VIDEOS
Ridgemonkey South Africa
There is a new monkey in the South African Carp jungle that is changing the way we fish. Ridgemonkey is a very innova...
THE VALUE OF A GUIDED TRIP
WORDS, IMAGES & VIDEO: Stefan Olckers While anglers new to Specimen Carp Angling do have many avenues on the Inte...
WORLD CARP CLASSIC SA QUALIFIER 2019
One big characteristic of the event is the lavish opening ceremony where anglers get tre...
SIMPLE HAIR RIG – FISHED FOR BOTTOM BAITS AND POP-UPS
By Franna van der Westhuizen In all my years of specimen angling there’s always...
WHEN THEY LOOK LIKE THIS, THE SIZE DOESN’T MATTER.
Sometimes finding small unfished farm dams may hold some pretty spectacular surprises. My friend, Rico Schrama, and I...
The Great Italian Jol 2019
By Eugene Kruger Part 1 South African Anglers always view themselves less fortunate than their European...
Mountain Carp – Part 2
By Eugene Kruger Most anglers love adventure and this is yet another lekker story about an adventure to a special ven...
World Carp Classic SA Qualifier 2019
After a long 5 year break from the World Carp Classic the time came for South Africa to get...
Klaserie Dam with Marco Tetteroo
Just before the African Autumn set in we had the absolute pleasure to have our good friend Marco Tetteroo from Nash B...
South Africa take on the World in Czech Republic
Every year a number of big international Carp Fishing Tournaments take place in Europe. One of these events is...
Carptoria sessions – Fishing in and around Pretoria
The capital city is not only one of the major diplomatic centres of the world, but also has some very nice carp fishi...
Street fishing for Carp in Krugers
Just on the western outskirts of Gauteng sits the buzzling town of Krugersdorp. This town is no stanger to anglers or...
Donnies se Dikkes
After a last minute call from a good friend I jumped in the car off to Donaldson Dam Bottom lake for a quick one nigh...
The Discovery Session
We recently had the surprise of a lifetime when we discovered a dam very close to home with some absolute beautiful c...
Super 32 Business Challenge – Hartbeespoort Dam
Bigtime Angling once again hosted their annual Business Challenge where companies and businesses from all over South ...
Buffelspoort Bigtime Bonanza 2018
Every year anglers from all over South Africa get together to tackle one of the most iconic Big Carp Waters in SA, Bu...
Hollandse Avonture – Day Session Carp Fishing in Holland
By Eugene Kruger One of the most interesting things for me is to see how people in other countries catch carp and to ...
SA Carp Masters 2018
The South African Carp Masters took place for the 2nd time at the famous Roodekoppies Dam in North West just outside ...
Croc River Carp
By Eugene Kruger River Fishing is probably as exciting as it gets simply because of the possibilities of catching a m...
City Carp Sessions part 1
The words Carp and City dont always make a lot of sense together but as we discovered recently it is probably some of...
Bush Carp Adventures 2017 – Karpioene
As summer set in over Africa we managed to do a few short sessions across the bushveld areas in Limpopo and Mpumalang...
SA Fishing Festival
We were invited to join in for the first SA Fishing Festival which was held at Gnu Valley in Muldersdrift from 11-12 ...
Monster French Carp Sessions – Karpioene with Team SA
Every South African Carp Angler (that i know) has a dream of catching a massive french mirror carp in France at least...
World Carp Masters 2017
Every year the top carp anglers of the world get together to compete in the World’s Richest Carp Angling Tournament...
Buffelspoort Business Challenge 2017
This year we saw the first Buffelspoort Business Challenge hosted by Bigtime Angling. Jay Jay Esterhuizen and his tea...
Prologic Monster Carp Series
This year we saw the very first Prologic Monster Carp Series take place at Roodeplaat Dam in Pretoria. The venue is w...
Buffelspoort Bigtime Bonanza 2017
The Buffelspoort Bigtime Bonanza is one of the highlights of the year on the South African Specimen calender a...
Urban Carp Treasures Part 2
After Immanual caught himself an incredible looking Hybrid we were hungry to get back and see what else may swimming ...
