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!! 
Battle Of The Classic Browning Poles
Caption: Frerk Petersen, Marketing Director for Zebco Europe / Browning displaying some of the old ‘warhorses’ from the company’s archive, which will be used amongst others during the innovative match at Tunnel Barn Farm. Are you still using a “classic” Browning pole? Or perhaps you have an “old favourite” Browning lurking in the back of your […]
Family Fishing Event Launched
Family Fishing in a new national and regional campaign designed around organising family-friendly events to help more people fish more often. It is being run as a partnership between the Angling Trust and Get Hooked on Fishing, and is supported by the Environment Agency. Who? We’re taking a very broad definition of ‘family’ – it’s […]
Possible Record Golden Mahseer
Belgian angler Frank Van de Wyer caught this potential new All-Tackle record golden mahseer (Tor putitora) while fishing India’s Saryu River with local guide Misty Dhillon. Van de Wyer needed nearly an hour and a half to subdue the 19.96 kg (44 lb) fish – which outweighs the current All-Tackle record holder by 7.71 kg […]
Ten Potential World Records
During a recent trip to the exotic South American countries of Suriname and Guyana, UK angler Richard Hart racked up no less than 10 potential world records on trahira (Hoplias spp.); also known as wolfish. One of the most impressive catches of the trip was an 11.82 kg (26 lb 1 oz) giant trahira that […]
Drop Shotting Wins The Day In Lure Angling Championship Heat
The inaugural 2014 Fox Rage backed British Lure Angling Championship got off to a flying start with 36 anglers sharing a 125 fish catch on the Exeter Ship Canal. With overcast and breezy conditions most anglers targeted the good head of quality pike that the venue is known to hold. During the first couple of […]
Pete Rice: Up To His Old Tricks
Pete Rice had a brilliant week at Tunnel Barn Farm Fishery with three match wins including one weight over 200lb. Pete kicked things off in the Monday open match by weighing in 161-6-0 from peg 21 on Jenny’s Pool. He was fourth in the Tuesday match on New Pool and third in Wednesday’s open on […]
Fish At Long Range In First Stillwater Champs Heat
Conditions for the Angling Trust & Canal and River Trust Stillwater Championship first qualifier for 2014 held on Sunday 13th April at Boddington Reservoir were quite challenging for the 39 competitors taking part as an over-night frost was followed by a bright sunny day with a chilly breeze. This meant that most of the carp […]
Moorlands Farm April 15th 2014
Tuesday 08.04.14 Cost-Cutter23 fished Silver 1st Paul Gadd (Hunnington) 94.12.00 Peg 302nd Ray Phillips (CPA) 86.12.00 Peg 083rd Bill Drew (Bewdley) 83.12.00 Peg 17 Wednesday 09.04.14 Over 50’s20 fished Bank Moors & Island1st Mal Watson (DGL) 109.13.00 Peg 24 Bank2nd Adrian Wyatt (Decca’s) 79.02.00 Peg 16 Moors3rd Paul Hadlington (Club 2000) 77.10.00 Peg 4 Island Thursday […]
Packington Somers Trout Fishing April 2014
PACKINGTON TROUT FISHERY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 01676 522754 FISHING REPORT – WEEK ENDING 13/4/14 Last week 122 rods caught 507 fish for an average of 4.15. It was another good week on the fishery with all the pools providing good sport at the moment. The best fish of the week was an 8lb […]
Buzzer hatch at Pitsford Water the best for years
Caption: Ollie Harnwell shows off a 7lb 12oz Rainbow he caught at Ravensthorpe this week. Ollie was fishing alongside his Grandfather using on a floating line with a black buzzer. Week ending 13 April 2014 • Sensational sport with all four fisheries buzzing!• Grafham Water rod average of 7.74• Rod average at Rutland Water 6.42• […]
Perry Stone Wins Boldings Fish ‘O’ Mania Qualifier
Bitterly cold conditions with a biting wind greeted the 130 competitors for this, the second of the Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifiers for 2014 held at Preston Innovations Boldings, Bridgnorth on Saturday 12th April. The early arrivals for the event had taken their customary walk around the fishery and the talk prior to the draw was […]
Packington Somers April 2014
PACKINGTON SOMERS FISHERY Telephone: 01676 523833 FISHING & MATCH REPORT – WEEK ENDING 13/4/14 MATCH RESULTS STARLETS VETS (MOLANDS) 1. Ray Quiney (Packington) 31 -14 Peg 4 F1’s & Corn on Pellet Feeder 2. Ron Savage (Lanes Bait) 27 – 3 3. Joe Roberts (Kamasan Starlets) 26 – 4 4. Phil Hull (Lanes Bait) […]
Tunnel Barn Farm April 2014
RESULTS FOR OPEN CONTESTS WEEKS ENDING 13th April 2014Monday 7th April 2014 OPENPools: Jenny’s PoolNo F/Man: 161st Pete Rice Bagem Baits 161 – 6 212nd Dave James Mosella 150 – 2 263rd P Moore Rugeley Power Station 139 – 7 24th S Nichols Banbury Gunsmiths 112 – 10 245th T Kinson TBF 106 – 7 […]
Sherwood Forest Fishery April 2014
Open Match Holmedale Lake Sunday 13/4/14 31 fished 1st Chris Greensides Matrix Dynamite Trentman peg 41, 123-4-0 2nd Andy Lakey Worksop Angling peg 20, 94-8-0 3rd Sam Kelk Kinky Pellet Club peg 43, 91-12-0 4th Andy Morley Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 29 84-15-0 5th Richard Evans Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 11, 78-8-0 6th […]
Hallcroft Fishery April 2014
13th April 2014 Leegem League Rd 6 Moat (60 pegs) G Gibson (Worksop) Outer 39 107-10-0 With the warmer weather the carp are gradually starting to feed in numbers with better back up weights. Gordon Gibson drew peg 39 on moat outer and caught carp steadily all day on short pole and pellet P Schoof […]
