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!! 
World Champ Joe Shows Off His Long Pole Skimmer Skills
There are two Kamasan Starlets knocking around with current world championship crowns – Sean Ashby who won the men’s senior event in 2012, and Joe Roberts, who won the Veterans event in Portugal in August. And Joe showed his prowess on silver fish to win the AVVC Open on Arrow Valley Lakes with 29-15-0 of […]
Yuri Conjures Up Biggest Trout Of The Year
Birmingham angler Yuri Bukovych was the toast of Packington Somers this week after landing the biggest trout of the year from the Meriden fishery. The monster 17lb 10oz rainbow trout – pictured – came from the banks at Cocks Close and took a small green nymph on a floating line. Another big fish in the […]
River Anker Barbel Record For Turner
Heavy rains last week brought some big river fish onto the feed, topped by a new barbel record for the River Anker in the shape of 15lb 10oz fish to Tamworth angler John Turner. Fishing a short evening session on the Mercia AC controlled stretched of the tiny river, the 46-year-old fished a pair of […]
Ashby Lands 30lb Carp To Win Match
The two day Sensas Challenge final will be remembered for a huge fish landed by Kamasan Starlets team-man Sean Ashby on light tackle. Fresh from winning individual gold at the 2012 World Championships, Sean found himself struggling away with just small perch and small roach for his efforts with an hour to go. His float then […]
Angel Of The North Lakes October 2012
Wow Snow, Sleet, torrential rain. Sun, and coldest night was -1 what a week of mixed weather. Our poor anglers on Saturday ended up like snowmen with the horrid weather and water temperature plummeted to 5 .1 deg, a three deg drop from Friday. Sunday was a different day with 10 deg temperature and hey it […]
Daiwa Hallcroft Fishery October 2012
Monday 22nd October 2012 Daiwa Hallcroft VeteransBridge Pool (20 Pegs)1 P Schoof, Hallcroft, Peg Island 16; 52-4-0Paul Schoof won this latest monday vets match on bridge pool from Island peg 16. Paul fished pellet and meat at 12m for 6 carp and a few skimmers2 D Wickens, Retford, Peg Outer 52; 38-12-0Dave Wickens fished maggot […]
Garbolino Tunnel Barn Farm Fishery October 2012
RESULTS FOR OPEN CONTESTS WEEK ENDING 21st OCTOBER 2012 Date: Monday 15th October 2012 Pools: Extension PoolNo F/man: 211st R Swain White Heart, Birmingham 137-4 252nd K Folwell Drennan, Oxford 84-13 213rd I Wise Browning Central 73-15 334th D Chapman White Heart, Coventry 71-4 195th P Hancox Birmingham 69-15 96TH C McGurin Fosters 62-0 2 […]
Packington Somers Fishery October 2012
FISHING REPORT – WEEK ENDING 21/10/12Last week 100 rods caught 295 fish for an average of 2.95. The boats are still doing better than the bank anglers on Cocks Close with the sandbank area and middle willows seeing most of the fish caught, although it seems the bigger fish are […]
Packington Somers Fishery October 2012
FISHING & MATCH REPORT – WEEK ENDING 21/10/12 MATCH RESULTS STARLETS VETS (GEARYS, GRATUITIES/LITTLE GEARYS) 1. Andy Saunders (Packington Vets) 43 – 6 Peg 9 GRATUITIES Carp on Pole & Pellet 2. Roger Atkins (Maver Solihull AC) 40 – 4 3. Derek […]
Cox Takes First Meadowlands Silver Fish Open
Meadowlands Fishery is another Midlands commercial that’s just started its winter series of matches and the first one this weekend was won by England international Darren Cox, who opted for a chopped worm, pellet and caster approach on peg 12 on Lambsdown for an impressive 64-4-0 bag of roach, perch and skimmers. Packington Vets regular […]
Two Tons In Barston Winter Open
The first of the winter open matches at Solihull’s Barston Lakes saw really close finishes in both the overall and the silver fish events. Steve Daily was the man in form off fancied peg 20, where he got off to a flying start on the Method feeder at range and continued to take carp and […]
Maver Match This Qualifiers 2013
The Maver Match This competition – which offers the biggest single payout in the sport of £50,000 – now seems to be firmly established in the calendar with the qualifier dates already announced for 2013 and including several events in the Midlands. For next year, each venue with the exception of Maver Larford Lakes and […]
Rubby Dubby boilie tempts 25 kg carp
In September, Quantum Radical team angler Patrick Haas headed off to France. In his luggage were test samples of the new Rubby Dubby boilie. And they were an instant success. Now back home, Patrick gives his report: “I had just come back from another trip to France and was reviewing and reflecting on those experiences. […]
Moorlands Farm Fishery October 2012
Tuesday 16.10.12 – Super Cost-Cutter25 fished on Bank, Moors & Island1st Ian Wood (Club 2000) 91.0.0 Peg 6 Moors2nd Kevin Roderick (Moorlands) 62.0.0 Peg 10 Bank3rd Des Ravenall (CPA) 53.10.0 Peg 21 BankWednesday 17.10.12 – Over 50’s18 fished on Meadow1st Paul Hadlington (Club 2000) 74.0.0 Peg 462nd Steve Lawrence (Moorlands) 59.0.0 Peg 553rd Ray Phillips […]
Angel Of The North Lakes October 2012
A mixed weather week, heavy frosts, torrential rain, full sun and calm winds has made fishing difficult, however Alex Burton managed 87lb 9oz on Wednesdays match, with Rob Emmery 2nd with 76lb 4oz, both were fishing through the channel between the islands from either end of the lake. Alex caught on a hair rig with maggot […]