Mountain Carp
Approaching a new venue is always some what intimidating. Approaching a new venue in the winter months well, that is ...
The Mirror Margin – Sean Tucker 2017
Sean Tucker recently did a session at a wild water in South Africa where he landed a couple of amazing bronze Mirrors...
Plaasdam Carp Stories – Part 1
South Africa is a country with a vast landscape of mountains, bush and beautiful farmlands around every town and ci...
SA Carp Masters 2017
SA Carp Masters 2017 After an exciting 2016 World Carp Masters tournament in France, which saw South Africa finishe...
Good Carp Times
In the run up to the SA Carp Masters tournament developers at HookitandBookit wanted to design a leaderboard app whic...
Carp Estates Sessions 2017
Carp reside in almost every water system in South Africa. Some of those systems flow into many of the residential est...
Little Carp Paradise
Karpioene angler Eugene Kruger recently had the opportunity to spend some family time on the banks at a very popular ...
BTA Donaldson Business Challenge
Big Time Angling recently hosted the Donaldson Business Challenge which is a specimen Carp Fishing tournament designe...
PB Time – Sean Tucker
Karpioene angler Sean Tucker recently did some overnight sessions at Rietvlei Dam where he managed to bag 2 new pbs. ...
African Winter Carp
For some anglers Winter can not come too soon. The smaller fish hang out somewhere and the big fish graze arou...
Cuytenboilies – Running water part 4!
How is this absolutely insane video. All I can say is wow. Guys from Cuyten Boilies in the netherlands have produce...
African Carp Lands
Have you even seen a lake on a satelite image and thought that is where I want to go fish. Well thats what Sean Tucke...
SA Carp Masters 2016
SA Carp Masters 2016 The South African Carp Masters was held from the 5th to the 10th of June 2016 at a brand new ven...
Carp & Tranquility
There is something special about catching carp with your own home made boilies. And especially when its a brand new v...
Struben Short Sessions Part 1
Struben Short Sessions Part 1 In the middel on the busy Pretoria East Menlyn area sits one of the most beautiful park...
Rietvlei Dam – Sloep Stories Part 2
Sloep Stories Part 2 Here is another Rietvlei Dam Sloep Story to tell. Sometimes the conditions you fish in make it...
Creamy Coconut Boilies
Creamy Coconut Boilies Making your own boilies can be intimidating. But once you catch your first Carp on home mades,...
African Blessings Invitational
A Fundraising Specimen Carp Competition was held at African Blessings from 21 to 23 November 2015. A Big thanks to Jo...
Rietvlei Dam – Sloep Stories Part 1
There are many stories about the famous Sloep at Rietvlei Dam in Pretoria. Stories of big fish, hippos and great sess...
Buffelspoort Bigtime Bonanza 2016
Buffelspoort Bigtime Bonanza 2016 – From 11th to 15 May 2016 Buffelspoort Dam belonged exclusively to Specimen ...
Ridgemonkey South Africa
There is a new monkey in the South African Carp jungle that is changing the way we fish. Ridgemonkey is a very innovative carp brand that started in 2014 by a group of clever carp anglers that wanted to solve everyday bankside problems with quality innovative products that make the overall carp fishing experience just so much better.
THE VALUE OF A GUIDED TRIP
WORDS, IMAGES & VIDEO: Stefan Olckers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-OkvNz0e5g While anglers new to Specimen Carp Angling do have many avenues on the Internet to gain credible knowledge, such...
WORLD CARP CLASSIC SA QUALIFIER 2019
One big characteristic of the event is the lavish opening ceremony where anglers get treated to a delicious sit down meal, followed by well presented formalities, with the event broadcast live on social media platforms for the many online spectators. After the most enjoyable ceremony teams were allowed to set up camp at their peg that was to be their home for the next 7 days.
