About Costa del Carping

Dave started fishing for Carp on local lakes in Dartford (Brooklands), Horton, Kirby, Darenth and Sutton 27 years ago.

His carp fishing career has brought him great fish and great friends. Dave has caught hundreds of fish in England, with his biggest being the famous 40 pounder called twotone from Chichester on the Vinnetrow complex. After his experiences in England, Dave started to fish abroad in France. On the lake Foret de Orient he caught his largest Carp of 52 lb. At other places in France, like for example Orient and Lac de Der, Dave has caught numerous 40s and 30s.

After many years of fishing abroad in different countries, he discovered in 1991 the lakes of the island Gran Canaria where he started catching many fish. Dave has set here the Carp record for Gran Canaria of 49 1b. (mirror) and a 44 1b. (common). In 2002 Dave started the company Canary Safari Carp Fishing, which he expanded into the best carp fishing holiday excursion on the island. Many holidaymakers with a fishing passion joined his excursion and broke their personal record.

Dave has now 2 companies and is back on Gran Canaria. One, Costa del Carping, at the Costa del Sol in the mainland of Spain and the other, Canary Island Carp Fishing Tours, on Gran Canaria, to start the same venture and has sold his company Canary Safari Carp Fishing. The new company names are Costa del Carping and Canary Island Carp Fishing Tours. Everywhere at the Costa del Sol and Gran Canaria he will now offer you not only Carp fishing, but as well sport fishing for Catfish, Bass and other species. This area offers a great variety of excellent fishing sites at the lakes, rivers or sea.

Thanks to his passion for carp he has several well known friends in the fishing scene like Martin Locke who he fished with years ago and still remains friends with, fishing friend Rod Hutchinson who has written an article in France for the carp scene about the fishing in the lake Orient with another good friend John Mac.

There is so much more we could tell you about our carpers, but it is too much, so if you are in mainland Spain or on Gran Canaria and you would like to hear the spectacular fishing stories during a great fishing excursion, give us a call and go fishing with Costa del Carping!