Author: geepster

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

Record German Salmon

Germany’s salmon record has been beaten with this 53.57lb giant taken off the Island of Rügen off the Pomeranian coast. The 123cm long fish to a trolled Rhino Mag Spoon fished by Wolfsburg angler Dieter Schmidt, who donated it to the local community. The mayor has decided to have it displayed in a local restaurant […]

Winds Push Out The Boddington Carp

The Angling Trust Stillwater Champs is underway and the first round at Boddington on Sunday saw a cold wind push the fish well out into the reservoir, making fishing difficult. There were a couple of good weights though – in fact the top three all came from the natural bank pegs 90-99 – and topping […]

Barston Swann Baits Festival 2013

June sees the second running of the Swann Baits Festival at Barston, won last year by Lee Richards. The event will be fished at the popular Solihull water over three days – the 18th-20th of June – with organiser Craig Casemore looking to fill 60 pegs to guarantee daily payouts of £300 for first in […]

Packington Somers Fishery May 2013

FISHING & MATCH REPORT  – WEEK ENDING 12/5/13MATCH RESULTSBANK HOLIDAY OPEN                       GEARYS)1.  Wayne Sharman (Lanes Bait/Matrix) 105 -13      Peg 21     Carp on Method & Bread2.  Lee Richards (Packington)  66 -123.  Craig O’Brien (Fast Feeders/Packington)  58 -134.  Phil Canning (Packington)  56 -12 STARLETS […]

Chilly Targets The Stenhill Leneys

Ian Chillcott’s latest filming expedition with The Carp Channel saw him visit a small fishery in Devon that was stocked with original Leney carp in 1978.Stenhill Fisheries is a holiday destination that allows only residents to fish, so the fish are not pressured and beauties they are too. Chilly landed 14 carp during the 36-hour session […]

Sherwood Forest Farm Fishery May 2013

Holmedale Lake Open MatchSunday 12/5/1331 fished   1st Andy Birkin Phil’s Bait & Tackle peg 34, 94-6-02nd Mick Wright Nathans of Derby peg 24, 93-8-03rd Steve Clark Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 36, 71-7-04th Tony Reeves Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 26, 69-7-05th Andy Lakey Worksop Angling peg 20, 67-1-06th John Darby Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 29, […]