Summer Fishing 2026

Summer fishing. Another hot, rainless start to the season limiting the river fishing, instead I concentrated on some local ponds, targeting the carp & perch. Over the summer I landed 233 carp (including 27 doubles), 38 perch (to 3lb 2oz), 49 barbel, plus a few surprises. So here's a quick recap of the summer - written monthly as I went along... April: Cracking straight on this year - a few trips to the Farm Pond during the river closed season. Frosty mornings and warm afternoons weren't idea conditions but I did land 3 carp in three sessions. Including a double fully scaled mirror - and a fantastic double grass carp - my first grassy! Plus a bunch of little roach, rudd, bream and perch. May: The weather was gradually turning into summer - over the month I banked 43 carp, including 3 doubles (a hectic trip to a commerical accounting for 30). And my attention turned to stillwater perch - worms & livebaits producing 12 perch, four over 2lb, including my target three pounder, a 3lb 2oz…