Winter Fishing

We join Korda’s Elliott Gray to find out his thought process for locating carp on those winter sessions.  

Former Division One national winner Steve Collett runs through a whole load of tips that have helped him increase his catch rate on commercial fisheries in the colder months in the session on Makins Fishery.  

Kevin Green employs long pole and chopped worm tactics to bring some superb winter roach to the net.  

In part two of this winter tale, Chilly On Carp follows Ian ‘Chilly’ Chillcott to Somerset in the depths of winter to brave the cold in pursuit of big Carp. The UK has just experienced the mother of all cold snaps. The temperature has dropped 16 degrees overnight, the rod rings are frozen shut and most men would think that was that, but not our Chilly. Ash Pond fisheries has defrosted and its big Carp are free for the taking. Once again, Chilly resorts to an old favourite of every winter Carp man; the maggot, and with a little perseverance manages to prove that whatever the place, whatever the time, there is always a fish to be caught somewhere.

John Bailey invites us to join him for a session on his beloved River Wensum in Norfolk. It's late November and the elements are stacked against him, the river's low, clear and cold but John is sure he can catch a Chub or two. He's keeping his options open with 3 different set ups, firstly ledgering with chunks of bread, then trotting with maggots and a centre pin reel and finally holding a piece of meat up against the current on the bottom. Find out which of these works best. To watch this video now, just login or register

Des Taylor shows us how to target specimen grayling using float and maggot tactics.  

Big fish specialist Duncan Charman passes on pearls of wisdom for targeting specimen fish in February.  

Ian ‘Chilly’ Chillcott has some thoughts on carping in the bleak mid-winter.  

This episode of Chilly On Carp is an ode to the beloved maggot, as Ian ‘Chilly’ Chillcott visits Linear Fisheries in Oxfordshire for some Carp fishing deep in a British winter. They may not be the most celebrated animal, but fishing wouldn’t be the same without maggots. Often underappreciated by Carp fisherman, the colder winter months in which nuisance species hunker down offer a chance for the Carp to get at these tasty morsels. To best take advantage of this, Chilly sheds light on his favourite lesser-known tricks when it comes to fishing maggots, and proves his worth with some big beautiful Carp on the bank.

Big fish expert Darran Goulder explains his multi rod inline maggot feeder approach for targeting gravel pit tench as they wake up from their winter slumbers. 

Rich and Trev don their one-piece suits and woolly hats and head off for some winter pike fishing at Haliford Mere in Surrey.  

To the famous Testwood Fishery this time, with a 2lb roach or a 12oz dace in his targets, either of which would be the fish of a lifetime. Once again the wintery conditions look like making life a bit tricky.  

Former Division One national winner Steve Collett runs through a whole load of tips that have helped him increase his catch rate on commercial fisheries in the colder months in the session on Makins Fishery.  

Former Division One national winner Steve Collett runs through a whole load of tips that have helped him increase his catch rate on commercial fisheries in the colder months in the session on Makins Fishery.  

Will Raison shows how you can utilise a scaled down pellet waggler approach to search and locate tricky cooler water carp that can often be found mid water in winter.  

Darran Goulder passes on advice for targeting specimen running water roach in winter.  

Andy May with tricks with hooks, maggots and pellets to help you increase your catch rate in winter.