Author: geepster

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

Daiwa Hallcroft Fishery October 2013

6th October 2013 Sunday Open MatchMoat Outer – 28 pegs M Edgecombe, MAP Leegem 10 126-3-0A popular win for Hallcroft regular Mal Edgecombe who netted another ton plus net of carp today. Mal fished both margins with corn over pellet and caught steadily from the off. J Kelly, Kelly’s Stores 21 109-12-0John Kelly finished off […]

White Acres fishery October 2013

THURSDAY’S MARUKYU    RESIDENTS ROVER MATCH3rd OCTOBER 2013 69 ANGLERS FISHED ALL WATERS1st IAN HUGHES 114lb 01oz EGGY FERRY Peg 14 Trelawney   Pole short with meat2nd TERRY WILLIAMSON 107lb 03oz BRANSMOSE A.C. Peg 29 Twin Oaks Meat in the margins3rd   JOHN BISHOP 105lb 11oz HULBEACHA.C. Peg 27 Twin Oaks Margins with meat & corn4th CONNOR […]

Sherwood Forest Farm Fishery October 2013

Wednesday Autumn Fun League 2/10/13Holmedale Lake 24 fished1st Mick Langton Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 21, 129-7-02nd Andy Lakey Worksop Angling Centre peg 39, 110-15-03rd Matt Malia Wickersley Angling peg 32, 80-8-04th John Thomas Bleakly from Creswell peg 19, 65-9-05th Paul Unwin Gateford Angling Supplies peg 14, 64-14-0 6th Pete Hodgetts Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 27, 63-15-0Mick fished […]

No Joy For Korda Carp Team England

England’s 2013 dominance of the world match fishing scene did not extend to the World Carp Championships, where Korda Carp Team England finished down the pack. The 15th FIPSed World Carp Angling Championships were held at Lake Montargil, Portugal between 26th – 29th September 2013, with the Korda Carp Team England representing the Angling Trust […]

Alan Scotthorne: Hair Rigged Maggots For F1s

There’s a new issue of Coarse & Match Fishing out today including a well-worth-watching feature with Alan Scotthorne who discusses a technique he’s been honing for F1s on commercials involving hair rigging maggots…. Free to view here on Total-Fishing.com, split into three parts…. See https://www.total-fishing.com/videos/coarse-and-match-fishing-monthly

Stop Using Eels As Pike Bait

With the approach of the traditional ‘pike season’ in the UK, the National Anguilla Club has issued a plea to predator anglers to stop using eels as pike bait. Laws are already in place to protect the species – it is an offence to remove them from freshwater, from estuaries and from any inshore waters […]