Here at Korum we have a very talented team of consultants. They spend all the time they can on rivers, lakes and canals catching fish with Korum tackle. We want to share their experiences with you, so you can take advantage of their expertise. Here you will find regular stories and latest catch reports from our team, and other blog entrys of interest.
July 03 2011
Having a few hours spare due to the cancellation of a wedding appointment l quickly grabbed my tackle and headed to Frensham. Setting Mel up in the best swim we were soon fishing, yet it seemed that Frensham had once again gone against the odds and switched of in what seemed perfect conditions. …
June 09 2011
Arriving at the lake at 5am, rather later than was hoped due to two road closures on route, l found my partner in crime Alan Stagg struggling. He had fished throughout the night without any roach action and my thoughts were that things were going to be even tougher once the sun rose…
March 5th 2011
The hectic guiding schedule continues and with the weather so cold l was happy that on Monday and Tuesday evenings l had clients booked in to fish for rudd at Frensham Great Pond…
Dec 09 2010
Come Wednesday the withdrawal systems started to kick in and with over an inch of snow outside l prepared some tackle so l could go chub fishing for a few hours. Waiting for the traffic to die down l left at 11am and headed to the river Loddon, a river that always produces chub in the snow.…
Dec 01 2010
The weathers on the change and a cold spell is forecasted to come in towards the end of the week but with the temperatures holding up, cloud cover and just a hint of a North West wind l headed to Frensham once again…
Nov 24 2010
It was back to Frensham again and after last weeks wind and rain l was looking forward to some dry conditions. The skies cleared and the late afternoon sunshine gave way to fog which became freezing fog after dark with temperatures dropping to –1 degrees on my departure at 11pm. The fog became so bad that the far bank markers to cast to became impossible to see, in fact just venturing out fifteen yards to cast then turning round to walk back to the shore became a bit scary.…
Nov 08 2010
Its start of the Thames run-off, however as much as l would have loved to have taken the week off other things started piling up and so this week it's a definite no-go zone as l need the days to keep on top of things…
Oct 21 2010
Having so much rain l nearly headed of to the river in search of eels but decided to forget these until next season, however with so much rain going into our waters what species should l be looking at. The obvious answer was zander and with the conditions overcast and mild headed to Old Bury Hill…
Oct 11 2010
In my last blog I said how glad I was to see the back of summer and I haven’t changed my mind! I’ve been fishing a new stretch of the Trent and after an early success of an 11lb 2oz barbel it has been hard going…
Sept 30 2010
When your on a roll its really difficult to pull away from a certain style of fishing and a certain venue, however like the bream at Westhampnett, once repeats start coming along it really is time to move to pastures new. A few weeks ago l caught the only bream in a ten-acre lake, which l used as a confidence builder as it was two years between capture but this week l dropped the same rig into the same swim that l caught a fifteen-pound barbel a couple of sessions ago and the same fish made the same mistake…
Sept 07 2010
I have to say I won’t be sad to see the back of Summer 2010 – from a fishing point of view at least! After a spring fruitlessly chasing tench in a gravel pit in Cambridgeshire over the summer I’ve fished locally mainly for carp on my local canal. Short evening sessions have produced a mixture of chub, roach and bream but no carp. After about ten trips I decided to follow up vague rumours of good eels and on my first night caught two, the first was 3lb, the second bang on 4lb and a new personal best. Whilst eel fishing I have received an “alarm call” at about 6am on every trip The culprits have proven to be rather nice perch, the best weighing 2lb and 2lb 2oz, each time on small roach deadbaits. At some point over the next few months I intend to target these perch and find out how big they get…
Aug 17 2010
Monday evening l visited Little Mousham, the Cemex Lake that produced the British Record crucian so that l could start pre-baiting the swim l raked a few weeks back. Last week l was unable to keep the feed going in as the swim was occupied by a carp angler so l had to drop the feed into the river Blackwater which wasn’t a problem as l have high hopes of catching a big barbel from it soon…
Aug 02 2010
