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The Carp channel brings you a fantastic selection of carp fishing films, TV series and tips from top experts. Whether you are new to carp fishing and looking for some help getting started or a more experienced carp angler, there’s plenty to get your teeth stuck into, learn from and enjoy.
Carp fishing has become the fastest growing part of angling over the past 30 years, particularly in Europe and is gaining popularity in many new countries around the world such as the USA. Various freshwater fish belong to the carp family, Cyprinidae, but commonly anglers target common carp, mirror carp and grass carp. Carp are a somewhat controversial species, adored in some countries where they are native and hated in others where they are considered invasive. Originally a fish for the table in many countries such as the UK, carp are now regarded by anglers primarily as a sport fish and carefully returned. Carp can live for up to 50 years and reach prodigious sizes, yet despite their bulky appearance, they are wary fish, sometimes fussy eaters and can be difficult to catch.
In order to consistently catch carp, anglers often fish with 2 or 3 rods and fish long sessions (24hrs, 48hrs or even longer) on their chosen water as time is needed to pull carp into their baited swims. Its for this reason that carp anglers often have a lot of equipment as they need to camp and feed them themselves over long periods as well as just fish. To succeed, carp anglers need to have a good knowledge of rigs and baits, understand how conditions affect carp behaviour, have excellent watercraft and have a good deal of patience.

What’s on the Channel

The Carp Channel has a wealth of top TV series, films and hints and tips featuring some of the biggest names in carp fishing today including Ian Chilly Chilcott, Dave Lane, Chris Yates, Adam Penning, Mark Pitchers, Lee Morris and more.

TV Series

Our most popular TV series is Carp Wars which features some the biggest names in Carp fishing going head to head in a series of matches. Available are 2 full 16 episode series, plus an Eliminator, lots of free Extra videos and a Live Carp Wars match which featured on World Fishing Day.
Other popular series include Chilly on Carp 1 & 2, The Year of the Compulsive Angler, Day Ticket Carping, Addicted to Carp and the World According to Chris Yates.

Films

If you’re looking for something more meaty to enjoy, we have an excellent selection of full length carp movies on the channel. Narrated by broadcaster, Nick Hancock, Carp Up Close follows a youthful Tom Maker in his quest to catch a UK 40lb carp. If you like road trips, you’ll love In the Pursuit of Carpiness which follows big hitters, Mark Pitchers and Harry Charrington across Europe and over the Atlantic to the USA in search of big carp. The Tuition with Lee Morris and Iain MacMillan is an excellent full length film that will help novice and intermediate anglers improve.

Hints and Tips

We’ve a wealth of videos with top tips from the UK’s best carp anglers to enjoy most of which are free to view. Rig Board is a comprehensive set of videos demonstrating some of the best rigs for carp fishing whilst Bait Sense and Joe Turnbull’s Bait Kitchen will give you some great ideas of what to use for your hook baits. There’s also a load of free tips and rigs from the stars of Carp Wars 2 in our Carp Wars Extra series.

