27th December 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

27^th December, 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Well, I hope everyone received the Christmas presents that they were hoping for and really had a good time. Due to the fact that some thieving ****s (you can fill in the missing letters to suit) stole the majority of my fishing tackle last month I sent Santa a long list and although it will take a good few years to make up the loss a start was made.

Motivated by this and the high number of tackle thefts reported to the police the thought crossed my mind that if we had a number of dedicated volunteers to run an online 'stolen tackle site' it may be of some help. Because currently there is absolutely no way of checking if you buy from online sites or other outlets. It goes without saying that those who buy knowingly are in my book the lowest of the low.    

As usual there were members out fishing on Christmas Day and Boxing Day and due to the unseasonal mild weather they caught a few fish. Bailiff Joe Garry and his mate Stu Smith fished Woodshaw Reservoir where Joe landed three carp and Stu had an all roach catch.

Martin Lenihan repeated his success of last week's Sunday Series to make it two in a row and win our Boxing Day Special Mersey Match with a weight of 3-7-12 taken on ground bait feeder and maggot. It was really good to see Jim Gannon back fishing following a spell in hospital….it takes a lot to keep a good man down and using his favoured ground bait feeder tactics, and I suspect at some point bread was on the hook, he weighed an all roach catch of 3-6-8 to take second place.

Following previous weeks mega-catches on the Trent & Mersey Canal our Tuesdays Disabled & Over 60's match weights were absolutely decimated and the lowest that I think I have ever reported from this fishery during the thirty years or so I have been writing this column. Nevertheless, Paul Bibby made his first visit to the series count but needed only one fish, a perch of 9ozs for the win. Alan Brown and George Hollis were joint second with just over 6ozs.

Tight lines to everyone for the New Year.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 8-30pm for new members, subscriptions, night permit renewals, and any queries. Please email catch details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

RESULTS:-

Boxing Day Special Mersey Series:

1) Martin Lenihan        3-7-12

2) Jim Gannon              3-6-8 

3) Jimmy Byrnes          2-3-8

4) Alan Morris              2-1-0

Disabled & Over 60's (Bridgewater Canal)  

1)  Paul Bibby                               0-9-0

2) George Hollis/Alan Brown    0-12-12            

4) Jimmy Byrnes                          0-5-2

4) Geoff Brooks     2-14-4

Coming Events:

SUNDAY:

Mersey Series: Draw 10am Kingsway Allotments

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's (Trent & Mersey Canal) draw 10am School Road.

 

20th December 2016 Warrington Anglers Guardian Notes

20^th December, 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

A number of members who have been exploring our river fisheries of late have been pleasantly surprised by their natural and wild state. As a club with the exception of the Mersey we have always left these waters to evolve as nature intended which I think makes a fishing trip special. Some of my red-letter days have come about by first of all selecting an interesting and likely looking swim, making a way to the water's edge through the undergrowth, and finally waiting with anticipation for the stick- float to dip under as it trots downstream. Then it's game on.

Martin Lenihan won our Sunday Mersey Match with a combination of ground bait feeder and pole caught roach for 4-11-0.  Ant Higham (AKA the King of the river) was in the runner-up spot with a similar all roach catch taken on ground bait feeder and maggot for 4-5-0.

As sport slows at this time of the year Houghs Bridge area of the Bridgewater Canal is worth a visit where quality roach and perch to 2lbs were reported this past week. Pinkie brings on the smaller fish but persevere with caster and like regular contributor Mike Pritchard you could be in line for that perch of a lifetime. During Mike's short session this week he also managed to 'catch' a pike of around 7lbs…..well not catch in the truest sense of the word as this predator became over  enthusiastic in attacking his keepnet and its teeth became tangled in the small mesh. Mike released it a good few pegs away where other pike were striking a small roach.

On the same length of canal weights were halved from the previous week on the Trent & Mersey and Alan Brown moved up a place from last week to take a win with 5-12-15 of small roach on pinkie and bread. George Hollis was second with 3-10-14. All the weights came from amongst the trees anyone who drew outside of those pegs found the going really tough. Please note the match next week is on Tuesday following Boxing Day on the Trent & Mersey at School Road.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 8-30pm for new members, subscriptions, night permit renewals, and any queries. Please email catch details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

RESULTS:-

Sunday Mersey Series:

1) Martin Lenihan        4-11-0

2) Ant Higham              4-5-0 

3) Roy Everson             3-15-4

4) Jimmy Byrnes          3-15-4

Disabled & Over 60's (Bridgewater Canal)  

1)  Alan Brown      5-12-15

2) George Hollis    3-10-14            

3) Jimmy Byrnes    3-3-6

4) Geoff Brooks     2-14-4

Coming Events:

MONDAY:

Boxing Day Special -  Mersey Series: Draw 10am Kingsway Allotments

TUESDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's (Trent & Mersey Canal) draw 10am School Road.

13th December 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

13^th December, 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

It is with sadness that I report the death on Sunday after a long illness of an old friend and longstanding Warrington Anglers Association member Roslind Claire  Cummings. Ros as she was affectionally known was in past years active in our ladies match scene and represented Warrington Anglers Association at national championships on numerous occasions. She also helped WAA with our junior events and annually helped with 'the licking and sticking' process of sending out our license booklets. Our deepest sympathies go out to husband Pete and family.

Committed river angler Ade Green enjoyed a visit to the River Dane at Holmes Chapel on Sunday where fishing stick-float and maggot and changing swims when bites dried up he reports catching 22 brown trout and grayling to 1lb and a chub of around 4lbs. Unfortunately, his session was suddenly cut short when he fell and ended up wet through with his waders full of water.

Regular column contributor Mike Pritchard reports a good session on the Bridgewater Canal at the Dead Length on Saturday where fishing a small waggler he soon had around 3lbs of small roach on pinkie. A switch to caster attracted a better stamp of roach to 9oz and he ended his session with over 6.5lbs but reckons he would have had more but for the ducks who were more than happy to devour the free offerings. That's fishing.

Bites were scarce on our Sunday Mersey Match but Jimmy Byrnes managed to stay just over an ounce ahead of second placed Ade Green. Jimmy fished a ground bait feeder and maggot for an all roach catch of 3-14-4 including fish to 10oz.  Committee member Ade also fished a ground bait feeder but with five small roach in his net after the first hour he swapped over to pole and maggot for a weight of 3-12-10.