The opening hours of the event saw most teams out on the water scouting for possible good areas to set their traps in search of the three biggest fish. Team Karpioene 2 who drew Peg 1 right next to the dam wall was first off the mark landing a few fish but just below the qualifying weight of 9kg. Team Carpy AF on peg 10 weighed in the first qualifying fish of 9.77kg opening up the LIVE leaderboard scores. It wasn't long after that capture that Team LUNKER on peg 16 started to land a few fish of qualifying weight giving them an early lead. But It was a humble team from Delmas, The Bearded Anglers on Peg 7 who really jumped the leaderboard as a huge afternoon storm approached, landing a number of very big fish of over 12kg which put them into first place overall.
SIMPLE HAIR RIG – FISHED FOR BOTTOM BAITS AND POP-UPS
By Franna van der Westhuizen In all my years of specimen angling there’s always been this one rig, this one presentation that never fails me. In the...
WHEN THEY LOOK LIKE THIS, THE SIZE DOESN’T MATTER.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIW-Hb4P5A8&feature=emb_logo Sometimes finding small unfished farm dams may hold some pretty spectacular surprises. My friend, Rico Schrama, and I decided to...
The Great Italian Jol 2019
By Eugene Kruger Part 1 South African Anglers always view themselves less fortunate than their European counterparts simply because of the amazing fish sizes and incredible lush green...
Mountain Carp – Part 2
By Eugene Kruger Most anglers love adventure and this is yet another lekker story about an adventure to a special venue we've been targeting on and off for a few years. This place is nothing short...
World Carp Classic SA Qualifier 2019
After a long 5 year break from the World Carp Classic the time came for South Africa to get back on the World Carp Classic qualifier circuit. Early in April 2019 the WCCSA...
Klaserie Dam with Marco Tetteroo
Just before the African Autumn set in we had the absolute pleasure to have our good friend Marco Tetteroo from Nash Benelux over in South Africa for a few days of carp fishing. We decided to take...
South Africa take on the World in Czech Republic
Every year a number of big international Carp Fishing Tournaments take place in Europe. One of these events is the World Carp Masters where South Africa has been taking part in since its...
ADVENTURE
Rietvlei Dam – Sloep Stories Part 1
There are many stories about the famous Sloep at Rietvlei Dam in Pretoria. Stories of big fish, hippos and great sess...
Little Carp Paradise
Karpioene angler Eugene Kruger recently had the opportunity to spend some family time on the banks at a very popular ...
African Winter Carp
For some anglers Winter can not come too soon. The smaller fish hang out somewhere and the big fish graze arou...
Urban Carp Treasures Part 2
After Immanual caught himself an incredible looking Hybrid we were hungry to get back and see what else may swimming ...
Carptoria sessions – Fishing in and around Pretoria
The capital city is not only one of the major diplomatic centres of the world, but also has some very nice carp fishi...
Carp & Tranquility
There is something special about catching carp with your own home made boilies. And especially when its a brand new v...
Donnies se Dikkes
After a last minute call from a good friend I jumped in the car off to Donaldson Dam Bottom lake for a quick one nigh...
WHEN THEY LOOK LIKE THIS, THE SIZE DOESN’T MATTER.
Sometimes finding small unfished farm dams may hold some pretty spectacular surprises. My friend, Rico Schrama, and I...
The Mirror Margin – Sean Tucker 2017
Sean Tucker recently did a session at a wild water in South Africa where he landed a couple of amazing bronze Mirrors...
CARP ADVENTURES IN THE WORLD – LAKE ORELLANA, SPAIN
WORDS & IMAGES: Krištof Cuderman* Three years ago I fished the big Lac du Der in France and so I decided to try ...
The Great Italian Jol 2019
By Eugene Kruger Part 1 South African Anglers always view themselves less fortunate than their European...
Struben Short Sessions Part 1
Struben Short Sessions Part 1 In the middel on the busy Pretoria East Menlyn area sits one of the most beautiful park...
Street fishing for Carp in Krugers
Just on the western outskirts of Gauteng sits the buzzling town of Krugersdorp. This town is no stanger to anglers or...
Monster French Carp Sessions – Karpioene with Team SA
Every South African Carp Angler (that i know) has a dream of catching a massive french mirror carp in France at least...
Mountain Carp
Approaching a new venue is always some what intimidating. Approaching a new venue in the winter months well, that is ...