>Monday l arrived late at Frensham with just enough time to set up. With lots of small rudd moving plus the odd better one my hopes were high but the lack of other anglers should have told me something. It was all out for rudd with the helicopter rigs over hemp and maggot, however after dark the lake became strangely quiet apart from the odd carp that launched itself skywards…
June 23 2010
On Monday l joined up with Alan Stagg at Marsh Farm to get a few library shots for forthcoming features. Setting up in pegs 2 and 3 we proceeded to catch non-stop after introducing plenty of Sonubaits Super Crush Green groundbait. The key at Marsh is to add no loose feed to the groundbait, just let this draw the tench and crucians into the swim and place one hookbait on top…
June 08 2010
Since I caught a splendid brace of a 15lb 4oz bream and a 9lb 5oz tench at the end of March I’ve had a gruelling time to say the least. The brace came on my last session on a venue that has been very kind to me over the years. I had decided it was time for a new challenge and started on a gravel pit with an air of mystery about it. My new water had the appeal that when I got a bite I wouldn’t have any ides what it was…
June 02 2010
Having found a lake that was throwing up some massive bream you can guess where l headed on Monday. Dropping into the same swim that produced the massive bream for me last week l had reservations to as whether the lake would fish as the wind was on the change, atmospherics were falling, as was the temperature. Things were quiet until just into darkness when the odd liner started and by morning six bream had graced my net including another giant of 14lb 4oz!…
May 18 2010
This northeast wind is really hampering trying to target any specimen fish so it really is a case of going to venues that are going to give me a few bites. Monday l decided to treat dad to a day at Willingshurst Fishery in Cranleigh as he hasn’t been out lately and l knew that by getting him a bend in his rod would be welcome. Setting up on Christmas Tree lake l cast method feeders to the island whilst dad sat just a few feet behind and cast PVA bags into Pittance Lake…
May 04 2010
Monday night l was booked in to create a video on catching spring catfish on worms. Everything was going to plan but unfortunately the cameraman rearranged for the following night. With all my kit ready l headed of to Badshot Lea big pond, as l knew my brother had been getting good results with lots of small cats as well as one proper fish weighing 29lb. The swim l fancied was taken so l headed over to an area where the wind was blowing into and after ten minutes landed one of around 6lb…
Apr 19 2010
After spending 2 weeks fishing for mahseer in India I got back home just in time for 4 days at work before I got a chance to fish the last 2 days of the river season. Leaving off work at around 6am I took a leisurely drive to Worcestershire full of hope and anticipation of a few barbel before the enforced lay-off. By the time I finally got on the bank it was around 2 in the afternoon my chosen swim was empty, surprisingly for such a pleasant spring afternoon there wasn't a soul about I could have had any peg on the river. Deciding on a pellet hook-bait fished along side a feeder full of the best barbel ground-bait bar none Hemp and Hali crush, I cast into a mid river crease created by a sunken tree and awaited some action.
Apr 06 2010
Well what a start to the week and my catfish campaign as on the Monday evening l headed towards Cemex Split Lake in conditions that almost kept me at home. The rain was relentless, but knowing that the mild air was going to change knew that tonight maybe the best for cats for another week or so. Luckily only two anglers were on and my preferred swim vacant so with an open mind cast out three different set ups.
Mar 23 2010
Having done so well with the rudd over the past two weeks thought that it was time to leave them alone and treat myself to a final zander fishing session at Old Bury Hill.
Feb 19 2010
Last weekend I finally got back on the banks of a gravel pit in search of roach. It was my first roach trip of the season after weeks and weeks of ice cover making fishing impossible. With a frost-free weekend forecast I took Friday afternoon off and arrived to find the lake empty. This was good and bad – good because I had the pick of swims, bad because it suggested the fishing was going to be hard.
Feb 17 2010
Tuesday saw myself and father heading towards the river Wey at Addlestone, a Cemex venue that has been kind to me in the past and a small stretch of river that lm sure anyone prepared to explore could turn over a few surprises. Arriving at 8am l soon questioned my reason to fish the centre pin as the metal constantly on my bare hands soon had me reaching for the warmth of my pockets.
