeks both the lads have had a result or two. Ollie managed to bag himself another Hawk common of precisely 25lb's and Jason managed to winkle out a stunning common too of just over 26lb's, both fish of course falling to our 'Warlock' boilies in a fruit and fish smell. Even when the lake is fishing hard these two lads seem to come up with the goods somehow. Well done!
Four Nighter Finds Fourteen Fine Fishes ....
Richworth Linear Fisheries 'Hunts Corner' was the chosen venue for Andy Madeley who tripped down for a 4 night stint. During his stay Andy managed to haul no fewer than 14 carp on our Blackcurrant & Garlic Boilies including the 27+ and the 28+ mirrors shown here. Andy recorded 9 doubles and 5 twenties in an arm aching episode that proves his results are certainly no fluke!
Four Fishers Find Favour ....
Here are some very recent captures on our Warlock fish mix boilies from a quartet of cracking fishers. Terry and Bertie Smith (father and son) had a right result on their local venue with Terry banking a lovely 21lb 8oz common (Terry is in the camo cap) and Bertie following that up with a fabulous 21lb common (Bertie has Digger the carp russell in on the action). Andy Hall managed a corker of a mirror from Marchamley Pool in the shape of this 21lb fish (with the daffodils behind) and Callum Griffiths landed two fish himself during a quick overnighter on Merrington carp fishery which included a 15lb mirror and the 20lb common pictured here both caught on our strawberry boilies (blue t-shirt).
Oxford Orchid Blooms for Will .... & Jason .... & Bill ....
An Oxford tour was definately on the cards after all the recent work put in here at Cyprinid Products and Bill Hopkins took his two sons to the well known day ticket fishery 'Orchid Lake'. A four-nighter was the session and within only half an hour after getting the rods out Bill was already was into a hard fighting mirror of 32lb 7oz. The weather was tough for the first two days with big winds and heavy rain but a change was soon to come and the fish moved in on the feed. Will Hopkins managed to net a cracking 16lb 14oz mirror and followed that up with a 24lb 4oz chunk known as the little italian from the 'new middles' swim. Jason managed a couple of doubles too whilst nothing else around the lake was coming out. On the Tuesday dinnertime Will had a howler on one of his rods and completely blew his personal best away with 'Cluster' the mirror at a staggering 34lb 11oz. He had another stunning mirror the next morning after landing a 10lb common which went 20lb 10oz. Jason was bivvied in the 'Top dug out' swim and on the morning of leaving managed another double followed by another mirror of 20lb 10oz. A cracking session we all had with some top fish from a top day ticket fishery, cheers to Marsh and all the boys down on Orchid
Boilie Boys Bag Big-uns
During the last two weeks of the close season on Hawk Lake there were some fantastic catches recorded with a few very nice fish being caught. The 'Warlock' fishmeal frozen readymade boilies were really doing the business combined with top rate angling. Pictured here are two of the Cyprinid top boys: Ivan Griffiths and Calvin Bailey. Ivan managed to bag a personal best common with this 27lb 6oz lump and Calvin was on form as usual and is looking very pleased with himself after landing this pretty 23lb 9oz mirror. We at CP are all well pleased for you guys, Keep them comin'
Bill Escapes to the Monastry
Bill Hopkins managed to escape from the endevours of bait-making for a quick overnighter on Hawk Lake and opted to fish the Monastry Bay for the chance of a fish. At 10am the next morning the middle rod tore off and Bill was into a fine common which tipped the scales to 21lb 7oz's. The ever faithful strawberry fishmeals did the trick of which about 20 freebies had been introduced the night before followed by a 16mm bottom bait of the same on the rig. Bill explained that he had struggled to get out at all just recently because of the never-ending orders coming in so it was nice to get the chance of a quick trip and be rewarded with another nice fish on the bait.
Ollie's Odour is a Knockout
Ollie Lowe has had some exceptional action just recently from Shropshire's Hawk Lake. Using the 'Warlock fishmeal boilies' in his own unique smell Ollie has manage two braces of 20 pound+ commons on two seperate short sessions. The first brace consisted of a 25lb 8oz fish and a 23lb 2oz fish caught from the infamous first bay and pictured here. The second brace came on a trip just shortly afterwards from further up the lake from a swim known as 'The Leak'. These two commons were 21lb 8oz and 20lb 4oz and he was more than made up for his efforts.
Duo Double at Dell
Andy Jackson from Shrewsbury took his 12 year old son Josh for a 24 hour carp fishing session on his local water 'The Dell'. During the short overnight stint Josh caught a 20lb 2oz mirror using our ever producing 'black belachan' pop-ups. Andy himself managed to land three fish on our 'Atlantic Sea Salmon' boilies up to the pictured 29lb 4oz common shown here and said he was well pleased with the result and to see that the Dell is still producing some cracking fish.
French Fish Fancy Keith's English Strawberries
The strawberry frozen fishmeal boilies we produce here at Cyprinid Products have once again proven to be a huge success on yet another french trip. Keith Jones spent a week away in France enduring high variable winds, snow through the night time and cold frosty mornings on a session that proved to be more than fruitful. Keith fished exceptionally well and through the week landed the following: 53lb 8oz common, 51lb 8oz mirror, 40lb mirror, 37lb 15oz mirror, 36lb mirror, 35lb 4oz mirror, 27lb common, 26lb common and a catfish. The two big fish were the biggest brace of the year and only 1lb off the record and the first ever brace of 50's to have been caught from the venue. Keith informed us that our bait outfished everything else going in the lake and obviously coupled with Keith's good angling it was a session he will never forget. Here Keith is holding the big mirror that found itself nestling in the net after a hard fought fight. Well done!
26lb 2oz
24lb 2oz
20lb 6oz
Bertie Bags Longboards Trio
A single overnighter for Bertie Smith on Hawk lake turned up a trio of surprises with a hat full of stunning commons. Fishing in a swim known as 'the longboards' the first fish rattled off angrily at 9pm. Bertie managed to tame it into the net and record a weight of 26lb 2oz. 5am the next morning and another fish picked up Berties rig which turned out to be another common carp of 24lb 2oz. Whilst photographing the recently caught fish his alarm shreiked out once again and another common of 20lb 6oz was soon nestling in the net. All three fish were caught on 5 bait stringers of our 'Warlock' fishmeal boilies in a special pineapple concoction and Bertie reckons it just doesn't get better than that! 24lb 2oz
Brothers Begin Brightly @ Blakemere
At half six on a cool misty Thursday morning Steve Edwards and his brother turned up on the doorstep to pick up some bait as they were both booked onto the new local day ticket venue 'Blakemere Leisure' for a 48 hour session. I took them both to the lake which is only the other side of town from our place but a little awkward to find and left them in peace to try and catch a carp or two. Steve and his brother both caught a few lovely fish using a bed of particle spod mix, micro pellets and chopped 'Warlock' strawberry fishmeal boilies. Nothing happened on the first night for the lads but the next morning at 7.10am a lively common found its way into Steves net, quickly followed 20 minutes later by a 17lb 6oz mirror. Later that day more fish were landed ranging from 8lb's-13lb's and the last fish of the session went 19lb 10oz on the scales and is pictured here. Both the lads cant wait to get back as they loved the trip and hopefully they may come across one or two of the much larger residents that reside in the lovely Blakemere.
