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!! 
Angel Of The North Lakes May 2013
Good fishing this week with best bream out of Bowes was 9lb 10oz and in Sat match Carl Redhead had a 7lb 13oz Bream on peg 34, Best net of silvers was 47lb 11oz by Chris pine however he had it reduced to 40lb for the weigh in as this is silvers net weight.Best carp […]
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, […]
Daiwa Hallcroft Fishery May 2013
Monday 6th May 2013 Daiwa Hallcroft Bank Holiday OpenMoat (29 Pegs)1 A Oldham, Halkon Hunt, 174-5-0; Peg Out 84Continuing his excellent form, Andy Oldham came ou the clear winner in this Bank Holiday Open. Andy fished 6mm banded pellet, shallow at 13m, to land 27 carp up to 10lbs.2 P Wright, MAP Leegem, 104-5-0; peg […]
Four Carp Over 40lb From Public French Lake
Dennis Hellings first French trip of the year produced a string of big mirrors topped by a 47.4lb beauty, with two more fish over 40lb. The Taska backed Belgium angler was fishing a public lake in northern France and baited up with Dreambaist BAM baits. Dennis takes up the story: “Every year I go around […]
Ivan Marks Memorial Match 2013 – Update
Ticket sales for the ninth annual running of the Ivan Marks Memorial Match are going exceptionally well but there are still a few pegs left in the draw bag for either day of the two-day event which caters for 200 anglers in total. Anglers can fish on both days if they book now. 80% of […]
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Scott Improves His Carp Fishing!
Scott Horrocks was over the moon to catch a 33lb carp on his first visit to Linear Fisheries under the guidance of tutor Andy Ormrod. Andy, who runs Bolton based http://www.improveyourfishing.co.uk, selected the Oxfordshire complex because Scott had been catching carp to 16lb close to his Lancastrian home but felt he was ready for something […]
Perry Stone Makes Fish O Mania Final
Early morning rain soon cleared to leave a bight windy day for the 130 anglers in this latest Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier at Monk Lakes on Wednesday 8th May 2013.Pegged over the four match lakes, plus Bridges Lake, the word on the morning was that not very many wanted to draw Bridges. Chertsy angler Perry […]
21lb Carp Caught In Barston Masters Match
The second round of the popular Barston Masters produced a tight finish and was notable also for a 20lb-plus carp being landed. That fish, a common carp going 21lb, which is a huge fish to be caught in a match, saw Wayne Colloff take 59lb 14oz to the scales, but it wasn’t quite enough as […]
Bacon Grill Tempts Big Masters Catfsh
The big catfish just keep on coming at Shatterford Lakes, the latest specimen being a 63lb 2oz beauty to Gary Attridge, who was fishing Masters Lake and caught it on his last day of a week-long session. The fish came from peg six and took half a tin of bacon grill at 4.55am. Other catfish […]
Dog Lane Fishery Throws Up Huge Perch
Ever since a winter netting operation at Dog Lane Fishery revealed the presence of some huge perch, a number of anglers have been targeting them. And one of the venue’s real beasts has put in an appearance in the shape of a claimed 5lb 8oz fish to Gary Dumbleton. The Rugby angler had fished through the […]
Anglers raise Over £3000 For Fishing For Heroes
On Saturday 27th April, Lucy Bowden from Alnwick organised a fly fishing event to raise money for the charity, Fishing for Heroes.Anglers travelled from far and wide, with some competitors travelling over 300 miles to attend the event which was held at Chatton Trout Fishery in Northumberland. 40 anglers including active servicemen from the Scots […]
Gary Hick bags up at Maver Larford Lakes Fish ‘O’ Mania
Finally, reasonable weather turned up for this, the seventh Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier of 2013, held at Maver Larford Lakes, near Stourbridge on Saturday 4th May.Again as is usual for this event all three lakes were in use, Specimen, Match and Arena, but strangely the fishery staff could not predict where the winner was likely […]
Garbolino Tunnel Barn Farm Fishery May 2013
RESULTS FOR OPEN CONTESTS WEEKS ENDING 05th May 2013 Date: Monday 29th April 2013 OPENPools: High PoolNo F/man: 20 1st D Lutwych Hawksbury 61 – 4 482nd C McGurin Fosters 54 – 3 113rd C Neal Rutlanders 53 – 6 324th P Hancox Birmingham 48 – 7 355th T Neal Rutlanders 41 – 8 506TH P […]
Moorlands Farm Fishery May 2013
Tuesday 30.04.13 – Super Cost-Cutter 12 fished on Moors1st Ken Sherriff (Kidderminster Angling) 94.14.0 Peg 52nd Tony Stead (W.M.P.) 79.6.0 Peg 113rd Bill Rathbone (St Francis) 75.2.0 Peg 2 Wednesday 01.05.13 – Over 50’s22 fished on Meadow1st Mal Watson (DGL) 156.14.0 Peg 172nd Sam Parker (Mosella B.C) 128.14.0 Peg 403rd Iwan Mills (Robin’s Timber) 112.9.0 […]
Packington Somers Fishery May 2013
FISHING & MATCH REPORT – WEEK ENDING 5/5/13 MATCH RESULTSSTARLETS VETS (LITTLE GEARYS) 1. Ray Quiney (Packington) 93 – 4 Peg 5 F1’s on Shallow Pole & Pellet 2. Derek Hartshorn (Swann Baits) 44 – 7 3. Dave Howl […]
