30th July 2009 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Last week saw a massive high tide on the Mersey which appears to be responsible for the sudden upturn in sport on the river, looks like some of the fish lost to below the weir after de-watering episodes early in the year have been able to return upstream. Judging by the match results from Sunday Jeff Shaw had top weight of 10-9-0 and his Dad Jim had the lowest weight of 6lb 6oz over 60lb of fish were caught. According to match organiser Bob Campbell there were some good roach and quantities of dace caught and if they can just be allowed to stay in the fishery the dace fishing next winter will be second to none!

 The Dane has also benefited from the rain showers and thrown up some decent catches the most notable reported by Ron the bailiff were to Dave Jones who had eleven chub the best 4lb and some nice grayling all on caster and Steve Hammond who had several chub best was 4.5lb.

Last week saw the removal of the final blot on the landscape at Ackers pit when the pile of mud and silt near the outfall was removed to make the bank side more uniform to accommodate three more purpose built pegs. The bonus for members fishing while the work was being done was that the water colored up and catches improved significantly!  There is more bulb and wildflower planting scheduled for around the perimeter of the Ackers site planned for early September thanks to a Green Machine grant which we have been  lucky enough to secure

Rixton Clay pits has been producing some quality tench catches the best specimens in the last couple of weeks weighed in at 9lb 11ozs and 8lb respectively. A lot of tench are caught on boilies by the carp anglers, who almost as a matter of course keep their carp catches a big secret, will occasionally disclose a bit of tench info!  There are other members using a variety of baits and catching well bailiff Peter Copsey recommends luncheon meat to visiting anglers as it almost always scores however he says maggot and pellet also work well. There are some work days being planned to improve and repair damaged pegs so some areas may be closed off from time to time while the work is done.

It is really great to see how well our very newest anglers are developing and enjoying their new sport in this year's intake of minnows. It must be said all thanks to the commitment of coaches and volunteers alike who turn out every Tuesday night, pass on their knowledge and the tips and skills learned in some cases over decades, in a bid to set these youngsters on a path to a lifetime of angling achievement and pleasure.

 Last weeks winner Ryan Brown had a lovely all perch catch. One of the youngest at only six year old Luke Chambers fished bread punch a new method to him. Although at times he struggled keeping the bread on the hook he persevered and put 2lb of gudgeon and roach in his net, despite only fishing close in on the near shelf. In fact the first eight all had over a pound of fish.

Don't forget to let us have your Catch of the Month entries for July and keep the catch reports coming please on 01928 716238 FAX 01928713898 or e-mail frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk.

HQ Parker Street will be open on Friday evening as usual between 7 & 9-30pm for subscriptions, new members, etc.

 

Lynda Lythgoe

 

Results:

 

Minnows

1) Ryan Brown 2-8-0

2) Luke Chambers 2-0-0

3) Jackie Eaton 1-8-13

4) Morgan Adawee 1-8-0

Juniors

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2)

3)

Senior Summer Series

1) Bob Clough 6-4-2

2) Harry Morris 2-2-0

3) Gary Mannion 1-13-5

 

Sunday Series River Mersey

1) Jeff Shaw 10-9-0

2) Ray Boden 8-10-0

3) Anthony Higham 7-13-0

 

Disabled & over 60's

1) Bill Owen 5-13-12

2) John Sharp 5-11-7

3) Brian Pilkington 4-15-0

4) Geoff Brookes 4-6-0

 

 

Coming Events:

THURSDAY

National Squad Fund Series draw 5.30 on Bank Stage Lane

 

SUNDAY

Mersey Series draw 9am Weir Lane

 

MONDAY

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

 

TUESDAY

Junior / Minnows Summer Series Draw 6pm on bank Bridgewater Canal (opposite Euclid Avenue) Grappenhall

 

WEDNESDAY

Mersey Series draw 5pm for details Bob Campbell 07702323370

21st July 2009 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

This has been a funny sort of a week so far the weather has been from the sublime to the ridiculous one minute a deluge the next the sun `cracking the flags' as they say. The fishing has been the same we have had a couple of reports which are phenomenal but we are sworn to secrecy  for the moment to lots of snippets from many waters, odd carp from Grey Mist and Rixton best from the `Mist' 25lb and an 18lb mirror to one of our younger members.

 A fair few tench catches from the usual venues Rixton, Cecily Mill and High Legh. The rivers are still not performing to their potential especially the Mersey although there have been some reports of good roach catches from the Dee and Worthenbury Brook. Chris Edwards had some good roach and chub sport with a couple of small barbel nothing massive but a good day pleasure fishing all the same. Martin Cunliffe had some nice chub from the Wyre between 4.5lb to the best at 6.5lb last week all on luncheon meat and to carry on from last weeks theme an eel which measured from nose to tip which was four foot long!

