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!! 
NFM 2013 – DANCING ON THE CEILING
Pic: Billingham Angling Club This year’s National Fishing Month (NFM) has shattered its 15,000 target, setting new records for the number of people who were introduced to the sport via more than 300 special events throughout the country. When the final figures are tallied, it is likely that participant numbers will be closer to 16,000, […]
Environment Agency Pays Up After Flood Works Damage Fishery
Fish Legal has secured more than £8,500 in compensation for its member Ripon Angling Club (RAC). This was due to damage caused by poorly-managed flood protection works by the Environment Agency (EA) on the River Skell near Ripon in North Yorkshire.The EA is supposed to notify in advance anyone who may be affected by this […]
John Wilson Launches Book Before Retiring To Thailand
Angling’s Mr TV, John Wilson has published a book about the embryonic days of carp fishing before retiring to Thailand. The book, ‘One Man’s Passion For Carp’ charts the life of Norman Symonds, one of the UK’s commercial carp breeders, who John describes as one of carp angling’s unsung heroes. Said John: “It’s a true and […]
Linear Carp Event Raises Over £20,000
Pic Caption:Ian Russell (left) and Iain Macmillan (right) were just two of the big names at the 2013 Fishing With the Stars event at Linear Fisheries.PIC: ANGLER’S MAIL The third annual ‘Fishing With The Stars’ charity event held at England’s Linear Fisheries has raised an incredible £20,000-plus for the Motor Neurone Disease Association. This year’s […]
Macey On Camera Meets The Mekongs
Big fish man Dean Macey has travelled with ‘Fishing TV’ to the famous Gilhams Fishing Resort in Southern Thailand for a series of programmes in which he’s targeting some of the venue’s incredible freshwater fish, including arapaima, giant catfish, and the biggest carp of them all, the awesome looking Siamese carp, which grows to world […]
Marc Ellement Nets the 2013 Individual National
Photo left to right – Barry Thomas, Marc Ellement and Jason Cunningham Just a week before the Angling Trust Division 1 National Championship on the Trent & Mersey canal takes place, this year’s Individual National Championship took place on the same venue which saw the biggest turn out for many years. The field of 170 […]
Packington Somers Fishery September 2013
FISHING & MATCH REPORT – WEEK ENDING 1/9/13MATCH RESULTSSTARLETS VETS (GRAUITIES & WILLOW)1. Ken Rollins (Lanes Bait) 62 – 0 Peg 11 GRATUITIES Carp on Pellet Feeder 2 Norman Davies (Packington) 55 -103. Ray Quiney (Packington) 37 – 04. Kevin Oreal (Lanes Baits) 35 […]
Garbolino Tunnel Barn Farm September 2013
RESULTS FOR OPEN CONTESTS WEEKS ENDING 1st SEPTEMBER 2013 Date: Monday 26th August 2013 OPENPools: Jenny’sNo F/man: 18 1st Stu Palsar Middy 172 – 8 262nd Dave James Mosella 172 – 2 63rd Pete Rice Bagem Baits 149 – 15 154th Ronnie Biggs OHMS 128 – 0 215th Gary Cook Mosella 125 – 7 176TH […]
Moorlands Fishery September 2013
Tuesday 27.08.13 – Super Cost-Cutter23 fished on Bank, Moors & Island1st Lee Boden (Stonehenge) 181.9.0 Peg 22 Bank2nd Ian Wood (Club 2000) 151.5.0 Peg 11 Bank3rd Keith Wright (CPA) 133.12.0 Peg 7 Bank Wednesday 28.08.13 – Over 50’s22 fished on Silver1st George Reynolds (CPA) 88.6.0 Peg 92nd Dave Williams (Halesowen BL) 81.7.0 Peg 243rd Clive […]
Daiwa Hallcroft Fishery September 2013
2nd September 2013 Daiwa Hallcroft OpenMoat/ Bridge Island (50 pegs)P Miles (Doncaster) Moat Outer 68 149-0-0Although not the weights of the previous day this well attended sunday match still had some good catches. Pete Miles drew in moat bowl peg 68 and caught fish on pellet cone and later on maggots over groundbait in the […]
Sherwood Forest Farm September 2013
SANDS Charity MatchHolmedale Lake Saturday 31/8/1329 fished 1st Pete Hodgetts Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 19, 128-15-02nd Steve Binch Mansfield Piscatorial AS peg 14, 126-5-03rd Ian Rowney Mansfield Piscatorial peg 32, 110-1-04th Mark Haywood Eastwood Angling peg 49, 104-1-85th Lewis Millership Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 56, 100-2-0 6th Mick Langton Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 20, 98-7-0Pete […]
Angel Of The North Lakes September 2013
One of the most productive fishing catches ever this week on all lakes, record match weight on Bowes and Lookout by John Foster, with fish feeding up very well and to get good catch rates lots of feed needs to be put in.Wednesday by John Foster who was actually 1lb of 200lb but went over […]
Shore Thing: Shingle Beaches NEW FROM SEA-WATCH
There’s a new issue of Sea-Watch out including a brand new episode of Julian Shambrook’s ‘Shore Thing’ series, where he joins Jansen Teakle to show how to get the best out of shingle beaches.Barney Wright is back with his ‘TSF Academy’, this time taking a look at some canny tricks of the trade when casting […]
Angling Trust and Canal and River Trust Stillwater Championship
Qualifier match report – Earlswood Lakes The Angling Trust and Canal and River Trust Stillwater Championship final qualifier match for 2013 was held at Earlswood Lakes on Saturday 24th August in conditions that were overcast and breezy, with the fish located in small pockets. The fish that were caught were of a good size with […]
England’s Ladies Storm To Gold In World Match Fishing Championships
The Angling Trust England Ladies coarse angling team produced one of the most sensational second day performances ever seen in winning the 20th FIPSed Women’s World Angling Championships on the magnificent river Sava in Radece, Slovenia from 24th – 25th August 2013. The setting for these championships was out of a picture book. Sitting between […]
