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

16th August 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

16th August, 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Good reports from our stretch of the Wyre where an angler describing this stretch as a jewel had a bag of fifty plus roach, dace, and chublets in an afternoon session last week. Our bailiff Neil Buck managed two chub around 4lbs apiece until his session was interrupted by an otter.

Stuart Peters visited our stretch of the Wye where on a low river he was unable to tempt any of the rivers famous barbel but managed five quality chub plus smaller ones until the bites dried up and a flotilla of canoes arrived on the scene. It was then a case of exit stage left.

Our bailiff Steve Daley took his three and a half year old son on a taster session to Statham Pool where in under an hour the youngster caught twenty five small roach. This is an ideal water for a bit of peace and quiet where you are guaranteed to catch.

One of our members wondered if High Legh Fisheries had been stocked well the answer is yes, earlier this year when our netting team thinned out the silver fish stocks on Woodshaw Reservoir where the fish breed like mad. This is an ideal switch-off location where the surroundings are quiet and where you can catch small carp, tench, bream, perch, roach, and rudd. A recent working party on this venue has opened up more or less all the pegs. Another is planned for the near future so if you are interested in finding out where such things are happening join up to our Facebook Volunteers Page.

Martin Kettle fished the bolognaise method on Saturdays Mersey Series to win with 8-10-0 of roach and perch on loose-fed caster. Alan Birchall was in runner-up spot with a similar catch for 7-15-0 taken on Pole and maggot.

 Sundays Mersey Series was won by Alan Birchall who moved up a place from his previous day's runner-up position. Alan used the bolognaise method and caster for a cracking catch of 11-2-0 of roach and perch. There's no show without match organiser Ray Boden who was in second place with 9-8-0 using the same method but feeding maggot.

Our Disabled & Over 60's match fished on the Bridgewater Canal was definitely hard for this time of the year and was won by Jimmy Byrne with one skimmer backed up by small roach for 3-8-8. In joint second were Geoff Brook and Stu Patterson with 3lbs apiece. This stretch has for my money never fished since it was dredged a good number of years ago, before that it was prolific. Common sense should dictate that over the years it would have naturalised again but for whatever reason the fish are simply not there in numbers or quality.

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) Martin Kettle          8-10-0

2) Alan Birchall           7-15-0

3) Ray Boden              7-9-0

4) Jimmy Byrne         6-15-0

SUNDAY:

1)      Alan Birchall  11-2-0

2)      Ray Boden       9-8-0

3)      Derek Bibby     6-9-0

4)      Neil Buist          6-9-0

Disabled & Over 60's (Bridgewater Canal) 

1) Jimmy Byrne            3-8-8

2) Geoff Brooks, Stu Patterson joint  3-0-0        

4) George Hollis           2-12-14 

Coming Events:

SATURDAY:

Saturday Mersey Series draw 9am Victoria Park

SUNDAY:

Sunday Mersey Series draw 9am on bank Kingsway allotments

MONDAY:

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

 

 

 

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August 9th, 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian notes

Again this Summer the Koi Herpes Virus commonly referred to as KHV is appearing on various  fisheries one in  Cornwall a county where many anglers from this area take their holiday,  a couple of fisheries in the Midlands also  are affected.  Today we got notification that has been found to be causing carp deaths  in Fleetwood Reservoir in Lancashire. 

This is a particularly nasty and virulent disease which as  the name suggests comes from ornamental koi carp imports. This made the recent discovery that some irresponsible person had stocked at least one koi carp  illegally into Moore Quarry all the more worrying.. 

If you have koi,  goldfish or in fact  any fish in your garden pond and don't want them anymore please re home them responsibly, not into the local canal, river or lake where they can bring any number of parasites and diseases to the native fish stocks. KHV  affects all carp and carp hybrids. If a water becomes infected it has to be closed down until the outbreak is over and then it has to be monitored . 

The virus is very easily spread by anglers. The best way to avoid spreading it to other fisheries is for all anglers to dry their nets, net bags, stink bags and unhooking mats between fishing trips. For further information  there is a list of affected fisheries on the DEFRA/ Fish Health Inspectorate website. Please don't inadvertently bring it to any of our waters.

 Thanks must  go to the members who turned out for the work party on Big Sandiway last weekend they managed to get plenty done, although a few more hands would have been appreciated,  they cracked on and  rounded the day off  with a barbecue.

