Essex Action...

Essex Action.

Yesterday spent the afternoon with my good friend Ian Joyce at Slough House creating an Anglers Mail 'Where to fish' opener. Was the action explosive? Keep buying your copy of Anglers Mail to find out.....

Slough House Fishery
China Lane,
Bulphan'
Essex,
RM14 3RS

Positive ID please!

Positive ID please!

I've always considered this to be a personal best salmon, caught years ago on a size 18 hook and double maggot from the River Itchen. It weighed just over 12lb, however the odd person has said it could be a sea or brown trout, yet looking at the tail I still think its a salmon.

Anyone out there that could give me a positive ID?
Thanks.......

Watch where you put your feet!

Frensham Small pond today.

Business as usual

Business as usual
Had a really enjoyable day afloat at Old Bury Hill with Ian, one of my regular customers fishing for tench. Plenty of action all morning with plenty of tench and bream to 4lb plus, along with the odd carp lost. All came on the float and paste fished up against the snags in what's known as the Jungle.
Contrary to what you may have read, OBH is the same as its always been, a day ticket venue. Just turn up, pay you're money and enjoy the fantastic fishing it has to offer. 
If you want more details on my guiding days just email me at - duncancharman@me.com

Serious tench fishing!

Serious tench fishing!

After a night of inactivity my swim came to life at 7am the following morning where numerous tench graced my net including my third biggest ever of 9lb 9oz. A number of sevens also came along and all took a liking for three red maggots on a helicopter rig.

I did tweak my set-up slightly which made all the difference, yet the only way you will know just what I did will be kept to anyone who fancies booking me for a guided specimen tench trip. More details can be obtained by emailing me at - duncancharman.me.com

Ten year old smashes it!

 Ten year old smashes it!

Last weeks customer was 10 year old Gabriel from Brookwood who wanted an introduction to angling so he could compete against his older brother. I have always thought that its far easier to keep there attention span for longer by float fishing and come the end of our four hour morning session Gabe had caught upwards of twenty tench and a crucian.

Fancy a guiding day then email me at - duncancharman@me.c

om for more details.

Fantastic tench fishing

Fantastic tench and all on the float!

Last week I was told about some fantastic tench fishing, not for big fish but numbers which were responding to float tactics so I headed out and enjoyed four hours of non-stop action taking 32, the best around 4lb 8oz.

Fancy catching a bag of tench like this? Simply email me at duncancharman@me.com for more information of my guided sessions.

A monster eel graces my net...

Monster eel.
Many years ago I use to spend three/four nights a week during the month of May for eels and was fortunate to catch plenty of fives, sixes and a seven. Nowadays if I get three nights a year for one of my favorite species I'm lucky and if one graces my net then its a result so guess how I feel after my second session this spring produced this monster? I really do need to make more time!

Another night after eels

Eel fishing can be slow at times, especially when targeting a big lake with just a few monsters lurking around. Just the anticipation of what the night will bring and slowly drifting away to a sunset like this is enough.

Back on the zigs!

Back on the zigs!

An hour of patient feeding to get the carp competing in the crystal clear water was needed before a single rod with a zig was positioned and half a dozen of these came along. Not the biggest but watching them take zigs in such clear water does help fine tune things as its amazing just how many times I got done before one slipped up.

It wont be long before my favourite big carp venue opens, so expect a few big fish to follow soon!

For details of carp zigging guiding days - email me at duncancharman@me.com

This is what you are missing out on!

This is what your missing!

Image 1 - The chill factor
Image 2 - Action
Image 3 - Personal bests
Image 4 - Fish of a lifetime!

If your thinking about it then I think I can squeeze a couple more dates in between Aug 6th - 17th.
Email me now if interested - duncancharman@me.com

Want to learn all the tricks?

The devastating helicopter rig.

If you haven't tried it then your seriously missing out. Want to learn all the tricks, simply email me for more details of my guiding days - duncancharman@me.com

Frensham - First come, first served....

Frensham - First come first served.

Although I have a number of anglers requesting days at Frensham, getting a deposit so that I can confirm dates seems to be a problem so I have now made the decision that no dates will be held until payment received, so if you have been thinking about sampling the fantastic fishing this venue has to offer and learning over three decades of angling knowledge then email me now as I only have two days left.

Email - duncancharman@me.com

Bumper eel haul

Bumper eel haul

Really looking forward to getting out for a spot of eel fishing tomorrow night with my good mate Chris Petter who took this amazing eel haul, with fish to 4lb 5oz a few years back. Fingers crossed!

10lb 4oz tench...

Tench time...

Flash back quite a few years to Frimley Pit 2. Back then, when it was controlled by Cemex Angling I almost had the lake to myself and remember the brilliant fishing it delivered including this breeze block of a tench weighing 10lb 4oz that was taken on the float and size 18 hook!

Frensham – Three spaces gone, five to go!

Frensham – Three spaces gone, five to go!

Three days guiding at Frensham have already been snapped up and with a number of other enquiries pending they maybe all gone come the weekend!

Thought I’d wet your appetite to what’s on offer at Frensham, just look at the images – action, specimen rudd and tench and the chance of a red-letter day just like Mathew had.

Below is what a day with myself consists off -

• Session last up to 10hrs.
• Tickets to venue.
• All bait & terminal tackle (rigs etc) – most anglers want to use their own rods and reels but mine can be used if needed. If using your own l will advise on the rods, mainline strength etc prior to our day out.
• Rig explanation.
• General watercraft.
• Your questions answered all day.
• Photographs of your catches plus general shots throughout day, all supplied on disc.
• Specimen fish entered into competitions and sent to weekly magazines.
• Blog entry of days event on personal website - www.duncancharman.co.uk

Price for a one-to-one guided session £135.

I will point out that if you want to catch rudd then it will have to be either a session fishing into darkness or even an all night session which gives you the added bonus of lading a few tench in the morning. Tench sessions are from dawn onwards.

 

If you’re a FAS member and want to bring a guest no problem, I will simply work out a price that will make it better value per angler.

If you have any questions or just want to find out more details then simply email me at – duncancharman@me.com.

It's not all about the fish!

The reason we go fishing?

Unfortunately with Dad's funeral this coming Friday fishing will have to take a backseat till next week, as it has done for the last couple. In the meantime I'm thinking of the reason we all go fishing, waking up in the morning to sights like this and if a fish or two come's along then lets face it, its a bonus.

Catch more Carp on Paste

Inside this weeks Anglers Mail.

Get your copy which is out today for loads of great tips and advice including my 'Where to Fish' column for the South East and a great article shot by myself with Glynn Gomershall of Three Rivers Rolling at Willinghurst Fishery in Surrey on how to catch carp on paste.

Tench time...

Tench Time

There’s no better way of catching tench than on the float and I know a venue where sport can be hectic even on a sunny day. The ‘mag & wag’ has seen a decline in its use in recent years, probably due to the introduction of the heli-rig, flat –bed feeder and pellet cone but watching a float slid away to me is one of anglings finest moments.

Im always here if you want to master the art of fishing the waggler! Think it’s easy, well think again.

For more details on my guiding service simply email me at – duncancharman@me.com

Limited places available!

Guiding days on Frensham Great Pond

Arguably the best lake in the country for catching big rudd and numbers of quality tench and its available to you! 

Over the next few weeks I will be bringing you details of my guiding/tutorial days at Frensham Great Pond in Surrey. In brief I have just eight days available as from the 16th June and expect these to go very quickly. 

If you are interested in sampling the superb fishing it has to offer whilst learning how to tackle this venue then you need to get in touch now for more details - duncancharman@me.com