Big Carp Magazine Big Carp 272 Back Issue

Magnificent Beasts.

This month we have a selection of articles aimed at firing everyone up ready for our spring campaigns only a few short weeks away. Once those clocks go forward at the end of March, we carp anglers once again head lakeside in our thousands. Not that we can complain about the winter we have just had. As I write this in mid-February, strong southwesterlies are forecast for the weekend, and with nighttime temperatures staying well above freezing, the chance of a winter carp is well on the cards.

The cover story this month is part 2 of Ash Geden’s history-making trio of Thames forties, and what a magnificent beast this huge linear is! Our Thames Special last month was incredibly popular, and with the closed season looming, time has all but run out for a river carp this side of June 16th. I will be publishing another river special, this time featuring a dozen of the UK's top river venues other than the Thames, so watch out for another couple of fifties so far unpublished!