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!! 
Maggot Feeder For Avon Barbel
A fantastic day’s barbel fishing on the Warwickshire Avon was topped off with a cracking double figure fish for Julian Davies. Targeting a stretch near Stratford, Julian adopted a straightforward maggot feeder approach. He had been told that the barbel in the stretch averaged around 3lb, but his first went 7lb with the session topped […]
Packington Somers Fishery November 2011
PACKINGTON TROUT FISHERY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 01676 522754 FISHING REPORT – WEEK ENDING 27/11/11 Last week 83 rods caught 181 fish for an average of 2.26 per rod. The best fish last week was a 12lb 1oz caught by *Mr E McIlwaine of Coventry who was fishing from a boat and took it on a Damsel […]
Zebco Launches ‘Exo’ Next Generation
Zebco Europe Ltd is proud to introduce the Quantum ‘Exo Skeletal’ design which sets numerous new benchmarks in reel innovation by eliminating unnecessary weight contribution without compromising on the power. The initial design of Exo Skeletal was present in our ‘Smoke’ reel and in a more detailed way in the ‘Energy PTi’. The strategy from […]
Packington Somers Fishery November 2011
FISHING & MATCH REPORT – WEEK ENDING 27/11/11 MATCH RESULTS STARLETS VETS (MOLANDS) 1. Ron Savage (Lanes Baits) 24 -12 Peg 15 Skimmers & F1’s on Caster & Pole2. John Downing (Packington) 23 – 7 3. Keith Nall (Packington) 22 – 74. Dave Wood (Lanes Bait) 20 – 6 WEDNESDAY OPEN (LITTLE GEARYS)1. Tony […]
Daiwa Hallcroft Fishery November 2011
Thursday 24 November 2011 Daiwa Hallcroft Veterans OpenMoat Pool (36 Pegs )1st P Tatley (Trentmen) Moat Island 40 71-12-0Another reasonable turnout saw a close finish for the top 2 with Pete Tatley getting the verdict from Moat island 40. Pete fished pellet feeder alternating meat and corn hair rigged for mainly carp to 10lb2nd A […]
Angel Of The North Lakes November 2011
Sunday 27th Nov 2011 open Lookout Conditions:- heavy rain and winds overnight, followed by Fair and High gusty winds, ambient temp 8 deg, to 48mph, winds gusting to 48 mph, barometer 1004.4, waxing crescent, DO 8.9, Temp 6.9 deg, PH 7.61, MV41 1st Peter Cairns 49lb 1oz peg 3 bomb straight lead on punch and corn […]
Bob Roberts Barbel Days And DVD Offer
Top big fish angler Bob Roberts is organising two coaching courses next summer on the River Wye along with Steve Pope, Chairman of the Barbel Society. Each course is limited to eight places with four nights’ accommodation included at the Caer Beris Manor Hotel, all meals, all fishing tickets and guidance for £499 per head: […]
Spurdog Tagathon 2011 Report
Spurdog Tagathon 2011 Report First of all a big thank you to : The anglers who once more demonstrated their incredible commitment. The Salen Hotel (Sunart Event HQ) where Jonathan, Julia and staff welcomed the anglers – www.salenhotel.co.uk. Mark & Jan for offering free launching and overnight berthing on the new pontoon at a reduced […]
Mark’s Tackle Matches
The Mark’s Tackle matches on the River Severn at Stourport are getting some good attendances, with 40 fishing Saturday’s event and 41 turning up for the mid-weeker. It’s great to see the roach moving into their winter quarters too, Dave Edwards taking the weekend open with 13-9-0 of them, all taken on stick float and […]
Giant Perch In Trains Match
Kidderminster’s Woodside Fishery has produced one of the biggest perch ever landed in a match in the shape of a 5lb 4oz specimen. The magnificent fish was taken by David Prior during a Central Trains Angling Club event. After drawing peg 12 on the Island Pool, David (52) fed chopped worm and caster – the […]
Tough Going On Coventry Canal
The Coventry Canal at Nuneaton hosted the fourth round of the Warwickshire Winter League on Sunday, 50 anglers finding the fishing pretty tough. Pole, bloodworm and joker were the order of the day and there were only two weights over 5lb, Shakespeare’s Darren Massey taking top honours with 58 roach for 7-10-1 from the gardens […]
World Biggest Carp To Daventry Angler
Daventry angler Mark Ryder has captured the biggest know carp in the world – a 92lb monster from Graviers Fishery in France. The mighty fish, named ‘Scar Fish’ in carp circles, is the same one landed at a world record weight of 99lb in 2010. Mark fished a gravel bar 120 yards out with a […]
Book Early With The BAA
The Birmingham Anglers Association is offering members a free month for those who ‘book early’. The BAA’s season runs until from January 1st, but the association has decided to sell 2012 permits from December 1st with prices also being frozen at £32. The club controls some of the very best river fishing in the Midlands […]
Doubles Tops For Taylor
Atherstone angler Ade Taylor took the biggest fish of the week at Packington Trout Fishery – a fine 13lb rainbow trout that fell from the bank on a Cat’s Whisker lure and an intermediate line on Cocks Close. There were several other stand-out catches to Midlanders in the last week. Phil Nott’s six-fish catch on […]
Harrisons Tackle Fossdyke League
Round Two, 39 fished. 1 Barry Wiggington (Maver Bait Tech) 16-4-0 (peg 16)2 Sean Ashby (Sensas) 12-11-0 (peg 11)3 Alistair Ogilvie (Maver Bait Tech) 10-13-0 (peg 20)4 Rob Thorley (Spro Whisby) 10-3-0 (peg 19)5 Jake Dye (Mosella) 9-15-0 (peg 18)6 John Turner (Spro Whisby) 9-15-0 (peg 17) League:1 Chris Jenkinson 20pts2 Barry Wiggington 19 pts3 Rob Perkins […]
