Author: geepster

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

Cormorant Campaign Goes To Parliament

Angling Trust and Salmon & Trout Association campaigners were joined by celebrities Chris Tarrant and Feargal Sharkey when they presented a 16,000 signature petition organised by the Avon Roach project to Richard Benyon MP on Wednesday (22nd Feb). The petition called for action to limit the devastating impact of the UK’s rapidly increasing cormorant population […]

Browning Moorlands Farm March 2012

Tuesday 21.02.12 – Super Cost-Cutter18 fished on Bank & Moors1st George Reynolds (Kings) 32.0.0 Peg 10 Bank2nd Pete Mace (Moorlands) 25.12.0 Peg 7 Bank3rd Bill Rathbone (St Francis) 24.0.0 Peg 18 Moors Wednesday 22.02.12 – Over 50’s15 fished Rover all pools1st Martin Lefevre (Moorlands Gold) 57.2.0 Peg 12 Middle2nd Mal Watson (DGL) 45.8.0 Peg 29 […]

River Loddon Chub

Duncan Charman is one of the best all round specialist anglers in the UK, with a list of personal bests to make most of us green with envy. But catching specimen fish consistently has nothing to do with luck, and everything to do with dedication.In this programme, one of the first in a new on-going […]

Alan Scotthorne Pellet Fishing

Five times world champion Alan Scotthorne reveals what he’s learned about fishing with pellets at commercial fisheries. He’s fishing at Garbolino Lindholme Lakes, hot on the heels of a run of 17 match wins at the South Yorkshire complex. Alan runs through the preparation of feed and hook pellets and reveals his favourite flavours and […]

Tunnel Barn Farm February 2012

POOL REPORTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING 26th February 2012 With the break in the weather conditions and the temperature rising, the fishing has burst into life with match weights exceeding 100lb and pleasure anglers have reported mixed bags up to 70lb of fish. Maggot and pellet are still the best baits. A couple of anglers […]

Brand New Superstore For Poingdestres

Top angling retailer Poingdestres is proud to announce its move into a new superstore on the outskirts of Southampton in Hampshire. The firm, which has been operating successfully for over 40 years, has moved lock, stock and barrel to Southampton Trade Centre in order to improve the shopping experience for its customers and keep its […]

Tight Lines Friday 24th February…

Friday 24th February        7:00pm Sky Sports 4Repeated:                           10:00pm Sky Sports 4Sat.        1:00am Sky Sports 36:30am Sky Sports 2 With Keith taking a well-earned break specialist angler Dean Macey will be making a guest appearance in the hot-seat. He’ll be joined in the bothy by International match-angler and former Fish’O’Mania champion Steve Ringer. If you’ve got a […]

Foster’s Launches Iphone App

Birmingham tackle shop Foster’s has become the first angling retailer in the UK to launch a Smartphone app which was downloaded over 500 times within 48 hours of hitting the app store. Boss Paul Foster said that shop sales in January exceeded the previous two years, but that this was down to working harder with […]

Location Help For BAA

Birmingham Anglers Association has added information to its website to help anglers find venues using their sat navs. All venue spotlights have been updated not with post codes but with Ordinance Survey grid references including Latitude and Longitude values, which is says that most sat navs accept. See the latest BAA newsletter at www.baa.uk.com for […]