Author: geepster

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

Steve Maher Floats

Steve Maher is a top open match angler who holds the River Severn float fishing record, and when you buy something from his range at www.thefloatshop.com you can be 100% certain that you are buying a product he uses himself. Steve lives on the banks of the Severn and prides himself that his floats are […]

Tunnel Barn Farm March 2012

POOL REPORTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING 5th MARCH 2012 With the warm weather holding the fishery has fished particularly well over the past week with match weights up to 100lb required to win the opens and pleasure anglers reporting mixed bags up to 70lb of fish. Maggot and pellet are still the best baits. A […]

River Severn Runs Into Form

The River Severn has run into its best form of the season with big fish showing and two 100lb catches reported to me using two entirely different approaches. Both came from Bewdley, float maker Steve Maher bagging 100lb of barbel to 7lb on straightforward stick float and maggot tactics while fishing a pacey 8ft deep […]

Sherwood Forest Farm March 2012

Holmedale Lake Sunday 4/3/12 21 Fished 1st Andy Lakey Worksop Angling Notts peg 39, 73-10-0 2nd Lee Parker Phil’s bait & tackle Notts peg 18, 56-4-0 3rd Norman Powers Sherwood Forest Fishery Notts peg 26, 48-8-0 4th Keith Morris Gateford Angling Supplies Notts peg 14, 25-5-0 5th Craig Brazier Sherwood Forest Fishery Notts peg 45, […]

John Arthur Quits Shakespeare

Maver Midlands has signed three big names on the area’s fishing circuit as it sounds out a warning to other match outfits in the region. Perhaps the most eye-catching is the acquisition of Match Fishing magazine editor Jon Arthur. The double UK champion and triple Fish O Mania finalist has been a linchpin the success […]

Packington Somers Fishery March 2012

Telephone: 01676 523833FISHING & MATCH REPORT – WEEK ENDING 4/3/12 MATCH RESULTS STARLETS VETS (LITTLE GEARYS, WILLOW, GRATUITIES)1. John Butler (Packington Vets) 57 -15 Peg 15 GRATUITIES Carp & Tench on Pole & Pellet 2. Dave Duggan (Dams & Locks) 45 -123. Norman Davies (Packington Vets) 40 -114. Chris Taylor (Coventry) 36 – 4 WEDNESDAY […]

The Arctic Experiment FREE TO VIEW

It’s every angler’s dream to be the first to try something new in fishing, especially when there are potential record fish on the cards. And that’s exactly what Rae Borras is doing in this clip from the fantastic two-part show made exclusively for Fishing TV, which is free to view in the March issue of […]

Lymington Cod Champs FREE TO VIEW

Dave Barham heads to Lymington on the south coast of England for the British Cod Championships, a £3,000 two-day event involving some 200 anglers and 25 charter boats, in this made-for-tv programme exclusive to Fishing TV and free to view in the March issue of Sea-Watch Monthly. He joins the competitors who are confined to […]

Angling Trust Boss Scores PB River Pike

Angling Trust chief executive Mark Lloyd is celebrating landing his personal best freshwater fish, a river pike of 22lb 13oz from the River Wye. Mark spent a cold day pike fishing on the middle reaches of the Wye accompanied by Wye and Usk Foundation Deputy Director Simon Evans and was rewarded with a hard fighting […]

Angling Trust Attend ‘The Big One’

The Angling Trust will be out in force at the UK’s biggest tackle show over the weekend of 10th – 11th March at ‘The Big One’ at Farnborough Airport with a fully staffed stall packed with activities on both days – see list below. Angling Trust staff and volunteers will also be collecting signatures for […]