Author: geepster

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

Tunnel Barn Farm Results Jan 4th

      RESULTS FOR CONTESTS WEEK ENDING 27TH DECEMBER 2015               Date:               Monday 21st December 2015                                                 MONDAY OPEN   Pools: CANAL   No F/man:       15       Pos      NAME            CLUB WEIGHT        PEG NO   1st       D Lutwyche    Hawkesbury    46 – 5  15   2nd      […]

Hallcroft Fishery Jan 4th

27th December 2015 Daiwa Hallcroft Open Reed (15 Pegs) S Gray, Worksop 28 72-10-0 Stuart Gray won this Reed match from peg 28 with 72lb. Stuart fished pole and pellet for carp to 3lb N Vernon, Gainsborough 22 65-10-0 Neil Vernon alternated waggler and bomb with pellet for 2nd place and 65lb D Boswell, Retford 41 […]

World record snook claim

Brazilian angler Maicon Soares Da Silva caught and released this huge snook (Centropomus spp.) while fishing off the coast of Ubatuba, Brazil. Da Silva needed nearly 20 minutes to land the 109 cm beast, after it hit the jig and soft plastic shrimp combo he was casting. If approved, Da Silva’s catch will actually beat […]

Tunnel Barn Farm Dec 29th

  Date:                     Monday 21st December 2015                                                                     MONDAY OPEN Pools:    CANAL No F/man:          15   Pos         NAME   CLUB     WEIGHT               PEG NO 1st          D Lutwyche        Hawkesbury       46 – 5    15 2nd        W Sweetman     Tunnel Barn Farm            34 – 10  1 3rd         D Chapman         Swann Baits        33 – 15  23 4th         T Hardy Tunnel […]

Fury over gill netting for bass

Organisations representing Britain’s 800,000 sea anglers have reacted furiously to the news that EU Fisheries Ministers, including the UK’s George Eustice, have caved in to pressure from commercial fishing interests and granted exemptions to the highly damaging bass gill net fishery. This sector, described by Eustice as “low impact” is actually responsible for by far […]

Salmon Summit Update

The Environment Agency has issued a summary record of the different sessions at last month’s Salmon Summit in London, held to raise awareness of the depleted salmon stocks in England and attended by the Angling Trust and other concerned fisheries organisations.At the Summit, Mark Lloyd, chief executive of Angling Trust & Fish Legal, reported on […]

Anglers Mail Bumper Xmas Issue 2015

 THE jumbo festive issue of Angler’s Mail magazine is out now – a two-week issue with specials galore and a supplement revealing the Best Gear of the Year. NEW – beginning inside this BIG issue…. The Specialists – starting with Andy Little On The Bank – with one of the stars of TV angling 2015 […]

21lb eel in Angler’s Mail

ANGLER’S MAIL is clearly best priced value fishing magazine this week at only £1.95, and it’s busting with value! Read exclusively all about the monster 21 lb eel seen on the Angler’s Mail front cover. It was part of a mind-blowing haul. Find out why a popular commercial fishery is to close, and why KHV […]

Tunnel Barn Farm Dec 14th

RESULTS FOR CONTESTS WEEK ENDING 13TH DECEMBER 2015 Date:   Monday 7th December 2015                          MONDAY OPEN Pools:  CANALNo F/man:  16 Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st P Wood Tunnel Barn Farm 84 – 14 12nd C Constable TBF Vets 69 – 11 53rd D Chapamn Swann Baits 61 – 2 74th C McGurin Fosters 50 – 0 135th D Atkins Packington 46 – 5 36th S Birch Northfield 22 – 9 23 Date:   Tuesday 8th December 2015Pools:  EXTENSION / HOUSE        OVER 50s CLUB MATCHNo […]