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!! 
Benning tops Blythe Waters Stillwater Championships Qualifier
Hot, oppressive, still conditions with the threat of thunder meant difficult fishing for the 31 contestants, with many struggling to catch fish consistently. As often happens many did not catch until the last hour in the Angling Trust and Canal & River Trust Stillwater qualifier held at Blythe Waters on 22nd August 2015. Jason Benning […]
Packington Somers Fishery August 27th
PACKINGTON SOMERS FISHERY Telephone: 01676 523833 FISHING REPORT – WEEK ENDING 23/8/15 STARLETS VETS (MOLANDS) 1. Brian Overton (Packington) 56 – 0 Peg 23 2. D Longford 51 – 9 3 A Dawson 50 – 6 4 J Bushell 49 – 8 SOLIHULL ANGLING OPEN (MOLANDS) 1. Dan Wooding (Solihull Angling) 144 -13 Peg 57 […]
Tunnel Barn Farm Results August 27th
RESULTS FOR CONTESTS WEEK ENDING 23RD AUGUST 2015 Date: Monday 17th August 2015 MONDAY OPEN Pools: Top No F/man: 16 Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO 1st O Corbett Kings Heath AC 151 – 13 31 2nd W Sweetman TBF 111 – 2 33 3rd J Khan Moseley AC 96 – 14 3 4th P […]
Riverfest 2015: Mick Vials wins on the River Tees
The RiverFest qualifier on the River Tees, Bowesfield to Yarm was held on Saturday 22nd August. The top 6 results are as follows;1st Mick Vials, (Preston Innovations) 23 lb 11 oz, peg 6, 18 skimmers on feeder and pole worms/maggots.2nd Eddie Bridon, (Maver) 22 lb 10 oz, peg 66, 13 skimmers on feeder/maggots.3rd Alex Dobie, […]
Star anglers head to Evesham 2015
If you haven’t made plans to go already, this year’s Evesham Festival, taking place over the August Bank Holiday weekend, is set to be a long weekend to remember! Attracting the cream of British match fishing, the event will see three separate big money matches – where competitors compete for a total of over £19,000 […]
Angel of the North Fishery August 27th
PB for some customers this week even after the torrential rain and thunder and lightening storms must have has 4 inches of water add to the levels on the lakes this week. Excellent catch rates on banded angel 10 mm pellet over 6 mm feed pellets and chopped worm and caster also maggot catching silvers […]
Pino’s Pals win the Angling Trust Masters 2015
The Angling Trust Masters 2015 is a prestigious Team event staged at Mallory Parks Fisheries complex at Peckleton Leicester. This year 17 teams representing various fishing companies put on a great display for their respected sponsors on Saturday 15th August. Although the complex had been fishing brilliantly everyone knew that after the excessive rainfall and […]
Dick Clegg steps down from England match fishing management
After eight successful years as manager of the Angling Trust Veterans International team Dick Clegg OBE International Events Manager has decided to step down and has elected Joe Roberts to take over his role. Dick said, “The past 8 years have been really exciting for me and as I was the one to push for this […]
Packington Somers Fishery August 17th
PACKINGTON SOMERS FISHERY Telephone: 01676 523833 FISHING REPORT – WEEK ENDING 16/8/15 STARLETS VETS (GEARYS/GRATS/LITTLE GEARYS) 1. Pete Bird (Packington) 85 -12 Peg 18 GEARYS Carp on Bomb & Pellet 2. Bob Calcutt (Lanes Bait) 75 -10 3 Brian Overton (Packington Vets) 71 -10 4 Keith Winn (Lanes Bait) 64 – 5 SOLIHULL ANGLING OPEN […]
Maver Image angler Steve Clark takes top spot at the River Yare RiverFest qualifier
The ninth RiverFest Qualifier for 2015 took place on the River Yare at Langley Norfolk on Sunday 16th August with 59 anglers competing. With a bigger than normal high tide forecast colouring the river up the main target species for the day was bream and skimmers. Overall winner on the day was Steve Clark (Maver […]
Hallcroft Fishery Results August 16th
16th August 2015 Daiwa Hallcroft OpenMoat Outer/Reed (55 Pegs)• B Holmes, Matrix TrentmenReed 31127-7-0This was a cracking turnout for this sunday match with both moat and reed being used. Ben Holmes fished pellet and corn short and down the edge for carp to 3lb and the win• L Richmond, BircotesReed 28124-4-0Les Richmond alternated pellet and […]
Angel of the North Fishery August 16th
Cracking week of great catches even in the torrential rain all day Friday, lots of good catches for kids and adults who have had coaching, on lookout fishing maggot is producing fantastic nets of silvers with perch up to 3lb and big ide all been taken on double or single maggot using pellet and paste […]
New match record at Barston Lakes as Mick Bull wins the Barston Bowl
Mick Bull set a stunning new match record at Barston Lakes with over 240lb in the Barston Bowl 2015. Fishing off end peg 124, Mick caught one fish long in the first hour while feeding 8mm pellets on his 25m line, and when he chucked the Method feeder over it after an hour he didn’t stop catching […]
England’s Young Match Fishing Lions are World Champions
Sensas Team England U18’s & Drennan U23’s once again took the World Championships by storm as they returned from Serbia with team gold and bronze medals while England’s George Organ took individual bronze medal in the U18 category. 16 nations descended on the Smederevo Steelworks Canal in Serbia over the 7th & 8th August to […]
Environment Agency awards fisheries contract to Angling Trust
The Environment Agency is set to award a landmark fisheries contract to the Angling Trust. This announcement follows a rigorous competitive process and is part of the continued drive towards greater partnership working leading to thriving fisheries and angling throughout England. The three key overarching priorities of the contract are to increase participation amongst existing […]