Weights were good on Monday our Disabled & Over 60's match that was fished on the Trent & Mersey Canal at School Lane.  Derek Bibby was top rod with an impressive winter catch of small roach and skimmers for a weight of 12-7-8 taken on pole fished red maggot and pinkie. Alan Brown was the runner-up with 10-7-9 taken on bread punch and pinkie. Graham Belton with a weight of 6lbs and usually enough for a win missed the money by a mile. Back on the Bridgewater at Houghs Bridge next week.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 8-30pm for new members, subscriptions, night permit renewals, and any queries. Please email catch details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

RESULTS:-

Sunday Mersey Series:

1) Jimmy Byrnes      3-14-4

2) Ade Green           3-12-10 

3) Derek Bibby         3-0-0

4) Ant Higham         2-2-8  

Disabled & Over 60's (Trent & Mersey Canal)  

1)  Derek Bibby        12-7-8

2) Alan Brown          10-7-9            

3) George Barber       9-1-6

4) Jimmy Byrnes         8-7-0

Coming Events:

SATURDAY: 

SUNDAY:

Sunday Mersey Series: Draw 9am Kingsway Allotments

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's (Bridgewater Canal) draw 10am Houghs Bridge.

 

6th December 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

6^th December, 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Last Saturday saw Cameron Daley (pictured below) who will reach the tender age of four years in January out for a short piking session on the Bridgewater Canal with his dad Steve. His first try at spinning resulted in a waterlogged plastic bag but a couple of casts later he hooked and landed a small jack. A change of method to float-fished lamprey tail resulted in his biggest fish to date at 8-6-0. After playing and landing both of them himself he struck and hooked another but magnanimously handed the rod to dad Steve to take the third which fell to smelt.

 

 Our Sunday Mersey Match produced a first win of this year's series for Roy Everson (aka The Cobra) who fished a groundbait feeder and maggot for a couple of perch plus roach for a weight of 4-12-0. Second place was rather crowded when three anglers ended up with identical weights. Karl Guy, Ant Higham, and 'tip-master' Paul Harding all put 3-5-0 on the scales to share the money from the three places.  

This weeks Disabled & Over 60's 'Christmas' prize match fished at Walton saw George Barber who it is rumoured has shares in Warbuton's Bakery take yet another win fishing the pole and the white stuff on the hook with 4-6-6 of roach. Derek Bibby took second place with a similar catch for 4-1-9. Every angler received a prize in this friendly weekly series. Next week there is a venue change to the Trent & Mersey Canal at School Lane.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 8-30pm for new members, subscriptions, night permit renewals, and any queries. Please email catch details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

RESULTS:-

Sunday Mersey Series:

1) Roy Everson      4-12-0

2) Karl Guy, Ant Higham, and Paul Harding  3-5-0

5) Ray Boden        3-4-0

Disabled & Over 60's (Bridgewater Canal)  

1)  George Barber         4-6-6

2) Derek Bibby               4-1-9            

3) Stu Patterson            3-7-7

4) Keith Wernham        3-4-4

Coming Events:

SATURDAY: 

SUNDAY:

Sunday Mersey Series: Draw 10am Kingsway Allotments

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's (Trent & Mersey Canal) Draw 10am School Road.

29th November 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

29th November, 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

It is with sadness that I report the death of Joe Myers from Trough House Farm. Our condolences go out to his wife Christine and family.

Those members who fish our stretch of the Ribble will be aware that due to the kindness of Joe who was both an accomplished angler and longtime member of Warrington Anglers Association they were able to fish the upstream part as he allowed them to park their vehicles in his farmyard without charge. After Joe was diagnosed with terminal cancer just before Christmas last year it is the measure of the man that he was concerned that our parking in his farm be put on a permanent basis as the future was so uncertain. I must admit that this action really touched me in that he was thinking about others at such a time. The result is that this past week a new carpark that we share jointly with Prince Albert was duly completed.

Due to a fall in attendance the Saturday Mersey Series matches have been put on hold but will be reinstated if there are sufficient numbers of members interested. Our Sunday Mersey matches are taking place as normal but the draw time has been altered to 9-45am.

On Sunday, the weights were predictably low again and as this is the time of the year when catching small fish on a quiver tip really comes into play it was really no surprise to see last week's winner, the tip-master himself Paul Harding clock up another. He fished a groundbait feeder and maggot for an all roach catch of 3-6-0. The runner-up was Roy Everson fishing the same method with 2-15-0. Fish were tightly shoaled and the top four anglers were all bang on the money in more ways than one.

This weeks Disabled & Over 60's match fished again in the Dead Length saw Derek Bibby take the win with an all roach catch for a weight of 4-13-6. The match was dominated by small silver fish but second placed Keith Wernham persevered with caster and found a few larger roach for exactly 4lbs.

With the onset of the colder weather and the possibility of fisheries iced over the number of catch reports I receive from members understandably falls in proportion so if you don't mind sharing your catch reports to help fellow members please email catch details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 8-30pm for new members, subscriptions, night permit renewals, and any queries.

Frank Lythgoe

RESULTS:-

Sunday Mersey Series:

1) Paul Harding      3-6-0

2) Roy Everson       2-15-0

3) Ant Higham        2-10-0

4) Alan Morris         1-12-0

Disabled & Over 60's (Bridgewater Canal)  

1)  Derek Bibby         4-13-6

2) Keith Wernham    4-0-0            

3) George Hollis         3-12-7

4) Stu Patterson         3-5-7

Coming Events:

SATURDAY: 

SUNDAY:

Sunday Mersey Series: Draw 9-45am Victoria Park

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's (Bridgewater Canal) Draw 9-30am Houghs Bridge.

22nd November 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

22nd November, 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

It is always as a last resort when your management committee withdraw membership for serious breaches of our rules. Last week two members were banned for leaving litter and amazingly expected not to lose their membership for a first offence. Quite frankly leaving litter shows a complete disregard for all our sport stands for. Another member was banned after being repeatedly warned by our bailiff to reel in his extra rod and even worse left his baited rods unattended. The latter aside from breaching Environment Agency fisheries legislation can easily result in a fish being tethered and possibly condemning it to a slow death by starvation.  

I realise at this time of the year that river conditions can change overnight but the tiny River Dane is worth a visit as in the past few weeks members have reported catches of both chub and grayling. The trick is bigger baits to avoid the minnows and that is exactly what Alan green did when after being plagued by these voracious little feeders he changed to legered luncheon meat which stopped the tiny rod tip quivers and bingo when the tip eventually moved again there was no mistaking that it was a real bite as it slammed round and he was into his first Dane chub. At around 2.5lbs not a monster but as it was followed by four others around the same stamp plus a small grayling that also had a taste for meat it was good sport nevertheless.

Due to adverse river conditions the Saturday Mersey Series match was cancelled but the band of hardy Mersey devotees were out the following day to support our annual 'Christmas' prize match which is sponsored annually by our Association. Paul Harding clocked up his first win of the year with 1-9-0 of fifteen small roach caught on groundbait feeder and maggot. Paul's sidekick, Ant Higham aka The King of the River was in second place using the same method and weighed in twelve fish for a weight of 1-4-12. Many thanks to committee member Ade Green whose well-practiced shopping skills ensured every angler received a prize.

