Author: geepster

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

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Monster Wels Catches In Biting Cold

The start of February 2013 saw Black Cat test anglers and wels guides Stefan Seuß and Benjamin Gründer and their guests head to the middle reaches of the Po. The wels camps on the river are normally closed at this time of year as the angling season does not start until the beginning of March. […]