Roy Rods a Big-un in Night Session
Ivan 'Roy' Griffiths managed to put in a quick overnighter on 'Hawk Lake' in Shropshire and managed to bank yet another superb fish. At 4am the common took off with Ivan's rig from a point on the far reedline where a handfull of our fishmeal boilies were introduced the night before. A short but lively scrap was had before Ivan netted the fish and managed to record a weight of precisely 24lb's.
Bertie Pulls at Pool
Bertie Smith has had some recent luck again on Shropshire's Marchamley pool. Using the 'Warlock Fish Mix' frozen readymade boilies in a unique pineapple smell 16 year old Bertie managed to tempt this corking mirror carp of 20lb's 6oz's.
Blacky and Boilies Bag a Big Un
This fantastic 30lb 4oz mirror was caught by Steve 'Blacky' Blackhurst from Crewe during a stint down on Yateley Pads Lake. Steve tripped up the lump using our frozen readymade 'Warlock' fishmeal boilies in the ever faithful strawberry flavour and also managed to fool a 26lb 8oz mirror and a 4lb common for his efforts. Well done Steve, a cracking result!
Cyprinid Products Carp Match is a Winner
It was that time of year again for the Cyprinid Products carp match which was held down on Shropshire's Merrington Pool. 16 anglers were present and all eager to walk away with first prize and the carp match trophy. Over the 48 hours the match fished tricky with just the odd fish being landed or lost and Telford's Mark Booth holding his own in peg 18 with an early couple of fish from the islands. Will Hopkins had a couple of small carp from peg 5 but really turned up the pressure in the last few hours on the Sunday morning. Will spodded out a bed of hempseed as a last resort to tempt the winner and bagged four fish on the bounce including the biggest fish of the match, the lovely 23lb 8oz common pictured here. Will took the biggest fish prize and first place with 88lb 8oz in total with Trog in second place and Mark Booth settling for third. A cracking weekend it was and we here at Cyprinid Products applaud all who attended and made the weekend well worth the wait. Well done boys!
Warlock Boilies for Better Bites
There has been a shed full of carp caught from Hawk Lake over the past few weeks as the carp have really been on the munch. There are really too many to list that have fallen to our 'Warlock' fishmeal boilies so a quick summary will have to suffice. Mike Kellet has landed a new personal best with a 22lb's+ common on the ever faithful strawberry flavour that we do and he was as chuffed as punch with this one. Andy Madeley has also been in the action catching numerous fish from the narrows on the 'blackcurrant & garlic' including a 24+ common, a 26+ common and the 27lb 6oz fish pictured here (with the bivvy behind him). Terry Smith has really been doing the business in the first bay catching no less than 6 carp over a weekend session from the bays famous peg 10...the biggest of Terry's fish is the 22lb 8oz common, he's pictured with the headtorch on. Ivan Griffiths also had a nice fish from peg 10 after Terry had left, bagging this lovely mirror carp at 23lb's 14oz's. There are many more that have been out but we just cant keep up with all the action...well done boys.
Bill's Boilies are Better Bait
Bill Hopkins and his son Jason both managed a quick overnighter on Shropshire's famous venue 'Hawk Lake'. Bill fished Hawk's main pads and Jason targeted the narrows further down with sixteen takes between them including some cracking carp and a huge tench for Jason of 8lb 8oz. Bill's largest fish was a lovely 23lb 9oz mirror (the biggest of two twenties) and Jason landed no less than eight doubles up to the 17lb linear mirror shown here. All the chances came to the 'Warlock' fishmeals in Cranberry & Garlic flavour...These boilies just keep on producing the goods and the multiple catches up and down the country falling to them just goes to show they are the bait to be on.
Walkabout Ends In Surprise Farlows Fish Fest
Jason Hopkins recently flew back from a seven month trip to Australia. After landing at Heathrow airport he was met by some of his best mates who had already set up his tackle on the well known Coln Valley day ticket water 'Farlows Lake'. The boys went straight onto Farlows from the airport and managed to get amongst the fish with over 35 takes including some stunning Farlows residents seeing the bank. Pictured are just a few fish from the trip all caught using our frozen fishmeal boilies in various flavours with Calvin Bailey, Will Hopkins and Jason himself showing off some of the stunning 20+ fish they had caught...Well done boys!
Oxford Orchid Session Sees Success
Jason Hopkins and Gareth Jones spent three nights on Orchid Lake in Oxford and came up trumps with some excellent catches. Gareth opted to fish the Chris's Bar swim and managed to land a 27lb 6oz mirror then followed that one up with the pictured 29lb 10oz common. Jason was bivvied up in Paxfords and with the fish showing in front of him he had a string of takes including three 20's the biggest being the 22lb 4oz stunner shown here. Cranberry & Garlic flavoured Warlock fishmeal boilies were the winning formula for the occasion and with over a dozen takes to the rods over the session the Orchid fish loved them.
Pool Yields it's best to 'pool Duo
Craig Cosgrove and Stephen Wooding both from Liverpool recently fished a 2 night session on Merrington Pool for the chance of a fish or two. Both were using our "Warlock fish mix" strawberry boilies and both had a right result with a new personal best fish each. Craig caught a cracking mirror and possibly the biggest mirror currently residing in Merrington at an awesome weight of precisely 28lb's from peg 2. Stephen's pb was a common of 20lb's 1oz from peg 1 which was also a typically lovely Merrington fish. Both lads came away dead happy for their efforts and we are all positive here at Cyprinid Products there will be many more happy times to come for the lads.
