John returns to the big gravel pit featured in the April 2013 episode of Drive & Survive, in the hope of a huge carp. The stocked fish had now grown to enormous sizes, with some now exceeding 60lb, but with nearly 900 acres of water to roam, it wasn’t going to be easy locating them.
Up Next in Season 2
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The Open Ocean | John Timmermans | S2...
This movie spans two summer holidays during 2018 and 2019, where John visits the huge coastal lakes of South West France. At around 12,000 acres in size, the lake in focus is a true inland ocean, which has one of the lowest stocks, per acre, in the whole of France. These lakes are not for the fai...
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Chasing A Dream | John Timmermans | S...
Target hunting isn't quite so straight forward when you’re trying to catch a carp that can move between locks, and furthermore, may not even still be alive. John reflects on the capture of a huge carp from a quiet canal system in central France.
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Shallow Rivers & Busy Pits | John Tim...
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.
