Rick Golder

Rick was introduced into fishing by his mother around the age of 8, when he was taken to the Thames to fish for perch using worms on a bent safety pin as a hook, and a piece of wool as line!

In 1986 after several years of general fishing, including tench and winter pike fishing, Rick caught his first carp on a piece of free lined luncheon meat, from local club lake. From there his love for solely carp was born, and since that day he has fished for nothing else!

In 1986 Rick caught his first 20 lb carp, from Farnham Flint which has now become a well known Reading water. That same year Rick started full time work, which he did for 31 years, most of it shift work, around which he continued his angling.

His angling journey since those early days has taken him to many varied waters, from small intimate ponds, to 70 plus acre windswept big pits, all requiring different angling strategies. These waters have included, Spitfire Pool, Wingham, Vinnetrow, Dinton, Wellington, Kingsmead, Horton, Road Lake, Century, The Manor, and Yateley. 

In recent years Rick’s interest lies in the solitary pursuit of big carp. In many cases, certain individual fish and he bases his angling around targeting them from pressured waters. 

In 2022 Rick joined DT Baits. In his own words this move elevated his catches massively, and has been a huge changing point in his fishing, the number of bigger fish he’s had over the past 4 seasons has been incredibly impressive, with absolute confidence in DT he has taken the bait to many different waters and succeeded.  The use of the Cold Water Green Beast has turned his winter angling into a time of year that he really looks forward to, and again his catches in the hardest months of the year remain as consistent as all other times.