Can't Count Carl's Catches
Carl Amery has had that many fish from Weston Park over the past couple of years using our boilies that we have given up keeping count. Carl is pictured here with a couple of the lakes finer residents from a recent session where multiple catches were again the norm. A brace of thirties were Carl's prize for his efforts along side 5 other fish over 20lb's and doubles to boot. The mirror shown is single scale at 31lb's 8oz and this was followed up with the slate grey common at 34lb's 8oz. A few years back Carl and Bill Hopkins came up with a winning formula between them with regards to attraction in the Warlock fish mix and finally settled with a pineapple smell accompanied by another flavour and two other additives that have been outstanding since first put to use. Bill's extensive knowledge with additives, attractors and flavour levels have definately been a huge benefit to those who wish to experiment with their own particular unique smells in our boilies. Time and time again this knowledge (accompanied by good angling ability) has proven the downfall of many carp from all over the country.
Terry Ends Week-long Fish Famine
Nothing had been caught for over a week from Shropshire's Marchamley pool as it was fishing very slow. Terry Smith turned up for a short stint and managed to bag a lovely common for his efforts which was a turn up for the books after such a quiet period for the pool. The fish weighed 22lb 2oz's and fell to our own tiger nuts which we always have here ready frozen and the Warlock Fish Mix readymade frozen boilies which Terry had chopped up. One of our yellow pop-ups doubled up with a tigernut as hookbaits were popped up an inch off the bottom on a size 8 fang gaper hook attached to 10 inches of 20lb triggerlink accompanied by one of our 2oz flat pear leads.
Mon Dieu! Darren's Digital Delight
The final morning of a seven day session on Les Teillatts in France, saw Darren Mann from Whitchurch bag the digital common at a staggering 70lb 5oz. Our own strawberry flavoured fishmeals proved the downfall of the 28-year-old severn trent operatives new personal best, which fell for a snowman hookbait offered over 20 kilos of free offerings on a gravel bar at 90 yards range.
Will Wins With Warlock in Monastry Move
During a quick overnighter on Hawk Lake 19 year old Will Hopkins from Whitchurch caught a heavilly scaled mirror carp of precisely 22lb's. Will had been in his chosen swim for the night and had not caught so took a brief trip up into Hawk's Monastry Bay where he spotted a fish leap out at 70 yards range. A single strawberry Warlock fishmeal bottom bait was soon whacked to the spot and within half an hour the mirror was fooled and took off on a powerful run. Will soon had the angry mirror in the net and was over the moon to see such a lovely fish pose with him for the camera.
Terry Takes Cyprinid Carp Catching Champion @ Merrington Match
The 2009 Cyprinid Products Carp Match was once again held on Merrington pool with all the lads eager to catch a few and have a great weekend. We had 16 anglers keen to take the trophy home and this year saw the closing hours on the Sunday go down to the wire. The biggest fish was caught by Gareth Jones with a common of 21lb 12oz on the Saturday, by the Sunday morning it was a close race and anyone could have taken the prize money. Tom Smith nearly had it in the bag by landing two late fish but was beaten into 3rd place by Ivan Griffiths who also had two fish nearly on the bell. The overall winner though and this years Carp Catching Champion was Terry Smith who held strong to take the champagne, the trophy and the prize money. Well done Terry and a big thank you to Elaine for once again having us back on the lovely Merrington. Pictured is Terry with one of his winning fish...and all the lads at the cabin.
Hawk Helps Jim with Another Haul
Hawk Lake keeps producing for local lad Jim Minshall. Pictured here is yet another common for Jim at a nice weight of 25lb 4oz. The fish fell for a four bait stringer using the Warlock fishmeals in Jim's own special flavour.
Redmire Remains Remarkable
Redmire Pool is the most historical venue of all time. Through the years such legends as Dick Walker, Jack Hilton, Chris Yates (who held the british record for ten years from Redmire) have graced the banks of this most magical of venues. Bill Hopkins was lucky enough to have a weekend trip on the lovely pool and managed to slip the net under this lovely 17lb 2oz Redmire king carp. Bill said 'the whole atmosphere down there was truly awesome and to actually fish on Redmire and catch one of its residents was a truly magical experience'. The fish fell to a mulberry & black pepper snowman topper fished as a single pop-up over a bed of small grit sized pellets and a handful of chopped up strawberry Warlock fishmeal boilies. A little work was done with the marker to find an area tight in the left margin from a swim known as the 'evening pitch' under a overhanging bush where the weed wasn't so thick and therefore fine to present a hookbait. At a quarter to five the next morning the mirror pulled the rod right round and burst off into open water before being teased back to the waiting net.
Cat Crashes BCSG party
During the British Carp Study Groups 40th anniversary celebrations on Linford Fisheries Blackhorse Lake, Bill Hopkins caught one of the lakes resident catfish. The Warlock fishmeal boilies are a great catfish puller as well as awesome carp catcher and Bill was using mulberry & black pepper flavour in the mix. The cat came in the morning over a bed of 3 kilos of 18mm boilies on a mulberry & black pepper red snowman topper fished 70 yards past two large weedbeds. Bill said the fish took off straight into thick weed but steady pressure eased the angry cat through and back to the waiting net. A great weekend was had by the BCSG and the lake was a wonderful place to fish.
Gaz Wharton 22lbs
Wonderful Warlock Start to the Season
During the opening of the season on Hawk lake there were plenty of the lads using our Warlock fishmeal boilies and they all seemed to be doing very well. Gaz Wharton has managed no less than five fish to over 25lbs using our Warlocks in 14mm mulberry & garlic flavour. Gaz is pictured here with one of his catch, a lovely 22lb mirror.
Terry Smith was on our scopex, squid and octopus halfway up the lake in a swim known as the 'drop off'. Terry firstly landed a small double for his troubles then followed that fish up with a nice mirror of 20lb 6oz from the far reedline.
Jim Minshall was set-up in the Monastry Bay and was rewarded with four fish of which two were doubles, a 23lb mirror and a new personal best 27lb common...well done Jim.
Jason Hopkins has been flitting on the lake with short overnighters and has had three twenties including the nice looking common shown here of 21lb14oz. Jim and Jason have been on the of blackcurrent & garlic flavour that was so devastating on Hawk last year.
Well done to all the lads using our boilies and other products up at Hawk...All the best and have a good season.
Terry Smith 20lbs 6oz
Jim Minshall 27lbs
Jason Hopkins 21lbs 14oz
ET knocks Paul for Six at Forum Match
Paul Jones was fishing the Welsh Carp Fishing Forum v's Carpology Forum carp match at one of his favourite haunts 'The Birch'. During the match Paul caught no less than six fish including one of the well known lumps, a stunning mirror fondly known as ET. The fish weighed 25lb's 11oz and came in awful weather conditions after snaffling the Warlock fishmeals in the blackcurrent and garlic flavour.