Feb 10 2010
I think I’ve become a hypochondriac this year, as after the cough comes an ear infection, so getting out during the early part of the week was impossible. I have been trying to put aside both Tuesday and Friday for fishing, however Tuesday had to be missed so feeling slightly better on Thursday and with the weather milder headed of with good friend Steve Ansell to the tiny river Wey in Farnham.
Feb 02 2010
What a week, and it goes to show that putting in a little extra time comes with rewards.
Monday l headed down to Cemex Westhampnett for my first overnight session in ages. The weather forecast wasn’t good with temperatures dropping to minus two overnight, however it was the chilling northeasterly wind that made it feel far colder. Sensibly l decided to take a bivvy for that extra comfort and lm glad l did as even with its extra protection l still felt chilly.
Jan 26 2010
Its difficult to comprehend that its four weeks since my last weekly report. The weather has been so bad that it’s been difficult to get to a venue safely and even if this was possible the venue would either be frozen or completely out of sorts. Last January, l remember loading the car, ready to head of to Oxford for a roach session. The nine inches of snow seemed immaterial, that was until l tried to get out of the drive. This year however l must have become somewhat more sensible and with a chesty cough decided to spend the best part of three weeks creating article material, mostly for German and Belgium magazines.
Dec 22 2009
At last the winters here and l for one am glad that the mild, wet weather is behind us, however, it’s gone from one extreme to another and now we are faced with the stillwaters beginning to freeze. For me the colder the better as it allows myself to focus on things better, removing those nagging thoughts that other species maybe having it and confusing the issue to the point that l don’t know if lm coming or going!
Dec 15 2009
Duncan Charman has had a busy time recently. For this blog entry we have included six weeks of Duncan's fishing adventures.
OcT 19 2009
It’s strange how things turn out. This week, what with a wedding midweek plus the TCF & Korum Competition winners day on the Severn l didn’t expect to get much fishing in so just planned an overnight session on Thursday in search of a 30 lbs plus pike. The planned session arrived, however so did the high pressure, far from ideal for pike fishing. I arrived at my chosen destination at 2pm and spent the first couple of hours sunbathing in what seemed an Indian summer. I wasn’t expecting much but after an hour the drop of indicator hit the ground and a small jack fell to my sardine offering. As the light faded another came to the net plus three other takes, one dropped, one missed and the other fell of, a fish that felt quite reasonable.
SEPT 11 2009
This week was spent with my girlfriend’s family at Dawlish in Devon. Her father Mick is a keen angler so we both were allowed to pack some gear, although it was more likely that we would have to take her nephew’s fishing, instead of using it ourselves, and as it turned out this was the case.
SEPT 03 2009
On Monday l travelled up to Maple Durham for an overnight session on a known carp and bream area to compile a bream article for TCF, however l arrived late and found the complete stretch un-fishable due to moored boats. Although l could have set up in-between l didn’t want to push my luck knowing that the bream would keep the alarms going all night so reluctantly moved downstream to an area of unknown. The night passed without any signs so at first light returned to the known swims, set up quietly and hoped that the normally nocturnal bream might just still be feeding, unfortunately they weren’t.
Aug 11 2009
On Monday and with the storm clouds building my mind was firmly fixed on a big eel. Travelling light l headed for a different stretch of the same Thames tributary that saw the downfall of a couple of monsters the year before. Finding the river extremely weedy l quickly had a lead around and found a clear spot within a swim I’d never fished before. Two rods were cast containing two lobworms plus a small pva bag full of maggots soaked in Sonubaits Action Crab and Crayfish dip. 11pm signalled the first bite, which came from a 5lb bream followed by a belter at 1am that had me thinking all the way to the net that l, was attached to the mother of all eels. Unfortunately the desired eel surfaced as a big barbel and at 11lbs 3oz was a welcome bonus fish.
