25th October 2011 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

25^th October 2011 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes.

Both Grey Mist Mere and the large lake at Sandiway received a stocking of quality VS Fishery bred carp on Monday. Twenty mainly mid and upper doubles plus a few smaller fish went into the Mist as part of an ongoing program to replace the eighty or so fish that have simply succumbed to old age over the past two years; eleven went into Sandiway.  Pictures and full details will be posted in the member's area on our website or available from HQ.

Paul Floyd put his secret mix home-made boilies through their paces last week on the River Ribble to good effect. They accounted for barbel of 6lbs, 9-7-0, 9-12-0, topped by a specimen of 10-3-0. He also had some quality dace and two sea-trout of 1.5lbs apiece that also surprisingly homed in on his boilie concoction.

A few small pike to 8lbs or so have been caught on the Mersey near Grey Mist Mere to legered dead bait. Similarly the Bridgewater Canal has produced a few of these toothy predators but nothing of any outstanding size with Tim Poulter reporting a nice looking fish taken on smelt from Statham area. Bailiff Mike Burdock visited Wide Hole and had 5 pike to 13lbs on herring. Sunday sees the start of a completely new pike match series which kicks off on Grey Mist Mere. The fishery is closed for the duration of the match.

Mersey match organiser Bob Campbell religiously sends me the results every week with the occasional comment attached, but to read the words 'where's our fish gone?' was a definite attention grabber. Following weeks when decent weights of either bream or roach and perch nets battled it out for supremacy on this occasion it was as though the fish had simply vanished. On a seemingly barren river anglers failed even break the 2lbs barrier and winner Neil Davies needed only 1-10-0 of small roach taken on pole and maggot to take the main prize money.  

Disabled and over 60's match organiser who wasn't too far out of the money this week has asked me to draw attention to the change of draw venue for this popular weekly event to the Star Inn, Stage Lane, Statham.  The weights this week fared a lot better than those of the Mersey with winner Lennie Dutton putting a nice mixed catch of skimmers and roach on the scales for exactly 6lbs followed by local ace Jimmy Byrne on 4-11-0. Pole fished caster or punched bread was the order of the day with the former accounting for a better stamp of roach.

Please keep sending me your catch reports either by phone Tel 01928 716238 or email frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk. HQ Parker Street is now open as usual between 7 & 9pm on Friday, for 2011 subscriptions, new memberships, and any queries.

Frank Lythgoe

COMING EVENTS:

SUNDAY:

Mersey Series (members only) draw 10am Victoria Park

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's Draw 10-30am Star Inn, Statham. Contact John Dagnall at Cheshire Angling 01925 635486

RESULTS:

Disabled & Over 60's

1)      Lennie Dutton  6-0-0

2)      Jimmy Byrne    4-11-0

3)      Dennis Bates    3-13-6

4)      Alan Clark

Barry Owen     2-12-0

Mersey Series:

1)      Neil Davies     1-10-6

2)      Geoff Shaw     1-7-10

Bob Campbell 1-

18th October 2011 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

18^th October 2011 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes.

Member J Hall had a cracking brace of pike from the Dee at Almere Ferry with fish of 21lbs and 25lbs both taken using dead bait. I have no further details at present but our local bailiff has promised me pictures which will be posted on our website. I have been telling members of the pike potential on this river for years, pity they don't grow so big on a diet of cormorants. Anglers are enjoying excellent sport with roach and grayling taken on caster and maggot although if this rain keeps up that will change.

As the Dee salmon season closed on Monday of this week it appears from reports that it was a pretty uneventful end to a good season with only one fish of 5lbs taken off our beats. I usually get to know more in a week or so when a few conscientious members send me their angling logs. It is a pity that this behaviour doesn't 'catch on' with more of our members as how else do we put a 'value' on a fishery be it coarse or game, certainly not solely on aesthetics. Some of you will have heard me recount on past occasions when after no reports for some considerable time we relinquished a lease on a stretch of river only to be inundated with complaints from irate members that the committee were out of touch. How true ... if only they had given us a clue!