Mr Cyprinid Goes Common
Mr Cyprinid himself Bill Hopkins fished the opening of the new season on Hawk Lake in Shropshire. Fishing in the infamous 1st Bay, Bill banked three commons weighing 15lb's 9oz, 21lb's 5oz and 24lb's 4oz. The first two came on the Warlock fishmeal boilies in a plum and caramel flavour and the largest common couldn't resist the ever faithful strawberry flavour Warlocks. Bill presented Strawberry Crush snowman toppers on standard clip rigs using our 2oz cone bombs and 18lb daiwa sensor straight through as he was fishing a heavilly padded area. Bill said the takes were tremendous and the biggest of the three plodded under the rod tip for ages before succumbing to steady pressure.
Craig's Cymru Catch
During day only sessions Craig Hope from Whitchurch in Shropshire has recently managed to bank two stunning carp. Both fish came from a secret Welsh lake and fell to 5 bait 14mm stringers accompanied by a further 40 freebies of the same fired over the top. This is yet another good example of the Warlock fishmeals doing the business and Craig was using them in our sweet maple flavour. The common weighed in at 25lb 13oz and was followed by the mirror which tipped the scales at a personal best 27lb 1oz for a well pleased Craig.
Bertie's Big Fish Bug
Bertie Smith spent two nights on Marchamley Pool for a four fish haul that included 2 doubles a 20lb 8oz mirror and this cracking personal best 25lb 3oz common. Bertie was using our strawberry Warlock fishmeal boilies in 16mm sizes which he had robbed from his dads freezer the night before. His dad Terry was round today to tell us how his son has got the big fish bug but from now on he has to pay for his own baits...we reckon here good on the lad, just keep the fish coming and show the old man how its done.
"The fight was tremendous in the dark"
A two night session back on the Birch for Sean Lewis proved fruitful when Sean landed a very pretty common of precisely 22lb's. The fish came on the second night during a time when the lake was quite busy and therefore wasn't fishing well. Sean was trying something a little different by mixing up two different flavoured baits of our 'Warlock' frozen fishmeal boilies. He caught the common at 3.00am after baiting up with a mixture of the Strawberry flavour and Blackcurrant & Garlic flavour...Approximately 40 freebies in all and hooked the fish on a Blackcurrant & Garlic 14mm bottom bait. Sean stressed...'The fight was tremendous in the dark. The fish had me all over the place and at one point crossed my two other lines. It was a knit one, pearl one job with the rods but I managed to beat the fish in the end and was really pleased with this one'.
Gareth Gets Daisy and Doris
Gareth Jones from Whitchurch in Shropshire spent three nights on the popular Oxford venue 'Orchid Lake' where he fished in the Top Dug-out swim. Using our 'Warlock' frozen ready made fishmeal boilies in Cranberry & Garlic flavour Gareth firstly landed a 13lb 8oz mirror and quickly followed that fish up with a 15lb 10oz mirror. Soon after another mirror was engulfed in mesh which went 28lb 8oz on the scales...A proper result to say the least. The following night he was fortunate enough to land one of the many orchid 30's...a fish known as 'Daisy' at a fantastic weight of 32lb 4oz that took off with another cranberry & Garlic bottom bait at 1.00am. The following evening Gareth was stunned to follow the big mirror up with one of the lakes much sought after 30+ commons which is fondly known as 'Doris' and weighed in at a fantastic 30lb 8oz and was fooled after snaffling a snowman set-up over about 100 freebies.
Five Fish Frenzy for Hot Malayan Sausage
A recent session on Merrington Pool in Shropshire for Whitchurch local Ivan Griffiths proved fruitful with a five fish catch which included two fish over 20lbs. Ivan was using our Warlock frozen ready made boilies in a new flavour we are now doing 'Hot Malayan Sausage'. This flavour is already proving to be a winner and has scored with some very decent carp over the past couple of months. After landing a small carp of about 10lbs on his first day on the venue Ivan quickly followed it up later that night with a chunky mirror of 20lb 4oz. The next day another fish sent his alarm into a frenzy and soon a good mirror was banked and pulled the scales round to 22lb 12oz. A further two doubles were landed on Ivan's rods and when the session was over he was more than pleased.
Catcher in the Storm
Paul Jones has continued his success on his local water 'The Birch' using our Blackcurrent & Garlic frozen boilies with these stunning mirrors taken on seperate short sessions. The fish he is holding high for the portrait photo is 20lbs 8oz's and the other is another superb mirror weighing in at 21lb 2oz's. Well done to you Paul from all of us here as we know some of the fish you have had this year have been in terrible conditions with the lake being situated right on the coast. The results have come at times during hurricane force winds and horizontal rain so everything you have acheived you have well deserved.
Jim's Session of Secrets
Jim Minshall fished a highly secret Cheshire stillwater for a short overnight session. He was rewarded with this fine 18lb 12oz Mirror carp that for sure had never seen a hook before. Jim was using our Warlock fishmeal boilies in his own top secret flavour to tempt the fish which came just before dusk on a pop-up presentation over the top of 15 free offerings.
Jason's Left Hand Rattle
Jason Hopkins spent a quick overnighter on Shropshire's Hawk Lake in the infamous Monastery Bay. As Jason was packing away the next morning his left hand rod rattled off, the result being this corker of a little mirror that weighed 20lb's 4oz. Jason was using the Warlock fishmeal boilies in Scopex, Squid & Liver flavour with a 16mm bottom bait and approximately 15 freebies over the top fished to a corner of the reedline on the far bankside.
Josh has a Good Night Out
Phil Madeley managed a quick overnight session on Hawk Lake with his son Josh. Phil was rewarded with this nice 24lb 4oz common caught using our Warlock Fish Mix in his favoured scopex, squid & octopus smell. The fish fell for double 14mm hair-rigged bottom baits accompanied with a 5 bait stringer and 15 baits scattered over the top. Phil said the fish put up a tremendous fight and when having the photos done Josh of course got in on the act.
Paul is Dead Chuffed at Regular Haunt
The lovely Birch pool in Wales holds some stunning carp and on Wednesday night last week venue regular Paul Jones was was dead chuffed to find one in his net after it had fallen for one of our Blackcurrent & Garlic fishmeal boilies. Paul presented a 14mm bottom bait over the top of 50 free offerings of the same and is shown here with his stunning mirror of precisely 23lbs.
Birch is Good for Sean
Sean Lewis from Cardiff has been having some winter joy on his superb syndicate 'The Birch'. Sean has been catching using the Warlock Fishmeal boilies in Blackcurrant & Garlic and sent us these two nice photographs of his 20lb 1oz common and a 22lb 1oz mirror. The bait has been scoring for him during the winter months and we are confident here that he will do really well this year as Sean is a bit of a clued up carp catcher on the quiet.