Good Carp Times
In the run up to the SA Carp Masters tournament developers at HookitandBookit wanted to design a leaderboard app whic...
The Discovery Session
We recently had the surprise of a lifetime when we discovered a dam very close to home with some absolute beautiful c...
Plaasdam Carp Stories – Part 1
South Africa is a country with a vast landscape of mountains, bush and beautiful farmlands around every town and ci...
Carp Island – Rietvlei Dam
Carp Island Just before the winter cold sets in the carp at Rietvlei Dam are on the graze for some are fattening up. ...
MISSION: A BIG FISH FROM A SMALL LAKE
Neville Foord recently spent 48 hours on a small but beautiful and secluded lake. It’s a common misconception ...
Bush Carp Adventures 2017 – Karpioene
As summer set in over Africa we managed to do a few short sessions across the bushveld areas in Limpopo and Mpumalang...
BREAKING THE 30 POUNDS CEILING – AT LAST!
WORDS: Neville Foord IMAGES: Tobias Weber CARP MATTERS Our Field Journalist/News Editor/Layout Artist/ Protea and Wor...
Urban Carp Treasures – Karpioene 2017
Carp Anglers are always on the lookout for new waters to fish and sometimes while on the road you spot a piece of wat...
PB Time – Sean Tucker
Karpioene angler Sean Tucker recently did some overnight sessions at Rietvlei Dam where he managed to bag 2 new pbs. ...
Klaserie Dam with Marco Tetteroo
Just before the African Autumn set in we had the absolute pleasure to have our good friend Marco Tetteroo from Nash B...
African Blessings Invitational
A Fundraising Specimen Carp Competition was held at African Blessings from 21 to 23 November 2015. A Big thanks to Jo...
PAYING IT FORWARD
By Jonathan Steyn An amateur, as derived from its Latin definition may be a person who engages in an activity for ple...
City Carp Sessions part 1
The words Carp and City dont always make a lot of sense together but as we discovered recently it is probably some of...
African Carp Lands
Have you even seen a lake on a satelite image and thought that is where I want to go fish. Well thats what Sean Tucke...
Hollandse Avonture – Day Session Carp Fishing in Holland
By Eugene Kruger One of the most interesting things for me is to see how people in other countries catch carp and to ...
Croc River Carp
By Eugene Kruger River Fishing is probably as exciting as it gets simply because of the possibilities of catching a m...
Carp Estates Sessions 2017
Carp reside in almost every water system in South Africa. Some of those systems flow into many of the residential est...
FOUR DAYS OF ACTION AT INANDA
WORDS & IMAGES: Sean Tucker Unplanned, spur of the moment sessions tend to be some of the most fruitful! &nb...
Mountain Carp – Part 2
By Eugene Kruger Most anglers love adventure and this is yet another lekker story about an adventure to a special ven...
AUTUMN HARVEST OFF MY BOAT
It’s by far the best time to find fish going crazy on your bait. In South Africa – the home of The Carp Ang...
Freeway Carping – Carpocalypse
Freeway Carping All of us drive in our cars everyday, and for Carp anglers every piece of water that p...
Rietvlei Dam – Sloep Stories Part 2
Sloep Stories Part 2 Here is another Rietvlei Dam Sloep Story to tell. Sometimes the conditions you fish in make it...
MISSION: A BIG FISH FROM A SMALL LAKE
Neville Foord recently spent 48 hours on a small but beautiful and secluded lake. It’s a common misconception that only big lakes hold big fish. Certainly some big lakes do contain some real monsters, but it is also true that there are numerous small lakes up and...
Transform your dam into a profitable fishery
Words by Dave Charley There has never been a better time for dam owners to develop an environmentally sound fishery which will be financially successful. Carp Fishing is a smart choice for clever land management. South Africa is idyllic for Carp Fishing South...
AUTUMN HARVEST OFF MY BOAT
It’s by far the best time to find fish going crazy on your bait. In South Africa – the home of The Carp Angler mag, this month is the start of Spring and then Summer, but for our readers in the Northern Hemisphere here is an insightful account of how to manage...
BREAKING THE 30 POUNDS CEILING – AT LAST!