After a spell of something approaching 15 matches without touching any prize money other than to pay it out to others, at long last things came together on Monday at Beech Road for our disabled and over 60's match organiser John Dagnall, (I understand with some rigs and coaching from one of the regular 'winners') with a well deserved section win of 2-7-0. Although match winner Barry Owen almost trebled that with a net of bread punch and caster caught roach of 6-8-0.

There were no bream caught in the Mersey Series match this week but winner Geoff Shaw put a nice net of feeder caught roach on the scales for 7-13-0 and a decisive win over runner up Jimmy Byrne who was exactly 4lbs light on 3-13-0.

Sport has improved at Rixton Claypits with members enjoying some good catches of roach and skimmers. Method feeder tactics with two red maggots at the business end is giving the best results.

You can now log onto the new Angling Trust Northwest Forum website at www.anglingtrustnorthwest.net . You can use this for feeding back or gaining information from around our region. A really important feature is the running log on cormorant sightings where already 4500 anglers have given this vital information. This facility is open to all anglers, AT members or not, as the subsequent findings will benefit our sport across the board.

Please keep sending me your catch reports either by phone Tel 01928 716238 or email frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk. HQ Parker Street is now open as usual between 7 & 9pm on Friday, for 2011 subscriptions, new memberships, and any queries.

Frank Lythgoe

COMING EVENTS:

SATURDAY:

Warrington Anglers Local Winter League (Ditchfield Br to Lymm Br)

SUNDAY:

Mersey Series (members only) draw 10am Victoria Park

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's Draw 10-30am Stockton Heath British Legion. Contact John Dagnall at Cheshire Angling 01925 635486

 

RESULTS:

Disabled & Over 60's

1)      Barry Owen      6-8-0

2)      Pete Critchley  5-4-0

3)      Jimmy Byrne   4-0-8

4)      Alf Seddon      3-6-12

 

Mersey Series:

1)      Geoff Shaw   7-13-0

2)      Jimmy Byrne 3-13-0

3)      Paul Hitchen  1-14-0

11th October 2011 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

11^th October 2011 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes.

Following their successful trip exactly a month ago to our stretch of the River Wye Richard Pierce and his three pals made the trek again last weekend. Initially they faced a rising river carrying weed and debris that certainly had an adverse effect on sport with only eight barbel between them on the first session.  Undeterred the next day they had twenty chub to just over 5lbs taken mainly on halibut pellet, but the icing on the cake for Richard was a PB pike of 19-9-0 taken on dead bait. The fish had what looked to be a bite mark from another pike in front of its dorsal fin so who knows what leviathan lurks in the river.

The River Dee is a good all round river where you can fish for whatever species, coarse or game, that  floats your boat. Our bailiff Mike Lewis reports that our stretch at Almere Ferry has this past week produced barbel to 9-2-0, a trio of perch to one member of 2-2-0, 2-4-0, topped by a fish of 2.5lbs.  Grayling are now starting to shoal and are giving good sport with a fish of 2-2-0 being taken by Karl Nicholls.

On the game scene as we approach the last weekend of the Dee salmon season (ends 17^th October) there have been good numbers of fish caught mainly averaging around 7lbs but one of 20lbs was taken on our Worthenbury stretch on Saturday. On the downside I have heard of one angler killing three fish in a single session!  Not only that but some are clearly flouting the current byelaw of fly and spin only and fishing worm. Some decent sea-trout are showing with fish to over 3lbs caught by members.

Large bream again dominated the results in our Sunday match on the Mersey with Roy Everson having only four bites but converted them all and weighed in four fish for a winning net of 21lbs. Second placed match organiser Bob Campbell is on a roll after winning a good chunk of coin in Ireland last week, however on this occasion one bream of 7-8-0 plus a few bits for a total of 8-0-0 was enough to put him in the money.