This weeks Disabled & Over 60's match fished in the Dead Length saw George Barber add to his successful results of previous weeks to make it a triple consecutive win. He fished his usual pole and bread punch tactics and for good measure winkled out a few perch with pinkie for a clear win with a predominantly roach catch weighing 4-2-12. Alan Brown was the runner-up with 2-12-12.  

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 8-30pm for new members, subscriptions, night permit renewals, and any queries. Really short on reports at this time of the year so if you don't mind sharing your catch reports to help fellow members please email catch details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

RESULTS:-

Saturday Mersey Series: Cancelled.

Sunday Mersey Series (Christmas Prize Match):

1) Paul Harding      1-9-0

2) Ant Higham        1-4-0

3) Paul Hitchen/Martin Lenihan 1-2-0

Disabled & Over 60's (Bridgewater Canal)  

1)  George Barber      4-2-12

2) Alan Brown             2-12-12            

3) Lennie Dutton        1-13-15

4) Graham Belton       1-12-9 (all perch)

Coming Events:

SATURDAY: 

Saturday Mersey Series draw 9am Kingsway allotments

SUNDAY:

Sunday Mersey Series draw 9am Victoria Park

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's (Bridgewater Canal) Draw 10am Walton Arms.

15th November 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

15^th November, 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Our annual carp stocking went well on Saturday and although a lot less in number than in previous years (twenty shared between four fisheries) the quality of the V S Fisheries sourced fish was top drawer with seventeen over 20lbs and the smallest 18.5lbs. Grey Mist Mere received four as did Moore Quarry and Sandiway small lake, the final eight went into Sandiway large lake. It was the luck of the drawer but the Quarry ended up with the two largest fish weighing 24lbs and 24.5lbs plus the only common at 21.5lbs. The introduction of these fish almost makes up for losses throughout the year. Thanks to all who helped and especially to seven year old Ben Wilcock who carried out the important job of numbering the fish for photographic identification at Sandiway.

A number of members have been asking for bream and tench to be stocked into Sandiway Lakes but the problem is sourcing home bred fish that are cormorant proof. There should be some survival through natural spawning but this does depend on factors aside from predation.

I visited committee member Ade Green on Tuesday afternoon at Appleton Reservoir where he was targeting the resident roach stocks. Using a small feeder and double hooking with dead maggot he had sixteen roach up to 12ozs plus a brace of chunky perch around the pound mark. Ade had suitably advised couple of young members earlier who were unwittingly using fixed leads which in the case of a line break are almost a death sentence to fish as whilst towing the rig are quite likely to become tethered and starve to death.

With the onset of the colder weather predator anglers are planning to visit waters and hopefully latch on to some specimen pike or perch. In the interests of fish welfare one item of kit they must not forget is their unhooking mat.

The Saturday Mersey Series match was won again by Jimmy Byrne with 5-4-0 made up of skimmers and roach caught on groundbait feeder and maggot. Martin Lenihan was in second place with exactly 4-0-0 which included a bonus 2lbs skimmer taken on the same tactics but it could have ended differently had he not lost three good sized skimmers in a snag.

The following day with the river carrying extra water the weights plummeted and Jim Gannon needed only twelve small roach caught using groundbait feeder and punch bread weighing 1-13-0 for a win. The runner-up was Paul Hitchen with 1-5-0.

Previous poor match results on the Bridgewater were reversed for this weeks Disabled & Over 60's match at Houghs Bridge, even outstripping the River Mersey weekend fixtures. George Barber made it two in a row repeating his win the previous week with an all roach catch taken on pole and bread punch tactics for a weight of 7-7-5. He had between 120 and 130 small roach and caught on his first put in. Derek Bibby was second with 6-10-4. There were a few pike hooked and Alan Brown lost one but landed another around the 6lbs mark … they don't count in our matches.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 8-30pm for new members, subscriptions, night permit renewals, and any queries. If you don't mind sharing your catch reports to help fellow members please email details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

RESULTS:-

Saturday Mersey Series: 

1) Jimmy Byrne        5-4-0           

2) Martin Lenihan   5-0-0

3) Jim Gannon         4-5-0

4) Barry Chambers 2-9-0

Sunday Mersey Series:

1) Jim Gannon       1-13-0

2) Paul Hitchen      1-5-0

3) Roy Everson/Ray Boden  1-2-0

Disabled & Over 60's (Bridgewater Canal) 

1)  George Barber      7-7-5

2) Derek Bibby           6-10-4            

3) Alan Brown            5-1-13

4) Jimmy Byrne          4-14-4

Coming Events:

SATURDAY:

Saturday Mersey Series draw 9am Kingsway allotments

SUNDAY:

Sunday Mersey Series Prize match draw 9am Victoria Park. Membership cards must be shown.

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's (Bridgewater Canal) Draw 10am Walton Arms.

 

8th November 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

8^th November, 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

A bit of good news is that our annual stocking program of pre-ordered VS Fisheries carp takes place on Saturday kicking off as usual at Grey Mist Mere around 12 noon followed by Moore Quarry and then on to Sandiway Lakes. There are twenty fish around the 20lbs mark although we never know exact weights until they are weighed at the venues on the day. All interested members welcome and anyone with a decent camera is especially so as our 'official photographer' is away on holiday.

Still on the carp scene (quiet, or should I say secretive for the past few weeks or so) Appleton Reservoir is still producing a few fish. Nick Sergeant had a nice mirror of 24lbs on Monday and the next day a member who had blanked on the water on his first three visits landed a mirror just short of 20lbs witnessed by committee member Ade Green who himself  had been catching a few roach on bread feeder from the wall.   

Match results on the Bridgewater are poor although this is the time when the travelling light 'drop-shotting' members come into their own as the colour starts to drop out of the canal. Dennis Halpern reports catching five pike from 5lbs to the best at 11-8-0 along with two perch around the pound mark from the Lymm area.

Our Saturday Mersey Series match was won by Jimmy Byrne with 8-7-0 of roach taken on pole and maggot. Ray Boden was in second place with 4-10-0.

The following day Boden was back in the winners spot on Sunday's event with 9-5-5 of roach plus three perch, weaving more of his pole magic. Members keep asking me what his secret is and all I can say is he is an exceptional angler and a master of the Mersey. Runner-up was the same as last week, Dave Hill with 6-15-0 and in fact the next two places were the same names as last week.

