Author: geepster

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

White Acres Fishery June 2013

WEDNESDAY SILVER RESIDENTS MATCH12th JUNE 2013 22 ANGLERS FISHEDTRELAWNEY1st    JOHN HUDSON 44lb 08oz Peg 28 Trelawney meat short & down the margins      2nd   ANTHONY DAVIES 40lb 13oz CENTRAL TRAINS A.C. Peg 11 Trelawney Pellet feeder with 8mm pellet3rd   PETE LAWLER 39lb 07oz PREMIER FOODS Peg 10 Trelawney Cage feeder with pellets4th […]

White Acres Fishery June 2013

THURSDAY’S MARUKYU    RESIDENTS ROVER MATCH13th JUNE 2013 98 ANGLERS FISHED ALL WATERS1st GARETH HODSON 105lb 08oz PREMIER FOODS Peg 9 Canal Paste on the top 2 kit2nd DAVE THOMPSON  88lb 11oz  KERFOOT Peg 20 Canal Shallow pellet at 7 meters3rd   BECKY DAVIS  66lb 10oz CENTERAL TRAINS Peg 19 Acorn Method feeder with 6mm pellet4th LEWIS BARRINGTON […]

71lb Halibut Caught Off Whitby

Big news from the north east English coast is the capture of this 71lb halibut off the port of Whitby.  Alan Machen was fishing five miles offshore using a 4.5in Sidewinder lure. While not big for a halibut (a 427-pounder was caught in Northern Norway last week) it’s a notable catch in UK waters, where it’s […]

Barracuda Beats World Record

Canadian angler Christian Loranger boated a great barracuda bigger than the current world record – this 87lb 3oz fish while fishing off Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. Christian was trolling a sharp drop-off when the fearsome predator grabbed his Musky lure before putting up a TWO HOUR fight. The existing IGFA all tackle world […]

Grant Albutt Grabs A Beemer

Halesowen matchman Grant Albutt has signed a sponsorship agreement with car manufacturer BMW, and it all happened thanks to a chance conversation. Grant, who has been selected to represent England in this year’s World Feeder Fishing Championships in South Africa, has been a customer of Sytner BMW in the Midlands for many years and mentioned […]

Severn Barrage Plan Hits The Wall

Anglers and wildlife groups have welcomed a damning verdict from the influential House of Commons Energy & Climate Change Committee on Hafren Power’s proposals for an 18km concrete barrage across the Severn Estuary, which could have seen the end of viable salmon, sea trout, shad and eel runs on the Wye, Severn, Usk and their […]

Rivers And Lochs Of Scotland

As Bruce Sandison celebrates the 30th anniversary and latest edition of his Rivers And Lochs of Scotland guide, the man himself talks about some of his own favourite fishing targets, tactics and destinations… There are lies, damned lies, and anglers. I am one of the later. Signed, sealed and delivered into the piscatorial art for […]

White Acres Fishery June 2013

THURSDAY’S MARUKYU    RESIDENTS ROVER MATCH6th JUNE 2013 98 ANGLERS FISHED ALL WATERS 1st ANDREW MEXOME 131lb 12oz SUFFOLK WATER PARK Peg 20 Jennys Bomb & pellet 2nd LEE BRAYSHAW 113lb 10oz J.T. ROGERS Peg 25 Trelawney Meat shallow 3rd   JAMES HOLMES 112lb LEEDS Peg 45 Pollawyn Long pole with pellet shallow 4th MICK STAMP […]