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!! 
Report looks into economic importance of sea angling
A report aimed at helping the seafood industry and policy makers to evaluate and compare the economic importance of sea angling and commercial fishing has been published, with the hope that it will provide a blueprint for future comparisons of the sectors which has previously been a thorny issue on both sides. A workshop that […]
Tunnel Barn Farm Sept 2nd
RESULTS FOR CONTESTS WEEK ENDING 30TH AUGUST 2015 Date: Monday 24TH August 2015 MONDAY OPENPools: CanalNo F/man: 16 Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st C Georgen Sensas France 117-9 242nd D Callaghan Measham Redfins 101-4 223rd Dave Chapman Swann Baits 92-5 194th Pete Hancox TBF Vets 80-13 165th Graham Young Youngs TBF 78-10 36TH Dave […]
Anglian Water Trout Fishing Sept 2nd
Rutland WaterFish week 258 (Season 19,259) Returns 68 (5,453) Rod average 3.79 (3.53) Another good week’s fishing with anglers reporting plenty of fish from around the reservoir. Boat anglers are taking the bulk of the fish with the main basin providing very quick limits with many fish around the 2lb mark, though a steady number […]
Starlets Seal The 2015 Match Fishing Team Champs
Kamasan Starlets have won the Match Fishing Team Championship, finishing with a comfortable six point lead over second placed Daiwa Dorking. Drennan Barnsley occupied the last of the money places, after tying on points with Dorking, but losing out on section win countback. Kamasan Starlets captain, and England Co-Manager, Mark Downes explained: “Our team plan […]
Packington Somers Fishery August 31st
PACKINGTON SOMERS FISHERY Telephone: 01676 523833 FISHING REPORT – WEEK ENDING 30/8/15 STARLETS VETS LITTLE GEARYS/ANNIVERSARIES)1. Pete Green (Packington Vets) 76 – 6 Peg 10 LITTLE GEARYSF1’s on Candle & Pellet2. Derek Hartshorn (Swan Baits) 76 – 43 Keith Winn (Lanes Bait) 67 – 84 Pat Clark (Lime Tree) 58 -15 SOLIHULL ANGLING OPEN (MOLANDS)1. […]
The plight of the spurdog
THERE have been an increasing number of sporadic but significant hauls of spurdog (Squalus acanthias) encountered by Cornish fishermen in recent months. Just last week a Newlyn based trawler accidently caught more than 10 tonnes of spurdog while fishing for John Dory around the Isles of Scilly. This meant damaged fishing gear, lost fishing time […]
Dean Barlow wins the 2015 Wychavon Championship
Dean Barlow has won the 2015 Wychavon Championship on the River Avon at Evesham with a weight of 9-10-0 from peg six. The England Feeder International banked roach to 1 1/2lb on bloodworm tactics. He told us “to be able to take this Wychavon Championship trophy home and put it on the mantelpiece means the […]
Angel of the North Fishery August 31st
Well late, late, late the carp spawned this week they started back in June to suddenly stop as cold rain dropped ambient and water temp and water temp has just came back up this week, so at last we have all species now spawned.Some very good sized fish being caught with a spectacular 2lb 11oz […]
Spud Murphy wins at Evesham
Second Evesham Championship victory for Welsh ace. Andrew ‘Spud’ Murphy has won the Evesham Championship, for the second time in four years. Drawn on peg 44, Spud caught a double figure barbel on chopped worm , plus some smaller roach and chublets on a combination of waggler and maggot and bloodworm tactics. A delighted Spud […]
Bream win Riverfest Qualifier on River Nene
Angling Trust RiverFest (Orton Up and Orton Down) Fifty seven competitors took part in the Angling Trust RiverFest qualifier on Sunday 23rd August on the Nene at Orton. The weather made for a match of two halves, boiling hot in the morning then extremely wet during downpours in the last two hours. Despite the mixed […]
Stephens wins 2015 Evesham Vets Championship
Alan Stephens has won the 2015 Evesham Veterans Championship, with a 4-0-0 net from peg 53. The Alcester rod caught some good perch on maggot feeder tactics, fishing just past the marginal weed. With bloodworm and joker being banned on this Championship, weights were lower than when the bait – which is known for triggering […]
Anglers Celebrate Green Light for £4.2bn London ‘Super Sewer’
Construction of London’s new £4.2bn ‘super sewer’ will start next year following the confirmation of independent investors to finance and deliver the scheme. Environmental groups and river users joined Ministers and business leaders in celebrating the news – recognising that the Thames Tideway Tunnel is needed urgently to tackle the issue of discharges of untreated […]
Government Faces Legal Challenge After Failing to Protect Some of England’s Most Precious Rivers
The High Court has granted permission for WWF-UK, the Angling Trust and Fish Legal to challenge Defra and the Environment Agency over their failure to protect some of England’s most precious rivers, lakes and coastal areas from agricultural pollution. The focus of the court case is on habitats that are protected by law and known […]
England’s ladies match fishing team sixth in Belgium
The Angling Trust England Ladies team finished in a disappointing 6th place in the 22nd FIPSed Ladies World Championships fished on a difficult canal in Ronquieres, Belgium between 22nd and 23rd August 2015. Prior to the competition the squad had practised for six days with the other 16 teams and had caught roach, perch and […]
Random Draw Back for Fish ‘O’ Mania XXIII final
Matchroom Sport and the Angling Trust has announced a further change to Fish ‘O’ Mania XXIII and in the process clarified how the draw will be conducted for the new look two day final and removed any uncertainty. The finalists will take part in a random draw on Thursday evening to determine their peg for […]
