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!! 
New manager needed for England’s Under 21 match team
The Angling Trust is seeking an experienced, motivated person to manage the England Under 20 squad in 2023 and beyond. The successful candidate will share Angling Trust’s goal to make England the number one nation in the world and uphold the tradition of nurturing talented young anglers and supporting their progression to senior level. You […]
Northamptonshire Ace Paul Croft Takes 2022 British Pike Championships
Northampton predator ace Paul Croft (pictured right with his trophy) is the new British Pike Champion following a tight final event on Cambridgeshire’s Fenland Drains. With bright sunshine, 15-degree temperatures, and gin-clear water conditions on both the Glassmoor Bank and Twenty Foot Drains, this famous event was always going to be a low weight affair […]
Manager’s Report – Behind the scenes at the Kayak World Champs
(main picture) Team England Kayak Squad 2022- Mike McGuire, Sean Milner, Alan Robson, Andy Dougan, Mark Radcliffe, Martin Collinson & Steve Collett (Manager) Following double gold for Team England at the first-ever Kayak World Championships last weekend, manager Steve Collett takes us behind the scenes from the big event in Portugal… First, the venue […]
Manager needed for England ‘free style feeder team’
The Angling Trust is seeking an experienced, motivated person to become the first-ever manager of the England Free Style Feeder squad for 2023 and beyond. Preparing for its fourth World Championships with an event in Valencia, Spain, next November this will be England’s first entry into the competition – and we want to win it! […]
England delighted with silver in close-call World Feeder Champs 2022
The Angling Trust Preston Innovations England Feeder team has won the silver medal in one of the toughest World Feeder Champs ever staged. Finishing with 73 points overall, they were an agonizing two points behind the winners, with Serbia taking gold on 71 points. Much fancied Hungary took the bronze with 74.5. Hosted on a […]
New report finds UK salmon stocks reaching crisis
• 37 of the 42 salmon rivers (88%) in England now categorised as being ‘at risk’ or ‘probably at risk’. • Rising sea and river temperatures due to climate change damaging salmon stocks globally • Stocks can respond to intervention with the EA calling for coordinated action to aid recovery Wild Atlantic salmon stocks are […]
Tope over the Irish record returned off County Wicklow
County Wicklow is attracting the attention of tope anglers far and wide and has produced another beauty in the shape of this beast that captor Stephen Hanway and crew put at ‘well over 70lb’. Things were too rough to come to shore to weigh her properly and she was safely returned. The Dubliner was fishing […]
Middle Nene Championships 2022
In blazing conditions the resurrected Middle Nene Championships was never going to be a match of big weights but it was very well supported by teams of three from the area and turned out to be a fair match with everyone catching. This year’s trophy and taking top spot goes to Peterborough Select, with an […]
Five new marine protected areas under consideration
A public consultation is underway to consider introducing five candidate highly protected marine areas (HPMAs). The consultation will run until the 28th of September 2022. It can be found here: https://consult.defra.gov.uk/hpma/consultation-on-highly-protected-marine-areas/ The proposed sites include two inshore sites – Allonby Bay and off the coast of Lindisfarne – and three offshore sites – two in […]
England match fishing team crowned European Champions 2022 in Portugal
Angling Trust Team England are European Champions once again after dominating two tough matches on Portugal’s River Sorraia at the weekend. And to add to the glory, team skipper William Raison finished in the individual bronze medal position. Last weekend’s event, held at Coruche, saw blistering temperatures to over 35 degrees during the official practice […]
New British shore caught Tope and Ling records confirmed
Two shore-caught fish confirmed as records The British Record Fish Committee met remotely via online meeting facility on 9th June 2022. Present were: Mr M Heylin OBE, Chairman Dr Phill Williams, Marine Specialist Mr David Craig, Ireland Representative Mr Andrew Nellist, Freshwater Specialist Mr Mat Mander, Marine Specialist Capt. Stephen Mardlin RN, Freshwater Specialist The […]
Poor year for River Frome adult salmon, but youngsters above parr
Significant drop in Atlantic salmon returning to English river confirms 2021 as a poor year for this iconic species – long-term monitoring project’s report shows that the number of wild adult Atlantic salmon returning to the River Frome in southern England in 2021 was down almost 20% on its 10-year average. This drop echoes reports […]
Angling clubs join pollution fight as Angling Trust launches Water Quality Monitoring Network
As part of our Anglers Against Pollution campaign, the Angling Trust has launched the Water Quality Monitoring Network (WQMN) to engage angling clubs in better understanding pollution issues on their waters. With only 14% of rivers achieving Good Ecological Status and none meeting Good Chemical Status for substances such as phosphates and nitrates, the WQMN […]
England Teams announced for World and European Champs
Thee England teams for both the World & European Championships for 2022 have been released. Mark Downes has selected Will Raison as his captain this year and Will’s vast knowledge and experience will lend itself to a very active role in the planning and preparation for the team. World Championships This year’s Worlds will be […]
Fishing ban at Grafham dam continues despite clubs’ efforts to find solution with Anglian Water
Anglian Water’s “disproportionate” ban on fishing from the dam at Grafham Water is to continue despite best efforts by fly fishing clubs and the Angling Trust to overturn the decision. Anglian Water banned fishing from the dam late last year following an extremely rare incident where a visitor was hooked by an angler’s back cast. […]
