Background:

I embarked on my first fishing outing at age 6, where I was invited to a friend’s birthday party at a trout farm. After landing my first ever trout I was hooked (pun intended) and I have been fishing ever since in several different disciplines from shark to fly fishing, I have done it and loved it all. My niche passion, however, is vested in specimen carp angling! I cannot pinpoint the exact reasoning for loving this discipline so much, as I believe the reasons are endless. In a recent article I spoke about being an “amateur of the sport” as derived from Latin, “an amateur” is a lover or an admirer of an activity and I personally feel that will always describe my role in the sport, an admirer always willing to learn!

Current Fishing:

Due to very tight work constraints and availability of time I have to maximize my time spent on the bank and often have to streamline an approach geared towards a specific goal. Currently, I am focusing on my syndicate venue where I am attempting to breach that magical 50lb Carp barrier! I am also a fan of wild waters, however, I do not get out to them nearly as much as I would like, but when time allows I am looking to get 40lb+ fish as I fell short of this mark recently with a 38lb+ fish.

When it comes to my favourite tactics, I would submit that I am a creature of habit and when I have found a proven solution, I am hesitant to change. I think this stems from a lot of my role models in the sport still using the same rig after 20 odd years and I am of the same thinking whereby 90% of my fishing is done through a standard hair rig and the remain percentages are made up between Ronnie Rigs for pop ups and Slip-D rigs for wafters. I am a massive fan of boilies and fish for the Sticky Baits UK promo team and find most of my fishing approach is solely geared towards baits chasing larger fish as expeditiously as possible, as my time is often so limited.

Media:

I currently manage the Fox SA Instagram and Facebook accounts, whilst running my own Instagram fishing account, with the tag @thelegalangler. I am blessed to have a partner and peg mate all in one, with Delene “Lee” Serfontein and we have started a couple fishing hashtag (#LeeJCarpCouple) which we also intend on broadening the brand very soon!

I have written for the Carp Angler Magazine and have taken up a roll as a constant contributor for the publication, as well as a contributor to the Sticky Baits UK “News” section!

Interests outside of Angling:

Sport (all types);

Outdoors;

Gym and Fitness (workouts and supplementation along with body science coaching);

Fine dining; and,

Whisky/ Wine collecting.

Mirror Carp PB: 41Lb 10oz (18.92Kg)

Common Carp: 45Lb (20.45Kg)

 Favourite item of Fox Tackle: Too many but 3 of many favourites would be the Horizon X3 Rods, Edges Curve and Wide Gape X Hooks & NTXR as well as RX+ Alarms