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!! 
Daiwa Hallcroft results 30th October 2016
30th October 2016 Daiwa Hallcroft Open Moat (40 Pegs) S Clark, Mansfield Outer 36 114-13-0 Moat Pool continues to produce some great catches and a very tight finish. Steve fished pellet short and long for carp to 14lb P Elliott, Leegem Outer 28 114-9-0 Paul Elliott caught more carp than the winner but fell just 4oz short with 114-9-0. […]
Fox Matrix S36 Superbox
If you are in the market for a new all singing all dancing match box then you really do need to look at the new Fox range, including the S36 Superbox in lime green (pictured), the S36 Superbox black, and the F25 with swivel chair. Features Include: • Large diameter 36mm legs with 25mm telescopic […]
Grafham Water produces biggest zander of the season at 19lb 3oz
Some big zander have been coming out of Grafham Water in the last few weeks but none bigger than this 19lb 3oz beauty to Will Matthews. Will and his boat partner were looking at a blank after having no luck on either lures or deadbaits when the fish, the biggest zander of the season from […]
End of the line for damaging bass nets in sight
Angling Trust and B.A.S.S ‘broadly welcome’ new EU bass conservation plans Angling organisations, who have been battling for a better deal for threatened bass stocks and for the introduction of sustainable forms of bass fishing, have today welcomed the announcement by the European Commission that should see the removal of damaging gillnets from the bass […]
Moorlands Farm Fishery results 23rd October 2017
Tuesday 18.08.16 Super Cost – Cutter 13 fished Silver 1st John Watson (Old Ghost) 84.03.00 Peg 06 2nd Richard Kings (Mosella) 72.09.00 Peg 26 3rd Paul Foster (Blackheath) 67.03.00 Peg 18 Wednesday 19.10.16 Over 50’s 18 fished Bank, Moors & Island 1st Syd Julian (DHA) 75.04.00 Peg 12 Bank 2nd Paul Bailey (DHA) 54.03.00 Peg […]
Bluefin tuna landed off the coast of Wales
A Bluefin tuna estimated at over 300lb has been caught off the coast of Wales. The mighty fish was landed by Kent angler Andy Griffith aboard ‘White Water II’ skippered by Andrew Allsop out of Milford Haven. It took a deep diving home-made lure and took an hour to bring to the boat. The fish was […]
Two fish of world record proportions for Brits abroad
TWO intrepid Brits are back in Blighty after a dream fishing trip of a lifetime produced Amazon Rainforest fish way over the current world record – although neither will be able to claim a world best. Guildford angler Laurence Hanger landed a monster freshwater wolf fish that banged the scales around to 54lb from previously […]
Lee Harries takes River Severn RiverFest Qualifier
Angling Trust RiverFest qualifier – River Severn at Shrewsbury Match report The River Severn was low and clear with a cold easterly wind, which made some sections hard at this years RiverFest qualifier held on Sunday 23rd October with 55 fishing. The first to qualify for the final was Lee Harries (DH Angling) with 17-9-0 […]
Tunnel Barn Farm results 16th October
RESULTS FOR CONTESTS WEEK ENDING 16TH OCTOBER 2016 Date: Monday 10th October 2016 MONDAY OPEN Pools: EXTENSION No F/Man: 18 Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO 1st P Moore Rugeley Miners 119 – 12 5 2nd B Hodgitts Tunnel Barn Farm 101 – 3 25 3rd P Hancox TBF Vets 87 – 14 29 4th […]
Tunnel Barn Farm results 23rd October 2016
RESULTS FOR CONTESTS WEEK ENDING 23RD OCTOBER 2016 Date: Monday 17th October 2016 MONDAY OPEN Pools: CANAL No F/Man: 16 Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO 1st T Hardy Tunnel Barn Farm 92 – 13 3 2nd P Moore Rugeley Miners 90 – 9 1 3rd J Johnson Notts AA 88 – 8 9 4th […]
Packington Somers results 23rd October 2016
MATCH RESULTS STARLETS VETS PAIRS MATCH (GEARYS/MOLANDS/LITTLE GEARYS) 1. Mick Gibbs (Chiltern Baits) 69 -12 Peg 7 LITTLE GEARYS F1’s on Pole & Caster 2. Ron Savage (Lanes Bait) 56 – 4 3. John Lowe (Tornadoes) 50 – 2 4. Alan Dolby (Lanes Bait) 48 -14 SOLIHULL ANGLING CENTRE OPEN (MOLANDS) 1. Phil Canning (Frenzee) […]
Daiwa Hallcroft results 23rd October 2016
23rd October 2016 Daiwa Hallcroft Open Moat (31 Pegs) S Drayton, Gainsborough Island 23 127-14-0 Simon Drayton won this cracking Sunday Open with 127lb. Simon fished 8mm banded pellet at 8m for 17 carp to 12lb P Wright, Leegem Outer 81 118-10-0 Phil Wright fished both long pole and short pole with banded pellet and corn for carp to […]
Angel of the North Lakes October 24th 2016
Some anglers who chose their pegs by watercraft caught some large cracking individual fish , best bream was 12lb 4oz peg 2 Bowes , mussel and prawn also chopped worm, maggot and caster excelled this week and pellet and paste try at dusk or dawn , cubes of luncheon meat on the hook over groundbait […]
Chris’s epic angling journey results in two fish over world record size
English angler Christopher Tasker has just returned from a year-long fishing adventure which took him thousands of miles from Nepal to Australia and back and saw him land fish over the IGFA world record for the species among a host of giant fish. The highlight of the trip with his girlfriend Nadine must surely be […]
Retired police officer joins Angling Trust as Regional Enforcement Manager in South East
The Angling Trust has appointed a new Regional Enforcement Manager, Dave Wilkins, for the South East, joining the existing Fisheries Enforcement Support Service team. Dave Wilkins recently retired from Sussex Police after 30 years’ service as a detective inspector, having spent most of his career on CID, Special Branch and Major Crime teams. Prior to […]
