Author: geepster

Former editor of many a fishing magazine, owner of Total-Fishing.com and MD of a pest control company!!

Southern Water fined £500,000 for polluting the sea and a Kent watercourse

Southern Water Services Limited (Southern Water) has been ordered to pay £500,000 for polluting the Swalecliffe Brook and coastal waters around Whitstable and Herne Bay in Kent. The company were today fined £500,000 and agreed to pay costs of £19,224 at Canterbury Crown Court after an Environment Agency investigation found that untreated sewage was discharged […]

Tunnel Barn Farm November 11th

RESULTS FOR CONTESTS WEEK ENDING 9th NOVEMBER 2014   Date: Monday 3rd November                           MONDAY OPEN Pools: HOUSE No F/man: 16 Pos         NAME   CLUB     WEIGHT               PEG NO 1st          W Sweetman     TBF         101-1     31 2nd        D James               Moss UK              100-8     22 3rd         J Johnson            Notts AA              78-9       15 4th         P Hancox             Birmingham        78-4       9 5th         C McGurin           […]

Moorlands Farm November 11th

Tuesday 04.11.14 Super Cost Cutter 17 fished Silver 1st          Mal Watson (DGL)           103.04.00             Peg 33 2nd        Colin Pace (CPA)                 95.02.00             Peg 06 3rd         Bill Rathbone (ST Francis)               94.06.00             Peg 18   Wednesday 05.11.14 Over 50’s 24 fished Bank & Island 1st          Graham Palmer (Moorlands)      53.06.00               Peg 21 Bank 2nd […]

Royal Artillery Carp Championships 2014

The Royal Artillery Carp Championships, or ‘Gunner Champs’ is an annual event that sees carp anglers from across the Royal Regiment of Artillery competing to be crowned top rod. This year’s Gunner Champs was held at Barston Lakes near Solihull. With the drawdown of troops from Afghanistan the turnout was a lot better than previous […]

Anglian Water Trout Fishing November 10th

 Our fishing lodges are open 8am to 2pm in November, seven days a week.     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 Fish week 302 (season 40,018) Returns 178 (9,850) […]

Packington Somers Fishery Form November 10th

Telephone: 01676 523833 FISHING & MATCH REPORT – WEEK ENDING 9/11/14  MATCH RESULTS STARLETS VETS            (GRATS/WILLOW/SIBLINGS A&B) 1.  Keith Winn (Lanes Bait)                                 73 – 8             Peg 11   GRATS     Carp[ & Skimmers on Pole & Caster 2.  Alan Dawson (Packington)                            42-12 3.  Ron Savage (Lanes Bait)                               34 – 13 3.  Don Suckling (Ridgemere)                            30 […]

Sherwood Forest Fishery Nov 10th

Sherwood Charity OpenSherwood & Maunside lakes1st Ian Boyd, Woodhouse Angling Centre 52-02, peg 1 Maunside2nd John Holmes Jr, Open Water Angling, 28-06, peg 27 Sherwood3rd Dave Robson, Sherwood Forest Fishery, 25-10 peg 11 Maunside4th Dave Round, Woodhouse Angling Centre, 23-03 peg 26 Sherwood5th Nick Andrea, Sherwood Forest Fishery, 22-03, peg 9 Maunside40 Anglers turned out […]

Moorlands Farm Fishery Nov 4th

Tuesday 28.10.14 Super-Cost- Cutter 24 fished Island & Moors1st Bill Rathbone  (St. Francis) 95.09.00 Peg 05 Moors 2nd Colin Pace (CPA) 95.06.00 Peg 17 Island3rd Roger Hinton (CPA) 86.03.09 Peg 11 Moors  Wednesday 29.10.14 Over 50’s19 fished Bank & Middle1st Terry Homer (Club 2000) 190.01.00 Peg 07 Middle2nd Paul Gadd (Air Ambulance) 132.00.00 Peg 12 Middle3rd […]

Sherwood Forest Fishery Nov 2nd

Wednesday Open 29/10/14Holmedale Lake 23 fished 1st Sean Storey Gateford Angling Supplies peg 26, 75-7-02nd Brian Elliott Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 36, 48-8-03rd Paul Unwin Gateford Angling Supplies peg 17, 34-14-04th Gary Pilsworth Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 42, 34-3-05th Mick Langton Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 32, 32-7-06th Steve Brown Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 21, 30-0-0A very […]

Operation Traverse: Targeting Illegal Fish Theft

Poaching and fish theft are of increasing concern to anglers and in addressing this issue the Angling Trust has achieved support from the Association of Chief Police Officers and National Wildlife Crime Unit. Currently Project Trespass aims to provide a coordinated response to poaching and raise awareness of this issue amongst police forces. Under the […]