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!! 
Angling Trust calls for more action on fisheries crime
The Angling Trust has joined nature and environment groups in calling for more action on wildlife crimes, including theft of fish. A report by Wildlife and Countryside Link (WCL) shows convictions in 2022 dropped by over 40%, despite a record number of wildlife crimes reported in the year before. Overall, there were 526 convictions in […]
DEFRA announces intention to establish a Bluefin Tuna Catch and Release Recreational Fishery
DEFRA has announced plans to establish a Bluefin Tuna Catch and Release Recreational Fishery in England in 2024. Stakeholders welcome this but have serious concerns regarding some key aspects of the proposal. Three of the biggest stakeholder representative bodies in a future recreational bluefin tuna fishery have welcomed the publication by DEFRA of their consultation […]
Shingler lists the British Pike Championship in his wins at long last….
LEICESTER predator angler Carl Shingler has realised a 35-year ambition to be crowned British Pike Champion after winning the 2023 Final in a hard-fought contest on the Fenland drains. It was just two bites and two fish which sealed the title for the 55-year-old in a match where over 20 fish were banked, including a […]
England to host new European team feeder fishing event
A European Feeder Cup event for international teams will take place in England this month. In a special, invitational event run by the England Feeder team and organised by Lee Kerry, seven European nations will do battle against three England teams in a five-day contest at Barston Lakes starting on Monday October 16. Confirmed to […]
Memoriable comeback grabs England silver at world match fishing championships 2023 as Serbia grab gold in Spain
Team England staged a major comeback on Day 2 of the Nations World Championships in Spain to earn themselves a well-deserved silver medal… and took silver and bronze in the individual competition too! Mark Downes’ squad of William Raison, Sean Ashby, James Dent, Steve Hemingray, Cameron Hughes, and Matt Godfrey found the opening day’s match […]
Tony Rice finds the quality Thames roach to take Tidefest 2023
For the second year running quality roach rather than bream provided the winning catches in the annual 40-peg contest fished on the tidal Thames at Kew, Chiswick, and Barnes. The winner was Tony Rice with a float caught mixed bag from Barnes netting him a cool £400. ] The Chiswick zone was won by last […]
Kyle Wainwright wins 2023 RiverFest Final on the Trent
KYLE Wainwright is the 2023 Angling Trust RiverFest champion following an action-packed two days of fishing on the River Trent around Burton Joyce. The Normanton, West Yorks angler – who qualified on the River Don at the end of July – led one of the strongest final line ups ever with 84 anglers including World […]
England’s U20 squad are WORLD CHAMPIONS after dominating the World Youth Champs in Portugal.
And to add to the medal celebrations Josh Duffy claimed the individual gold ahead of Billy Kirk with the silver after two intense days of fishing on the River Sorraia at Coruche. The Angling Trust squad – backed by Sheffield law firm SSB Group – were described as one of the strongest ever assembled in […]
Illegal angling on the up says the EA
The Environment Agency is warning those who fish illegally that the net is closing in after a recent rise in angling offences in the South East. Over the past 6 months, our South East Fisheries Enforcement Officers have issued over 360 offence report forms to illegal anglers. This is already 40 more than this time […]
Matt Dawes the 2023 Fish O Mania Champion
Matt Dawes won the 2023 Cazoo FishOMania Grand Final at Westwood Lakes in Boston, Lincolnshire with a final weight of 52.875kg live on Sky Sports Action in the UK and Ireland. The rain teemed down early on, and it showed with some strong weigh-ins to start the day out with Dawes taking the competition to […]
River Severn pollution report makes grim reading as anglers lead on citizen science – link to full report
A worrying level of pollution has been recorded on the Severn and its tributaries during a year of water quality testing organised by the Angling Trust. The Water Quality Monitoring Network (WQMN) – a key part of the Trust’s Anglers Against Pollution campaign – was launched in May 2022 as a pilot project in the […]
John Arthur on Micro Pellets Video
John Arthur passes on some of his tricks to make the most of micro pellets in this 20-minute video.
Recreational Bluefin Tuna Fishery Consultation Launched
Defra has launched a consultation on ‘Permitting regimes for the recreational targeting of bluefin tuna in UK waters’. The consultation is open until 4th September 2023. You can view the consultation here: https://consult.defra.gov.uk/recreational-aquaculture-and-migratory-team/bft-recreational-fishery/ This is the next step in the development of policy options regarding the establishment of a Catch and Release Recreational Fishery (CRRF). Last year’s consultation on […]
Southern North Sea and Eastern Channel Mixed Flatfish Fisheries Management Plan Consultation Opens
Monday 17th July the Southern North Sea and Eastern Channel Mixed Flatfish Fisheries Management Plan consultation has opened for 12-weeks. The consultation closes on 1st October 2023. As the Angling Trust understand it, there will be two opportunities to respond: online consultation via Citizen Space, and in-person via a Defra roadshow (details still to be announced). You […]
Bass Fishery Management Plan Consultation Opens
After more than a decade campaigning on bass, the Angling Trust remain committed to delivering a bass fishery management plan that prioritises the sustainable rebuilding of the bass stock, maximises the benefits derived from the stock to coastal communities through equitable allocation of the bass quota and transitions the bass fishery away from environmentally damaging […]