Ian Makes Merrington Magic
Ian Jones returned to Merington Pool for a 2 night session when recent reports had showed the lake was fishing quite hard. Ian managed on his second night this stunning 23lb 4oz common using the big fish method mix mixed with our method mix booster glug and our frozen ready cooked tiger nuts and hempseed. Ian has always had good fortune on Merrington and this common is just another example of many of the lakes pretty fish.
Tom's biggest carp of the trip was this lovely mirror of 35lb's caught on a snowman rig with a pineapple & black pepper snowman topper over the top of a 20mm bottom bait of the same flavour.
Tom and Gareth find Paradise
During a week's session on Paradise Lakes in France, Gareth Price and Tom Smith managed to catch some lovely fish.
Gareth had plenty of fish including sturgeon to 23lb 5oz's, commons to 32lb's and a 34lb mirror and finally topping off the trip with the lake record common of 49lb 2oz's. The big common fell to Gareth's rod using a double bottom bait combination of two different flavours we did for him in the Warlock fishmeals which were cranberry & garlic and pineapple & black pepper.
Londoner Len Lands a Lovely
Len Smith from London had an amazing string of fish during a session on his lovely Norfolk syndicate water. Using the Warlock fishmeal boilies in Cranberry and Garlic flavour Len landed many doubles but the biggest fish was this stunning 28lb 8oz common. Well done Len...exceptional angling to say the least.
Sean Sees a Sure Session Success
Sean Lewis fished on Shropshire's Hawk Lake for a 48 hour session and was rewarded with this nice looking 21lb 8oz common. The fish fell to the Warlock fishmeal's in 14mm sizes with this years devastating blackcurrant & garlic flavour. Sean found a hard spot on the far reedline where he presented his baits and his work obviously paid off. Well done Sean! Hopefully one of the lakes biggies will be coming your way soon.
Biggest Mirror for Gaz in Trio of Bests
This nice looking 23lb 3oz mirror was caught by Gaz Wharton during the Hawk Lake pairs carp match and won Gaz the biggest mirror carp prize for the weekend. Not only that but it contributed to Gaz and his match partners overall weight of fish to acheive 1st place. The fish took a liking to the warlock fishmeal boilies in maple flavour and is also Gaz's personal best mirror carp...first place? biggest mirror? a personal best and a pocket full of cash? cant be bad for a weekends fishing? Well done Gaz!!!
Ian scores at his Cuttle Mill Pad
Ian Jones fished a day session on the well known day ticket water 'Cuttle Mill'. After an early move into a swim in a quiet corner of the lake near a set of lilly pads Ian introduced small amounts of the Warlock strawberry boilies and pellets throughout the day to try and gain the interest of one or two fish that were evidently moving amongst the pads. About an hour before dark Ian had a tremendous take on the pad rod that he had walked down and dropped in over the baited area and managed to coax a hard fighting fish into the net after a tremendous battle. The common went 25lb 8oz on the scales and was Ian's first fish over 20lb's from the historical venue.
During the weekend of 11th-13th July Bill Hopkins ran the Annual 'Cyprinid Products' Carp Match on Shropshire's Merrington Pool.
A total of 16 anglers took part in what was to be an enjoyable yet slightly messy weekend.
Bill said 'when the lads all turned up in the car park on the Friday it was more like a line up from "Crime Watch" although these are some of the best lads I have ever had the pleasure to fish with'.
On the Saturday night the BBQ went into the early hours and in all quite a few of the lads were only there for the weekends social.
However a few of the lads were quite competetive with Phil Madeley doing the business overall. Phil managed 82lb 6oz's of carp for his efforts on the ''warlock' strawberry fishmeals to take first place. His biggest fish of the weekend a lovely 21lb 8oz mirror (pictured).
PB for Calvin
Calvin Bailey from Whitchurch in Shropshire managed a quick overnighter on Hawk Lake and fished tight to the far reedline in the first bay. Using a 'Cyprinid Products' Cranberry & Black Pepper bottom bait with 15 freebies over the top Calvin was over the moon to catch this personal best fish of 25lbs 14oz. The common came just as Calvin was packing away in the morning and it was on the only rod he had left out after reeling the other one in.
They keep coming for Andy
Andy Madeley is still doing some mega hauling on Hawk Lake using the blackcurrant & garlic frozen readymades. Its almost getting too much to keep up with really as Andy has by now had around 30 fish since the start of the season on Hawk with almost half being over 20lb's. Here he is again with another stunning common of 27lb 12oz.
Three big ones
During a three night stint on a Colne Valley gravel pit Bill Hopkins landed 3 fish using the Warlock fishmeal frozen readymades in the cranberry & garlic flavour. The first fish was a mid double common taken from between gravel bars at 50 yards range amongst light silkweed where the fish were showing. The second fish is the pictured 35lb 12oz mirror taken from the same area only a short while after the common was caught and on the same rod after the recast. To round the session off Bill finally landed another mirror of precisely 24lb's. All the fish were caught on Snowman set-up's with 16mm bottom baits of the cranberry & garlic and 14mm Snowman toppers in the blackcurrant & garlic flavour over the top. Bill said the fight from the big mirror was awesome as he had it on for over half an hour. It powered off early morning just after the common had been returned and bored deep between the bars and at one point picking up one of the other lines. With a little bit of 'knit one, pearl one' Bill was able to free the offending line from the action just in time to stop the powerful mirror from reaching some dangerous snags in a bay to his left. Soon it succumbed to steady pressure and was coaxed into the awaiting net.
The Force in the Roots
Luke (the force) Roberts destroyed his personal best carp twice in one session. During the opening week on Hawk Lake Luke firstly banked a nice 25lb 8oz common beating his original pb of 22lb's. Luke went on to then catch Hawk's amazing 'razor' common at a fantastic 31lb 12oz. The Warlock fishmeal readymades in maple flavour did the business and the big fish put up a terrific fight in the swim known as the 'roots'. Luke was over the moon with his capture and of course now joins the Hawk 30+ club, not a bad result for the 16 year old apprentise bricklayer.
