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!! 
First Feeder National to be held on Gloucester Canal in 2020
Last year saw our most well attended Nationals for nearly a decade and in line with this continued success, the Angling Trust is thrilled to announce the Angling Trust Feeder National, which will take place on the Gloucester Canal on Sunday 23rd August 2020. The format for the competition will follow International rules as closely […]
Packington Somers Match Fishing Results 24th November 2019
STARLETS VETS CADENCE FISHING UK WINTER LEAGUE (/LITTLE GEARYS/ANNIES/SIBLINGS/WILLOW) 1. Ron Savage (Lanes Bait) 49 -13 Peg 23 ANNIES F1s on Maggot Feeder 2. Ray Hassam (Packington) 46 – 0 3. Keith Deaner(Snmithys) 41 – 8 4. Joe Roberts (Drennan) 36 – 6 SOLIHULL ANGLING CENTRE OPEN – ROVER 1. Jon Newton (Smithys) 76 – […]
Packington Somers Match Report 17th November 2019
STARLETS VETS (MOLANDS/LITTLE GEARYS) 1. John Smith (Packington) 75 -13 Peg 43 MOLANDS Carp & F1s on Maggot Feeder 2. Eddie Keene (COVPAC) 51 – 8 3. Ray Durant (Ridgemere AC) 40 – 8 4. Terry Gibbons (Packington) 35 – 6 SOLIHULL ANGLING CENTRE OPEN – ROVER 1. Lee Heaven (Greyhound AC) 65 -14 Peg […]
Tunnel Barn Farm Match Results 17th November 2019
RESULTS FOR CONTESTS WEEK ENDING 17th NOVEMBER 2019 Date: Monday 11TH NOVEMBER 2019 AFFORDABLE OPEN Pools: EXTENSION No F/Man: 18 Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO 1st K. WEBBER T.B.F. 80.12 22 2nd D. WEBSTER T.B.F. 57.10 7 3rd G. COOK MOSELLA UK 55.06 9 4th J. OLIVER YARNTON & DISTRICT 41.02 19 5th P. […]
Tunnel Barn Farm Match Results 10th November 2019
Date: Monday 4TH NOVEMBER 2019 AFFORDABLE OPEN Pools: HOUSE No F/Man: 18 Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO 1st J. OLIVER YARNTON & DISTRICT 66.06 6 2nd D. WEBSTER T.B.F. 60.10 4 3rd J. JOHNSON NOTTS AA 57.13 8 4th P. SPOFFORTH YORK TACKLE 57.02 29 5th RAY DAVIS T.B.F. VETS 51.15 19 6th IAN […]
Packington Somers Match Reports 10th November 2019
STARLETS VETS ( GEARYS/WILLOW/ANNIES/SIBLINGS) 1. Derek Davies (Packington) 73 -10 Peg 13 LITTLE GEARYS Carp on bomb & Pellet 2. Billy Hawkes (Packington) 56 – 8 3. Kieth Deaner (Smithys) 46-10 4. Steve Allen (Tornadoes AC) 44-10 SOLIHULL ANGLING CENTRE OPEN – ROVER 1. Dave Elliot (Packington) 61- 14 Peg 19 GEARYS F1s on Pole […]
Packington Somers Match Results 3rd November 2019
STARLETS VETS (MOLANDS/LITTLE GEARYS/WILLOW) 1. Steve Stokes (Packington) 80 -14 Peg 13 LITTLE GEARYS F1s on Pole & Maggot 2. John Smith (Packington) 60 -13 3. Dave Atkins (Packington) 60 – 0 4. Ray Durant (Ridgemere AC) 50 -10 SOLIHULL ANGLING CENTRE OPEN – ROVER 1. Mark Jacques (Tackleshack) 86 – 0 Peg 10 SIBLINGS […]
Tunnel Barn Farm Match Results 3rd November 2019
Date: Monday 28TH OCTOBER 2019 AFFORDABLE OPEN Pools: HOUSE No F/Man: 13 Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO 1st M. WOOD SOLIHULL ANGLING CENTRE 65.04 19 2nd T. HARDY T.H. FLOATS 57.13 31 3rd J. JOHNSON NOTTS A.A. 57.11 16 4th L. HAYES 53.12 29 5th I. TAYLOR YORK TACKLE 38.04 13 6th M. DICKSON […]
The British Record 71lb carp that will never be on the record list…
If you read about a 70lb plus carp you would probably expect it to come from Eastern Europe or maybe France. But this one came out of Holme Fen in Cambridgeshire. However, captor Martyn Lowe has decided not to try and take his place in the British record books after landing the mighty 71-pounder. The […]
Anglian Water loses at trial after Fish Legal’s long battle to get compensation for Cambridge anglers
After years of fighting, the Cambridge Fish Preservation and Angling Society (CFPAS) has won compensation to restock part of the River Cam following a pollution in 2013. Last January, it was reported that Anglian Water admitted it killed fish on the River Cam after years of denying that it was responsible following failures at its […]
Farmoor Reservoir praised after staging its first ever predator competition
Angling Trust Policy Chief Martin Salter visited Thames Water’s first Predator Competition at Farmoor Reservoir on Sunday (Oct 21) to see for himself how the popular and long established trout fishery is now encouraging predator angling. The sell out event, decided on the length of the best three fish landed rather than weight, was a […]
How worried should we be about super trawlers working the England Channel. Tim McPherson reports…
Angling Trust Director and editor of Saltwater Boat Angling magazine, Tim Macpherson, comments on the presence of the controversial super trawler Margiris (above), fishing in the English Channel. There has been a lot of noise over social media, and elsewhere, about a super trawler, the Margiris, which has been operating in the Channel in recent […]
Fish O Mania 2020 Dates: Sections winners in final to trouser £2500
Matchroom Multi Sport and the Angling Trust are pleased to announce the dates for the 2020 Fish‘O’Mania Qualifiers, with tickets to go on sale on Tuesday, 5thNovember. The winner of the Fish‘O’Mania Grand Final will net a cool £50,000, with the runner-up taking home £10,000. For the first time, a section prize will be introduced. […]
Tunnel Barn Farm Match Results 27th October 2019
Date: Monday 21ST OCTOBER 2019 AFFORDABLE OPEN Pools: CLUB No F/Man: 18 Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO 1st D. CRAGGS MILO 85.07 20 2nd D. ASHBY T.B.F. VETS 65.08 1 3rd J. JOHNSON NOTTS A.A. 56.09 16 4th R. ROUND T.B.F. 54.04 13 5th T. HARDY T.H. FLOATS 41.01 4 6th G. MAKIN MIRACLE […]
Packington Somers Match Report 27th October 2019
STARLETS VETS (MOLANDS/LITTLE GEARYS/SIBLINGS) 1. Dave Smith (NEC) 74 – 7 Peg 46 MOLANDS Carp & F1s on Pellet Feeder 2. Keith Guest (Packington) 53 – 8 3. Andy Saunders (Coventry) 40 – 8 SOLIHULL ANGLING CENTRE OPEN – ROVER 1. Jon Newton (Smithys) 87 – 8 Peg 13 MOLANDS Carp & F1s on Waggler […]
