Author: geepster

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

Tunnel Barn Farm January 2012

POOL REPORTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING 22nd January 2012 Good bags of fish are still being caught all over the complex.  Mirrors and commons are still feeding.  F1’s are the main target with plenty of silvers being caught too. The best bait at the moment is maggot and pellet. Top PoolWhite maggot feeder with to […]

Packington Somers Fishery January 2012

PACKINGTON TROUT FISHERY        TELEPHONE NUMBER: 01676 522754 FISHING REPORT – WEEK ENDING 22/1/12 Last week 49 rods caught 149 fish for an average of 3.04.              It was a mixed week with ice at the beginning and gale force winds at the end ensuring that rod numbers were down.  Despite the conditions the fishing has been […]

Packington Somers Fishery January 2012

Telephone: 01676 523833 FISHING & MATCH REPORT  – WEEK ENDING 22/1/12 MATCH RESULTS WEDNESDAY OPEN                       (LITTLE GEARYS) 1.   Steve White (Kobra Feeders)                    14 – 1         Peg 15       F1’s & Skimmers on Pole & Pellet              2.   John Burchell (Packington)                           7 – 9 3.   Dave Smith (Fishing Lodge)                         7 – 7 4.   Tony […]

Browning Moorlands Farm January 2012

Tuesday 17.01.12 – Super Cost-Cutter16 fished Rover all pools1st Andy Grimes (Mark’s Tackle) 39.8.0 Peg 23 Bank2nd Clive Wright (Mosella) 25.4.0 Peg 20 Silver3rd Paul Little (Moorlands) 22.12.0 Peg 58 Meadow Wednesday 18.01.12 – Over 50’s19 fished on Bank & Meadow1st Mal Watson (DGL) 41.6.0 Peg 19 Bank2nd Clive Munslow (Moorlands) 32.0.0 Peg 55 Meadow3rd Martin Lefevre (Moorlands Gold) 24.6.0 Peg 8 Bank Thursday 19.01.12 – Cost-Cutter21 fished on Meadow           1st Clive Munslow (Moorlands) 44.4.0 Peg […]

Wels winter wonderland

The turn of the year took our Rhino Black Cat test anglers Stefan Seuss and his friends to the Ebro in Spain. The group wanted to experience Christmas on the water and to celebrate New Year with fishing rod in hand. Their objective was to outwit catfish in winter and the Ebro is a perfect […]

Winter Wonders At Shatterford

One Midlands day ticket venue that always fishes well through cold snaps because of its depth is Shatterford Fishery in Kidderminster, and regulars Ed Hill and Martin Poole cashed in during an active 24-hour session on Erics Lake.  Bewdley angler Ed landed an impressive 24lb mirror using Cell boilies, while Martin, who hails from Kidderminster, […]

Midlands Match Form

On the match front the standout weight of the weekend for me was the 71-14-0 bag of chub weighed in by Shakespeare backed Stu Halford in the Hereford Winter League on the River Wye at Belmont. Stu drew peg 96 between the two road bridges where he fished Bolognese style with maggot feed and hook […]

Kevin’s Big Severn Barbel

The River Severn has produced its biggest barbel in a very long time in the shape of a 15lb 12oz beauty to Hartpury angler Kevin Gittins. Kevin, who has targeted the big river’s barbel for over a decade up to four times a week, tempted the personal best with a Teme Severn boilie wrapped in […]

Fine Rainbow To Mark Quinney

On the trout front Packington Somers has produced a fine 14lb 2oz rainbow to Lapworth angler Mark Quinney, who was fishing Cocks Close. The venue has been in decent winter form over the last week with 90 anglers catching 225 fish, including another nice rainbow of 8lb 4oz to Chris White. The Great Pool has […]

Packington Somers Fishery January 2012

PACKINGTON TROUT FISHERY        TELEPHONE NUMBER: 01676 522754 FISHING REPORT – WEEK ENDING 15/1/12 Last week 90 rods caught 225fish for an average of 2.50.              The Fishery is still in pretty good form with plenty of fish being caught from all of the pools.  There have been lots of fish in the 3 – 5lb bracket […]

Big Perch On The Fly

Fishing guide Tom Hammond is all smiles after tempting this belting 4lb perch using fly fishing tactics. The Gloucester based angler heads up the predator fishing trips for guiding service Midlands Fly Fishing and took the big stripey plus several more quality fish at a 100-acre venue they use regularly after spotting a shoal of […]