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!! 
Trout Farm Plan ‘Barmy’: Angling Trust
A plan to build a trout farm off the Cornish coast have been described as ‘absolutely barmy’, in the light of the carnage caused by last year’s storms. According to a report in the Western Morning News the pilot scheme – led by Cefas, the BTA sand The Crown Estate, which is hoped […]
White Acres Residents Matches August 6th
WEDNESDAY SILVER RESIDENTS MATCH6th AUGUST 2014 24 ANGLERS FISHEDTWIN OAKS 1st DANIEL WALLS 146lb 08oz STANDISH SHARKS Peg 17 Twin OaksPellet feeder & margins 2nd JAMIE WORTHINGTON 133lb 10oz STANDISH SHARKS Peg 16 Twin OaksMethod feeder with pellet 3rd DAVID TURBERVILLE 115lb 04oz SPENCER WORKS Peg 27 Twin OaksMethod feeder with pellet 4th GRAHAM PEARCE 90lb 01oz Peg 3 Twin […]
Veterans National Angling Championship 2014
Conditions were nigh on perfect for the competitors in the 2014 Angling Trust Veterans National Championship held at the prolific Woodlands View Fishery at Hadley on Wednesday 30th July with 154 competitors competing . Warm, mainly overcast and a light breeze led to a string of 100 lb plus weights as the carp feed freely. […]
Sherwood Forest Fishery August 6th
Wednesday Open 30/7/14 Holmedale Lake 18 fished 1st Mick Langton Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 28, 127-7-0 2nd Nigel Shipman Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 21, 116-14-0 3rd Ian Rowney Mansfield Piscatorial AS peg 36, 114-0-0 4th Pete Hodgetts Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 39, 104-4-0 5th Kris Garrett Notts County AFC peg 24, 69-4-0 Mick […]
Packington Somers form and match results August 6th
PACKINGTON SOMERS FISHERYTelephone: 01676 523833FISHING & MATCH REPORT – WEEK ENDING 3/8/14 MATCH RESULTS STARLETS VETS (LITTLE GEARYS)1. Alan Hemming (Packington) 101 – 7 Peg 7 F1’s Shallow 2. Pete Green (Packington) 87 – 63. Alan Robinson (Packington) 56 – 94. Phil Barron (Packington) 55 – 0 TUESDAY EVENING OPEN (GEARYS)1. Danny Tresigne (Alvechurch) 111 – 8 […]
Tunnel Barn Farm Match Results August 6th
RESULTS FOR OPEN CONTESTS WEEK ENDING 3RD AUGUST 2014 Date: Monday 28TH July MONDAY OPENPools: TOPNo F/man: 16 Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st A Harper TBF Colts 162-1 242nd W Sweetman TBF 155-9 13rd P Caton Drennan Ban Guns 139-13 294th C McGurin Fosters 138-13 315th C Geogerm Sensas France 116-1 46TH G Young […]
Record Traffic Figures For Top Angling Website Total-Fishing.com
Top UK angling website Total-Fishing.com has posted all time record traffic figures of over 62,000 unique users in one month. The month of July 2014 saw 62,586 unique users visit the site (Google Analytics). The website specialises in angling news, fishery form, fishing features and fishing tackle reviews and also has several busy forums. The […]
New website for Poingdestres
Top online retailer Poingdestres Angling Centre is celebrating the launch of its new-look website with a special offer. Register with a new account and you will receive £5 off your next order totalling over £25 simply be entering the code ‘NEWSITE’ when you check out. There’s also free shipping on all orders over £50. Take […]
Two hour battle with 220lb grouper!!
Two Austrialian anglers took over two hours to tame a 100kg (220lb) grouper they hooked off Queensland, landing it over a kilometre from where they first hooked it! The Herald Sun reported that over 100 people watched the drama enfold off Hervey Bay, as Dylan Brooking and Chad Runnalls battled with the giant fish. ‘We fish every […]
Stocks of wild salmon collapse in England and Wales
Following official figures showing the worst estimates of salmon stocks on record, a coalition of concerned angling, fisheries and conservation groups has written to Government Fisheries Minister George Eustice and to his counterpart Edwina Hart in the Welsh Assembly Government, to demand urgent implementation of a five point action plan to halt the sharp decline […]
World Silver For England’s Under 18s In Holland
Drennan England U23s and Sensas England U18s representing their sponsors and the Angling Trust competed on the Nord Willan canal, Holland in the FIPSed World Angling Coarse Championships from 25th – 26th July. It soon became apparent though that the match length was fished as totally different venues, with the U18s stretch holding far more […]
Hadrian Whittle books his RiverFest grand final place
Whittle books his RiverFest grand final place Match Report Sunday 27th July 2014 – River Trent (60 Fished) The tidal Trent has been fishing well this year but with the long spell of dry weather the skimmers and bream that usually make up the framing weights have been somewhat elusive. This opens the match up […]
2014 Merseyside County Championship
The 4th Annual Merseyside County Championship took place on Saturday 26th of July at Newbridge Farm near Kirby, Merseyside. Two teams entered in what would be a straight angler to angler fight to the finish. Last year’s winners Matrix Tameside would fish against Lymm Angling Club. The day itself saw high temperatures and high pressure, […]
Packington Somers July 28th – weights to 170lb
PACKINGTON SOMERS FISHERY Telephone: 01676 523833 FISHING & MATCH REPORT – WEEK ENDING 27/7/14 MATCH RESULTS KAPPA AC (LITTLE GEARYS) 1. Cookie 48 – 2 Peg 21 F1’s on Pole & Pellet 2. John 45 – 6 3. Steve 44 – 4 STARLETS VETS (MOLANDS) 1. Derek Hartshorn (Swann Baits) […]
Jon Arthur gets the roach going
Sunday 27th July Wychavon Championship Qualifier Evesham Town & Ferry Waters 80 Fished. Result: 1 Jon Arthur (Drennan International) 11-9-0 (peg 7) 2 Dave Allsop 8-13-0 (peg 74) 3 Nigel Bull (Shakespeare Superteam) 8-1-0 (peg 11) 4 John Freeborn (Sensas North) 7-6-0 (peg 40) 5 Dave Harris (Barford DAA) 7-2-0 (peg 2) […]