Committee member Ade Green thought the bream were finally back on Saturday when he hooked one of 3lb in the Saturday Mersey match which he went on to win with 10lb. Sadly it was just a stray and the rest are still in hiding the rest of his catch were small roach and perch all on pole and maggot. 

The Disabled & Over 60's match this week consisted wholly  of nets of small roach although the weights were not huge the anglers were kept busy. 

Ackers pits is giving good roach sport for members as is Statham pool with an  occasional single figure  carp. High Legh carp and small tench and Woodshaw are all providing good sport there have been some nice common carp coming out of  Worthington Lakes too. 

Still reports of good barbel catches in from the Ribble at Hurst Green for members prepared to take that long long walk. 

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:

SATURDAY:

Mersey Series:

1) Ade Green 10.0.0

2) Ray Boden 9.5.0

3) Jimmy Byrne 8.3.0

4)  Alan Birchall 6.1.0

Sunday Mersey

1) Jimmy Byrne 10.4.0

2)  Ray Boden 10.0.0

3) Martin Lenihan 8.0.4

4) Neil Davis 7.4.0

Disabled & Over 60's (Mersey)  

1) Geoff Brooks 3.14.8

2) Jimmy Byrne 3.12.12        

3) George Barber 2.9.0

4) Alan Brown 2.4.0

Coming Events:

SATURDAY:

Saturday Mersey Series draw 9am on bank Kingsway allotments

SUNDAY:

Sunday Mersey   ROD ONLY match draw 8.30am Victoria Park 

MONDAY

Disabled & Over 60's (members only) Draw 10am  Bridgewater canal Stage  Lane, Grantham's Bridge.

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2nd August 2016 Warrington Anglers association Guardian Notes

2^nd August, 2016 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

The Barbel have been feeding on our stretch of the Ribble at Hurst Green where Seven Gledhill has been enjoying the excellent sport that this fishery can produce when conditions and approach are right. Steven sent me some really good photographs of some of his catch which included six barbel to 11-3-2 and another which just crept into double figures. He also had a decent sized chub which he did not weigh and reckons it was over 6lbs …. It looked closer to 8 for my money. Steven rang the changed bait-wise and caught on pellet, boilies, and luncheon meat. He was at the venue again on Saturday night and caught two more quality barbel and a few chub.

Paul McConnell thought that he had written off his session on the river when his car broke down on route to the venue. However being so close and his car fixed he managed to fit in an hours fishing and all his pearlier problems were soon forgotten when he landed an 11pounder.   

Geoff Maddock introduced his mate Mike Louch to the pleasures of fishing on the Mount at Buckley on Sunday where Mike landed carp just short of double figures. This fishery is full of fish with the best specimens being roach over 2lbs plus quality tench, bream, and perch with always the chance of a rod bender by way of a carp or two, the latter nor massive fish but nevertheless good sport if you are simply after a good days fishing.

Match organiser Ray Boden found that once again Kingsway allotments worked for him when he collected another win in our Saturday Mersey Series with 10-7-0 net of roach and perch caught on pole and maggot tactics. Second placed Rod Frazer fished the same method but fished caster to weigh 7-2-0.

Sundays Mersey Series was won by Neil Davies who caught on pole and caster throughout for another roach/perch catch weighing in at 7-4-0. Runner-up was John Green with a similar net of fish for 6-13-0. Certainly the bream shoals seem to be conspicuous by their absence and I have more than a sneaking suspicion that a Hilbre Island predator is responsible.

Our Disabled & Over 60's match fished on the Bridgewater Canal saw Vice President Geoff Brooks put together a winning net of silver fish for 5-0-8. Certainly great to see Geoff back in the winners place collecting the coin. Stu Patterson was in second place with 4-2-6.

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:

SATURDAY:

Mersey Series:

Saturday: 
1) Ray Boden          10-7-0

2) Rod Frazer          10-2-0

3) Alan Birchall         7-0-0

4) Martin Kettle       5-12-0

SUNDAY:

1)      Neil Davies    7-4-0

2)      John Green    6-13-0

3)      Dave Hill        5-11-0

4)      Mike Dench  5-7-0

Disabled & Over 60's (Bridgewater Canal)  

1) Geoff Brooks          5-0-0

2) Stu Patterson         4-2-6        

3) Jimmy Byrne          3-11-2

4) Dickie Wernham    3-7-12 

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 Bridgewater Canal, Pickerings Bridge