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!! 
Daiwa Hallcroft Fishery March 2013
Monday 4th March 2013 Daiwa Hallcroft VeteransBridge Pool (14 Pegs) 1. D Sewell, James Maude AC; Peg Island 13; 29-10-0Dave Sewell won this veterans open on bridge pool with 29lb 10 oz. Dave fished pole with pellet and maggot at 12m for an all skimmer net, with the biggest pushing 4lb2 M Cordall, Retford, Peg […]
Another Result For Stu Cobb
Stuart Cobb continued his good run with this 32lb 1oz mirror carp caught on his faithful chod set-up. Stu, who features in the current issue of THE CARP CHANNEL showing how he ties up the Withy Pool rig, spread around 50 Denham Baits Element boilies liberally around the swim and at 3am on a freezing cold […]
Taska Adds To Its Growing Team
Two new consultants – Chris Cox and Tommi Jackson – have joined Taska’s ever growing carp team bringing the number of experts flying the Taska flag to 28. Taska’s Jack Bowker commented: “It has always been our philosophy to recruit the ‘guys on the bank’ and bringing these two young talents onto our books shows […]
Big Corrib Ferox Falls To Waterford Angler
Tomi Kurman of the Lough Corrib Predator Team Waterford angler Stephen Butler out looking for big trout last Saturday and was rewarded with this superbly conditioned ferox trout which measured 78cms, but weighed in at a whopping 14lbs 15oz – smashing Stephen’s personal best by over 10lbs! The fish was released after a quick photo.For […]
Cavan Lough Produces 30lb Pike
Ireland’s ‘Fish of the Week’ is this super 31lb pike which came from one of the small loughs around Shercock in County Cavan. Regular pike angler Brian McDonnell legered half a mackerel for the fish, which the Dublin angler returned. http://www.fishinginireland.info/news/
Lymm Angling Club Take Control Of Bridgewater Canal
Lymm Angling Club are pleased to announce they now hold the fishing rights to 4 ½ miles of the Bridgewater Canal from Waterloo bridge in Runcorn town to Crawley’s bridge at Preston Brook marina. From 1st March 2013 the club’s 1600 strong membership can enjoy this prime location which is regarded by many as one […]
Junior Carp Camp 2013
Bait company CC Moore is once again getting behind the Carp Society Junior Carp Camp, which takes place at the end of May at the society’s flagship water Horseshoe Lake. Open to budding carpers aged 12-16, over four days the anglers will learn a variety of skills from casting to carp care, floater fishing to […]
Carp Farmer Fails In Otter Case
Carp famer and fishery boss Brian Dodson says he will go bankrupt after his attempt to sue the Environment Agency failed. Mr Dobson (60) claimed £2 million in compensation after he claimed otters killed his stock of 22,000 carp. He argued that the EA had a duty of care to alert him to the clear […]
Greys Bring Breakthrough Toreon Technology To Rod Making
Greys have been turning heads in the carp world with the introduction of a breakthrough carbon fibre technology used in its new AirCurve rod range. Three years in the making, the Aircurve utilizes a material called Toreon, which combines carbon fibre with a resin containing a series of Nano particles that has allowed them to […]
Fox Zig Aligna
One of the products that attracted plenty of interest at the recent round of carp shows was the new Fox Zig Aligna. In essence it’s a scaled down version of Fox’s existing Line Aligna sleeve, but with a loop at the back to hold your foam hook baits. It eliminates the need for a knotless […]
Kamasan Starlets In Winter League Southern Semi Final
Kamasan Starlets shine at the Angling Trust Winter League Southern Semi Final on the Grand Union Canal, Milton Keynes Following an overnight drop in temperature most anglers found their pegs frozen, but luckily most had thawed an hour into the match which led to a slow start at the Angling Trust Winter League Southern semi-final […]
Will ‘Jona’ Break The British Carp Record
The big news from the English catch scene has been the capture of a 60lb 4oz mirror from The Avenue in Shropshire. With strong winds on the cards, Stephen Johnson targeted a sheltered area of the 10 acre venue, baiting up with live and dead maggots just short of a gravel bar a 55 yards. […]
Operation CLAMP DOWN
Targeting illegal angling during the coarse close season Between 15 March and 15 June 2013, the Angling Trust Voluntary Bailiff Service, in partnership with the Environment Agency (EA), will be running Operation CLAMP DOWN – targeting illegal angling during the coarse fishing close season. The VBS is currently a pilot project in the EA South […]
Potential Grey Gurnard Record Boated Off Plymouth
Plymouth Castaways SAC member, Kristian Quenault, is claiming a new boat caught Grey Gurnard record with this fish weighing 2lb 8oz.The gurnard took a Savage Gear Sandeel over a wreck off Plymouth. It was verified by respected angling journalist Mike Millman with the weight verified on a calibrated set of scales..Kristian was fishing from private […]
England Feeder anglers to compete at the European Feeder Friendly in Holland
The Van Den Eynde European Feeder Friendly International will be taking place again this year on 6th-7th April in Holland on the Ghent-Terneuzen canal.Last year saw two teams cross over the channel for this friendly feeder match representing the Angling Trust and team sponsors, Preston Innovations with the two teams bagging up the medals. […]
