New Fish Care or Carp Care Video

As I mentioned in an earlier entry on this fishy blog, we have been doing some filming and testing out the Nash Monster Cradle. To be honest the Cradle is large, it’s a beast so it does take a fair bit of space up in your car. It is however a fantastic bit of Carp care booty and it´s something which every Carper should have. Actually in a recent session this cradle saved fish damage which would have occured had we been using (as previous), a normal Beni Matt. I say this as the lake we fished on for Comizo Barbel was especially rocky with a bankside which had a very sever gradient, as a result in between the rocks you could hardly find a safe place for a traditional matt. As I said the steep incline couple with traditia carp matt or benie matt would mean the fish could have easily slipped off the matt and towards a rock risking damage. As it happened this was not the case as the Cradle locks the fish caught safe onto the matt. Therefore all the Comizo Barbel and Carp caught were kept safe and un-damaged. I dont wont to gp into that story too much as it´s another event. I should rewind and drag your eye´s onto the new video or rather another video I made whilst out filming recently in Madrid with the CARPdiem team. This film features a lovely Mirror Carp of over 16kg. 35lb plus, a nice fish and an old friend of mine! In the video I show one way to hold the carp or a way to grip onto the dorsal fin of the fish. Of course there are other ways to hold fish. If the fish has a spiny dorsal then perhaps it´s better to cup the whole of the dorsal and not risk getting a dorsal spine stuck in your hand. These fish in this water dont have the spiny fins as they are at low risk from preditors so the method I use is to grab the fin and use it as an aid. I hope you and the Spanish Anglers reading this and viewing our video find it of interest. More coming soon.