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!! 
Packington Somers Fishery May 2011
FISHING & MATCH REPORT – WEEK ENDING 15/5/11 MATCH RESULTS MONDAY EVENING OPEN/LEAGUE (LITTLE GEARYS)1. Steve White (Kobra Feeders) 57 -14 Peg 26 F1’s on Method & Meat2. Susie Smith (Kobra Feeders) 54 – 03. Nigel Whitworth (Ridgemere) 45 – 0 WEDNESDAY OPEN (MOLANDS)1. Andrew Wooding (Maver Sol. AC) 40 – 2 Peg 46 Carp & Skimmers […]
Daiwa Hallcroft Fishery May 2011
Tuesday 10 May 2011 Daiwa Hallcroft Afternoon OpenBridge Pool (18 Pegs )1st M Hall (Tuxford) Peg Island 4 123-4-0Mick Hall continued his good form with another victory off bridge pool island 4. Mick fished meat and pellet on long pole and switched to the margins with corn over groundbait for carp to 9lb and skimmers […]
Gripper Wins With Wolffish
Kings Lynn angler Stephen Collingridge included this brace of pre-historic looking 13lb wolffish in his team’s winning bag in the first Skipper’s Challenge run out of Andorja in the Troms area of northern Norway. The Royal Mail angler, known to mates as ‘Gripper’, fished alongside skipper Ray Martin, who runs the ‘Shady Lady 2’ out […]
Has North-East Got Angling Talent?
North East Region Invites Young Anglers to take part in the Talent Initiative The Angling Development Board (ADB) has launched three new pilot angling development programmes to prepare youngsters for taking part in county and regional competitions and training programmes. The pilot will run in the North East, North West and West Midlands to improve the […]
Mega Match This will be a resounding success
As more and more interest grows in the new match fishing competition, Mega Match This, the stakes continue to get higher and one lucky winner will walk away with a significant amount of money from the biggest prize money final in UK coarse angling. The qualifiers are being held over a number of venues across […]
Andover angler wins at Monk Lakes Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier
David George (Browning Andover MG), a Projects Manager from Andover was the latest winner to qualifier for a place to compete in the Fish ‘O’ Mania final in July at Cudmore Fisheries. David had a good day’s fishing with his catch consisting of carp, barbel and F1s taken on corn pole fished in the margins. […]
Sherwood Forest Farm May 2011
Holmedale Lake Monday 2/5/1124 fished 1st Pete Hodgetts Sensas Mansfield Notts) peg 40, 92-9-0 2nd Mick Langton Sherwood Forest Fishery (Notts)peg 36, 84-0-0 3rd Rob Ward Sherwood Forest Fishery (Notts)peg 51, 77-14-0 4th Pete Ellis Sherwood Forest Fishery (Notts) 68-2-05th Steve Gibbons RAF(Notts) 60-9-0 6th Greg Cooper Middy/Subfish (Notts) 57-5-07th Lee Payling Peg One Angling (Notts) […]
Angel Of The North Lakes May 2011
Angel of the North Fishing Lakes report to 8th May 2011 All lakes fishing very well, with Bowes lake match record going to Alan Mc Guire with 136lb 1oz in 5 hours all carp Sunday 8th May 2011 League Lookout Conditions:- Cloudy with rain ,ambiient temp 17 deg, wind SSE 7 swining to W 14 mph, baromeeter 1010.8 […]
Packington Somers Fishery May 2011
FISHING REPORT – WEEK ENDING 8/5/11 Last week there were 153 rods who caught 474 fish for an average 3.09. The fishing has been good this week with fish moving all over the pools and the evening rise on Cocks Close has been terrific. Small dries such as black Gnat, Shipmans Emerger Buzzers and dry […]
Rob Marsh and Lee Merritt unveiled as Ultima Consultants
Carping duo Rob and Lee have been snapped up by line specialists Ultima. The pair will be working alongside existing Ultima consultants such as Steve Renyard, Frank Warwick and Mark Hutchinson on a range of projects that includes a series of films for the Ultima site. Rob and Lee are no strangers to the camera […]
Tunnel Barn Farm Fishery May 2011
RESULTS FOR OPEN CONTESTS WEEK ENDING 8th MAY 2011 Top PoolPellet to the islands has been producing plenty of carp up to 2lb. Maggot always produces plenty of silverfish action. Meat at 4m is going well with good weights also being caught on a cat meat based paste with f1’s and commons to 4lb. Bottom […]
Ten Pound Trout All The Rage In The Midlands
On the trout front anglers are enjoying great fishing at Raventhorpe with a rod average of five and the best fish being a fine 10lb rainbow to Northampton angler Pat Flynn, on a Blob fished on a sinking line. There’s also been a near 10lb fish caught at Pitsford by Dave Davies (pictured).Best methods at […]
Dave Harrell Steps Down From Match Fishing Magazine
Dave Harrell is stepping down from the editorship of Match Fishing magazine after seven years with the Rugby based company. Former England international Dave plans to pursue new interests and get back into his river fishing on the Severn and Wye. As Total-Fishing understands it, Coventry based Jon Arthur, already editor of Pole Fishing magazine, […]
Fishing On River Severn To Be Discussed
Back on the subject of the River Severn, a fisheries conference has been organized by the Severn Rivers Trust to find out if something is wrong with the river. Entitled ‘Is the Severn a shadow of its former self?’ the conference takes place on Saturday November 19th and is aimed at both anglers and clubs […]
Edwards Wins The Maver Classic
The big match at Larford Lakes at the weekend – the Maver Classic – saw Preston Innovations backed Lee Edwards top a super strong field and take home £2,000 at his first attempt. Near gale force winds made pole-fishing impossible in some areas, and Welsh international Lee, now a full time angler, opted for a […]
