Big Carp Magazine Big Carp 326 Back Issue

Beauties and Beasts
The theme this month is Beauties and Beasts and do I have a collection of articles that fill those criteria. Not only some of the best-looking carp in the country but some of the biggest too. So, let’s start this month on a venue crammed with carp that meet our requirements and an angler that knows more about the place than anyone. I am of course talking about Cottington Lakes and none other than Barry Oconnor. Barry and his son Benn, have fished this place for years and what they have not caught is not worth mentioning. Their stock is legendary, in fact Cottington has come top of the Big Carp Top 10 awards for the past seven years, no wonder our readers vote for this place, the carp are simply amazing.
Next up is Dan Huskinson who has been ‘Chasing the Big Girl’. A huge common over 60lbs, not only a beast but one of the most amazing looking commons we have ever seen here at headquarters. There is something magical about a truly big common and this one tops the list.
Leigh Leavesleys’ article ‘Etched in Time’ starts in March of this year when a ticket for Swarkestone, a gravel pit which lies in the east midlands, came up for grabs. As midlands’ gravel pits go, this place is just about as famous as they come. Steeped in history, it’s been fished by the who’s who of midlands anglers since records began. Not only that, but its residents are some of the best lookers around!