The Disabled & Over 60's match saw low weights again on the Bridgewater Canal and George Barber who I have no doubt was fishing his favourite bread punch was the clear winner with 3-4-0 over double the weight of second places Mick Daniels who weighed in at 1-5-0.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 8-30pm for new members, subscriptions, night permit renewals, and any queries. If you don't mind sharing your catch reports to help fellow members please email details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

RESULTS:-

Saturday Mersey Series: 

1) Jimmy Byrne   8-7-0           

2) Ray Boden       4-10-0

3) Paul Bibby       2-15-0

4) Jim Gannon     2-10-0

Sunday Mersey Series:

1) Ray Boden        9-5-5

2) Dave Hill            6-15-0

3) Jimmy Byrnes   5-10-0

4) Martin Lenihan 5-2-0

Disabled & Over 60's (Bridgewater Canal) 

1)  George Barber      3-4-0

2) Mick Daniels           1-5-0            

3) George Hollis          1-3-15

4) Stan Charnock        0-14-11

Coming Events:

SATURDAY:

Saturday Mersey Series draw 9am Kingsway allotments

SUNDAY:

Sunday Mersey Series draw 9am Victoria Park

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's (Bridgewater Canal) Draw 10am Houghs Bridge.

1st November 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

1^st November, 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

The Mersey is at this time producing the most consistent weights with roach being the predominant species. Our Saturday Series match was won by Alan Birchall fishing with pole and maggot for a round 13lbs. Jimmy Byrne was in second place only a couple of roach light of a win with 12-14-0. Paul Bibby fishing his first Mersey match asked organizer Ray Boden if he needed worms but Ray advised he keep it simple and stick with pole and maggots. Result…. Paul came fourth and thanking Ray after weight-in reckoned that it was one of the best day's river fishing in years. Paul kicked off with the feeder but with only three fish to show for his efforts changed to pole and maggot as advised. For the record there were six weights over 6lbs which is not too bad at this time of the year.

That guy Boden notched up yet another win on the Sunday event despite a scare from Ant Higham aka The King of the River who appeared at the draw looking rather 'peaky' claiming he was in Halloween costume although looking at the picture he looked quite his normal self. Again roach featured wholly in catches and Ray weighed 11-5-0 of the red finned beauties taken on the usual pole and maggot method. Dave Hill was the runner-up with 8-7-0.

The Disabled & Over 60's match weights on the Bridgewater Canal dropped again this week and Roy Rogers needed only 3-10-6 of pole caught roach and perch to take his first win in this series. Held at Walton barely eight ounces separated the first four anglers with not a single skimmer being caught.  Runner-up Dennis Bate weighed in a similar net of fish for 3-4-5.

Our stretch of the River Dane at Holmes Chapel is always worth a visit at this time of the year when the dace and grayling for some reason start to show in numbers. Although maggots will undoubtedly attract minnows it is worth persevering as when the larger fish show up they will be much less of a problem. A small stick-float should do the job nicely.  Reports please.

We had a report of seven small carp deaths on Statham Pool and as you would expect we immediately reported the matter to the Environment Agency Fisheries Department. The fish had been dead for some time and could have washed down the feeder stream but nevertheless it is better to be safe than sorry in this current climate with quite a number of reports of fisheries being effected by outbreaks KHV. By far the best method to prevent the spread is to ensure that nets, mats, and equipment are thoroughly dried before use.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 8-30pm for new members, subscriptions, night permit renewals, and any queries. If you don't mind sharing your catch reports to help fellow members please email details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk.

Frank Lythgoe

RESULTS:-

Saturday Mersey Series: 

1) Alan Birchall   13-0-0           

2) Jimmy Byrne   12-14-0

3) Ray Boden       11-6-0

4) Paul Bibby          6-9-0

Sunday Mersey Series:

1) Ray Boden       11-5-0

2) Dave Hill             8-7-0

3) Jimmy Byrnes    8-6-0

4) Alan Birchall/Martin Lenihan  6-14-0

Disabled & Over 60's (Bridgewater Canal) 

1)  Roy Rogers            3-10-6

2) Dennis Bate            3-4-5            

3) Jimmy Byrne           3-4-3

4) George Hollis           3-3-5

Coming Events:

SATURDAY:

Saturday Mersey Series draw 9am Victoria Park

SUNDAY:

Sunday Mersey Series draw 9am Victoria Park

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's (Bridgewater Canal) Draw 10am Daresbury Labs Bridge 144.

25th October 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

25th October, 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Tony Rough managed to fit in a two hour session on the Alyn in Hope on Sunday morning. The river level was very low so he decided to fish one of the bends that a local ex-angler informed him was once known as eel corner. Fishing a small crystal waggler and feeding just five or six maggots at a time he caught half a dozen small grayling, and around a dozen small brown trout. On his own admission not a huge catch but nevertheless great fun on light tackle and his old faithful canal rod in pleasant surroundings. Enjoyment of our sport is not solely about catching big nets of fish although it does help.

Committee member Ade Green and yours truly were out and about again on WAA business at our stretch of the river Wye on Monday where we are trying to sort out the access problems. It is a long drive and it would have been a waste if we had not packed our rods in the off-chance that we may have time to wet a line. Well, as you may have guessed the opportunity arose and in my usual gentlemanly manner I gave Ade the first choice of swims whereupon he predictably picked the boss barbel/chub peg. We both set up feeder tackle and it was a race for the first fish, again it was down to me, a lovely brownie of around a pound which was followed by eight others, a few grayling, and a solitary dace. All on maggot but not a sign on pellet or caster. As for Ade he only had the one fish, a chub of around 4lbs taken on halibut pellet, but to be fair he did miss a good bite when I was borrowing some tape from him for my feeder.

Danny Sixsmith put in a rare appearance on our Mersey Saturday Series match and ended up a clear winner with 10-9-0 of roach and hybrids to 12oz taken on pole and maggot tactics. Derek Bibby was in runner-up spot with 7-11-0 of roach and small chub. It is nice to see the chub appearing in catches as enough were stocked in the river both by WAA and the Environment Agency but for some reason they don't appear to reach any size much above the pound mark despite the abundance of natural food in the river. The Victoria Park stretch was the venue for our Sunday Series match which saw Derek Bibby move up a place to share the win jointly with match organiser Ray Boden both on 8-7-0 taken on pole and maggot.

