Author: geepster

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

White Acres Residents Match April 23rd

WEDNESDAY SILVER RESIDENTS MATCH 23rd APRIL 2014    33 ANGLERS FISHED TWIN OAKS & ACORN   1st    DAVE MORE                                                   111lb 03oz       TEAM SAS Peg 15 Twin Oaks             Long pole with pellet & margins with meat   2nd   DAVID CARELESS                             83lb 10oz            GATE INN Peg 17 Twin Oaks     Pellet […]

White Acres Residents Match April 21st

MONDAY GOLD RESIDENTS MATCH 21st APRIL 2014    36 ANGLERS FISHED TWIM OAKS & ACORN   1st    IAN FORD                                                        139lb 14oz      BURTS BAIT Peg 26 Twin Oaks            Pellet waggler with 8mm pellet   2nd   BILL PITMAN                                                  117lb 13oz         WHITE ACRES Peg 14 Twin Oaks     Pellet feeder with 6mm pellet   3rd   […]

White Acres Residents Match April 24th

THURSDAY’S PRESTON INNOVATIONS     RESIDENTS ROVER MATCH 24th APRIL 2014 63 ANGLERS FISHED ALL WATERS 1st  KEITH PENTLAND                         170lb 05oz  DARLINGTON Peg 20 Canal           Short pole with soft pellet   2nd  BRET NICHOLAS                           165lb 03oz           WHITE ACRES Peg 45 Pollawyn           Long pole shallow with pellet   3rd  CHRIS LEWIS                                156lb 10oz TACKLE […]

Mark Downes Names His Young Lions For 2014

Following a successful assessment day held on the Gloucester canal on Saturday 12th April, Mark Downes, Drennan Team England Under 23s Manager is pleased to announce his young lions who will represent the Angling Trust and their sponsors Drennan International in the FIPSed World Youth Championships in Assen, Netherlands from 25th – 26th July 2014. […]

Fluoro Boilies To Be Banned By Europe

In this week’s packed issue of Angler’s Mail, which features another FREE licence voucher (worth £3.75) inside and a grinning Dean Macey on the cover, you’ll also find: Two lake record 50 lb-plus carp in two days Tring giants banked to win Korum Specimen Cup awardAre fluoro boilies going to be banned?Fox team tackleWorld record carp […]

Sherwood Forest Fishery April 22nd

   Open Match Holmedale Lake Sunday 20/4/14  26 fished   1st Martin Brown Eastwood Angling Centre peg 4, 117-8-0 2nd Nigel Shipman Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 36, 109-9-0 3rd Sam Kelk Kinky Pellet Club peg 9, 92-3-0 4th Martin Thackery Woodhouse Angling peg 17 85-12-0 5th Jonathan Turton Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 35, 84-11-0 6th […]

Packington Somers April 22nd

PACKINGTON SOMERS FISHERY Telephone: 01676 523833 FISHING & MATCH REPORT – WEEK ENDING 20/4/14 MATCH RESULTS STARLETS VETS                           (GEARYS/LITTLE GEARYS/WILLOW) 1.  Ray Quiney (Packington)                        69 – 4                 Peg 5   WILLOW       Carp & F1’s on Feeder & Pellet 2.  Billy Hawkes (Packington Vets)             60 – 0                 3.  Ron Savage (Lanes Bait)                         52 – 4 […]

Willem Bags World Record Perch

Dutch lure fishing ace Willem Stolk has bagged a perch over the world record weight while practising for the forthcoming World Predator Classic. The Shimano backed angler landed the 6lb 10oz predator from Holland’s huge Lake Hellevoetsluis on a vertically-jigged soft plastic bait, a technique that will play a big part in the event.  Willem […]

Angel of the North April 21st

Baits making big variations in catches with bomb and pellets, then chopped worm and chopped worm feeder catching carp through the day, paste made out of angel 3mm pellets doing ok as well then caster and maggot for some quality silvers then try sweetcorn on the hook, followed by cubes of luncheon meat, prawns and […]

Where is all your licence money going?

More than one-and-a-quarter million anglers in England paying £22 million a year for fishing rod licences are being short changed because the money is not being spent to maintain and develop freshwater fisheries, as the law requires. The Environment Agency has cut the number of qualified employees in its fisheries service, according to the president […]