WORDS: Neville Foord IMAGES: Tobias Weber CARP MATTERS Our Field Journalist/News Editor/Layout Artist/ Protea and World Champion angler par excellence, Neville Foord, who retired from international angling competition at an age when others are still...
PAYING IT FORWARD
By Jonathan Steyn An amateur, as derived from its Latin definition may be a person who engages in an activity for pleasure rather than remuneration: a devotee, a lover or an admirer of an activity. I feel no matter what I have achieved or the heights I may ever...
CARP ADVENTURES IN THE WORLD – LAKE ORELLANA, SPAIN
WORDS & IMAGES: Krištof Cuderman* Three years ago I fished the big Lac du Der in France and so I decided to try something new this time. I set myself on a trip to a new country, a new lake, with a high goal, in order to experience a crazy new adventure. My...
FOUR DAYS OF ACTION AT INANDA
WORDS & IMAGES: Sean Tucker Unplanned, spur of the moment sessions tend to be some of the most fruitful! I love the thrill of targeting new wild waters and Inanda dam in KZN has always been on my list. After having some great success at...
WORLD CARP CLASSIC SA QUALIFIER 2019
One big characteristic of the event is the lavish opening ceremony where anglers get treated to a delicious sit down meal, followed by well presented formalities, with the event broadcast live on social media platforms for the many online spectators. After the most enjoyable ceremony teams were allowed to set up camp at their peg that was to be their home for the next 7 days.
The opening hours of the event saw most teams out on the water scouting for possible good areas to set their traps in search of the three biggest fish. Team Karpioene 2 who drew Peg 1 right next to the dam wall was first off the mark landing a few fish but just below the qualifying weight of 9kg. Team Carpy AF on peg 10 weighed in the first qualifying fish of 9.77kg opening up the LIVE leaderboard scores. It wasn't long after that capture that Team LUNKER on peg 16 started to land a few fish of qualifying weight giving them an early lead. But It was a humble team from Delmas, The Bearded Anglers on Peg 7 who really jumped the leaderboard as a huge afternoon storm approached, landing a number of very big fish of over 12kg which put them into first place overall.
ALWYN DAM
Just upstream from Rietvlei Dam lies a very secret and secluded farm dam that not only ticks all the boxes for anglers but certainly promises to become one of the favourite fishing destinations in Pretoria. Alwyn Dam is a privately owned Farm dam tucked into the...
WHEN THEY LOOK LIKE THIS, THE SIZE DOESN’T MATTER.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIW-Hb4P5A8&feature=emb_logo Sometimes finding small unfished farm dams may hold some pretty spectacular surprises. My friend, Rico Schrama, and I decided to target a small farm dam near Pretoria for a two night session. The dam...
EVENTS
Buffelspoort Bigtime Bonanza 2017
The Buffelspoort Bigtime Bonanza is one of the highlights of the year on the South African Specimen calender a...
Prologic Monster Carp Series
This year we saw the very first Prologic Monster Carp Series take place at Roodeplaat Dam in Pretoria. The venue is w...
SA Carp Masters 2016
SA Carp Masters 2016 The South African Carp Masters was held from the 5th to the 10th of June 2016 at a brand new ven...
Buffelspoort Bigtime Bonanza 2016
Buffelspoort Bigtime Bonanza 2016 – From 11th to 15 May 2016 Buffelspoort Dam belonged exclusively to Specimen ...
SA Fishing Festival
We were invited to join in for the first SA Fishing Festival which was held at Gnu Valley in Muldersdrift from 11-12 ...
SA Carp Masters 2017
SA Carp Masters 2017 After an exciting 2016 World Carp Masters tournament in France, which saw South Africa finishe...
BTA Donaldson Business Challenge
Big Time Angling recently hosted the Donaldson Business Challenge which is a specimen Carp Fishing tournament designe...
Buffelspoort Business Challenge 2017
This year we saw the first Buffelspoort Business Challenge hosted by Bigtime Angling. Jay Jay Esterhuizen and his tea...
Carp Fishing World Tournaments – Which is which?
