Former editor of many a fishing magazine, owner of Total-Fishing.com and MD of a pest control company!! Author: geepster
Former editor of many a fishing magazine, owner of Total-Fishing.com and MD of a pest control company!! Former editor of many a fishing magazine, owner of Total-Fishing.com and MD of a pest control company!! 
329lb halibut on 30lb class gear…
German angler Johann Kaaserer has made a line class world record claim for his enormous 149.65 kg (329 lb 15 oz ) Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) caught on August 15th while fishing off Mefjord, Norwary using just 30lb class gear. Kaaserer needed only 45 minutes to subdue the massive halibut after it ate the jig he was fishing […]
Spotted Bass World Record Claim
For the fourth time in nearly two years, the IGFA has received a world record submission for spotted bass (Micropterus punctulatus) that could potentially set the new All-Tackle world record. On December 27th, angler Wes Roberson caught a 4.99 kg (11 lb) spotted bass while casting a jig on New Bullards Bar Reservoir in California, […]
Angel of the North Fishery January 18th
Saturday and Sunday 16th and 17th Jan 2015 opens Temperature went down to -4 overnight and froze the lakes , dropped water temp to 2 deg , even anglers cutting ice and fishing in -2 had major problems with icing up where they had cut to fish, keeping an open piece of water was almost […]
Hallcroft Fishery Jan 16th
17th January 2016 Daiwa Hallcroft Open Moat (15 Pegs) J Skipper, Gainsborough Island 70 36-4-0 Jason Skipper won this tough contest from island 70 with 3 double figure carp and 36lb D Hiley, Matrix Trentmen Island 64 31-14-0 Dave Hiley fished bomb and corn to the spinner for 6 carp to 6lb P Bagshaw, Barnsley Blacks […]
England Call-Up For Talented U18s Coarse Anglers
The Angling Trust is looking for talented coarse anglers who would like to apply for the England under 18s youth assessment trials. The U18s Youth World Championships are due to be staged at Coruche, Santa Justa, in Portugal from 6th – 7h August 2016, and a team is required to represent the Angling Trust and […]
Charity angling raffle and events for brace young Iwan
When well-known Midlands big fish angler Lee Swords heard about the plight of a family trying to raise funds for life saving treatment for their young son Iwan, he felt inspired to do something to help. CAR T-Cell therapy is a treatment for Leukaemia sufferers like Iwan, but it is not available in the UK. […]
England Feeder Team announced for 2016
Tom Pickering is delighted to announce the England line up for the Preston Innovations Feeder Team for the 2016 FIPSed 6th Feeder World Championships to be held on the Novisad canal in Serbia from 18th – 19th June. The venue is a cut off from the Danube river. The Feeder Team are; Tom Pickering (manager) […]
Packington Somers Jan 11th
PACKINGTON SOMERS FISHERYTelephone: 01676 523833FISHING & MATCH REPORT – WEEK ENDING 10/1/16 MATCH RESULTS STARLETS VETS (MOLANDS)1. Phil Hull (Lanes Bait) 48 – 9 Peg 57 F1’s on Maggot Feeder2. John Bushell (Packington) 33 – 03. John Mcgann (Solihull Angling) 29 -134. Joe Roberts (Kamasan Starlets) 27 -12 SOLIHULL ANGLING OPEN (LITTLE GEARYS)1. Danny Tresigne […]
Tunnel Barn Farm Jan 11th
RESULTS FOR CONTESTS WEEK ENDING 4TH JANUARY 2016 Date: Monday 4th January 2016 MONDAY OPEN Pools: CLUB No F/man: 16 Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO 1st A Harper Mossella 60 – 15 19 2nd J Johnson Nottingham AA 43 – 4 14 3rd G Young Youngs MG 33 […]
Successful prosecution for illegal netting along Sussex beach
Pic: Catch recovered from the illegal net on Eastbourne beach Illegal unregistered fishing for financial gain is considered a significant problem by many within inshore fishing communities. Sussex IFCA works to stop those who are damaging honest fishers and the marine environment. The summer of 2015 saw a rise in reported incidents of illegal netting […]
Notts Police to help fight fish poaching
When the Angling Trust went fishing with Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner Paddy Tipping recently it wasn’t so much about landing a fish as tightening the net on illegal poaching and related criminality. Committed to reducing rural crime of all kinds, Mr Tipping’s trip to a fishing pool in South Muskham, near Newark, was all […]
Tunnel Barn Farm Xmas and New Year match results
RESULTS FOR CONTESTS WEEK ENDING 3RD JANUARY 2016 Date: Monday 28th December 2015 CHRISTMAS PAIRS MATCH – INDIVIDUALS Pools: NEW / HOUSE / TOP / EXTENSION No F/man: 72 Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO 1st A Wakelin Preston Innovations 91 – 12 T21 2nd W Ainsworth Mosella 78 – […]
Near 20lb zander from Grafham Water
Grafham Water has once again showed its massive predator fishing potential this time with a magnificent 19lb 14oz zander to predator season ticket holder Ian Crook. Ian fished a vertically jigged shad in deep water.
Record shaking pike banked in England
A pike just 5oz short of Roy Lewis’ long standing British pike record has been banked and is pictured in this week’s Angler’s Mail. The 46lb 8oz fish was caught by predator angler Darren Clark from Wykeham Lakes near Scarborough, 3oz short of when it was landed in 2014 to make it the biggest ever […]
Packington Somers Jan 4th
PACKINGTON SOMERS FISHERY Telephone: 01676 523833 FISHING & MATCH REPORT – WEEK ENDING 3/1/16 MATCH RESULTS SUNDAY OPEN (MOLANDS) 1. Danny Tresigne (Colmic) 78 – 7 Peg 57 F1’s & Carp on Waggler & Pellet 2. Phil Canning (Solihull Angling) 59 – 5 3. Lee Richards (Packington) 48 -11 4. Lee Myers […]
