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!! 
Team Daiwa Dorking win the Winter League Southern Semi Final
Cold but otherwise perfect conditions greeted the 100 competitors to the first Southern semi final of the Angling Trust Winter League at Gold Valley Lakes, Aldershot on Saturday 2nd March 2013. A slow start for most, and unfortunately a few blanks as the carp were still tightly shoaled, but otherwise some excellent weights were recorded […]
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. […]
England Youth Trials 2013
Larford Lakes is hosting a round of trials to find out who will represent England’s Under-23 side in the forthcoming world match fishing championships, which will be fished in July along the River Villaines in Brittany, France. The trial takes place on March 23rd along the venue’s Burr Bank with trialists fishing 75% of the […]
Barbel On The Feed At Linley
There was a good turnout of 30 anglers for the Birdgnorth Angling Society match on the River Severn and Linley on Sunday and those who made the frame enjoyed some decent sport. Barbel fishing on the feeder has come to be dominated by pellet fishing on the big river these days, so it was good […]
Silver Fish Feeding At Stourport
It’s been quite tough going on the area’s stillwaters in the last week – one match at Earlswood Lakes was won with a single skimmer bream – but some stretches of the River Severn have been in decent form running into the last weekend of the river season. Cradley Heath Labour held an event at […]
Cat Comes In From The Cold
It may still be pretty cold out there but Shatterford Fishery has already produced its first catfish of the year – a species more associated with the warmer months. The beauty of Shatterford is that the lakes there are deep and so fish are less affected by the plunging temperatures. The 30lb catfish came from […]
Garbolino Tunnel Barn Farm Fishery March 2013
RESULTS FOR OPEN CONTESTS WEEKS ENDING 3rd March 2013 Date: Monday 25th February 2013Pools: Club PoolNo F/man: 18 1st Chris Constable TBF Vets 62 – 3 52nd D Chapman Coventry 47 – 5 103rd G Young Youngs MG 24 – 2 24th C McGurin Fosters 23 – 7 85th S Round TBF 18 – 15 […]
Angel Of The North Lakes March 2013
Hopefully most of the worst weather is over even Saturday we had frozen lakes however water temperature has risen to 4 deg wow Fish still shoaled very tight and if you get onto a shoal you can have a good session Good also that the days are lighter and fish are starting to move a little. […]
Impact report on damage of cormorants to rural businesses
Angling Trust publishes ‘dossier of destruction’ highlighting the case for better control of cormorants and goosanders The Angling Trust has today published a comprehensive 10,000 word report highlighting the damage done to fisheries and wild fish stocks in the UK as a result of a fifteen fold increase in cormorant numbers over the last 25 […]
Shatterford Lakes March 2013
FIRST CAT OF 2013 – STUARTS LAKE Local Angler, Daniel Rhodes, landed Shatterford’s first cat of the year on Stuarts Lake yesterday afternoon (Saturday 1st March) using boilies. It was a Daniel’s first ever catfish and an overall PB for him, weighing in at an impressive 27lb. Daniel told us: “I didn’t aim for a […]
Daiwa Hallcroft Fishery March 2013
Monday 25th February 2013 Daiwa Hallcroft VeteransCroft (12 Pegs)1 J Urruty, Notts, Peg 22; 21-10-0John Urruty won this latest monday open on croft pool with 21-10-0. John fished waggler with maggot for 1 carp and 15lb of skimmers and roach.2 R Holmes, Notts AA; Peg 19; 19-8-0Roger alternated pellet and maggot on long pole for […]
Double Figure Rainbow Clinches Orvis Victory For Dennis Perry
Dennis Perry triumphed in the 2013 Orvis Final at Wessex Water’s Sutton Bingham reservoir near Yeovil in Somerset with a fantastic 26 lb four trout limit to secure the first place tackle voucher prize as the event opened the season at the popular venue’s West Pond.The final was contested by the captors of each months […]
Brit Lands 250lb Arapaima On A Piranha Bait
Adventure angler Steve Townson – star of Fishing TV’s ‘Welcome To The Jungle’ series – achieved a lifelong ambition when he landed this massive wild arapaima estimated at 250lb from Middle River Essequibo river in Guyana, South America. Steve, a Brit who has travelled the world to catch exotic fish, caught the mighty arapaima, plus another […]
Sherwood Forest Farm Fishery February 2013
Wednesday Fun League 27/2/13Holmedale Lake18 fished1st Mick Langton Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 25, 24-4-02nd Andy David Eastwood Angling peg 32, 22-1-03rd Andy Lakey Worksop Angling peg 17, 21-8-04th Pete Hodgetts Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 14, 19-5-05th Geoff Mawby Gateford Angling Supplies peg 45, 18-15-0Mick fished for the first hour for carp with no result, he […]
Garbolino Ossett storm to victory on the Loughborough Canal
Garbolino Ossett from West Yorkshire stormed to victory with a total of 54 points in the Angling Trust Winter League semi final on the Grand Union Canal, Loughborough on Sunday 24th February, with the team also having three section winners and just one blank. Runners up were Drennan North West with a total of 50 […]
