After pranging the hire van to get his latest odyssey off to the worst start possible, the OG vlogger John Timmermans heads deep into the French countryside to catch a load of carp from some pretty cool venues, culminating in one of the funniest fish playing sequences we’ve ever seen captured on ...

John Timmermans makes an emotional return to the famous Lac Salagou… 28 years after he first fished it! The giant lake is a Mecca for carp anglers from all over Europe, and with giant carp amidst ruggedly beautiful scenery, it’s not hard to see why! In this latest vlog, John gets among the carp, ...

The OG big-carp vlogger is back and this time he’s catching ancient carp among the rugged mountain peaks of the French Alps! Rough and ready, as it John’s style, this film is spilling over with outrageous scenery, hardcore, technical boat fishing and gnarly Alpine mirrors.

With eight nights in France ahead of him, John Timmermans is absolutely in his element! Targeting huge carp from a massive public water, he soon finds big carp, and lots of them! In typical JT fashion, moving is soon on the agenda as he tries to stay on fish during his long session. Everything th...

Celebrating ten years of the OG carp vlog, Drive and Survive, John Timmermans has put together a highlight show that left us longing to pioneer in Europe! It’s wall-to-wall action as John rolls back through the showreel, bringing us the very best carp and funniest vlog moments from ten years of h...

In late October 2021, John ventured South in search of huge barrage carp. These had seen some serious angling pressure throughout the autumn, but were at their highest weights, so there was a decent chance of a few big fish, if he could track them down.

Every so often, all the factors that can make or break a session come together, for good. During this five-day session on a deep park lake, I caught 8 carp over 20kg, including a new PB of 65lb, and loads of back up fish. These were some of the strongest carp I’d ever hooked, with some arm-wrench...