The Disabled & Over 60's match weights on the Trent & Mersey Canal were down from the previous week's results but were still very respectable taking into account the changing weather conditions. Jimmy Byrne was the winner with 5-13-0. Derek Bibby who is never too far from the money collected another second place with 4-4-8 making a total of two seconds and a win over the three day period.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 8-30pm for new members, subscriptions, night permit renewals, and any queries. More catch reports please for inclusion in this column, send details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or ring me on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

RESULTS:-

Saturday Mersey Series: 

1) Danny Sixsmith  10-9-0           

2) Derek Bibby          7-11-0

3) Ray Boden             7-8-0

4) Alan Birchall          6-1-0

Sunday Mersey Series:

1) Derek Bibby/Ray Boden 8-7-0

3) Dave Hill                           5-13-0

4) Roy Everson                     5-8-0

Disabled & Over 60's (Trent & Mersey, School Road) 

1)  Jimmy Byrne        5-13-4

2) Derek Bibby           4-4-8            

3) Graham Belton      4-0-2

4) Geoff Brooks          3-15-2

Coming Events:

SATURDAY:

Saturday Mersey Series draw 9am on bank Kingsway allotments

SUNDAY:

Sunday Mersey Series draw 9am Victoria Park

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's (Bridgewater Canal) Draw 10am St Peters Church.

 

 

18th October 2016 Warrington Anglers Guardian Column

18th October, 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Ian Parr tried High Legh Fishery for the first time this past weekend but when he arrived at the venue and set up his tackle the horrible truth dawned on him, yes his bait was in the fridge at home. Don't worry Ian if anglers are truthful many have been in a similar position at some time or other. On this occasion it was Ian's butties that got him out of the hole even managing to salvage the meat filling and a bag of crisps for lunch. Sparingly feeding small balls of sloppy bread near the weed and crust on the hook he hooked and lost a carp after ten minutes. It was another hour before he landed his first carp and ended up with seven others to around 8lbs before the six rounds of thick sliced ran out.

Our Mersey Saturday Series match had a new winner this week when Derek Bibby fishing with a groundbait feeder and maggot put together a net of roach and perch weighing 10-14-0. Martin Lenihan took second place with a similar catch of exactly 10lbs.

The following day it was pole tactics as opposed to groundbait feeder that produced the winning catch of 8-15-0 of mainly roach and perch. Loose-feeding maggot Jimmy Byrnes had a 4lbs buffer over runner-up Jim Gannon who weighed 4-15-0 caught using his favorite feeder method and alternating between maggot and bread punch.

The Mersey is definitely improving but the large bream have all but disappeared or to coin a euphemism more than likely ended up as Tarka tucker as they are large slow moving targets for any stray otters that come over the weir at particularly high tides. However on a more positive note regular column contributor Mark Pritchard enjoyed a busy session in a swim adjacent to Victoria Park on Saturday when fishing a waggler and alternating between maggot and caster he had over fifty fish, mainly roach and perch plus the odd dace. Caster accounted for the better stamp of fish.

What a different a change of venue can make as catches were well up on Mondays Disabled & Over 60's match fished on the Trent & Mersey Canal at Northwich. Derek Bibby added another win to his Saturday Mersey success when he produced a winning weight of 8-4-12 of small roach and perch taken on pole tactics and ringing the changes between maggot and caster. Ron Durr was second with 7-1-4.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 8-30pm for new members, subscriptions, night permit renewals, and any queries. More catch reports please for inclusion in this column, send details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or ring me on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

RESULTS:-

Saturday Mersey Series: 

1) Derek Bibby        10-14-0           

2) Martin Lenihan   10-0-0

3) Jimmy Byrne         8-9-0

4) Ray Boden             7-0-0

Sunday Mersey Series:

1) Jimmy Byrne         8-15-0

2) Jim Gannon           4-15-0

 3) Ray Boden            4-4-0

4) Karl Guy                 3-15-0

Disabled & Over 60's (Trent & Mersey, School Road) 

1)  Derek Bibby        8-4-12

2) Ron Durr               7-1-4            

3) Jimmy Byrne        5-4-4

4) Graham Belton    4-11-0

Coming Events:

SATURDAY:

Saturday Mersey Series draw 9am on bank Kingsway allotments

SUNDAY:

Sunday Mersey Series draw 9am Victoria Park

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's (Trent & Mersey Canal) Draw 10am Farm Road.

 

11th October 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

11th October, 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Sandiway small lake is producing some cracking carp catches,  I am led to believe that four thirtys came out in the past week or so plus some stunning upper doubles. As usual I cannot name names but the back-up corroboration is in the number of bookings as they are not there for 'the camping'. Still it is really great to know that our stocking policy is producing the goods for the benefit of all members because the high protein baits our members are using also suit other species particularly the tench and bream. It would be interesting if a member really targetted the quality roach that this water holds.  On Saturday a charity horseride is taking place that will pass from Whitgate Way along the track that connects to the centre one and then along this between our two lakes. It will not effect anglers in any way.

A couple of issues have been brought to my attention this past week both in breach of our rules. The first is that under no circumstances must carp or other species over 2.5lbs be retained by any means without the express permision of the committee or in authorised matches. Members are permitted to photgraph specimen fish at the time of capture after which they must be released immediately. The second issue may not seem as important but those who bring non-members onto our private locked fisheries are putting our club at risk in this current claim society that has evolved. Strictly members only means just that.

I spent a day at our Loton Park Fishery on the River Severn last week accompanied by fellow committee member Ade Green at a meeting over access issues with the Agent. It is a fact that when we first took on these rights the land was used just for grazing and driving to the river by vehicle was a piece of cake in dry conditions. Farming usage has changed over time and now without a 4x4 or one with good ground clearance it is virtually impossible. The agent has agreed to look at car parking arrangements, taking out ruts, stone gateways, and open up those that restrict free passage along the river. 

This excercise didn't take all day and we just happened to have rods and bait in the car and it would have been a sin to leave without checking out the river. I gave gave Ade the choice of swim and chose one upstream. It was head down to catch the first fish, ....and yes it was yours truly ensuring Ade knew about it; after that it was one a chuck running a chubber through with double maggot a metre or so from the bank. All went well until suddenly Ade appeared at my side (having so far in the session blanked)as I was unhooking a plump roach. Casting in again and several runs down the swim produced nothing until it hit me like a brick, Ade had clomped along the waters edge and scattered the fish, I was ever so grateful and told him so in no uncertain terms. He then broke his duck and started catching a a mixture of small chub, dace, and roach, the latter were really good stamp fish. And to interest the game anglers a salmon of well into double figures jumped in my swim. We will be back.

Our Mersey Saturday Series saw Ray Boden put together a nice net of roach and perch taken on pole and maggot to take a well deserved win with 12-2-0. Ray had almost 5lbs to spare over runner-up Alan Birchall who weighed in 7-7-0 after a dodgy start when he fell in and was warned for swimming.  

Boden again showed his mastery of pole tactics on the river when he took another win on our Sunday Mersey Series with even a few ounces increase on his previous days catch that again left him well clear of the rest of the field. With a weight of 12-5-0 he was exactly 5lbs ahead of second placed King of the River (Ant Higham) who weighed 7-5-0 of roach and perch taken on groundbait feeder and maggot.

