27^th April 2010 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Jeff Mowbray has caught the 'Cicily Common' once again after first banking this famous fish almost a month ago to the day. I have not yet spoken to him so do not know the exact weight, however reports are that he also had two other carp of 17 and 20lbs in the same session. Skimmers and tench are still providing the main sport at this popular venue but with the warmer weather more crucians are now showing up in catches.

Rixton Claypits are producing tench to 7lbs and bailiffs are reporting an unusual amount of bream to 4lbs being caught, many with spawning nodules showing and taking most bait. Phil Turner had a good evening session with a dozen bream and four tench, biggest 6lbs. Pole fished double caster was his successful method.

Roach, skimmers and bream to 4.5lbs featured in our Disabled & Over 60's match on Monday with winner Trevor Bainbridge over doubling the nearest weight with 14-12-4. Alf Seddon was second with just over 6lbs. Quite a number of fish were lost at the net leaving match regular Stan Charnock bemoaning the loss of two big fish which would have put him firmly in the frame. Bread and double caster accounted for the larger fish.

Local rod Alan Webber fished Woodshaw Reservoir on Monday using his favourite pellet method to deadly effect. He was on a fish every cast and included crucians, tench, roach, and rudd in his catch. Quality roach have also been coming out to caster.

Our local bailiff reports that Mowpin on our Foster's Pools mini-complex is worth a visit with good catches small carp, crucians, roach, and rudd being taken on maggot.

Tench are still feeding well at Grey Mist Mere but although there is a lot of carp movement only a few fish have been reported. A worrying feature is that two anglers were spotted taking two pike from the fishery and also setting baited lines on bank sticks in the margins. I would ask members to report such activity immediately to both the Environment Agency 0800 807060 and myself on the number below. Don't put yourself at risk but if you can get car numbers it certainly helps.

Please continue sending in your catch reports as they are valuable to both your fellow members and your committee. Contact me either by phone Tel 01928 716238 or email frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk.

HQ Parker Street is open as usual on Friday evening between 7 & 9pm for subscriptions, night permits, and new memberships (these can also be purchased from any of our tackle shop outlets listed on our website www.warrington-anglers.org.uk )

Frank Lythgoe

 

RESULTS:

Disabled & Over 60's

1)      Trevor Bainbridge  14-12-4

2)      Alf Seddon               6-0-2

3)      Dave Blears             5-7-6

4)      Dennis Bate             5-6-9

COMING EVENTS:

SATURDAY:-  Sid James Open Draw 9am under motorway bridge, Preston Brook (pegs 1-50)

Please Note: Disabled & Over 60's next match 10^th May.

20^th April 2010 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Colin Wood revisited Rixton Claypits last Thursday afternoon after a spell away from this popular venue and was soon reminded how much he had been missing. He caught over forty roach averaging 4-6oz, a few skimmers and a bream around 2lb.  At one stage it was a bite-a-chuck as the fish homed in on his double maggot presented on a loaded waggler slightly over depth. Besides having a great session Colin also gave the thumbs up to the improvements our band of volunteers have carried out to the platforms, paths and car park.

Tench are still providing sport at Cicily Mill Pool with member Ian Baker reporting a good session on mini-boilies. He landed thirteen fish to 5lbs and lost a decent carp at the net. Roach and skimmers are also featuring in catches taken mainly on maggot.

Grey Mist Mere has been improving week on week in line with rising temperatures but it has been tench that have been more in evidence with fish to 6lbs. Best carp catch I know of was three fish.

According to local bailiff Brian Jones it seems that an illegal stocking has taken place at our Buckley fishery as quite a number of small carp between 2 and 6lbs are being caught. I cannot understand the selfish mentality of so called anglers who would put at risk the welfare of resident fish by such an irresponsible action. Tench and roach sport on the bottom pool is improving with several good catches on pole and maggot. If you fancy something different it's well worth a visit to this picturesque fishery.  

Vice President Geoff Brooks fished his first match after just returning from a lengthy holiday in New Zealand and more than doubled the weight of the next angler. His bream and silver fish catch of 4-7-2 gave him an easy win over runner-up Dennis Bate with a net of small roach and gudgeon for 2-2-10.

In a joint exercise with the Environment Agency Fishery team we removed lots of algal growth from Ackers Pit during the week and barley straw nets are now in place. The good news was that we caught lots of roach fry in the hand nets plus some perch which had already spawned. Marginal weed growth is starting to show despite the hoards of ducks which seem to eat anything green.

I still receive calls from members asking if our canals are open for angling. The first general rule in our membership card clearly states ALL still waters and canal with the exception of Adlington Reservoir are open throughout.  River fisheries are governed by the Environment Agency close season and byelaws.

Please continue sending in your catch reports as they are valuable to both your fellow members and your committee. Contact me either by phone Tel 01928 716238 or email frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk.

HQ Parker Street is open as usual on Friday evening between 7 & 9pm for subscriptions, night permits, and new memberships (these can also be purchased from any of our tackle shop outlets listed on our website www.warrington-anglers.org.uk )

Frank Lythgoe

 

RESULTS:

Disabled & Over 60's

1)      Geoff Brooks        4-7-2

2)      Dennis Bate          2-2-10

3)      Barry Owen          2-0-0

4)      George Barber      1-12-2

COMING EVENTS:

MONDAY

Disabled & Over 60's draw 10-30am St Heath British Legion. Contact John Dagnall 01925 635486

 

13^th April 2010 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

At our monthly committee meeting on Monday it was an easy task to choose the recipients of our Catch of the Month prizes with Jeff Mobray taking the senior member prize with his capture of the famous Cicely Mill common at 30-12-0 and Mike Spavin the junior prize with a 23lbs common from Rixton Claypits. Both receive more than they can carry in Bait-Tech products plus a Korda carp care kit.