Awesome Hauling
Andy Madeley continued his amazing string of success on Hawk Lake during a further four nights on the famous Shropshire venue. Still using our blackcurrant & garlic frozen readymades Andy banked a further string of fantastic commons including this lovely 28.06. Andy has had no fewer than seventeen fish altogether so far in a total of five nights fishing with eleven fish over the twenty pound mark. Thats 'Awesone Hauling''
6 "drop off" for Andy
Andy 'the cat' Madeley had an amazing result from a swim known as the 'drop off' on Shropshire's Hawk Lake. During an 18 hour stint Andy landed a total of 6 fish including two doubles a 21lb 11oz mirror a 25lb 8oz common a 26lb 1oz common and to top the session off a 27lb 12oz common. Andy was using the 'warlock fish mix' frozen ready made boilies flavoured with his favourite blackcurrant & garlic smell (the two biggest commons are pictured). A cracking result from a cracking angler!
Oz and Nic go the distance for their best performance in a week long session to savour
Austin (Oz) Hopson and Nic Roberts spent the last week in April on the lovely Chateau Lake deep in the heart of the Loire Valley in a party of eight anglers who were all using Cyprinid Products leads.
After spodding a large bed of bait over a 250 yard stretch between the group the best session ever was soon to come. Everyone had a pb with more fish landed than ever before when they had been on previous occasions and pictured is Oz with a cracking 39lb pot bellied mirror and also Nic with a 40lb 8oz stunner.
. For reference Oz is the one having the bad hair day
...well done boys!
Oz and Nic were both using the 4.5oz distance leads that we do and reckons that we supply the best leads on the market which have been faultless during the past five years or so since first coming to us.
. ...............whilst Nic is a little shorter up on top with the 40lb smile
...well done boys!
Darren's got a "Pretty One"
Darren Mann from Whitchurch really found his form on farlows lake in Buckinghamshire. Using the Cyprinid Products 'snowman toppers' in Blackcurrant & Garlic as single hookbaits at range Darren first took a stunning 26lb 13oz common and later followed that up with the magnificent 36lb 9oz mirror known as 'the pretty one'. Darrens previous pb was 25lbs so to say he was over the moon is a complete understatement.
Read all about Darrens captures as well as some of the other lads captures on this particular trip in the Cyprinid Products on tour section entitled 'Farlows Lake'
Will Catches an Early Train
Will Hopkins caught a nice common of 22lb 2oz during a short overnighter on Hawk Lake. Will used a cranberry & garlic 'snowman topper over the top of a smoked fish & black pepper bottom bait snowman style in conjunction with a 5 bait stringer and a few smoked fish a black pepper boilies over the top. Will said 'the fish picked up the hookbait within only an hour or so of casting out and went like a train during the fight.
Early Morning Trump
Gareth Jones came up trumps with this 21.04 common from Hawk Lake during a quick overnighter. Gareth took the fish in the early morning from a swim known as the pink pads on a single cranberry & garlic snowman topper.
Fizzer in Stillwater
Ben (Animal) Horton continues his success on his Welsh stillwater with the capture of this magnificent 22lb 8oz mirror carp. The fish was caught close to snags applying just a handful of the warlock strawberry fishmeal boilies as freebies and a single strawberry bottom bait on the hair rig. Well done Ben, keep them coming.
Terry Pulls a Cracker
Terry Smith is still catching them from his local pool on the warlock fishmeal frozen ready made boilies. A mix of fruit flavoured smells in the bait proved worthwhile as the pictured 23lb common shows, a cracker for this time of year. Who said fishmeals don't work in the winter?
Strawberry in Winter
Ben (Animal) Horton from Whitchurch in Shropshire managed to land two lovely fish during an overnight session on a welsh stillwater. Using 14mm Warlock Fish Mix strawberry boilies as freebies and hookbaits in conjunction with small pva bags of pellets Ben caught fish of 21lb 1oz (common) and 18lb 8oz (mirror). A great winter result!
Winter Fodder
Bill Hopkins has proved on countless occasions in the past that fishmeals can be just as fruitful in the winter as in the summer months, and once again Bill has come up trumps with this stunning 26lb common from Shropshire's Hawk Lake. Even in the depths of winter Bill reckons a high protein fishmeal can outfish even the best of birdfoods or milk proteins as the carp can pick up on the nourishment of a better foodsource. Using a large PVA bag filled with the ever-faithful Warlock strawberry fishmeal boilies and just a few grit sized pellets Bill tempted the hungry common from a silty area in Hawk's second bay.
Animal's Crackers
Ben 'Animal' Horton' has just recently began using the 'Warlock Fish Mix' frozen ready made boilies and has already had some fantastic results. Fishing a quiet Welsh venue Ben has caught than no less than five carp already of which four were over 20lb's. Combinations of pellets and single Banana & Lemon Grass pop-ups and pva bags of pellets over the top of the strawberry fishmeals seem to have done the trick for Ben as the two pictured photographs show. Both fish were cracking commons weighing 20lb 8oz and 22lb 13oz respectively. Hopefully the results will keep coming for Ben who seems to be on top of his game when tracking a fish or two down.
Six are Tortued!!!! in France
On 6th October a six angler party from the 'Cyprinid Products' stable fished Lake Tortue in France on the Croix Blanche Complex for a weeks session. The week went well with everyone catching although unfortunately a few fish were lost and the conditions were quite dire to say the least for the best part of the week due to falling temperatures and heavy overnight mists. A couple of fish of note that are pictured here are of Bill Hopkins 45.08 mirror and Jason Hopkins 74.04 catfish. For the full story please take a look at the written article by Bill Hopkins on the link entitled 'Cyprinid Products on tour' All the best for the winter from everyone here at Cyprinid Products
Brittany Delivers ........................
A weeks session on clearwater lakes in Brittany for Andrew Wolfenden saw him land carp up to the pictured 30lb 12oz mirror. Andy had a 23+ within 5 minutes of his first cast as soon as he arrived at the venue and followed up with other fish during the week of 21lb and 26lb's plus doubles. Andy was using single strawberry 14mm bottom baits with a whittled down cranberry and garlic wafter on the top. Andy said 'The warlock fishmeals were pretty much the only other thing other than the house bait that caught anything as the fishing was slow for everyone due to the poor conditions during the week.
A Successful Formula
A quick overnight flit around his heavy work schedule produced this magnificent 24lb 5oz mirror for Bill Hopkins. Bill said 'I have been snowed under with bait and lead orders this month and it has definitely told upon the amount of time I have had available for my own fishing. The work has really paid off though as Cyprinid Products has really taken off this year with everyone having loads of joy on the products we manufacture, especially bait-wise. The results from different lads all over the country really speak for themselves with many PB's being broken. I have managed to be able to get out on the odd short overnight session myself in between coping with orders and it has been paying dividends recently with some nice fish being banked so I can't complain'.
