Author: geepster

Former editor of many a fishing magazine, owner of Total-Fishing.com and MD of a pest control company!!

Packington Somers 23rd February

Telephone: 01676 523833 FISHING & MATCH REPORT – WEEK ENDING 21/2/16 MATCH RESULTS STARLETS VETS                                 (MOLANDS) 1.  Joe Roberts (Drennan)                               28 – 5               Peg 8      F1’s on Pole & Maggot 2.  Terry Gibbons (Packington)                       27 – 5 3.  Keith Nall (Ridgemere AC)                       22 – 7 4.  Brian Overton (Packington)                       21 -10 […]

Daiwa Hallcfoft Fishery 22nd February

21st February 2016 Daiwa Hallcroft Teams of 4 silverfish League Moat/Bridge/Croft (44 Pegs) I Littlewood, Northern Inn Croft 6 28-14-0 This league continues to go from strength to strength with double figure nets well spread over the complex. Ian Littlewood won from croft 6 with an all skimmer net on pole and pellet G Hiley, Mansfield […]

Packington Somers 15th February

Telephone: 01676 523833 FISHING & MATCH REPORT – WEEK ENDING 14/2/16 MATCH RESULTS STARLETS VETS                   (GEARYS & LITTLE GEARYS) 1.  Johnny Johnson (Youngs TBF)                    41 -10              Peg 17             GEARYS      Carp on Bomb & Bread 2.  Ray Durant (Tornadoes)                              34 – 7 3.  Keith Winn (Lanes Bait)                              31 – 4 4.  Paul Deeming (Packington […]

Drennan Team England Squads announced for 2016

Mark Downes and Mark Addy, Drennan Team England Managers, are happy to announce the teams that will be competing in this year’s 2016 International events. World Championships 2016, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 18/19th September: The team has previously fished this venue and secured a silver medal. At present, nobody knows the species they will be fishing for, […]

Tunnel Barn Farm Feb 9th

RESULTS FOR CONTESTS WEEK ENDING 7TH FEBRUARY 2016   Date:                     Monday 1st February 2016                                                                            MONDAY OPEN Pools:    CANAL No F/man:          18   Pos         NAME   CLUB     WEIGHT               PEG NO 1st          D Chapman         Swann Baits        73 – 14  24 2nd        C Harrison           Baileys  71 – 4    17 3rd         J Perks  Tunnel Barn […]

Hallcroft Fishery Feb 8th

7th February 2016 Sunday – Daiwa Hallcroft Teams of 4 Silverfish League Moat/Bridge/Croft – 44 pegs •             R Walker, Rotherham B Isl 13 25-12-0 Bridge and Croft were certainly the lakes to be on in this latest round of the teams of 4. Robin Walker made the most of a back wind and fished long […]

Packington Somers Feb 8th

PACKINGTON SOMERS FISHERY Telephone: 01676 523833 FISHING & MATCH REPORT – WEEK ENDING 7/2/16   MATCH RESULTS   STARLETS VETS               (MOLANDS AND SIBLINGS A) 1.  Pat Clark (Lime Tree Social)                   50-14     Peg 6               MOLANDS                       F1’s on Maggot Feeder   2.  Mal Cooper (Packington)                        49 – 8 3.  Mick Cotton (Attleborough)                   45 – 5 […]

Countdown to the new season at Anglian Water’s big four reservoirs

  Countdown to the new season Opening dates for Anglian Water’s ‘big four’ Ravensthorpe                      26 February Pitsford Water                        27 February Grafham Water                        4 March Rutland Water                        11 March Open House at Pitsford Water Saturday 20 February Come and meet Anglian Water’s Fisheries team from 10am to 3pm.   Choice of […]

£131,000 grant for angling to protect fish stocks

Angling Trust secures £131,000 grant from Esmée Fairbairn Foundation to campaign to protect fish stocks over next two years The Angling Trust has successfully applied for £131,000 funding from charitable trust the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation to spend on increased campaigning to protect dwindling marine and freshwater fish stocks over the next two years. The funds […]

Battling for bass in Westminster and Brussels

Ministers agree to work on long term bass management plan as MPs prepare to debate new EU restrictions Representatives from the Angling Trust and the Bass Anglers Sportfishing Society (BASS) have been battling for bass again this week and challenging both UK ministers and the European Commission over the unfair restrictions that are now in […]

Packington Somers Feb 2nd

PACKINGTON SOMERS FISHERY Telephone: 01676 523833 FISHING & MATCH REPORT – WEEK ENDING 31/1/16   MATCH RESULTS   STARLETS VETS                   (MOLANDS/GEARYS/LITTLE GEARYS/SIBLINGS A & B) 1.  Joe Roberts (Drennan International) 79 -14    Peg 11                   LITTLE GEARYS        F1’s on Maggot Feeder  2.  Brian Overton (Packington Vets)         60 – 0 3.  Mick Cotton (Attleborough)  58 – […]

Tunnel Barn Farm Fishery Feb 2nd

RESULTS FOR CONTESTS WEEK ENDING 31ST JANUARY 2016   Date:                     Monday 25th January 2016                                                          MONDAY OPEN Pools:    TOP No F/man:          20   Pos         NAME   CLUB     WEIGHT               PEG NO 1st          S Harwood          Drennan              53 – 3    33 2nd        W Sweetman     Tunnel Barn Farm            41 – 12  15 3rd         D Atkins               Packington          37 […]