Big Carp Magazine Big Carp 192 Back Issue

Off the Beaten Track

Well, it’s been quite a month here at Big Carp again. I’ve been out to Canada with the Canadian Government appointed ‘Ontario Tourist Board’ on what can only be described as a ‘Unique Canadian Adventure’. I’ll explain. Most English carp anglers would immediately think of the St Lawrence when speaking of Canadian carping. What Jim Grayston, the trip organiser wanted to do was show us some of the other options to carp anglers thinking of visiting this immense country. Canada has ten million lakes, some so large that Great Britain would drop into one of its bays. They also have some of the most spectacular river systems in the world and can boast about the awesome Niagara River and Falls as one of the seven great wonders of the world. Now I’ve seen it and fished it, I know why! Fishing for carp down in the gorge below Niagara Falls has got to be one of the most beautiful places I have ever fished for carp.
The climb down there and up, which was worse, is another thing though, but you will have to wait until I have written the trip up before you get the full story. In a hectic week we fished half a dozen very different venues, probably not even scratching at the surface of the huge potential that is Canadian carping. We caught lots of carp, saw thousands and thousands of carp, everywhere! We didn’t catch any monsters, but we all caught fish at around 30 plus. Are there any monsters out there? That is a certainty. With that many un-fished waters there’s got to be some huge fish somewhere. We just need to find them.