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James Coleman has been an avid angler for over 18 years. James has caught 33 Carp in the UK all over the 30lb mark in one season and holds a p.b Mirror of 45lb 8oz.
As a match angler James has made it into the BCAC finals for the last 3 years.
News from James - Wednesday 2nd June 2010
"It’s been a while since my last blog update but things are starting to get better with the fishing! I have recently been doing fishing competitions, one was a charity event for Help For Heroes which is a two part event in the Milton vs Chilham match which at the moment the Milton team are winning only by a 40lb lead so the 2nd half of the match is all to play for. This competition is being held on the Milton Complex June 4th - 7th. This is all a bit off fun which has been organised by various members from Mid Kent Fisheries all for a good course to help raise some money.
"The other competition was the BCAC qualifier at Chilham with Darren Belton which unfortunately did not go to plan. We worked so hard and only managed one and lost two big Carp! It was the (If only) we had them in the net we would off most certain of qualified as qualifying weight was only 42lb, oh well it was just not to be. The last event was the members match which I was lucky enough to win last year with my mate Chung Lea but we had no luck & was unable to regain the cup for another year."
"As mentioned in one of my previous blogs my favourite Carp in the UK is the Dustbin from Yateley Car Park Lake. I now have the opportunity to catch it as I have now received my membership from Cemex which I have waited nearly 7 years for so as you can imagine I am very excited!
"This lake is one of the most famous lakes in the country with so much history on the place and the carp in there to, like Heather the Leather, Arfur Tail, Ugloe, Baby & Big Orange & Dustbin. I had a walk around it on Sunday and what a pretty place, simply stunning with all the trees, bushes & features, it’s a privilege just to be fishing there this year.
"I attended the draw and was lucky enough to come out the hat and claim a good swim. Fingers crossed something special graces into my net as I will be spending most off my fishing time this year on this venue and I am so determined to catch what I have always wanted, Dustbin. I will keep you posted."
Cheers James
News from James Coleman – 4th January 2010
“Things were very busy towards the back end of 2009 which affected my time out fishing. I did a winter article for Coarse Fisherman magazine with Darren Belton which was a eally good day out - we had six runs between us in the day which was fantastic as the conditions were very cold, and we even had two Carp in the net at the same time! For Decembers fishing, great was an understatement.
“2009 was a very good year for me. I caught and spotted some lovely fish on the bank from my friends. 2009 saw me land a new P.B Common as well which I was very pleased about. The year also saw the launch of the new Greys Torsion rods at 2/34 test curve. These rods are top quality with lots of power and are very forgiving. As a result of using these rods I didn’t lose a single Carp this season, no hook pulls, no accidents, all Carp in the net! I have never had a season like that so I am very pleased.
“Looking forward to 2010, I have some tickets in the pipeline where I hope to gain some personal achievements from these waters. I will keep you updated!”
James Coleman
News from James Coleman – 27th October 2009
“This year I have been fishing an old gravel pit on a Mid Kent fisheries Ticket. Chris Logsdon told me a little bit about the place last year which got my attention & really interested. I started fishing on this pit around September 2008 and from the word go I just loved the place - it is full of old Carp. They not the biggest Carp in the country but they are absolutely stunning. The place is a very deep gravel pit which has many features like snags, eel grass, weed, bull rushes, lily pads, gravel bars & silt so the Carp do get around a bit with plenty of places to visit.
“On my first visit I caught straight away & some stunners too! So from what I had graced with my landing net already I was just eager enough to get back on there this year.
“I only did 7 sessions last year & had 6 Carp out which was a great return as this is no easy place. With spending very little time on there I did come across a lot of interesting things on how the carp were reacting, eating & shoaling up. They are not shy to come in close to the margins but, if they know they are being fished for (i.e seeing you or touching your line), they will swim away and not come back for the whole day so I realised straight away you have to approach it stealth mode.
“I decided this year to fish the same swim from the word go as I was lucky in there last year and because I did see a lot of the large known Carp in this swim so I had it in my head that every Carp in the lake will visit this area (even the cautious Carp) so naturally with this approach I felt very confident in what I was doing & targeting Carp I wanted out of there.
“They do like there boilies and like to fish using a lot of bait so I decided to stick some in. It started off slow but they soon knew where to go when they were hungry and no sooner the Neville’s alarms started singing! I had the wind blowing write down at me with a lovely big black mirror who kept rolling out of the water over my hook bait. This continued for an hour showing itself a good 6 times then 20 minutes later the Neville alarm was bleeping away! After a 10 minute battle I landed this black mirror - what a beauty! 33lb2oz. This was a little bit special as no one had not seen it before which is a rarity these days!
“The bait went back out on the same spot & right on midnight the Neville was in full tune again! After a little scrap something was in my net, I turned the head torch on & ‘wow’! the fish I targeted for the year out of this lake - " The Leather" at 30lb2oz. I like this fish as it reminds me of Dustbin from the Yateley car park lake I was chuffed to bits!
“I have continued with this approach throughout the year and it has served me well with some absolute stunners! Some are very colourful! Some are very old looking! The first 5 Carp out of this lake this year were all over the 30lb mark which was a nice result but where there are big ones, there are small one's too but you cannot grumble as they are all stunning fish!
“I will be going out again for one more final fling before I go to a new gravel pit for the winter as there are still a couple I would like to catch, but If I do not catch them by the end of October it will give me a great excuse to fish down there again in 2010.”
I will keep you posted on what happens.
Cheers James
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