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 (ton up match weight), March 2014
Cracking week TON UP in match, all species now catching and feeding now water temperatures are coming up to 8 deg, some good weights of individual fish Ide best 3lb 2oz, on Bowes, Perch 2lb 8oz on Lookout, Rudd 1lb 9oz, on Lookout, best carp was 17lb 2oz on Bowes, some realy good fish now […]
IGFA To Split Men’s And Ladies Freshwater Line Class Records
The IGFA has announced a change to its record categories that will go into effect April 1, 2014: Freshwater line class and fly rod records will now be separated into men’s and women’s categories. Unlike those kept for saltwater species, IGFA line class and fly rod records kept for freshwater species have never before been […]
Canada’s Produces Record Arctic Char
Olivier Charpentier traveled from his home in Panama to Canada’s Tree River, where he caught the potential new All-Tackle Length record Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus). Charpentier’s 90 cm fish hit the Blue Fox spoon he was casting and was quickly subdued. Once landed, the fish was quickly measured, photographed, and released alive. The current IGFA […]
England Name World Feeder Champs Squad 2014
The Angling Trust Preston Innovations England Feeder team have now been selected for the FIPSed 4th World Feeder Championships in Ireland on the 19th/20th July 2014. The squad will consist of brothers, Steve and Phil Ringer, Mick Vials, Adam Wakelin, Dean Barlow, and current Barnsley Blacks team captain, Glenn Lawrence (coach) and Tom Pickering (manager/squad […]
Moorlands Farm March 2014
Tuesday 04.03.14 Super Cost-cutter 14 fished Silver 1st Bill Rathbone (St Fancis) 86.14.00 Peg 29 2nd George Renolds (Kings) 60.10.00 Peg 18 3rd Lawrence Connolly (CPA) 54.10.00 Peg 48 Wednesday 05.03.14 Over 50’s 20 fished Island, Middle & Moors 1st Paul Hadlington (Club 2000) 78.02.00 Peg 11 Moors 2nd Mal Watson (DGL) 42.08.00 Peg […]
Perch To Be Added To IGFA Line Class Record List
While the IGFA keeps All-Tackle records for just about any species that swims, only certain species are eligible for the line class, fly rod, Junior Angler, and All-Tackle Length record categories. These species typically have a large range and are generally considered popular game fish in the eyes of the international angling community. The IGFA’s […]
Packington Somers Fishery Form March 2014
PACKINGTON SOMERS FISHERY Telephone: 01676 523833 FISHING & MATCH REPORT – WEEK ENDING 9/3/14 MATCH RESULTS STARLETS VETS (MOLANDS) 1. Ron Savage (Lanes Bait) 35 -10 Peg 27 Skimmers & Tench on Pole & Caster 2. Pat Clarke (Lime Tree Social) 34 -11 3. Keith Nall (Ridgemere AC) 29 – 2 […]
Packington Somers Trout Form March 10th
PACKINGTON TROUT FISHERY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 01676 522754 FISHING REPORT – WEEK ENDING 9/3/14 Last week 116 rods caught 395 fish for an average of 3.40. Cocks Close and Park Meadow have been in great form this week with lots of fish coming to natural imitative patterns such as Damsels, GRHE, Buzzers and even a few […]
Angling Trust: Fish Predation Strategy
Following a wide range of work in the angling community about the impact of predation on fish stocks, including the recent publication of The Big Picture by the Predation Action Group, the Government’s reviews of cormorants, goosanders and non-native species such as signal crayfish, the Angling Trust has published a new action plan for managing […]
Hallcroft Fishery, March 2014
9th March 2014 Leegem League Rd 1 – Moat (60 pegs) B Sullivan (Maltby) Island 11 56-12-0 With the warming weather the carp were more active on moat pool but still reluctant to feed. Brian Sullivan alternated waggler with pellet and pole with pellet for his carp dominated net. Brian had fish to 7lb P […]
Angel of the North, March 2014
Great catches out this week on all lakes, Ide over 2lb in abundance as well as golden tench in good numbers, carp moving in over bait to produce some excellent numbers caught, skimmers, rudd and roach also in some good numbers being caught, nearly all species now starting to feed some bites are still shy […]
Lousiana Black Drum
Elizabeth Johnson caught this potential new women’s 10kg (20lb) IGFA tippet class record black drum (Pogonias cromis) while fly fishing Louisiana’s Biloxi Marsh with guide Brian Johnson. The 17.5 kg (38 lb 8 oz) drum was enticed by a well-placed clouser and put up a tough 10-minute fight before it was landed. Once they had […]
Under 16s Go Free At 2014 CLA Game Fair
Organinsers of the CLA Game Fair have announced that under-16s accompanied by adults will be able to visit the three-day show for free this year. Previously, only visitors under 10 years old were entitled to free entry. The hugely popular outdoor show, which is being held Friday 18 to Sunday 20 July at Blenheim Palace […]
Giant Dog Tooth Tuna
While jigging off Latham Island, Tanzania Jason Alexiou captured this enormous dogtooth tuna (Gymnosarda unicolor) that tipped the scales at 102.8 kg (226 lb 10 oz) – eclipsing the current men’s 37kg (80 lb) line class record by more than 2.5 kg (5 lb). After crushing the Yozuri Hydrometer jig, the massive doggy put up […]
Will Is The Pike Prince Of County Mayo
English teenager William Sudders landed the Irish Catch of the Week prize thanks to this cracking 20lb pike from Lough Conn in County Mayo. Fishing with angling guide Kenny Sloan in some pretty atrocious weather using a variety of tactics, William and fellow angler Graham Applegate boated 15 pike with the 15-year-old stealing the show […]