World Carp Fishing Tournaments are always exciting to watch and follow on social media especially when you love the s...
SA Carp Masters 2018
The South African Carp Masters took place for the 2nd time at the famous Roodekoppies Dam in North West just outside ...
South Africa take on the World in Czech Republic
Every year a number of big international Carp Fishing Tournaments take place in Europe. One of these events is...
Buffelspoort Bigtime Bonanza 2018
Every year anglers from all over South Africa get together to tackle one of the most iconic Big Carp Waters in SA, Bu...
Super 32 Business Challenge – Hartbeespoort Dam
Bigtime Angling once again hosted their annual Business Challenge where companies and businesses from all over South ...
World Carp Masters – Team South Africa
World Carp Masters 2016 Every year, passionate Specimen Carp Anglers from all over the world get together at one of t...
World Carp Classic SA Qualifier 2019
After a long 5 year break from the World Carp Classic the time came for South Africa to get...
World Carp Masters 2017
Every year the top carp anglers of the world get together to compete in the World’s Richest Carp Angling Tournament...
INTERNATIONAL
AUTUMN HARVEST OFF MY BOAT
It’s by far the best time to find fish going crazy on your bait. In South Africa – the home of The Carp Ang...
Cuytenboilies – Running water part 4!
How is this absolutely insane video. All I can say is wow. Guys from Cuyten Boilies in the netherlands have produce...
Carp Fishing World Tournaments – Which is which?
World Carp Fishing Tournaments are always exciting to watch and follow on social media especially when you love the s...
CARP ADVENTURES IN THE WORLD – LAKE ORELLANA, SPAIN
WORDS & IMAGES: Krištof Cuderman* Three years ago I fished the big Lac du Der in France and so I decided to try ...
The Great Italian Jol 2019
By Eugene Kruger Part 1 South African Anglers always view themselves less fortunate than their European...
Hollandse Avonture – Day Session Carp Fishing in Holland
By Eugene Kruger One of the most interesting things for me is to see how people in other countries catch carp and to ...
Monster French Carp Sessions – Karpioene with Team SA
Every South African Carp Angler (that i know) has a dream of catching a massive french mirror carp in France at least...
STEP INTO SPRING!
By Darrell Peck – Mainline With Spring just about to arrive in all its glory U.K. carper Darrell Peck ...
Klaserie Dam with Marco Tetteroo
Just before the African Autumn set in we had the absolute pleasure to have our good friend Marco Tetteroo from Nash B...
WORLD CARP CLASSIC SA QUALIFIER 2019
One big characteristic of the event is the lavish opening ceremony where anglers get tre...
BAIT & TACKLE
THE VALUE OF A GUIDED TRIP
WORDS, IMAGES & VIDEO: Stefan Olckers While anglers new to Specimen Carp Angling do have many avenues on the Inte...
How to catch the Biggest Carp in the dam
By Dick Jones Big, heavy carp feed every day, in fact, they have to feed a lot to keep their size weight and conditio...
Korda Rod Holdalls
By John Dearden In a recent feature we were lamenting the fact that not decent Rod Holdalls were available ...
WHEN THEY LOOK LIKE THIS, THE SIZE DOESN’T MATTER.
Sometimes finding small unfished farm dams may hold some pretty spectacular surprises. My friend, Rico Schrama, and I...
Transform your dam into a profitable fishery
Words by Dave Charley There has never been a better time for dam owners to develop an environmentally sound fishery w...
STEP INTO SPRING!
By Darrell Peck – Mainline With Spring just about to arrive in all its glory U.K. carper Darrell Peck ...
SPRAY YOUR BAITS AND BOOST YOUR CATCH!
When it comes to hookbaits we really are a fussy lot, and that is for good reason. It’s great to have a super ...
Clash of the Titans – DELKIM vs FOX vs NASH
PREMIUM BITE ALARMS – HEAD TO HEAD Arguably the number one item in any serious carp angler’s Armory is the bite a...
SIMPLE HAIR RIG – FISHED FOR BOTTOM BAITS AND POP-UPS
By Franna van der Westhuizen In all my years of specimen angling there’s always...
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