Weights were well down on our Disabled & Over 60's match on Monday fished on the Bridgewater at Preston Brook. It saw John Dagnall put together his first win of the series this year with 1-10-5 followed by George Hollis with 1-7-2. Next week please note a change of venue to the Trent & Mersey at School Lane. 

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 8-30pm for new members, subscriptions, night permit renewals, and any queries. More catch reports please for inclusion in this column, send details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or ring me on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

RESULTS:-

Saturday Mersey Series: 

1) Ray Boden          12-2-0            

2) Alan Birchall          7-7-0

3) Jimmy Byrne         6-14-0

4) Martin Kettle        4-7-0 

Sunday Mersey Series:

1) Ray Boden           12-5-0

2) Ant Higham           7-5-0

 3) Alan Birchall         6-6-0 

4) Karl Guy                 5-13-0

Disabled & Over 60's (Bridgewater Canal, Preston Brook)  

1) John Dagnall        1-10-5

2) George Hollis       1-7-2             

3) George Barber     1-3-5

4) Geoff Brooks        1-1-7 

Coming Events:

SATURDAY: 

Saturday Mersey Series draw 9am on bank Kingsway allotments 

SUNDAY:

Sunday Mersey Series draw 9am Victoria Park

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's (Trent & Mersey Canal) Draw 10am School Road.

27th September 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

27^th September, 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Tony Rough read my last week's report of Ian Rose's session on the River Dee at Shocklach and on Sunday decided to try the stretch for himself. He was blanking after trying three swims but a change to one below a gravel bar led to instant action with lots of quality dace, grayling to over a pound, and lots of small trout. Tony trotted a small Avon float down his swim loose-feeding maggot. This illustrates the value of sharing your catch info with fellow members.

Following his bathroom DIY catastrophe a number of months ago Fishless Fletcher has finally been allowed out. Back fishing with his partner in crime Eric J Smith on Cicily Mill it wasn't the usual hectic action but Fishless still managed a tench and three crucians, the best over 2lbs. On this occasion Eric was struggling and only had two bites all day resulting in a small crucian but then hooked into a really solid fish. Opting to let his mate net the fish proved to be an unwise choice for as the golden flanks of the fish came into view Fishless made his move with the net, only for Eric to see the fish of dreams disappear out of sight. The tirade of abuse that followed is unprintable.

I visited one of our forgotten waters for the first time in twenty five years on Tuesday and soon realised why I hadn't been back sooner. The tiny high banked Bollin was the venue where I caught this tiny river dropping from flood conditions. Despite over 2000yards of fishing there are few pegs, I fished two and blanked. I decided to try a few casts on the Mersey on the way home and managed two small roach, phew, I hate blanking.

Our Mersey Saturday Series saw Martin Lenihan take his second win of the year with a nice net of roach and perch taken on pole and maggot. Martin with 11-5-0 was almost 4lbs ahead of second placed Jimmy Byrne who weighed a similar mix of fish taken on the same method for 7-6-0.

Sunday saw a new Mersey Championship winner for 2016 when veteran angler Jimmy Gannon bucked the current trend and chose groundbait feeder and bread punch tactics over pole or float, it was the right decision as he added a bonus bream of 5lbs to to his 3lbs plus of roach for a total weight of 8-8-0. In joint second place was yesterday's winner Martin Lenihan and match organiser Ray Boden with 7-6-0.  Martin fished a feeder whilst Ray chose bolognaise.

Weights were down on our Disabled & Over 60's match on Monday fished on the Bridgewater at Keckwick. The best results came to the right of the bridge towards Preston Brook and Jimmy Byrne put together a catch of small silver fish for 3-2-8. Alan Brown on 3-1-10 was the runner-up and it was so close that another ounce would have seen the order reversed.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 9pm for new members, subscriptions, night permit renewals, and any queries. More catch reports please for inclusion in this column, send details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or ring me on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

RESULTS:-

Saturday Mersey Series: 

1) Martin Lenihan   11-5-0           

2) Jimmy Byrne         7-6-0

3) Martin Kettle        6-7-0

4) Derek Bibby          6-1-0

Sunday Mersey Series:

1) Jimmy Gannon     8-8-0

2) Joint:-

 Martin Lenihan

Ray Boden                7-6-0

4) Alan Morris          6-4-0

Disabled & Over 60's (Bridgewater Canal, Preston Brook) 

1) Jimmy Byrne        3-2-8

2) Alan Brown          3-1-10            

3) George Hollis       2-15-4

4) Graham Belton    2-12-0

Coming Events:

SATURDAY:

Saturday Mersey Series draw 9am on bank Kingsway allotments

SUNDAY:

Sunday Mersey Series draw 9am Victoria Park

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's (Bridgewater Canal) Draw 10am Acton Grange Bridge, Hollyhedge Lane.

20th September 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

20^th September, 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Ian Rose reported a good session on the Dee at Shocklach on Thursday when he took a couple of day's holiday and decided to try the stretch for the first time. Travelling light with only the minimum of tackle, a rod, landing net, and backpack he was soon tackled up and fishing. He fed maggot and was catching dace steadily on a stick-float and centre-pin. A change to caster in the hope of catching better stamp fish was slow but it paid off and his first bite was a chub of about 2lbs followed by five more, the biggest around 4lbs along with three grayling. Ian had the stretch to himself and will be making a return trip.

 I had a trip up to Worthington Lakes on Tuesday for a meeting and despite the weather being perfect only met two anglers who had taken advantage of the day to both enjoy a session catching quality roach around 12 ounces, perch to 1.5lbs, and hybrids. I realise that there is a healthy walk to pegs but it is smooth going for fishing trolleys. I definitely wished I had brought my tackle.  

Ray Boden was pushed into the runner-up spot in our Mersey Saturday Series when Alan Birchall fishing pole and maggot weighed in 10-6-0 of roach and perch to take the winner's purse. Rumour has it that Alan was claiming he wasn't catching and when the tidal bore topped the weir and rose two feet forcing him onto higher ground he wasn't a happy bunny but kept his cool. Ray weighed in 9-15-0 fishing the same tactics. The craic amongst the regulars is part of the attraction of on these matches.

Alan Birchall maintained his winning form the following day and enjoyed yet another Mersey win with a change in tactics to stick-float and maggot for a mixed net of roach, chub, perch, and dace weighing 6-12-0. That man Ray Boden was again pushed into second place with 5-11-0 taken on bolognaise and pole methods.

