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!! 
England’s largest fish pass has been officially opened in Nottinghamshire
The biggest fish pass in England has opened up the River Trent. The Environment Agency’s £12m flagship project in the Colwick Country Park opened on Friday 8 November 2024 by Chair of the Environment Agency, Alan Lovell. It opens up the River Trent and its tributaries for migratory fish, including salmon, trout and eels, making […]
Packington Somers Fishery Form Week Ending 17/11/24
PACKINGTON SOMERS FISHERY Telephone: 01676 523833 MATCH RESULTS AND FISHING REPORT – WEEK ENDING 17/11/24 MATCH RESULTS STARLETS VETS (GEARYS/MOLANDS/ANNIES) 1.Graham Swift (Packington) 43 – 13 peg 36 GEARYS Carp on bomb and meat 2.Colin Dunston (Lanes Bait) 37 – 14 3.Dave Hipkiss (Ridgemere AC) 37– 5 4.Brian Caddy (Packington) 28 – 3 SOLIHULL ANGLING […]
Silver for England in European Feeder Cup; Gold for Steve Ringer
The European Feeder Cup is a fledgling international event, but it is one that the Angling Trust Drennan England Feeder team dearly wanted to retain after winning last year’s inaugural event on home soil – but it was not quite to be. Fished on Belgium’s Maasplas Geistingen gravel works – location of the 2022 World […]
Angling dream fulfilled as catch of a lifetime wins Mary prestigious Malloch Trophy
All anglers dream of capturing the fish of a lifetime and to have its fulfilment acknowledged by the presentation of a prestigious trophy certainly adds to the achievement. Mary Deakin from Lower Langford, Somerset, was fishing on the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders when she captured a monstrous salmon, weighing 31 pounds. In fact, […]
Monster tope landed at Isle of Man rock mark
Congratulations to Damien Billington for landing this absolute beast of a tope from a rock mark on the Isle of Man, which was weighed at a massive 83lb 6oz – bigger than the current British record 82lb 10oz tope landed at Strumble Head in Pembrokeshire in 2022.
Golden days for England Youth teams on Serbia’s DTD Canal
The rich history of the World Championships is strewn with memorable matches, great comebacks and unlikely winners, but it will never has witnessed what unfolded in the FIPSed Youth event on Serbia’s DTD Canal this month! Blighted by thick floating duckweed throughout the practice week, organisers took the unprecedented measure of cancelling the second day […]
Fish O Mania comment on the first re-weigh in it’s 31 year history….
FishOMania is in its 31st year is Sky Sports’ longest-running, continuous sporting event with a following of anglers and non-anglers alike watching the drama unfold live. A formal request for a re-weigh came from one of the anglers in the top three and his bankrunner at the close of the FishOMania 2024 final at Westwood […]
Daiwa Gordon League win 2024 Division One National
It must have been written in the stars for Daiwa Gordon League at this year’s Angling Trust Division One National as they were crowned champions on Lancashire’s Leeds-Liverpool Canal – because they won it the last time it was held on the venue! That was over 20 years ago, and whether you believe in fate […]
North Devon fishing plot on market for £125,000
Part of an idyllic North Devon fishing lake plot is on the market for an asking price of just £125,000. Nestled within approximately 50 acres of woodland, the plot is perfect for anglers looking for a quiet place to fish with fishing rights including in the purchase. Estate agents claims the site is also a […]
Fish O Mania 2024 Result: David Shires takes the honours in tight match from start to finish
David Shires is the man who won Fish O Mania 2024 Westwood Lakes in Boston, Lincolnshire with a final weight of 45.650 kg live on Sky Sports Action in the UK. FISH O MANIA 2024 FULL RESULTS TABLE Shires made a strong start, leading with a substantial 9.025 kg haul within the first 30 minutes, […]
Multiple fishing offences cost five anglers almost £1,800
Four men from Nottinghamshire and one from Derby found guilty of multiple fishing offences Notts angler received a total penalty of £443 and a Derby angler received a penalty of £339. Both were fishing without a valid licence – a day’s fishing licence would have cost each of them just £7.10 Other fishing offences include […]
Comeback kings England secure bronze medal in European Championships in Holland as France win the gold medal
The Angling Trust England Men’s match fishing team is beginning to make second day comebacks to win medals a bit of a habit, as after storming back for silver in last year’s World Champs, the side put in an equally impressive day two performance in this year’s European Championships to take the bronze medals! Sitting […]
Huge Somerset Bass from the shore for Jason Atkins
Wow! What a bass this is! Jason Atkins was shore fishing for sole from a Somerset shore mark when this old warrior picked up his leftover lugworm offering. He had to play the fish – which went 16lb 5oz and looks bigger – with kid gloves on a size 2 Varvivas Aberdeen hook. Many congratulations […]
River Blackwater angler collapses with e.coli
The Angling Trust is issuing urgent advice after angler Mark Erdwin became seriously ill after a session on the River Blackwater, a tributary of the River Thames. Mark was rushed to hospital after becoming violently ill and collapsing and was found to be suffering from the deadly E. coli bacteria. Mark told ITN: “I feel […]
New world cod record – 102lb!
Sometimes only really the picture is needed. It looks like Daniel Pipe has set a new world record cod fishing out of Sandland Brygge with this 102lb brute of a fish which measured 168cm. Wow!
