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!! 
Rutland Water Brown Trout Record Smashed!
Rutland Water’s 20-year-old brown trout record has been smashed with this magnificent 17lb 6oz 4dr fish caught by Empingham angler Tom Cooper. Tom was sharing a boat with his elder brother Richard and the pair ventured up the North Arm. The excitement built for Tom as the giant fish followed his top dropper to the […]
Garbolino Tunnel Barn Farm Fishery July 2013
RESULTS FOR OPEN CONTESTS WEEKS ENDING 14th July 2013 Date: Monday 8th July 2013 OPENPools: High PoolNo F/man: 30 1st Dave Chapman Coventry 80 – 1 342nd Rob Round Maver Solihull 79 – 6 303rd Derek Martin Baileys of Warwick 75 – 13 184th Pete Hancox Birmingham 69 – 3 455th Chris Constable TBF Vets […]
Packington Somers Fishery July 2013
FISHING & MATCH REPORT – WEEK ENDING 14/7/13 MATCH RESULTS STARLETS VETS (MOLANDS)1. Ray Quiney (Packington) 31 – 7 Peg 29 Carp on Pole & Pellet2. Roger Atkins (Solihull Angling Centre) 28 – 63 Derek Hartshorn […]
Shakespeare Championship Qualifier
Evesham Town & Ferry Waters.74 Fished. Result:1 Wayne Swinscoe (Maver Bait Tech) 9-0-0 (peg 67)2 Jamie Robbins (Shakespeare Superteam) 6-13-0 (peg 66)3 Dave Harris (Barford DAA) 6-4-0 (peg 36)4 Chris Smith 5-8-8 (peg 53)5 Andy Murphy (Tredegar Angling) 5-7-0 (peg 41) Qualifiers:Nick YoungDave HarrisJeff Spiers Wayne Swinscoe took the honours on a baking hot day […]
Angler To Sue IGFA After Losing Out On $1 Million
An American angler is taking legal action against the IGFA after it ruled that he would be unable to claim a million dollar reward for catching what he believed to be a world record bass. Rodney Ply landed the 68lb striped bass from Bull Shoals Lake in his home state of Arkansas and believed it […]
Florida Makes Tarpon And Bonefish Catch And Release Only
Florida has unanimously approved a proposal to make tarpon a catch and release only fish, making it the first American state to implement such a policy. The move, which comes into effect on September 1st 2013, means that the taking of any tarpon is banned, with the exception of keeping a single fish when in […]
Pure Fishing Acquires Hardy & Greys
Iconic British tackle brand Hardy and Greys Limited has been acquired by Pure Fishing for an undisclosed sum. Hardy has been manufacturing fishing equipment for over 140 years and currently employs around 100 people at its Alnwick, Northumberland headquarters. The company, which still provides fishing tackle to the British royal family, was established in 1872. […]
Catfish Record Rocked At Shatterford Lakes
Kidderminster angler Jeff Randle has landed a catfish which may have been bigger than the fishery record at Shatterford Lakes. The big fish easily bottomed out 55lb scales and estimates put it at around 75lb – the venue record is the 70-pounder banked by Sean Mills in 2011 and Jeff’s cat is thought to be […]
Shatterford Lakes July 2013
Hot temperatures have brought an abundance of cats and carp action on all of our lakes recently. Here’s the details:- 1.7.13 – Paul Passmore (Swindon) had 31lb Cat and 4.5lb Eel on Stuarts using lob worm.5.7.13 – Andy Greatrex (Stone) had 3 Cats weighing in at 17lb, 21lb and 27.5lb from Masters and Stuarts using meat […]
Daiwa Hallcroft Fishery July 2013
14th nJuly 2013 Daiwa Hallcroft OpenMoat Pool (37 Pegs)S Barraclough (Frenzee) Outer 10 231lb 2ozDrawn at fancied windward end peg 10 on moat outer Steve Barraclough made no mistake with a whopping 231lb. Steve fished shallow with meat aiming at cruising fish for carp into double figuresD Oldham (Maltby) Island 2 148lb 12ozDaz Oldham also […]
Sherwood Forest Farm Fishery July 2013
Wednesday Summer Fun League 10/7/13Holmedale Lake25 fished1st Andy Topham James Maude Linden AC peg 45, 94-14-0 2nd Daz Staley Subfish peg 14, 85-12-03rd Mick Langton Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 28, 72-12-04th Kev Chaplin Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 21, 71-11-0 5th Matt Malia Wickersley Angling peg 36, 65-8-06th Andy Lakey Worksop Angling peg 17, 62-10-0Andy drew peg 45 […]
Angel of The North Fishery July 2013
Excellent catches this week with lots of anglers getting their best numbers of fish caught and also breaking their personal best in species weights.Eric Winters from Portsmouth caught steady all day and ended up with 37 carp most over double figures with his best 23lb 10oz a mirror and a Bram of 9lb 1oz on […]
Huge Decline In Youngsters Taking Up Angling
John Bailey, author and presenter of the book and the TV series ‘Fishing in the Footsteps of Mr. Crabtree’ appeared on BBC1 Sunday 14th July to talk about the decline in youngsters getting involved in the sport of fishing. It’s a subject that’s close to our hearts as we continue our own national talent search […]
Fish O Mania 2013 Result – Jamie Hughes Wins
Fish O Mania 2013 Full Result 1 Jamie Hughes ( peg7)68.470kg 2 Lee Barrett (14)38.100kg 3 Andy Leathers (8)36.430kg 4 James Dent (5)32.900kg 5 Neil McKinnon (9)29.020kg 6 Dale Shepherd (6)27.050kg 7 Les Thompson (11)24.550kg 8 Tom Pickering (13)23.860kg 9 Nathan Watson (12)22.780kg 10 Andy Power (15)22.080kg 11 Gary Hick (10)20.430kg 12 Darren Cox (2)15.130kg […]
White Acres Fishery July 2013
THURSDAY’S MARUKYU RESIDENTS ROVER MATCH 11th JULY 201371 ANGLERS FISHED ALL WATERS 1st SHANE SAYERS 28lb 06ozSENSAS Peg 26 Pollawyn Pellet waggler 2nd ANDREW GARDNER 117lb 10oz Peg 29 Pollawyn Pellet waggler 3rd TIM CHAPMAN 99lb 13oz NOVARTSIS A.C. Peg 22 Pollawyn Pellet waggler 4th MATHIEW GALLAGHER 94lb 12oz SUPER LEEDS Peg […]
