Big Carp Magazine Big Carp 232 Back Issue

Canal Carp Fishing

Canal carping has become one of the fastest growing areas of carp fishing in recent years in the UK, and no wonder when you see the size of some of the carp swimming in our canal systems. Not only that, but since many of these canal fish are escapees from the many still waters that line the banks of our canals the variety of strains is incredible. Anything from brightly coloured Koi carp carelessly dropped into the canal when they got too big for the aquarium or garden pond they were in, to ghost carp, big leathery battle-scared warriors, long linear type Leneys from the Colne valley to huge fully scaled mirrors nearing fifty pounds.
I have never seen a carp magazine, let alone a proper book, devoted to canal carping, so as part of our ‘Off The Beaten Track’ series I decided it was about time there was both. This issue and the book will be very different, but I will tell you about the forthcoming book in a minute. First let me tell you what’s in the magazine.