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!! 
Record Undulate Ray
The British record for a boat-caught undulate ray has been beaten with the capture of a specimen weighing in at 23lb 8oz. The fish beats the existing best for the species, which has stood for over 40 years, by over 2lb. Simon Dale was the lucky angler, catching it during a night time fishing trip […]
Builder Bags UK’s Big Girl
At 62lb on the nose, this huge specimen is the biggest known carp in the UK.Builder Danny Harmer caught the fish, known as the ‘Big Girl’, during a four-day session at Kent’s Elphicks Fisheries. Danny located a clean area at the bottom of a drop-off towards the middle of the venue’s North Lake in 10 […]
Biggest Irish Trout For 118 years!
The largest trout caught in Ireland for over a century has been boated on the country’s Lough Corrib. Weighed at a staggering 25lb 2oz, the huge ferox is a new record for the venue in the west of Ireland, beating the previous best for the lough by over 3lb.The monster brown trout was hooked not […]
Maurice Williams Takes Barston Masters Round 3
The Barston Masters 3rd round took place on Saturday June 9th. With the bad weather beforehand it was anyone’s guess on how it was going to fish. The level of the lake was up by four inches… there was plenty of colour in the water and with the overcast conditions everyone expecting the venue’s skimmers […]
Angel of The North Fishery June 2012
Sunday 10th June 2012 open LookoutConditions:- Mostly cloudy, ambient temp 12 deg, wind NW5 mph, barometer 1008.1mb moon phase waning crescent, Water temp 15.4 deg, DO 5.8 , PH 7.63, MV –411st Neil Brown 46lb peg 132nd Dave Pearson 44lb 3oz peg 53rd Ricky Bennett 37lb 15oz peg 244th John Foster 37lb 10oz peg 255th […]
Daiwa Hallcroft Fishery June 2012
4th June 2012 Daiwa Hallcroft Bankholiday Monday matchMoat Pool (26 Pegs)1 A Oldham, Halkon Hunt, Peg Isl 14; 116-0-0Andy Oldham battled against the wind to fish at 12m shallow on the pole using cubed luncheon meat to catch nearly all carp in his winning ton plus net.2 P Schoof, Hallcroft, Peg Outer 110; 81-10-0Paul Schoof […]
New Game Fisher’s Diary ALL FREE TO VIEW
The latest issue of Game Fisher’s Diary is live and is packed with must-watch video on fly fishing destinations and techniques in the UK and overseas, all of it free to view and including contributions from Mikael Frodin, Steve Cullen, Nick Hart, Bob Church, Craig Barr, Ian Gordon, Robin Elwes, Eoin Fairgrieve, Iain Wilson and […]
Dino Floats Special Packs
Total Fishing has teamed up with Dino Floats to offer two special float packs – one for commercial fisheries and one for natural waters. We first came across the Dino float range at the World Championship at Lake Valence in 2007 won by Alan Scotthorne, after which Total-Fishing.com became the first UK outlet for Dino’s […]
The Dino Float Range
I first met Hungarian float maker Dino at a World Championships a few years back. We talked a lot and indeed I ended up stocking some of his floats in the Total-Fishing.com shop. DINO FLOATS OFFER I think it’s fair to say that then he specialised in pole floats and wagglers for natural waters, although […]
Carp World Record Smashes The 100lb Barrier
Total-Fishing can report that the carp world record has been beaten smashed with a fish of 101lb 4oz from Euro Aqua Lake in Hungary…. The mighty world record carp was caught by Roman Hanke (Austria) – it measured 113cm in length. The previous four world records had come from France. UPDATE: The first ever 100lb-plus […]
Angling Trust Welcomes New Fishing Superstore Opening in Newbury
While the country prepared to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee the Angling Trust celebrated a rare event in the fishing world, the opening of a new tackle shop. Angling Trust National Campaigns Coordinator Martin Salter joined Charles Jardine, the legendary fly angler and Pallatrax baits boss Simon Pomeroy for the opening of the Newbury fishing […]
River Monsters Series 3
The Discovery Channel is currently broadcasting Jeremy Wade’s third River Monsters series and there’s plenty for game anglers to get their teeth into. Episodes include The Mutilator, Flesh Ripper, Cold Blooded Horror, Electric Executioner and Silent Assassin and follow Jeremy’s on-going quest to separate fact from fiction as he tracks down fearsome looking species from […]
2012 England Youth Fly Fishing National Qualifier
Twenty five young anglers took part in the 2012 England Youth National held at Pitsford Water on Monday 4th June. Conditions were good with a light easterly breeze giving the water a slight ripple, perfect for buzzer fishing. Six boats started in the ‘small half’ close to the boat pontoon and it was Fen Oakley […]
Pitsford Water In Sizzling Form
Latest News and Information from week ending 3 June 2012 •Grafham Water hosts Midlands heat of Anglian Water Airflo International11 teams battle for a place in the Midlands Final •Fantastic rod average of 5.0 at Pitsford Water Pitsford WaterFish week 641 (Season 7,196) Returns 128 (1,790) Rod average 5.0(4.02)Pitsford Water continues to fish well with […]
White Acres Fishery June 2012
THURSDAY’S MARUKYU RESIDENTS ROVER MATCH7th JUNE 2012 128 ANGLERS FISHED ALL WATERS 1st CHRIS LEWIS 80lb 09ozTACKLE LOCKER Peg 26 Twin Oaks Bomb & pellet 2nd STEVEN BRINDLEY 77lb 03oz NUNEATON Peg 19 Pollawyn Bomb & pellet & method feeder 3rd ROB WILTSHIRE […]
