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!! 
Tom Pickering names his England Lions
Tom Pickering names his England Lions for the 7th FIPSed World Feeder Championships in Portugal. The Angling Trust’s Preston Innovations sponsored England Feeder team has now been selected for the FIPSed 7th World Feeder Championships in Cabecao, Portugal from 24th – 25th June 2017. The Feeder team are to remain the same as last year’s […]
British angler lands 550lb freshwater fish
A British angler has landed one of the biggest fish ever to be caught in freshwater – an incredible 550lb freshwater stingray. Luke Benson, who is in the military, was fishing on the Bang Pakong River in Thailand when he hooked into the river monster, which took an incredible FIVE HOURS AND FORTY MINUTES to […]
Moorlands Farm Fishery results 29th January 2017
Tuesday 24.01.17 Super – Cost- Cutter 9 fished rover all pools 1st Bob Tandy (Moorlands) 44.01.00 Peg 02 Middle 2nd Tony Stead (WMP Maver) 41.01.00 Peg 14 Island 3rd Daz Cox (Sensas Strike) 25.01.00 Peg 05 Middle Wednesday 25.01.17 Over 50’s 11 fished Bank & Moors 1st Paul Bailey (Moorlands) 60.11.00 Peg 12 Moors 2nd […]
Tunnel Barn Farm results 29th January 2017
Date: Monday 23rd January 2017 MONDAY OPEN Pools: CLUB No F/Man: 16 Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO 1st P Moore Rugeley Miners 44 – 1 23 2nd C Constable TBF Vets 37 – 14 4 3rd P Hancox TBF Vets 27 – 3 8 4th D Ashby Banbury Gunsmiths 25 – 11 21 5th […]
Former detective joins Angling Trust Enforcement team
A retired detective with 30 years’ service in the police has joined the Angling Trust’s Fisheries Enforcement Support Service as Intelligence Manager. Gary Thomas retired from West Mercia force last May and will use his experience in intelligence gathering to help prevent illegal fishing and fisheries crime. The Fisheries Enforcement Support Service operates in partnership […]
Packington Trout Fishery report 29th January 2017
TELEPHONE NUMBER: 01676 522754 Last week 48 rods caught 246 fish for an average of 5.12 fish per rod It was a cracking week on the Trout Fishery with both bank and boat anglers catching plenty of fish with some quality fish coming out. The largest fish of the week was a 11lb 4oz rainbow […]
Packington Somers results 29th January 2017
MATCH RESULTS STARLETS VETS (MOLANDS/LITTLE GEARYS/GRATUITIES/SIBLINGS) 1. Derek Hartshorn (Swann Baits) 17 -10 Peg 5 SIBLINGS A Ide, F1s & Roach on Pole & Maggot 2. Bob Gould (Packington) 16 -13 3. John Lowe (Tornadoes) 11 – 8 4. Brian Cartridge (Packington) 11 – 0 SOLIHULL ANGLING CENTRE WEDNESDAY OPEN (MOLANDS) 1. Phil Canning (Frenzee) […]
Daiwa Hallcroft results 29th January 2017
Daiwa Hallcroft open Moat (18 Pegs). P Miles, Doncaster. Island 54. 31-4-0. This was a tight finish for this Sunday open with 2lb between top 3. Pete Miles continued his good form with 2 carp and some skimmers on long pole and maggot. P Bagshaw, Barnsley Blacks. Island 61. 30-15-0. Pete Bagshaw fished pellet come […]
UK’s Rarest Fish Filmed For First Time
The Environment Agency, working with the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, have captured a vendace on film for the first time while conducting a water quality survey in the Lake District with a remote controlled sub. Vendace (coregonus albula) is the UK’s rarest freshwater fish and a relic of the ice age. Its UK habitat […]
Storm 360GT Searchbait
Storm is a steadily building and innovative brand in lure fishing circles and their latest launch, the 360GT Searchbait, is being billed as a kind of Martini of lures – ‘any time, and place, anywhere’. Or maybe that should be ‘any venue, any depth, any fish’. It’s designed to be ‘the ultimate’ confidence lure […]
Pro Logic Mimicry 3D Mirage XP
Mirage XP is a breakthrough monofilament line which boasts features you would expect in a carp mainline including low diameter, high breaking strain and good abrasions resistance, but with the added magic of Mimicry 3D camo technology. The technology is something that can only be incorporated into very high qualifty coopolymer according the ProLogic boffins, […]
England Call Up for Talented U20s Coarse Anglers
The Angling Trust is looking for talented coarse anglers who would like to apply for the England under 20s youth assessment trials. FIPSed have announced that the age categories for the youth have changed from previous years, so what was the U18s has now became the U20s category. The U20s Youth World Championships are due […]
Pick Tail Swimmer Lure
The new Pick Tail Swimmer from Japanese manufacturer Adusta is a swimbait style baits that combines aesthetic appeal and lively and incredibly realistic tail action that can be worked on a slow or speedier retriece. The swimbait features a natural size, shape, detailed color, and lifelike balanced swimming action. The shape and dimensions of this bait […]
Molix Creature Lures
The new 4 inch Molix Creature is a perfect combination of Italian detail and design, and fishing funtionality. The shaped and ridged body gives this soft baits micro-vibrations that combined with the flap action make it lifelike and ideal for ‘flipping and pitching’. The body is divided into two parts – the lower part is laminated to […]
Cuda Knife and Sharpening Set
The Fisherman’s Knife Set from Cuda gives you four premium knives and a handy sharpener in a ballistic nylon zippered case with convenient carrying handles and makes a great gift for sea angling friends and loved ones. The set includes a 6″ fillet knife, 6″ curved boning knife, 2.5″ bait knife, and 9″ chunk knife. All […]
