Jimmy Greenslade is absolutely smashing it over on the Golden Oaks Fishery in Hockley, landing huge numbers of fish despite only just having received his ticket!

Carp-fishing match specialist and keen caravaner, Craig Ridge, explains how he unlocked the code on a lake he visited regularly on holiday. Making simple tweaks to his bait, rigs and spots saw him get through to a number of carp over the course of a few months, out fishing the rest of the carp anglers on the lake.

Prolific big-fish angler Perry Alabaster knows a thing or two about catching carp, having fished many of the nation’s carp circuit waters over the past few decades, landing countless numbers of 40lb-plus UK carp along the way. In this in-depth article, Perry gives us his top five tops for improving your catch rate. We can all learn a thing or two from this carp-catching master!