At our Disabled & Over 60's match on Monday Lenny Dutton took the honours in a low weight but close event with 3-13-1 of small roach and gudgeon. Jim Byrne was runner up with a similar catch for 2-11-7. Paul Bibby notched up his first taste of any coin for some time when he struck into a lightning fast bite and landed an old leather purse containing £3.70.

Lee Emsden reports that some big bream are being caught from Sandiway Large Lake with the smallest at over 10lbs they are really impressive fish. I believe one was so large that the angler could not get his hand around its back! Tench ranging between 5 and 8lbs are also showing up in catches although it is quiet on the carp scene.

For a trial period throughout April, May, and June anglers can fish the small Lake at Sandiway for two consecutive nights to open up the potential of this picturesque and productive Association owned fishery. With a limit of ten anglers there will be plenty of pegs remaining. It is important that when booking on for night fishing at Sandiway that anglers clearly state the lake they intend to fish, i.e. large or small would be sufficient.  Also in the interests of fair play anglers cannot fish the lakes more than five days in any seven.

Grey Mist Mere is still producing tench catches with fish to 6lbs and one angler on Monday had four carp with the best a linear of 23lbs but interestingly he also caught one of the new mirrors at 14lbs. It is vitally important that anglers send in pictures of both sides of these fish in order that we can monitor their growth rates as more are ordered for the end of the year.

Please continue sending in your catch reports as they are valuable to both your fellow members and your committee. Contact me either by phone Tel 01928 716238 or email frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk.

HQ Parker Street is open as usual on Friday evening between 7 & 9pm for subscriptions, night permits, and new memberships (these can also be purchased from any of our tackle shop outlets listed on our website www.warrington-anglers.org.uk )

Frank Lythgoe

 

RESULTS:

Disabled & Over 60's

1)      Lenny Dutton  3-13-1

2)      Jim Byrne        2-11-7

3)      Bill Stockton   2-10-2

4)      Harry Morris   2-9-4

COMING EVENTS:

MONDAY

Disabled & Over 60's draw 10-30am St Heath British Legion. Contact John Dagnall 01925 635486

 

 6^th April 2010 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

 

Junior member Mike Spavin reports catching a cracking mirror common carp from Rixton Clay Pits last week. The fish weighed in at 23lbs exactly and took four hair rigged worms in a savage take. It is his second carp from this popular fishery the previous also a common was 15lbs. Good mixed catches of skimmers and roach reported over the Easter weekend taken mainly on maggot. A few tench are showing but nothing like the numbers that the fishery is capable of producing.

 

Old news I know but definitely worth a mention is that a little over a week ago Tom Thornton had the big mirror from our Sankey St Helens Canal fishery. This fish seems to have taken up residence at the Spike Island end of the canal and has been caught a number of times lately. It weighed in at 32-6-0.

 

Member Ian Royce has been targeting Worthington Lakes for the past eighteen months and just fancied a session on a smaller water. In contrast his chosen venue of the D fishery at our Fosters Pools mini-complex was a mere puddle, but as Ian discovered size isn't everything. He reckons that he had his best days fishing in many years with roach, rudd, chub and carp literally crawling up the rod from the start of his session. Waggler and loose-fed maggots was the successful method.

 

Worthington Lakes are pretty quiet at present and the best catch I have heard was eight carp, but small roach and a few bream are still responding to small groundbait feeder tactics. As a matter of interest as the tale is told there are supposed to have been barbel stocked into Worthington Reservoir (the one near our car park) many years ago. Has anyone caught one and when?

 

Thanks to those members that responded positively regarding the unauthorized introduction of golden orfe into Woodshaw Reservoir that I mentioned in last weeks column. Their actions minimized the probability of them interbreeding with our resident fish stocks although members should remain alert and retain any such fish contacting me immediately.

 

Our team of volunteers was out in force over the weekend at Phoenix Park Lake clearing swims and removing masses of weed and water borne litter. It was great to see that there was very little of the latter that is largely due to the positive actions of our bailiffs and park rangers. Spring also has seen our ongoing peg reconstruction work under way again after the winter period. The loss of the gudgeon bank area was a blow but as more pegs are re-stoned and improved it will redress the balance. Our bailiff reports good numbers of pike are being caught but they are generally single figure fish.

 

Please keep sending in your catch reports as they help both fellow members and your management committee in their continuous fishery evaluation. Tel. 01928 716238 FAX 01928713898 or e-mail frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk.

 

HQ Parker Street is open as usual on Friday evening between 7 & 9pm for subscriptions, new members, etc. Also new memberships can be purchased from any of our tackle shop outlets (see our website for your nearest).

 

Frank Lythgoe

 

Results:-

Disabled & Over 60's

 

First Association Match

1) Pete Cross         4-10-3

2) Jim Byrne         3-14-12

3) Graham Belton 3-14-2

 

Coming Events:

MONDAY

Disabled & Over 60's

Draw 10-30am Stockton Heath British Legion

(Contact John Dagnall 01925 635486)