Our Disabled & Over 60's match on Monday was back on the Bridgewater at Preston Brook where the later pegs proved the better bet. Trevor Bainbridge drew amongst the fish and made the most of it putting together a mixed net that included two bonus bream to take his first win of the 2016 series with 7-4-0. Jimmy Byrne was in second place with 7-1-0.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 9pm for new members, subscriptions, night permit renewals, and any queries. I really would appreciate more members giving me their catch reports for inclusion in this column, looking forward to hearing from you. Please send details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or ring me on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

RESULTS:-

Saturday Mersey Series: 

1) Alan Birchall          10-6-0           

2) Ray Boden              9-15-0

3) Ade Green              9-5-0

4) Jimmy Byrne          7-6-0

Sunday Mersey Series:

1)      Alan Birchall      6-12-0

2)      Ray Boden         5-11-0

3)      Jimmy Gannon  5-8-0

4)      Martin Lenihan 5-4-0

Disabled & Over 60's (Bridgewater Canal, Preston Brook) 

1) Trevor Bainbridge      7-4-0

2) Jimmy Byrne               7-1-0             

3) Alan Brown                 5-0-0

4) George Hollis             4-9-0

Coming Events:

SATURDAY:

Saturday Mersey Series draw 9am on bank Kingsway allotments

SUNDAY:

Sunday Mersey Championship draw 9am Victoria Park

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's (Bridgewater Canal) Draw 10am Keckwick Hill Bridge.

13th September 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

13^th September, 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

 Fishing has been slow for Carl Harrison on Grey Mist and matters didn't improve much this past week for after seven hours without a bite he would have blanked if a tench had not taken his pellet on the last cast of the day. Not one to give up easily his second trip was a little better with a tench of a couple of pounds and a new PB at 6lb 12oz. Saturday he decided to visit Woodshaw Reservoir having not fished there for a while. He fished pellet on a small feeder and had an enjoyable session catching eight skimmer bream, twenty two crucians, and one roach. A return to the same peg on Sunday saw him rewarded with eight skimmers and twenty one crucians during a much shorter afternoon session. Carl told me his next trip is back to the Mist to face his nemeses.

A couple of weeks ago Eric J Smith enjoyed three sessions on Cicely Mill Pool, (well two of them anyway). Everything started well with three decent bream and seven crucians to just over 2lbs followed by his second session, another good day with nine crucians and a bream. On his final session it was blowing a gale when he arrived and to make matters worse he realised his bait was still in the fridge at home. Undeterred he rummaged in his holdall and finding some pellets decided to give it a go. Taking a breather before casting out his rod Eric did 'a first' and nodded off on his chair waking up around four hours later looking like a sun dried tomato. To make matters worse when he tried to move his back had gone into spasm and he had to hobble painfully back to his car for his painkillers. Returning to his peg it had been treated to an avian version of carpet bombing, nothing had been spared. After a quick clean-up he decided food and drink was in order and with coffee poured he was starting to feel better until reaching into his bag he found a huge black slug munching away at his favourite pork pie. Definitely a session to forget with the total catch for the day being a solitary tiny foul hooked roach.

Saturdays have become Ray Boden day on our popular Mersey Saturday Series as match organiser Ray enjoyed yet another win making it four in a row. Alternating between pole and stick-float he loose fed maggots to keep the bites coming resulting in a catch of roach, chub, and dace for 10-6-0. Second placed Martin Lenihan just kept Jimmy Byrne at bay by an ounce as he weighed in his pole caught roach and perch net for 9-6-0.

Ant Higham AKA the King of the River is back with a win on our Sunday Mersey match. Ant fished his usual groundbait feeder and maggot for a catch of roach and perch weight of 5-6-0. Derek Bibby was the runner-up with 5-3-0 taken on pole and maggot.

Our Monday Disabled & Over 60's match on the River Mersey at Victoria Park saw Weaver veteran Rod Fraser work his magic on a different river winning with a net of roach and perch for 6-14-0. Lenny Dutton was the runner-up with 4-12-0. Note next week is back on the Bridgewater.  

One to note is that if anyone reports any discharges into our rivers or in fact any of our fisheries it is vitally important to report the incident immediately and not hours or days later.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 9pm for new members, subscriptions, night permit renewals, and any queries. I really would appreciate more members giving me their catch reports for inclusion in this column, looking forward to hearing from you. Please send details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or ring me on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

RESULTS:-

Saturday Mersey Series: 

1) Ray Boden            10-6-0

2) Martin Lenihan     9-6-0

3) Jimmy Byrne         9-5-0

4) Mike Dench           5-12-0

Sunday Mersey Series:

1)      Ant Higham      5-6-0

2)      Derek Bibby      5-3-0

3)      Ray Boden         5-0-0

4)      Dave Hill            4-10-0

Disabled & Over 60's (River Mersey) 

1) Rod Fraser            6-14-0

2) Lenny Dutton       4-12-0              

3) Eddie Frangleton 4-10-0

4) Derek Bibby          4-2-0

Coming Events:

SATURDAY:

Saturday Mersey Series draw 9am on bank Kingsway allotments

SUNDAY:

Sunday Mersey Series draw 9am Victoria Park

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's (Bridgewater Canal) Draw 10am Preston Brook under M56 bridge.

 

6th September 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

6^th September, 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Ian stringer enjoyed a good session on the Mount at Buckley last week where he set out with the intention of targeting the roach but ended up with a right mixed bag of eight carp to 12lbs, three tench, some cracking red fins to around the pound and a half mark, and a solitary perch that weighed at 2-10-0 and took single maggot. Ian fished both the tip with a groundbait feeder, and the pole both methods with maggot on the hook.

Following his last week's success Mike Pritchard was back on the Mersey again this week where he had between seventy and eighty roach and perch from peg nine. Light waggler and loose-fed maggots close in kept the fish coming steadily throughout his session with some of the roach between 6 and 8ounces.

Pole and maggot did it again for Ray Boden to take another win on our popular Mersey Series on
Saturday to make it three in a row with 8-13-0 of roach, skimmers, and perch. Second placed Alan Birchall fished pole and caster targeting the better stamp of roach for 7-13-0. I don't normally mention third outside of the results but committee member Mike Dench who is a game angler came in at third with 5-1-0. I promised I would give him a mention when he catches his first salmon of the year but that doesn't look like it's going to happen.

Martin Lenihan won our Sunday Mersey match after coming second three times with a net of perch and skimmers to 12ounces taken on pole maggot. Derek Bibby was the runner-up with 7-14-0 on the same method.