The Smell of Success
Jason and Bill Hopkins targeted Hawk Lakes monastry bay for the chance of a fish or two and came up trumps with some awesome fish. Jason managed five fish during a two night session from a swim known as the 'Cheeky Coot' including the 25lb mirror pictured. Bill Himself managed to land a lovely common of 21lb 4oz during a quick overnighter. All the fish fell to the warlock fishmeal frozen ready made boilies with a new smell they have both been testing-'Smoked Fish & Black Pepper'. Jason has since been back on and had another fish of 26lb's recently. Bill reckons the smell from this one is awesome and loads of fish in the future are going to be banked using it.
Short and Sweet
Two short sessions for Gaz Wharton on Hawk Lake produced some cracking results. Gaz had 3 fish the first trip from Hawks monastry bay topped by a stunning 23.04 common. The following week he managed to drop into the same swim and had another common of 26.07. Once again the combination of good angling and the strawberry fishmeals have paid off for gaz who I'm sure will have many more fish before the year is out.
Mirror Mirror ... who is the fairest ....
Mr Cyprinid himself-Bill Hopkins tempted this beautiful mirror carp from Hawk Lake in Shropshire using the Warlock fishmeal frozen readymade boilies in Blackcurrant and Garlic flavour. A Cyprinid Products 'snowman topper' in the same flavour was presented to the edge of a large area of lilly pads in Hawks first bay on a free-running rig and a 1oz flat pear lead. Bill played the fish for the best part of ten minutes during a tremendous scrap before finally teasing it into the waiting net and recording a weight of precisely 23lb's.
Congratulations to Cyprinid Products Match Winner -Darren Mann !!
On the weekend of the 20th-22nd July Cyprinid Products held a singles carp match on Merrington pool of which 14 anglers were in attendance. After a torrid time of losing his first five fish Darren Mann from Whitchurch sorted the problem out and went on to take first place for largest weight of fish landed and also the biggest fish prize for a stunning 25lb common caught on the warlock fishmeal strawberry boilies. Congratulations go to Darren from us here at Cyprinid Products and thanks to all others who attended and made the weekend a great success.
Cat on the Prowl ............
Andy 'The Cat' Madeley has scored again on Merrington Pool during a quick overnighter with a 21.07 mirror. His first single overnighter produced six fish haul including a 21+ common and Andy was keen to get back on the cracking day ticket venue. From peg 15 just a few weeks after his first trip Andy fished open water using stringers of the warlock strawberry fishmeals and landed three carp and unfortunately also lost two fish. Cyprinid Products are running a carp match on Merrington later this month which became fully booked within days of releasing the info. Andy is a part of that match and we reckon here that he is getting a little practice in ready for the event. He isnt doing too bad either!
Two night Super Session !!!!!!!
Ian Jones from Llay near Wrexham spent a two night session on Merrington Pool not long after breaking his arm. The session really put him to the test in such unfortunate circumstances as Ian absolutely hauled carp for the 48 hour duration. 19 fish overall were landed 17 of which came on the second night during a massive thunderstorm after Ian had moved swim to get on fish. Pictured are two fish from his mega-haul, a 23.02 common caught using the 'Big Fish Method Mix' and a 21.14 mirror using a PVA bag of pellets and the Warlock strawberry fishmeal boilies. Since that session Ian has also been back for a brief overnighter and caught another five fish up to 20.02. He seems to be taking the place apart!
Best by far ..........
Steve Pritchard from Whitchurch in Shropshire blew his previous personal best to pieces during a 24 hour stint on hawk lake which was only his second time on the lake after a long spell away from the carp scene. Firstly Steve landed a common of 22.08 beating his previous pb by only a few ounces then he followed that up with the pictured 27.08 common which was caught on a snowman set-up using one of our snowman toppers and free offerings of the Warlock fishmeal boilies in monster crab & garlic flavour. Cracking result Steve, well done.
Brace yourself for Six of the best..
The start of the hawk lake season kicked off for Gareth Jones with a six fish haul which included three 20+ carp. Pictured are a brace of lovely commons weighing 22lbs and 22lb 12oz. All six fish were caught using warlock fishmeal boilies flavoured with cranberry and garlic and fished tight to a gap in lilly pads.
5 Alive
During the begining of the season on Hawk Lake Bill Hopkins fished Hawk's main pads and landed 5 fish up to the pictured 23lb 2oz mirror. All were caught on bottom baits using the warlock fish mix frozen ready made boilies flavoured with monster crab & garlic. Over four kilos of 4mm freebies were required to maintain the action and unfortunately Bill also lost two good fish in the pads.
Seen a Ghost
This stunning looking 23lb 12oz Ghost Carp was the result of Terry Smith's continuing success on his local water. During a short overnighter Terry landed no less than seven fish in a frenzied feeding spell on the warlock fish mix. Using a new smell in the bait that he wishes to keep quiet for now (Its Spicy lads) the action was frequent right through the night as Terry's alarms sounded no less than ten times. Unfortunately three fish were lost but the ghostie was the icing on the cake after a hectic nights fishing.
Three in a Bed
A session on Merrington Pool for Darren Mann from Whitchurch proved more than fruitful when he had three fish on the Warlock Fish Mix strawberry fishmeals all of which beating his previous personal best prior to the trip. Darren caught the pictured mirror first of 19.12oz before following it up with an 18+ and then an overwhelming 21.10oz common. All three fish fell to the same rod and were landed in quick succession. Well done Darren, keep them coming.
Look What the Wind's Blown In
Hardwick/Smiths on the Oxford richworth/linear complex can be tricky at the best of times. However, during a two night session in gale force winds and driving rain in November company owner Bill Hopkins managed a brace of twenty pound mirror carp from the venue. Applying a large bed of the 'warlock' strawberry fishmeal boilies and the Mega-Blend Method/Spod Mix Bill banked firstly a 25.00 mirror just on dark and then the next morning another 20.01 mirror.
Seeing Double .............. Seeing Double
Tom Smith is still scoring on his local haunt and has banked another two lovely fish. Once again the Warlock Fish Mix has produced the goods as Tom is shown here with a common of 22lbs and a stunning mirror of 26lbs.
A Quick Dip
Cyprinid Products company owner Bill Hopkins was recently putting a new range of products to the test including the new supreme range of boilie dips and pineapple flavoured ready cooked hempseed on Hawk Lake in Shropshire. The result in two short sessions were these two lovely Hawk commons of 24.14 (pictured in the early morning sun) and 21.06 (with the lake behind).
