With 11 days of fishing in front of him, and the only priority being big carp in off-the-radar settings, Jim Shelley is in his element! First stop is Germany, where he tackles a river and a lake, before taking Operation Freedom on tour to Belgium, in search of a canal whacker.

Samir & Henry are on the big carp mission in Spain. With a near record-breaking carp under Henry’s belt, the duo head to an incredible stretch of snag-ridden river to see if they can bag a river giant too!?

James Armstrong visits Lac Serene, home to one of the biggest common carp in the world, weighing in at over 100lbs! Can you imagine that? Joined by his friend Willem Kwinten, they have a week’s fishing ahead of them and although catching carp is the priority, the 100-pounder is the dream. Applyin...

Elliott embarks on a road trip across Holland, in search of the beautiful carp it’s famous for. Rather than sitting at one venue for the week, the call was made to do some exploration and try catching carp from as many venues as possible. This saw the boys visit a variety of different lakes and c...

The ultimate in overcoming adversity from Carp Lifer! Despite battling bad luck, Police raids and drone attacks from other anglers, Samir Arebi manages to end on a massive high, banking a rare Spanish gold in the form of a 1-in-1000 mirror from the giant Orellana Lake!

There’s big changes in the life of Samir & Claire; having found their dream home beside the banks of Lake Orellanna, it's time to turn this house into a home. In the previous episode, the duo rescued a dog from neglect and mistreatment. Unfortunately, this time around, Samir and Simba have a bit ...

The saga continues for Mark Hofman, with more Cassien goodness. He delves into the thought process behind his tactics and baiting approach for fishing such a demanding venue, and of course there's a few lovely carp along the way.

fter what seemed like an eternity, Gaz was finally loading the van for his first post-covid adventure into Europe. The Barrages of France provide fishing with a totally unique feel and in this case, produced a quite incredible trip. The action was non-stop as carp after carp caught were for the ...

This film is like nothing you’ve ever seen in carp fishing before! We’re surrounded by naked people, scuba divers and more nuisance species than you can poke a stick at but there’s massive carp to be caught! The lake is the biggest and deepest we’ve ever submerged our cameras in and Alan’s Europe...

We catch up with Jim’s exclusive vlog in the mountains of wild France, where he banks carp to over 60lb before catching a mega 40lb mirror on a pitstop in Belgium on the way home and everything in between!

With over 1000 acres of water to go at and little to no knowledge on the venue, the task at hand is a monster. Some anglers thrive at a challenge, and this is certainly the case here. In this film, the first of three parts, it’s all about locating carp, as until that box is ticked, there’s one he...

Jim Shelley is back with his exclusive vlog, bringing us to the heart of his big-carp obsession! This time he’s on the fascinating clear-water canals of France and has some amazing up-close-and-personal encounters with the big carp that these neglected waterways contain!

As Mark's time at the magical Lac De Saint Cassien draws to an end, he sets himself the target of catching a 50-pounder; a fish of dreams! Did he succeed? Of course he did! With the Cassien giant ticked off his list and his 5-week marathon at an end, Mark heads to pastures new. The next venue is ...

John Timmermans makes an emotional return to the famous Lac Salagou… 28 years after he first fished it! The giant lake is a Mecca for carp anglers from all over Europe, and with giant carp amidst ruggedly beautiful scenery, it’s not hard to see why! In this latest vlog, John gets among the carp, ...

Finn puts the fun right back into fishing as he sets off on one hell of an adventure with his friends. Embarking on a mission to catch carp from the vast canals of Europe, this is far from what he's used to but working as a team, they grind it out, and it pays!

The OG big-carp vlogger is back and this time he’s catching ancient carp among the rugged mountain peaks of the French Alps! Rough and ready, as it John’s style, this film is spilling over with outrageous scenery, hardcore, technical boat fishing and gnarly Alpine mirrors.

Having never blanked a single trip abroad, Jim was keen to keep it that way. Visiting a river, canal and a lake in just a few days might seem crazy but there’s no such thing as too much hard work when Jim’s in pursuit of carp. Would he be rewarded for his efforts and keep his record intact?

Elliott and Dave leave the UK for a week in French paradise; They have a complex of lakes to themselves, and it’s a complex that has been fished just a handful of times before them. This is what carp fishing is all about, fun, adventure and big, beautiful, previously-uncaught carp!

In this episode of The Vlog, we meet up with Jim Shelley for some therapee at Nash Lakes Royston, where we get the inside on his Bungee Rig. Our underwater camera takes its maiden voyage to the bottom of Elliott’s pond, which was a super-exciting moment for us. Mike & Elliott make the huge journe...

John and Tim Return to a weedy lake they’d visited the previous Autumn. They had very little information on the stock but these were clearly wild carp that had been left to grow in a natural environment with very little angling pressure.

Celebrating ten years of the OG carp vlog, Drive and Survive, John Timmermans has put together a highlight show that left us longing to pioneer in Europe! It’s wall-to-wall action as John rolls back through the showreel, bringing us the very best carp and funniest vlog moments from ten years of h...

When we gave FishOn Tackle’s main man, Ricci Connolly the task of vlogging his fishing, we couldn’t have quite expected the sheer number of big carp that he would record for us! A hugely underrated big-carp man, Ricci’s vlogging 6 moths of his fishing on a real range of waters both home and abroa...

This film was made during a family holiday in between the covid lockdowns, where John squeezed a few early morning sessions in on the local pits and a shallow river close to the holiday villa.