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!! 
Shaun Cooke Makes Fish O Mania Final
Eleven lakes were in use again this year on the 13th Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier held at the picturesque and excellent Partridge Lakes Fishery near Warrington on Saturday 31st May 2014, but due to an influx of cold rain water at the beginning of the week, weights were not expected to be high. This influx […]
Packington Somers Trout Fishing June 1st
PACKINGTON TROUT FISHERY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 01676 522754 FISHING REPORT – WEEK ENDING 1/6/14 Last week 91 rods caught 254 fish for an average of 2.79. The fishing was a little mixed last week with the changeable weather conditions making it fish well one day and difficult the next. On the Day Ticket water […]
Packington Somers June 1st
PACKINGTON SOMERS FISHERY Telephone: 01676 523833 FISHING & MATCH REPORT – WEEK ENDING 1/6/14 MATCH RESULTS STARLETS VETS (GEARYS) 1. Derek Hartshorn (Swann Baits) 39 – 0 Peg 32 Carp on Pole & Corn 2. Bob Calcott (Lanes Bait) 31 -14 3. Phil Hull (Lanes Bait) 30 – 8 4. Mick Gibbs (Chiltern […]
England Lure Team Announced
After a series of two-day team trials held around the country over the past few months, the 17th & 18th May saw 17 exceptionally talented anglers battle it out for the 6 available places for the 2014 Angling Trust Team England Lure Squad. This final eliminator was held on the magnificent Llangorse Lake in the […]
Sherwood Forest Fishery June 2nd
Wednesday Open 28/5/14 Holmedale Lake 21 fished 1st Ian Rowney Mansfield Piscatorial AS peg 21, 155-7-0 2nd Martyn Brown Eastwood Angling peg 17, 145-15-0 3rd John Woodland Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 24, 130-1-0 4th Lee Parker Phil’s Bait & Tackle peg 20, 127-15-0 5th Geoff Mawby Gateford Angling Supplies peg 39, 93-15-0 6th Kev […]
Angel of the North June 2nd
Well a trying week with some 4 aerators getting damaged and broken not by us mmm We now have 3 new aerators in the lakes, however the electric gate getting forced open this afternoon and totally trashed has been a rather stressful week Bowes new aerator is not as big as previous one so trying […]
How Tommy Pickering Broke The River Erne Match Record
By Gareth Purnell Tommy Pickering’s 241lb River Erne weight – caught on the fourth and penultimate day of the 2014 Mahon’s Festival in Ireland – sets a new match record for the famous venue by 15lb. The catch of 58 bream to 6lb and six hybrids came from peg one on the Sligo Road section […]
Barston Lakes Carp Record Tops 35lb
The carp record at Barston Lakes has been broken with a 35lb 6oz mirror – landed by a pleasure angler who was only using a size 16 hook! George Johnson was enjoying the Solihull venue’s silver fish on peg 117 and F1 sport when the big fish picked up his floatfished pellets offering fished under […]
Dara Finnegan wins 2014 Ballinamore Angling Festival
The festival was borne from the anglers competing in the World Pairs Angling Championship which highlighted the good fishing in the area has been resurrected to promote angling tourism in this part of County Leitrim. The Ballinamore Angling & Tourism Association is keen to intereact with the anglers once again and get them returning […]
Four Double Figure Tench In 12 Hours
Most anglers will never see a double-figure tench; let alone catch one. But Norwich specialist Darryn Stolworthy has just landed FOUR in the same session – the best fish going over 12lb. Darren took all four fish from a stillwater in his home county of Norfolk – all in a 12-hour session, feeder-fishing maggots with […]
DEFRA: River Otter Beavers will not be culled
A family of beavers living in the River Otter in Devon may have to be culled because they are believed to be carrying a rare tapeword that can be passed to humnans, Environmentalist says that Natural England is drawing up plans for a cull even though a programme has begun to reintroduce the animals into […]
Blue Surprise At Rutland
The capture of the biggest trout of the season at Rutland Water is always news, but especially when it’s a strain that the management don’t even stock there. Peterborough angler Leon Smith landed the 10lb 10oz fish while boat fishing on the South Arm. But this was no brown or rainbow trout. In fact Leon’s […]
Gary Bull books his Fish ‘O’ Mania grand final place
Heavy overnight rain and again just prior to the Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier held at Colemans Cottage Fishery, Essex on Saturday 24th May played a part in slowing down the catch rates on the day, with anglers also having to put up with a cold wind and odd showers during the match. Miracle Baits sponsored […]
Angling joins Project Wild Thing
The Angling Trust has joined a major movement to reverse the generational decline in children’s connection to nature. The Wild Network, a rapidly growing movement of more than 1000 organisations, large and small, is leading a campaign calling for at least 30 minutes more wild time for every child, every day. The Angling Trust is […]
Angler’s Mail Is 50 – send in your stories!
Message from webmaster Gareth Purnell: Ben from Angler’s Mail has asked me to post that next week is a very special week in the life of the mag – Angler’s Mail is reaching the ripe old age of 50 years old! So I’m only just behind it. If you have any memories of reading the […]
