Author: geepster

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

Packington Somers March 16th

PACKINGTON SOMERS FISHERYTelephone: 01676 523833FISHING & MATCH REPORT – WEEK ENDING 15/3/15 MATCH RESULTS STARLETS VETS (MOLANDS & WILLOW) 1. Billy Hawkes (Packingon Vets) 30 -14 Peg 6 MOLANDS F1’s on Pellet Feeder 2. Ronnie Robinson (Packington Vets) 30 -11 3. Brian James (Packington) 29 – 14. Dave Smith (Fishing Lodge) 28 – 0 TONY’S OPEN (LITTLE […]

Brace of big barbel for Trent angler

Pic: Eric Weeks with his 14lb 12oz Trent barbel Long Eaton Victoria Angling Society member Eric Weeks had an eventful couple of days this week. On Tuesday 10th March he had his first fishing trip to the River Trent on the LEVAS Long Eaton stretch since August last year.He was rewarded with a personal best barbel […]

Teams confirmed for Evesham Team Champs

The eight teams that are to receive invites for this year’s Match Fishing Team Championship Final on Evesham’s River Avon have been confirmed. Midlands teams invited to compete include Kamasan Starlets, Shakespeare Superteam, W B Clarke and Daiwa Gordon League. The event – which forms the last day of the Evesham Angling Festival, is regarded […]

New look Angler’s Mail

AN ALL-NEW Angler’s Mail magazine has just hit the shelves– with an exciting new look and new contents. The big value weekly is still priced £1.90 but – following extensive research, talking to anglers – delivers more of many key things. Amongst the changes, you’ll find: MORE VENUES –a new look Where To Fish This […]

Ivan Marks Memorial Match 2015

Mallory Park Fisheries will be holding the 11th annual running of the Ivan Marks Memorial Match in May. It will be, as always, open to all anglers of any standard and offers a great opportunity to ‘rub shoulders’ with star anglers from all over the country, including Full Internationals from several countries. This event WILL […]

Big cash prizes at Tunnel Barn Farm

Tunnel Barn Farm’s three-day May Bank Holiday Festival will see the winner walk away with £1,000 in readies, with big cash prizes right down to sixth place. With fishing on Top, Extension and High Pools (17 pegs on each) on May 23rd, 24th and 25th, it’s £22 to enter. which includes a £7 peg fee. […]

Angling tackles ‘dirty Kennet’

Angling and Fisheries groups from Kintbury to Reading have joined forces with local MP Richard Benyon to tackle the longstanding issue of River Kennet turbidity caused by the entry of dirty canal water impacting on the famous chalk stream from Copse Lock at Hamstead Marshall. The groups fear that unless the Environment Agency and the […]

Moorlands Farm match results March 10th

Tuesday 03.03.15 Super Cost Cutter 16 fished Meadow 1st          Lawrence Connolly (PB Construction)     76.00.00               Peg 04 2nd        Paul Little (CPA)                37.11.00               Peg 33 3rd         Dave Roberts (CPA)_     24.00.00               Peg 27   Wednesday 04.03.15 Over 50’s 19 fished Silver & Middle 1st          Ian Giddins (Garbolino/Bag Em)                51.14.00               Peg 09 Middle 2nd        […]

James cracks the canal perch population

Get Hooked on Fishing’s James Thornhill has been getting to know the perch population on the canals to the west of London and certainly appears to have cracked it lately. Fishing short sessions he’s landed stripeys to over 3lb, fishing simply with a 8/10gr jig heads and plasticperch patterns. Said James, who runs the GHOF […]