Author: geepster

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

Alvechurch Grab The SuperCup

Birmingham match team Alvechurch Fisheries have claimed victory in the biggest club angling competition of the year, the Bait Tech sponsored Angling Times Supercup.  Fished at Tunnel Barn Fishery at Shrewley, the match saw 15 teams going head to head after a series of gruelling knockout rounds – five each from the Midlands, South and […]

National Fishing Month Off To A Flying Start

Despite the poor weather conditions and the cancellation of the CLA Game Fair at Belvoir Castle, National Fishing Month 2012 began in style with a celebrity launch. Fisheries Minister, Richard Benyon, was on hand to open activities at a special event organised by Reading and District Angling Association (RDAA) at Longwater Lake, Green Park, Reading […]

Packington Somers Fishery July 2012

FISHING & MATCH REPORT  – WEEK ENDING 22/7/12MATCH RESULTSFRED PEAR MEMORIAL MATCH(GEARYS/ LITTLE GEARYS/MOLANDS)1.  Keith Harris (Ridgemere AC) 59 -10      Peg 15    MOLANDS  2.  Pete Cox (Packington) 55 – 03.  Dave Duggan (Dams & Locks) 53 – 94.  Norman Davies (Packington Vets) 51 -10TONY’S OPEN               […]

Moorlands Farm July 2012

Tuesday 17.07.12 – Super Cost-Cutter26 fished on Silver1st Mark Blackburn (WMP/Maver) 86.13.0 Peg 262nd George Reynolds (Kings) 82.8.0 Peg 203rd Ken Sherriff (Water’s Edge) 76.2.0 Peg 5Wednesday 18.07.12 – Over 50’s22 fished on Meadow1st Colin Bennett (Worcester) 89.14.0 Peg 532nd Pete Mace (Moorlands) 55.10.0 Peg 283rd Mark Walls (Fosters) 54.14.0 Peg 25Thursday 19.07.12 – Cost-Cutter26 […]

Daiwa Hallcroft Fishery July 2012

16th July 2012 Daiwa Hallcroft VeteransBridge Pool (16 Pegs)1 P Schoof, Hallcroft, Peg Island 3; 92-12-0Weights improved this week on the fishery and this match started the run. Paul Schoof drew Island peg 3 and caught carp steadily all day for 92lb. Paul fished paste over pellet alternating 6m and 12m2 D Whiting, Buttonhole AC; […]

White Acres July 2012

THURSDAY’S MARUKYU    RESIDENTS ROVER MATCH19th JULY 201260 ANGLERS FISHED ALL WATERS1st MARK BOWS 109lb 03ozSHEFFIELD Peg 27 Twin Oaks         Method feeder & bomb with pellet2nd MATT GALLAGHER 108lb 08oz         FARSLEY Peg 15 Acorn Pellet feeder & margins3rd  ROY BEASLEY 101lb 03ozLANES BAIT Peg 25 Pollawyn Waggler with 8mm pellet4th […]

White Acres July 2012

WEDNESDAY SILVERRESIDENTS MATCH18th JULY 2012 47 ANGLERS FISHEDTWIN OAKS & TRELAWNEY1st    MIKE SHOWERING 81lb 13oz      Remembrance Club  Peg 32 Twin Oaks            Method & micro pellet         2nd   MARK BOWS 76lb 03oz         SHEFFIELD Peg 24 Twin Oaks    Bomb & bread3rd   MATT GALLAGHER […]

Midlands National Fishing Week Events

August see the start of National Fishing Month – the focus of which is to get new people to try the sport. Sponsor Go Outdoors has organised a series of in-store events which include teaching sessions and hints and tips on carp, coarse, game and sea fishing, including at the Coventry store on August 3rd […]

Late Summer Canal League

Gary Kirkham has booked a series of six open matches on the Stoke Works section of the Grand Union Canal in late summer, before the winter leagues start. The dates for the diary are August 5th, 19th, September 2nd, 9th, 23rd and 30th. “We should get the best of the fishing on the canal before […]