Tom & Terry's Serial Success
Terry Smith and his son Tom have been reaping the rewards for persistent time and effort on a tricky local Shropshire venue. Both Terry and Tom have had some really nice fish from the water through short sessions and hard baiting which has certainly paid off with good results. Although they have lost a few fish in the past via some unkindly resident snags in the lake, much fine tuning of rigs and careful bait presentation has produced regular action for them. Terry is pictured with a lovely mirror carp of 20lbs and Tom is shown with a stunning 23.08 common. They have fooled different fish from the venue by asking us to change the flavours and additives regularly although the base mix is always still the same warlock fish mix. Every change they have made has fooled carp in the past up to Terry's 33.08 pictured earlier on this page and the fish are certainly on the food source big time. Keep them coming lads!
Look What's Popped Up
During the Hawk Lake carp match in August of this year Will Hopkins managed to land this superb 24lb common carp fishing tight to the far reed line in the first bays peg 10. The fish was fooled during the early morning by a Cyprinid Products 14mm tutti-frutti pop-up fished over 3016mm warlock fish mix strawberry ready made boilies and also using our small 1oz flat pear leads.
One mans meet is another man's Poisson
Phil Madeley from Whitchurch in Shropshire had a cracking session during a weeks trip to France on cross channel carpings Les Teillatts lake. Phil managed a total of 10 catfish to 47lb and 7 carp to an amazing 54.08 mirror carp (pictured). Included in his amazing string of fish was also a lovely 48lb common. All of the fish fell to the 4oz and 3.5oz multi-facet leads from Cyprinid products which were coated in a gravel type of coating matching the lake bed from samples taken from previous trips. Phil and Andy his father who had a massive string of cats and is now called 'andy the cat' by all his mates explained that we had got the matching silt and gravel colour spot-on and after dropping the leads in the margins had a job to find them again. Of course we are only too pleased to help and are chuffed all who went during the trip had a good time and caught some stunning carp and cats.
It Gets Better and Better
Gaz Wharton from Whitchurch in Shropshire upped his personal best carp twice in to short 24 hour sessions. During a thursday overnighter on Hawk Lake Gaz managed to land a common of 26.09oz beating his current pb by over 10lbs. Following this fantastic result gaz couldnt resist another quick return to Hawk and set-up in a different swim where he felt he might be in with another chance. During the magical midnight hour Gaz had a run on one of his rods and preceded to struggle for 40 minutes with a really hard fighting fish. Once netted Gaz couldnt believe the size of the fish and lifted her onto the digital scales to record a weight of 30.11ozs. Gaz was using the Warlock Fish Mix freshly frozen boilies with maple flavour and fished a bottom bait of the same to produce the downfall of both fish. Well done gaz, keep them coming!
Twice as Nice
On two seperate short day sessions on a local club water Jason Hopkins landed a 22lb 4oz Common just as he was packing away on dusk and a lovely 20lb 4oz common the week after. Both fish were caught using single creamy toffee flavoured Ultra-Bright pop-up nuggets (orange) with the Big fish method mix tightly squeezed around the hookbaits.
I ver Big One
Jason Hopkins finally managed to land this 23lb common during a trip to farlows lake in Iver Bucks. After a torrid time which saw jason lose 6 fish in heavy weed this common was more than welcome when it went in the net. The warlock fish mix strawberry frozen boilies accounted for all of the pick-ups a couple of which were big fish that jason unfortunately lost near the net.
Lee landed
Lee Bateson from Whitchurch in Shropshire landed this nice common carp from Marchamley pool during a short overnighter. The fish found the warlock fish mix frozen readymade boilies completely irresistable and turned the scales round to just over 18lbs.
Bright and Merry
During a short overnight session on Merrington pool in shropshire Ian Jones from whitchurch managed 3 fish including a 19.04 a 19.08 and this lovely 20lb common (pictured). Ian scored using a yellow ultra-bright pineapple pop-up nugget fished at 60 yards range.
French Delight
During a trip to the lovely Chateau Lake in the Loire valley, Austin Hopson (Oz) caught this lovely 33Ib 07oz mirror carp which was the first of 3 cracking 30's during his stay. Oz was using our range of 4.5oz distance leads to aid his rewards and we wish him all the best for his next trip over there very in the near future. Happy hunting Oz
Jim's Personal Best
Jim Minshall from Wem in Shropshire caught this new personal best common carp of 25Ib 14oz from his local water Hawk Lake. The fish fell to a strawberry flavoured blue pop-up from our monster magic range fished over crumbled warlock strawberry fishmeal boilies. Jim was over the moon with his largest fish to date which was tripped up in a very close marginal spot. Well done Jim.
Personal Best in local lake for Terry
During a short 12 hour stint on a local club lake Terry Smith from Whitchurch in Shropshire caught this personal best 33.08 mirror carp. The fish was caught over a small bed of 16mm warlock fish mix frozen ready made boilies using hair-rigged bottom baits. Terry also landed a 18.00 common during his stay.
Jason improves Personal Best
Jason Hopkins from Whitchurch in Shropshire spent a week long session on Orchid Lake in Oxford. Jason had already caught a stunning mirror carp of 23Ibs from a swim known as Smithys when a last ditch move on dark into the Next Door swim on the last night of the session proved to be more than fruitful. Using a Cyprinid Products Warlock Fish Mix ready made bottom bait as a single hookbait and a 3oz pear lead Jason caught a personal best 31.04oz Mirror (pictured right) and a new personal best common of 26.12oz. Both fish were caught within an hour of each other with the big mirror known as 'Samson' coming first at 2 am.
Phil scores in France.
Phil Madeley landed this nice 35Ib 6oz common carp and a mega 39Ib 10oz mirror during trips to lake Les Teillatts run by cross channel carping. Phil scored using our range of 3oz Gripper leads and fished over beds of boilies and particles.
Andy Jackson continues his amazing string of ....... success
Fishing approximately 3 rod lengths out and using the Cyprinid Products 'Warlock Fish Mix' betain boilies with strawberry CSL and Aminos Andy caught this fine 32Ib 11oz mirror from Yeomans lake in Oxfordshire.
All nighter pays dividends !!!!
During a 24 hour session on Hawk Lake in Shropshire Gareth Jones caught this stunning 30Ib 4oz personal best common. Gareth was using a Cyprinid Products 2oz pear lead and presented his bait at about 90 yards at the back of the lakes first bay.
French Fancy - 54lb Common
Andy Madeley from Whitchurch in Shropshire had a fantastic session during a week long session in france on lake Les Teillatts run by cross channel carping. Andy caught over 20 carp using the Cyprinid Products range of distance leads including an awesome 54Ib common. The big fish came just after putting back a 41+ common and put up an amazing fight. Andy went on to catch a further string of 30's and 20's during his stay.