How 2013 is faring for The Hobo Carpers

Hey guys Matt here.

So if any of you can remember I talked about entering the UK Carp Cup this year but as circumstances are at the moment I can't afford the time away from my own fishing or the funds. But every cloud has a silver lining as they say! I was talking to Kieran not so long back and he has asked me to be his runner for the event at Poolbridge Q lake. We have all ready started our planning for it with a few talks but soon we will get together and have a brainstorm for what we should be looking at doing. Last year K did well taking a few fish from the venue but this year with the info we both gathered from the last years event and a few more sessions on the lake, hopefully we will be in with a good chance to qualify for the semis. As we saw last time anyone can stand a chance if you get it right and are on the fish!

While Kieran will be focusing on his UKCC and GCSEs this year I will be putting my remaining time in to a local lake that is currently under going a lease change and hopefully will be falling to a close friend of mine. If that is the case then I am to record all the fish I catch with photos and weights as well as bailiffing the place, so 90% of my fishing this year will be done there. I do have several trips planned elsewhere in the country and I will definitely be making a return trip to Linear fisheries this year with mind to fish any lake. After the latest Korda DVD St Johns might be off the card but saying that the lake might not be that busy when we are planning to go. Apart from a trip to linear I have Carping For Heroes 2013 in June at Manor Farm in Bedfordshire which I am taking part in fishing as well as volunteering for and that's about it for my angling this year unless something else turns up.

At the moment I am part way through a creative writing course with the writers bureau which is giving me valuable skills I plan on putting to good use here and also into my fictional writing. That is taking up quite a chunk of my time at home and will most probably cut in to some fishing time. But such is life and sacrifices need to be made in order to succeed.

So it won't just be on the bank fishing that we will be writing about this year. We plan to cover rigs, baiting and everything in-between and maybe even some more guest appearances. While we are by no means experts in the sport, the passion that Kieran and myself have should certainly make for good reading.

For 2013 we have a fair bit to focus on and if a PB comes my way that would be great but it is not my main concern at the moment. I hope you have a great year and hopefully enjoy the blog as it grows.