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!! 
Angel of the North Fishery Jan 19th
This week has seen some good results if you are prepared to wait for bites good ide and skimmers are still been caught ok look out lake Sunday 18th January open lookout Conditions: very cold night with temperatures plummeting to –4 lakes partly frozen with snow showers and icy winds Ambient temp –2 .Wind NNW 24mph […]
Barston Masters Extended to Year Round Competition
The success of the popular Barston Masters competitions held at Solihull’s Barston Lakes has led to a doubling of the prize fund and the extension of the competition so that it’s now year-round, with heats from January leading up to a final in November. All of the matches will take place at Barston, on the […]
Lady Jimmie lands big peacock bass on fly tackle
During an expedition to the famed Marie River, deep in Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest, female American angler Jimmie Rascoe landed one of the biggest speckled peacock (Cichla temensis) ever recorded by the IGFA on fly tackle. Rascoe was casting a large streamer fly with guide Gerson Kavamoto when the massive peacock hit. After a tough five […]
Huge halibut from the shore
Simon Smith was fishing from the shoreline of northern Norway when something big crushed the herring he was fishing on the bottom. After fighting the fish for 40 minutes, Smith was miraculously able to subdue the massive Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) that tipped the scales at 50.5 kg (111 lb 5 oz). If approved, Smith’s […]
42lb ‘Unknown’ Pike From Secret Essex Lake
Perch record holder Neill Stephen has caught the fish of the winter; an unknown 42lb pike from a mystery Essex lake. Neil was fishing with pal Dave Lambert at the venue, which is believed to be a 15 acre trout lake. It’s believed the potential of the lake was uncovered by Angler’s Mail columnist John […]
Tributes to ‘Twig’ from club members
Leamington AA members are mourning the loss of Mick Twigger, a stalwart of the association over nearly 40 years. Known as ‘Twig’ to his fishing pals, Mick died in Warwick hospital after a battle against cancer. Club spokesman Anthony Simmons said: “Suffice it to say that Twig’s efforts with peg building, stocking, bank clearing, matches, […]
Packington Somers January 12th
PACKINGTON SOMERS FISHERYTelephone: 01676 523833FISHING & MATCH REPORT – WEEK ENDING 11/1/15 MATCH RESULTSSTARLETS VETS (MOLANDS/LITTLE GEARYS)1. Ron Savage (Lanes Bait) 23 – 9 Peg 9 F1’s & Skimmers on Pole & Caster2. Joe Roberts (Kamasan Starlets) 17 – 13. Derek Hartshorn (Swann Bait) 15 – 94. John McGann (Fisherman ko) 14 – 8 WEDNESDAY OPEN […]
Packington Somers January 12th
PACKINGTON SOMERS FISHERYTelephone: 01676 523833FISHING & MATCH REPORT – WEEK ENDING 11/1/15 MATCH RESULTSSTARLETS VETS (MOLANDS/LITTLE GEARYS)1. Ron Savage (Lanes Bait) 23 – 9 Peg 9 F1’s & Skimmers on Pole & Caster2. Joe Roberts (Kamasan Starlets) 17 – 13. Derek Hartshorn (Swann Bait) 15 – 94. John McGann (Fisherman ko) 14 – 8 WEDNESDAY OPEN […]
Packington Somers January 12th
PACKINGTON SOMERS FISHERYTelephone: 01676 523833FISHING & MATCH REPORT – WEEK ENDING 11/1/15 MATCH RESULTSSTARLETS VETS (MOLANDS/LITTLE GEARYS)1. Ron Savage (Lanes Bait) 23 – 9 Peg 9 F1’s & Skimmers on Pole & Caster2. Joe Roberts (Kamasan Starlets) 17 – 13. Derek Hartshorn (Swann Bait) 15 – 94. John McGann (Fisherman ko) 14 – 8 WEDNESDAY OPEN […]
Packington Somers January 12th
PACKINGTON SOMERS FISHERYTelephone: 01676 523833FISHING & MATCH REPORT – WEEK ENDING 11/1/15 MATCH RESULTSSTARLETS VETS (MOLANDS/LITTLE GEARYS)1. Ron Savage (Lanes Bait) 23 – 9 Peg 9 F1’s & Skimmers on Pole & Caster2. Joe Roberts (Kamasan Starlets) 17 – 13. Derek Hartshorn (Swann Bait) 15 – 94. John McGann (Fisherman ko) 14 – 8 WEDNESDAY OPEN […]
Packington Somers January 12th
PACKINGTON SOMERS FISHERYTelephone: 01676 523833FISHING & MATCH REPORT – WEEK ENDING 11/1/15 MATCH RESULTSSTARLETS VETS (MOLANDS/LITTLE GEARYS)1. Ron Savage (Lanes Bait) 23 – 9 Peg 9 F1’s & Skimmers on Pole & Caster2. Joe Roberts (Kamasan Starlets) 17 – 13. Derek Hartshorn (Swann Bait) 15 – 94. John McGann (Fisherman ko) 14 – 8 WEDNESDAY OPEN […]
Hallcroft Fishery January 12th
11th January 2015 Daiwa Hallcroft Open Moat (27 Pegs) M Edgecombe, Doncaster Island 40 54-12-0 Mal Edgecombe just got the verdict in this sunday open on mot pool. Mal fished a small cage feeder with groundbait and micros and banded 6mm pellet for carp to 8lb P Miles, Doncaster Island 43 49-12-0 Pete Miles also […]
Angel of the North Fishery Jan 12th
Fishing still going well despite the adverse weather conditions on bowes lake capr and ide are still having a good munch peds 9 to 18 seem to be producing the best nets fish still taking expander pellet on the pole or a small maggot feeder is also working well on look out silver fish being […]
Bass Anglers Urged to Flood EU Commissioner with Emails
Bass Anglers Urged to Flood EU Commissioner with Emails Supporting Emergency Measures to Save Stocks The Angling Trust has begun the New Year battling for bass with a fresh call to anglers urging them to flood the EU Commissioner with emails supporting the call by the UK for emergency measures to save threatened bass stocks. In […]
Snail Fish sets new depth record at over 8000 metres
This incredibly resilient fish has set a new depth record for any fish species, having been photographed on the sea floor of the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean, at 8143 metres (26,700ft) below the surface. The snailfish was spotted during a 30 day expedition to the deepest place on earth using remote units carrying […]
