We have been out recently, me and the CARPdiem crew – dipping into some extreme fishing on a lovely little part of the River Tajo. The Tajo is the biggest river system in Spain, it starts in Sierra de Albarracin and ends a long way down river in Lisbon – Portugal. She’s the Mother to […]
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A few moons back I managed to land a new lake record from a small park lake in Madrid. Since then I have caught several of the residents and shared some special moments with new friends and old by the lakeside. I know most of the people who live next to the lake, especially those […]
It’s been a while since the fat river which flows through the province of Aaragon has produced a large carp like this. At least in my eyes and ears, I have not seen one like this for at least a year! At this time we have very typically limited info. about the capture, bait, tactic […]
We have a new club night here in Madrid which goes live this week. The night or event is called ‘ClubDM’, it takes place in central Madrid in Malasana. The idea is for like minded Anglers to get together and talk about all things fish based, the scene in Madrid is well and truely big […]
Lot’s of fish been landed this side on some of the most difficult waters here in Madrid. The new Nash plastic or artificial ‘Mutant Corn’, has been doing the biz let me tell you! I fished these little rascals over a bed of Mistral Isotonic 20m Mulberry Fish which I have been testing for Mistral […]
Making the greatest carp fishing magazine in Europe is no mean feat, but thats what we are doing here inside CARPdiem…This does involve bringing new life, ideas and injecting fresh energy into our work. Being surrounded by nature in pure form i.e the wild Iberian Peninsular helps. Spain is known for it’s wildlife and now […]
This was not a story I wanted to print at first but after some careful thought I decided to run this small news article. The reason I did not want to run the story was because of the way the carp was most probably treated. Finally I am running the news as it demonstrates what […]
The last three weekends have been mental! I have been in Extremadura, Castilla la Mancha and Catalonian fishing for carp, that’s some serious mileage! I have seen swims and some big carp fishing potential, not half! This Weekend I was in Catalonia for our CARPdiem carp fishing match ‘football fishing’, the location was the most […]
About two weeks ago I did a reconaissance mission with my right hand man from CARPdiem Angel Bonal, we heard a rumor about a small 5 acre lake here in the capital, which was producing some lovely Spanish Carp. According to ‘the word’, some of the fish were between 10-14kg and the lake record being […]
Plenty of fish been coming out! Last week down on Orellana, I managed to winkle 3 x 30 plus carp, and 3 x 20s in a short session on the old Mistral Baits, thanks for that Allan. We have had quite a few visitors this way, I have had the pleasure of fishing with Andy […]
Just a few months back I was asking people on this blog if Spain would produce an 80lb plus carp. You can see the results of the pole still here. Since that time actually in the last month 2 unknown common carp have been caught well over the 70lb bracket. It’s no suprise that world […]
Well, it’s nearly 80lb and it’s an unknown fish! Spain is set to become the new hot-spot for big fish. If this fish had come out 2 years ago it would be the new world record Common. That German fish has since of course put on weight, due to the amount of bait going in […]
Right, none stop this side. The year is flowing well as far as the Spanish carp fishing goes. Plenty of fish on the bank and a good draw in our last football fishing or Fútbol Fishing match against Hugo Fishing Cordoba. We hit Sierra Brava for the match and after a bumpy start with the […]
Last weekend just gone, some filming was done in Extremadura Spain on the Mighty Orellana! Matt at Fat Angling wanted a promotional video made so my good camera man Andy Ferns and recently famed Dave Edgerton or Vida, came over from the UK to haul fish, and we of course managed to grab some of […]
It’s been a rather bumpy start to the year, but that goes with the terrain, I cannot say it’s been bad, but it has been with movement. Fish and session wise, there has been some, none of any size, but plenty. Sadly however when-ever I catch a carp for one reason or another the person […]
We managed to get this video made the other day on a local water in Madrid. I hope it’s of some use to those Spanish Anglers out there.
Wrapping up 2007, was actually easier than expected. The Christmass pressure is something I try to avoid as years go by. Avoiding the chaos is easier said than done, much easier in Spain, but on my return to England 21st of December, I found myself thrown back into the grand scale UK shopping mayhem. My […]
Just back in from a hectic Futball fishing session on El Vellon, Madrid. We did the rounds and played against a team called ‘Baby Carp’ from Madrid. Strange name but good local lads. Early on I knew we were fishing for a bite, and in the end the only one that pulled it off and […]
Our man Angel L. Bonal of the CARPdiem team pulled a whopper out of the bag recently on an undisclosed Madrid water. We did a full bit of fish spotting the week before and upon mooching we saw what the Spanish called a few ‘Pepinos’ – in other words lumps. This was just too much […]
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People talk about what Spanish waters are about to product. Anglers like Kevin Maddocks and Rod Huchinson came to Spain in the 80’s to catch big fish and they did….. I am happy to say here is a big, a very big Spanish common carp which has been safely returned in a proper and respectful […]
I first met matt from Fat Angling Tours in the competition held at Valldecaballeros (April 2007), it was clear from this time that Matt and FAT were doing something different, and I wanted to know what! I arrived in Tallarubia (extremadura), by special taxi from Madrid and within no time at all we were in […]
Cuando empezamos con este proyecto, nos supuso el comienzo de una batalla, en la que más o menos sabiamos el trabajo que teníamos que hacer, pero conforme avanzamos, inesperadas sorpresas se cruzaban por nuestro camino. El hacer una revista era algo nuevo y desconocido para nosotros, de todas maneras, es un proyecto experimental y esperamos […]
As we expected things are a little crazy at this time, as our magazine goes live and begins to reach the carp fishing community in Spain and Portugal. www.carpdiem.es
For the first time this year we headed out to our big fish water Buendia. It’s been 5 months since we graced the lake. Upon arrival change was immediate both inland and in water. The place was brimming with life and about as green as it gets. The path we took to the water-side was […]
I spent my weekend fishing a match Trofeo Valdecaballeros 2007 in Extremadura. We drew peg 9 slap bang dead centre of the match. I have to say the organisation by T.Crespo and the Carpmad team was the tops! As for the location the water was a real stunner, our vista was really special. Within moment’s […]