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Alpine Carp
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In the latest of their Carp Travels, Robert Rakowicz and Przemysław (Pep) Pająk make a 3, 000km round trip from their home in Poland to the French Alps in search of their first Alpine Carp. They are staying on a small private lake at an altitude of approximately 1000m, its...
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Matt Hayes is in Ontario Canada, in this 2 hr long feature length film about Carp fishing in which he tries to demystify the sport and show how you can put your first big carp on the bank using tactics and tips that can be applied anywhere. Drawing on the...
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In the first of a new 2 part film, Italian film maker and keen carp angler Alessandro Baccoli takes a trip to Cavagnac Lake in the South of France. At 52 acres and depths approaching 15 ft, this is a fantastic lake for the visiting angler....small enough to be manageable...
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Watch carp fishing superstars, Mark Pitchers and Harry Charrington, as they leave the U.K and set off on the mother of all fishing road trips.... In Pursuit of Carpiness. This epic, near 3hr film kicks off in Slovenia where Mark comes face to face with his worst nightmare. The...
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They said they'd never do it again, but Carp angling maestro's Mark Pitchers and Harry Charrington are back with an epic sequel to the smash hit, 'In the the Pursuit of Carpiness'. With the entire Carp fishing globe at their disposal, the first port of call for this road trip...
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There's unfinished business at Cavagnac Lake in Provence, France so Alessandro Baccoli returns to once again try and tempt the monster carp in the 2nd part of his stunning film. Cavagnac lake owner, Arnoud Frechou is once again on hand to impart his expert knowledge of the lake and advise...
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Top UK carp angler, Adam Penning returns to Fishing TV in The Summer Hunt,   a new film about a 3 day fishing sesssion on Fryerning Lakes in 2019. This was filmed in one the hottest periods of the summer and meant Adam could adopt numerous tactics and this 90...
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This is a film about the basics of carp fishing. Different experienced carp fishermen will run through pre-baits, chumming, hook baits and tackles. Everything is shown and explained in minute detail. NB - In GERMAN with ENGLISH Subtitles. We will be concentrating on the underwater elements of the fishing. In...
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In the first episode of Carp Adventures - Africa from Globetrotter World Tony travels to South Africa to see if he can't tempt some carp to his bait. Part travelogue, part wildlife documentary, part fishing film, on this adventure he's joined by longtime fishing companions Dean, Gary and John. Within...
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Episode two sees Tony and friends fish a number of lakes, including a 2000 acre wild lake called Spingbok, which presents the challenge of finding wild carp on the huge waters. Amid the stunning scenery of Africa’s high veldt and the peaks of the Drakensberg mountains, surrounded by rhino,...
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Tony Davies-Patrick, the original globetrotting Carp angler, returns to the home of some of the biggest Carp in the world: France. He visits a number of lakes,  in the company of his fishing buddy "Big Ron". Since Tony's a keen wildlife photographer, there's some great scenery, animal and birdlife in...
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The gallic adventure continues and Tony and team head to Brocard and Lac Des Lesmont to see if they can't beat their excellent record so far on this trip. Some silty - and big - waters require some specific tactics and long-range fishing. Expect Tony's usual gentle presenting style and...
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In Episode one of Carp and Catfish Adventures Europe Globetrotter Tony Davies-Patrick heads to the continent. Their first port of call is a lake in Northern Italy, but first Tony recalls some underwater filming he did at a lake in France the previous year, where he manage to capture some 60lb+...
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Episode two of Tony’s European adventure sees he and Roberto have one last attempt to hook up to a big carp. Some interest from resident catfish prompts a look at the baits, and eventually, on their final night on the lake a common close to 40lb comes to the net....
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Tony Davies-Patrick is back in Italy and there are some massive carp to be caught, so he's prepared to take his time and wait out some less than perfect conditions. Tony gets his scuba gear out to provide some great underwater shots.  
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Starting off in Italy's Lake Maggiore, a water measured in kilometers, presents some unique challenges, before Tony heads to the Canary Island of Gran Canaria, where he and his friends capture some stunning fish.  
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The Golden Pursuit of the King Carp - 'Carp Up Close' is an hour long documentary following young fishing star Tom 'The Machine' Maker and his quest to catch a magical forty pound Carp, the fish all dedicated anglers pursue but few achieve. Narrated by Nick Hancock the film contains...
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A One-off Carp Wars Live Special Edition in which 4 top carp anglers from Series 1 and 2 go head-to-head. This feature-length episode (1hr 45 min) was filmed live on World Fishing Day and not only sees the long awaited return of Harry Pratt, series 1...
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Carpland
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Carpland is a documentary-style adventure film about the history of carp in the United States. This non-native invasive species was introduced to U.S. waterways as a food source, and quickly spread to almost every state within a century. Carp pose a significant threat to numerous wild ecosystems and native flora...
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Jerry Hammond returns with an awesome sequel to the original "Compulsive Angler" with more passion, more tips and tactics and some stunning fish from one of the Colne Valley's finest day ticket waters Thorney Weir.  
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We delve into the passion of one man, Jerry Hammond, and his love of and obsession for carp fishing.  
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We delve into the passion of one man, Jerry Hammond, and his love of and obsession for carp fishing as he catches no less than four 40lb plus UK fish for the cameras.  
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We delve into the passion of one man, Jerry Hammond, and his love of and obsession for carp fishing as he catches no less than four 40lb plus UK fish for the cameras.  
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In this hour and half film one of the UK's top carp fishing coaches Ian MacMillan shares his wealth of knowledge on carp fishing. Filmed at a private syndicate lake, known to hold stunning carp, there's no better looking instructional film available. Ian covers all the topics that he...

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