Our regular Monday disabled & over 60's match scheduled for the Bridgewater Canal at Moore had to be hurriedly moved to the 'Dead Length' at the last minute when members turned up to find MSC staff carrying out some major tree removal works. Under the circumstances it proved to be a blessing in disguise with the majority of anglers breaking the 2.5lbs barrier in the prevailing windy and rainy conditions. Winner, Bud Leigh put a nice mixed net of fish on the scales for 4-7-7 just over 4ozs ahead of runner up Jimmy Byrne.

 Please keep sending me your catch reports either by phone Tel 01928 716238 or email frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk. HQ Parker Street is now open as usual between 7 & 9pm on Friday, for 2011 subscriptions, new memberships, and any queries.

Frank Lythgoe

COMING EVENTS:

SUNDAY:

Mersey Series (members only) draw 10am Victoria Park

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's Draw 10-30am Stockton Heath British Legion. Contact John Dagnall at Cheshire Angling 01925 635486

RESULTS:

Disabled & Over 60's

1)      Bud Leigh      4-7-8

2)      Jimmy Byrne 4-3-4

3)      George Barber 3-11-12

4)      Barry Owen     3-11-8

Mersey Series:

1)      Roy Everson   21-4-0

2)      Bob Campbell  8-0-0

3)      Paul Harding    4-14-12

4)      Paul Hitch        3-0-0

4th October 2011 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

4^th October 2011 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes.

A worrying development at our Manchester end of the Bridgewater Canal is that a male person has been asking anglers to pay a day ticket. This has been brought to our attention by a junior member who was likewise approached but asked the man to produce his membership card whereupon he walked away and left the scene.  For the record we do not issue day tickets on any part of the canal. If anyone is approached please ring the police immediately and also let me know.

A new and long awaited series of pike matches are being run in the North West by Baileys Tackle and they are proving popular with the first match to be held on Grey Mist Mere at month end already a sell-out. The series has also attracted some top tackle sponsors with lots of prizes on offer ranging from clothing to rods. Anyone interested in taking part ring Andy or Bernard at Baileys Tackle on 01925 823441.

It is getting that time of the year when pike fishing comes into its own so local waters such as the River Mersey which is virtually untapped are worth a visit. One angler this week tried his hand on the venue and had fish of 9, 11, and 17lbs during a short day session. All were taken on dead bait. If running water is your thing and you fancy something further afield or more picturesque then you could do far worse than try our Dee fisheries which hold quality pike.

Sandiway large lake has produced a fair number of big twenties and thirties so far this year, the latest I hear on the grapevine only this past week was allegedly 34lbs, but as usual no confirmation and sadly no photographs which are vital to monitor growth rates and to ensure our stocking policy is on track. Many thanks to those few members who do take the trouble to send me their fish details which of course I do not report if that is their wish.

The Bridgewater Canal is currently alive with small skimmer bream so the next few seasons could be interesting as they pack on weight in this popular fishery.  Some certainly showed up in our Disabled & Over 60's match which resulted in a dead heat as local canal aces Jimmy Byrne and Lennie Dutton both put identical mixed nets on the scales for 5-8-8. Committee member Graham Belton took the third spot with 5lbs dead.

Please keep sending me your catch reports either by phone Tel 01928 716238 or email frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk. HQ Parker Street is now open as usual between 7 & 9pm on Friday, for 2011 subscriptions, new memberships, and any queries.

Frank Lythgoe

COMING EVENTS:

SUNDAY:

Mersey Series (members only) draw 10am Victoria Park

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's Draw 10-30am Stockton Heath British Legion. Contact John Dagnall at Cheshire Angling 01925 635486

 

RESULTS:

Disabled & Over 60's

1)      Jim Byrne/Lennie Dutton 5-8-8

3)      Graham Belton        5-0-0

4)      Ian McLean             2-12-14