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!! 
Google bids to save the world’s fish stocks
Internet giant Google has launched an online tracking tool designed to protect world fish stocks by tracking illegal fishing boats. Vessels plying the oceans with nets that can be as big as a football pitch plunder 26m tonnes of fish each year, scientists estimate depleting fisheries and revenues in countries often too poor to deal with […]
Pike In Ireland
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has just published three research reports on pike in Irish waters. The Diet of Pike in Irish Watercourses aims to elucidate the variation in the diet of Irish pike between river, lake and canal habitats, and to quantify niche size and dietary specialisation and attempt to identify the timing of the switch […]
Colman Cuts the Mustard as New Manager of England Youth Fly Fishing
The Angling Trust is delighted to announce that Clark Colman has been appointed the new manager of England Youth Fly Fishing and will take up the role with immediate effect. Originally from Cumbria but now living in Nottinghamshire, Clark has 25 years of angling experience and is a current member of the Solider Palmers loch […]
Leney bags 46lb common carp from Island Lake
A 39 Year old school teacher from Hampton, Middlesex had an epic boat battle last week with a massive 46lb 10oz Common Carp! Daniel Leney, who has been concentrating on the secret gem in RK Leisure’s portfolio the “Island Lake” situated on the famous Horton Complex in Berkshire, had this to say about his net […]
Cameron Hughes Wins Drennan Rive Silverfish Festival
Cameron Hughes has won the Drennan Rive Silverfish Festival with an impressive 112b catch of roach and skimmers over two days. This is the first year that this prestigious event has been run at the prolific White Acres holiday complex in Cornwall. The 78-strong field included 20 invited anglers from France, the Drennan Team England […]
Angler’s Mail November 18th – new River Dove barbel record
This week’s Angler’s Mail, which comes with a free tips-packed 16-page Korum Guide to Modern Predator Fishing, also features the UK’s biggest carp at a near-record weight and the World’s biggest fish ever filmed from hooking to capture. Also inside this week: New Dove barbel record set The Mail’s Carl & Alex duo land monster […]
Steve Sadler crowned 2014 Angling Trust RiverFest Champion
After a few days of heavy rain and fluctuating river levels, 60 anglers arrived at Hereford on the River Wye to fish the first day of the RiverFest 2014 final on Saturday 15th November to find the river slightly over 7ft but falling. With conditions set to improve as the match went on, anglers were […]
20,000 new fish for the Erewash Canal
Long Eaton Victoria Angling Society are pleased to announce that on Wednesday 12 November 2014 approximately 20,000 “new” fish (weighing around eight hundred pounds) were stocked into the Erewash Canal in Long Eaton by the Canals & Rivers Trust. These consisted mainly of bream in the 3” to 8” size range, but also included around […]
9lb 10oz rainbow trout from Rutland Water
Pic: Roy Taylor of Oakham is a happy camper after tempting this 9lb 10oz rainbow trout from Rutland Water on a dry fly. Rutland Water 01780 686441; Grafham Water 01480 810531; Pitsford, Ravensthorpe & Hollowell 01604 781350, Taverham Mills Fishery 01603 861014; Alton Water 01473 589105 Recreation Dept Anglian Water 01572 653021 Rutland Water […]
Packington Somers November 17th
PACKINGTON SOMERS FISHERY Telephone: 01676 523833 FISHING & MATCH REPORT – WEEK ENDING 16/11/14 MATCH RESULTS STARLETS VETS (MOLANDS/GEARYS/LITTLE GEARYS) 1. Ron Savage (Lanes Bait) 48 – 3 Peg 29 LITTLE GEARYS F1’S on Pole & Caster 2. Alan Dawson (Packington) 45 – 4 3. Norman Davies (Packington) 38 -13 3. John Lowe (Tornadoes) 31 […]
Tunnel Barn Farm November 17th
RESULTS FOR OPEN CONTESTS WEEK ENDING 16th NOVEMBER 2014 Date: Monday 10TH November MONDAY OPEN Pools: Club No F/man: 16 Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO 1st Dave James Mosella 113-5 18 2nd Pete Hancox Birmingham 76-0 14 3rd T Hardy Packington 60-8 22 4th G Lawrence Packington 54-12 16 5th M […]
Hallcroft Fishery November 17th
16th November 2014 Daiwa Hallcroft openMoat (27 Pegs)• P Elliott, LeegemIsland 6192-3-0As normal with winter on maot pool one side fishes better than the other and it was roll reversal today as the island produced all the top weights. Paul Elliot fished waggler shallow to the aerator for a steady run of carp to 8lb• […]
Angel of the North Lakes, November 16th
In a week with plummeting water temperatures , fishing is still going well. On Bowes lake ide and bream have been the main species caught, with the odd large carp chucked in for those who are willing wait for bites. Lookout lake has also seen good catches of both quality silverfish and plenty of carp. […]
Sherwood Forest Fishery Nov 16th
Wednesday Open 12/11/14Holmedale Lake 18 fished1st Sean Storey Gateford Angling Supplies peg 45, 42-8-02nd Andy Lakey Worksop Angling peg 36, 39-11-03rd Craig Brazier Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 39, 31-1-03rd Nigel Shipman Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 9, 30-7-05th Brian Elliott Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 32, 26-0-0Sean drew peg 45 and fished the pole with banded pole at […]
Angler Helicopter Deaths ‘Extraordinary’
A helicopter crash in Russia in which two British men were killed was “quite extraordinary”, a coroner has said. Mark Robertson and Rupert Beaumont, both 69 and from Hook, Hampshire, were on a fishing trip south of Murmansk last year when it happened. The men’s inquest heard they had been dropped off by a helicopter […]