Our Disabled & Over 60's match was fished again on the River Mersey at Victoria Park was won by veteran angler Jimmy Byrne with 6-9-0 of roach and perch. George Barber who left his bread punch at home came second with a weight of 5-9-0.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 9pm for new members, subscriptions, night permit renewals, and any queries. I really would appreciate more members emailing me their catch reports for inclusion in this column, looking forward to hearing from you. Please send details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or ring me on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

RESULTS:-

Saturday Mersey Series: 

1) Ray Boden            8-13-0

2) Alan Birchall        7-13-0

3) Mike Dench         5-1-0

4) Ade Green           4-9-0

Sunday Mersey Series:

1)      Martin Lenihan  8-11-0

2)      Derek Bibby       7-14-0

3)      Dave Hill             6-9-0

4)      Jim Gannon        5-2-0

Disabled & Over 60's (River Mersey) 

1) Jimmy Byrne        6-9-0

2) George Barber     5-9-0              

3) Derek Bibby/Lenny Dutton joint third  5-0-0

Coming Events:

SATURDAY:

Saturday Mersey Series draw 9am on bank Kingsway allotments

SUNDAY:

Sunday Mersey Series draw 9am Victoria Park

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's (River Mersey) Draw 10am Victoria Park.

 

30th August 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

30th August, 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Mark Pritchard who enjoyed his best session to date from peg 4 on the River Mersey. He fished a small waggler close in and fed with maggot and hemp and was immediately into fish but stopped counting at fifty.  He changed to caster and caught a better stamp of fish with roach touching the pond mark.

Ian Woods enjoyed a session on Ackers Pit with his sons Rowan 8years, Sammy 6, and Alex 5 catching lots of scale perfect roach up to a pound. The method was waggler and loose-feeding maggots and their catch included a bonus mirror carp and a skimmer of 12ounces, the latter we have never stocked and can only surmise that they came through from the Bridgewater Canal supply pipe as fry.

Eric J Smith fished at Cicely Mill on Sunday and considering that everything that could go wrong did go wrong, kicking pots of bait over, getting rigs tangled, and getting caught up on various species of flora it turned into a very special day. He fished from about 12-30pm until it was just about dusk and landed 22 crucians with the best half dozen coming in a the following weights, 2-10-0 (2), 2-12-0, 2-13-0 (2) and 2-1-0. Eric weighed all the fish and 16 including the six mentioned, went over 2lb, the other 6 were between 1-9-0 and 1-15-0. He initially catapulted in half a dozen large pouches of hemp before tackling up and started his session using a method feeder with an 8mm pineapple wafter on the hook. Eric sprayed a couple of pouches of hemp over the feeder after every cast otherwise he didn't get a bite.

Match organiser Ray Boden fished pole and maggot to take another win in this popular river series with 8-11-0 of roach and perch. Our webmaster Martin James was second fishing the same tactics but alternating between maggot and caster for a weight of 7-9-8.

And it's that man Boden to take yet another Mersey win on our Sunday Series Match with 15-10-0 of roach and skimmers. Ray is meticulous in his preparation and usually in the frame or close by in the matches he fishes. He was followed by Neil Davies who weighed in 11-1-0. The top three weights were all into double figures and you needed 8lbs plus to get a section win.

Our Disabled & Over 60's match fished on the River Mersey with sections split between the early pegs and opposite the rowing club. Derek Bibby was the clear winner with a net of roach and perch for 11-6-0 taken on pole and maggot tactics. Ray Boden was in runner-up position with 9-1-0 on the same tactics.

Our headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 9pm for new members, subscription and night permit renewals, and any queries. Your catch reports are always welcome, email me details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or ring me on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

Results:

Mersey Series:

Saturday: 
1) Ray Boden            8-11-0

2) Martin James       7-9-8

3) Bob Campbell       7-7-0

4) Jimmy Byrne         6-9-0

SUNDAY:

1)      Ray Boden       15-10-0

2)      Neil Davies       11-1-0

3)      John Green       10-0-0

4)      Alan Birchall      9-2-0

Disabled & Over 60's (River Mersey) 

1) Derek Bibby       11-6-0

2) Ray Boden           9-1-0      

3) Jimmy Byrne       7-5-0

4) Lenny Dutton      6-2-0

Coming Events:

SATURDAY:

Saturday Mersey Series draw 9am on bank Kingsway allotments

SUNDAY:

Sunday Mersey Series draw 9am Victoria Park

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's (River Mersey) Draw 10am Victoria Park.

23rd August 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

23rd August, 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

A report from our stretches of the tiny River Gowy is indeed a rarity but Tony Rough decided to have another visit on Tuesday to the river which is only a short distance from Warrington. An early start did not start off too well as three otters paid a visit to his swim when he was setting up. To his surprise after they moved on the fish started feeding and trotting through a small stick-float and loose-feeding maggot he was soon into some largish gudgeon and plenty of small chub. This river may not be to everyone's taste but that is why we have so many different waters…the old saying holds true 'one man's meat is another man's poison'.

Some bad news from one of our members regarding another small river, the Cain where there has been a fish kill wiping out at least five hundred fish from the confluence with the River Vyrnwy throughout our length. I certainly would expect Natural Resources Wales to come up with the culprit as this stretch has been polluted on a previous occasion some years ago and the polluter pays principle should be applied.

Match organiser Ray Boden was back on his favourite method of pole and maggot when he was the clear winner of Saturdays Mersey Series with 14-2-0 of roach, perch and skimmers. Second placed Jimmy Byrne fished the same method to weigh 8-10-0 of small roach, perch, and chub.

The 'king of the River' aka Ant Higham is back, when he won our Sunday Mersey Series using groundbait feeder and maggot for 7-1-0 of roach and skimmers. Martin Kettle was second catching roach and perch on the pole alternating between maggot and caster.

Our Disabled & Over 60's match fished on the Bridgewater Canal saw a new winner on Monday when George Hollis weighed in at exactly 4lbs. He fished the pole for small roach and skimmers to maggot and caster. It's been a long time coming but committee member Graham Belton was in second place with 3-12-2. Small roach dominated the match which although a good sign for the future it initially keeps weights low. Nevertheless it is still competition.

Our rules are clearly printed in our annual membership book and both existing and new members should ensure they read them. There is nothing complicated and they are there to protect fish stocks and members enjoyment of their sport.

Our headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 9pm for new members, subscription and night permit renewals, and any queries. Your catch reports are always welcome, email me details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or ring me on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

Results:

Mersey Series:

Saturday: 
1) Ray Boden            14-2-0

2) Jimmy Byrne          8-10-0

3) Alan Birchall           8-9-0

4) Peter Jones            8-1-0

SUNDAY:

1)      Ant Higham   7-1-0

2)      Martin Kettle  6-11-0

3)      Ade Green       6-6-0

4)      Ed Frangleton 5-2-0

Disabled & Over 60's (Bridgewater Canal) 

1) George Hollis        4-0-0

2) Graham Belton     3-12-2      

3) Lenny Dutton        2-5-12

4) Geoff Brookes       2-3-4

Coming Events:

SATURDAY:

Saturday Mersey Series draw 9am on bank Kingsway allotments

SUNDAY:

Sunday Mersey Series draw 9am Victoria Park

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's (members only) Draw 10am Beech Road near London Bridge