Preparation is a huge part of any tournament, and as the saying goes luck favors the prepared...and those that can remember which bag has the weights!
Tournament Thoughts
Category: Events
2015 Connecticut CARP Open
The Tournament… my view As many will know I’m primarily a short session angler fishing 4-6 hour sessions plus a few overnights. In the past decade I’ve fished only two week long tournaments (Baldwinsville & Big 5 Carp in Romania) plus a just a handful of multi day sessions. So it was with some trepidation …
Christmas in New York
It’s been a funny year, weather wise. After a brutal winter with over 100 inches of snow in the Northeast it’s an understatement to say I was not looking forward to the coming winter season. The Farmers’ Almanac prediction didn’t help but as November came to an end the weather stayed stable and mild. By …
The Wild Carp Classic 2015
Fishing the Wild Carp Classic was something I could not miss and while it represented a rather major outlay of rather limited funds I was powerless to resist the opportunity. The Seneca River is well known for its amazing fishing, both for size and numbers, and makes an excellent venue for tournaments. Planning for the event started months …
Best 5 Carp Cup, Sarulesti, Romania
Best 5 Carp Competition, May 5-10 2014 Lake Raduta, Sarulesti Romania It was late November of last year when I got a call from Bogdan the co-owner of K-1 baits. “Hey Iain do you want some boilies for Romania?” He had seen my name listed as a team member on the Best 5 Carp …
The 2013 Wooden Shoe Carp Classic
As we approached the 2013 Wooden Shoe Carp Classic I can only remember thinking how this event could not come fast enough! Last year’s Wooden Shoe Carp Classic had incredible results, with many personal bests for anglers including myself and a couple 30lb+ beasts being landed. This sparked interest from anglers all over the country …
A Birthday Session To Remember! – by Brian Daugherty
A Birthday Session To Remember! Sitting in class, on my birthday morning of May 10th, I can tell you only one thing for certain, my mind was definitely not focused on algebra equations! My mind was already halfway across the state on our three hour journey to the western side of Michigan, which is where …
Competing In the St. Lawrence JR. Carp Tournament by Austin Pass
Competing In the St. Lawrence JR. Carp Tournament Just this Past August Brendan and I competed in the St. Lawrence Junior Carp Tournament. A couple months before the tourney Brendan and I were doing everything possible to get ready to fish it. We knew it would be a lot different fishing compared to what we …
BCT December ’12 Raffle
We’ve just posted the raffle on our youtube page and would like to congratulate the owner of a brand new Nash Double Top Extreme 1 Man Bivvy, Stuart Roffe! [youtube]blT2R8PUVwM[/youtube] We’d like to thank Nash Tackle for the sponsor and would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year.