Thankfully the weather was kind  for the final match on Monday in the Woodshaw junior series in which brothers Shaun and Liam Gaskell with 47 and  40 points respectively  took first and second places overall with Josh Kinley in third place on 37 points.

Our dedicated bailiff team headed up by Trevor Gray and Barry Walsh not only keep the Wigan waters up to scratch but still find time to encourage local junior anglers by staging this series of  eight matches  through June and July. They round it off with prizes and trophies for the winners and a BBQ for all the competitors and parents the sun shone and a good night was had by all thanks to all concerned.

On the same vein next Tuesday evening to coincide with National Fishing Week we would like to invite any children who want to have a go at fishing and have never fished before to come along to our regular Minnows session at Euclid Avenue in Grappenhall. Numbers we can accommodated are  limited by equipment available so please book in advance with Helen Dagnall at Cheshire Angling on 01925 635486 to avoid disappointment.

Wide Hole at Poynton has been fishing quite well with a member Michael Burdock reporting he has had excellent pike catches throughout last winter and recently good bream to 3.5lb on feeder with maggot or worn on the hook, plenty of small roach and perch and a he witnessed another member have a nice mirror carp of about 25lbs. It's well worth a visit although crayfish can be a nuisance sometimes in the summer the added bonus is he has also volunteered to take on bailiffing the water because he was disgusted after he cleared up six bags of rubbish last weekend left obviously behind by picnickers and poachers.

On a more serious note this week we have had incidents of poaching on the opposite bank to ours on the Ribble reported to the EA by one of our members. Someone helping himself to fish from Statham Pool which again was quickly reported by a member and our bailiffs were able to attend, advise the individual this was not allowed and return the fish to the pool.

Don't forget to let us have your Catch of the Month entries for July and keep the catch reports coming please on 01928 716238 FAX 01928713898 or e-mail frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk.

HQ Parker Street will be open on Friday evening as usual between 7 & 9-30pm for subscriptions, new members, etc.

 

Lynda Lythgoe

 

Results:

Honorary & OAP Bob Steele Trophy

1) Stan Charnock 4-6-0

2) Alf Seddon 4-2-6

3) Harry Newton 2-2-0

4) Arthur Sylvester 1-10-0

 

Minnows

1) Jimmy Ashcroft 2-0-7

2) Connor Higham 1-8-13

3) William Fisher 1-8-4

4) Callum Brown 1-7-11

5) Daniel Burton 1-6-12

 

Mersey Midweek series

1) Jimmy Byrne 3-14-0

2) Bob Campbell 2-10-0

3) Neil Buist 2-4-0

 

Senior Summer Series Australia Lane

1) Jimmy Byrne 4-12-0

2) Gary Mannion 2-4-5

3) Ross Wightman 2-1-2

4) Mike Chung 1-15-3

 

Sherratt Cup Woodshaw Res

1) Emma Bellis 4-10-0

2) Liam Gaskell 4-9-0

3) Shaun Gaskell 4-1-0

 

Woodshaw Series

1) Shaun Gaskell 5-5-0

2) Josh Kinley 5-3-0

3) John Hill 3-14-0

 

Mersey Series Rod Only Match

1) Neil Buist 6-4-0

2) Anthony Higham 5-4-0

3) Jeff Shaw 4-6-8

 

 

Disabled & over 60's

 

1) Barry Owen 5-7-3

2) John Sharp 3-15-0

3) Henry Gibson 3-14-13

4) Brian Pilkington

 

 

Coming Events:

THURSDAY

National Squad Fund Series draw 5.30 on Bank

Denbury Ave

 

SUNDAY

Mersey Series draw 9am Weir Lane

 

MONDAY

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

 

TUESDAY

Junior / Minnows Summer Series Draw 6pm on bank Bridgewater Canal (opposite Euclid Avenue) Grappenhall

 

WEDNESDAY

Mersey Series draw 5pm for details Bob Campbell 07702323370

14^th July 2009 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

 

Worthington lakes are continuing to provide excellent sport with double figure catches a regular occurrence.  Dickie Wernham and Ernie Hutchinson went on Sunday for a session and were as enthusiastic as every about the place, just fishing waggler about eight foot deep with caster or red maggot both anglers caught steadily, skimmers to 2lb , roach to 1lb+ and some really good perch to 1.5lb as well as being snapped off by bigger fish a couple of times. The perch particularly pleased Ernie because they were in immaculate condition the coloration really striking which must be due to the clear clean water they are living in. All were caught quite close in so pole would probably have been just as successful.  They also paid a visit to the Bridgewater and reported that it is `fishing its head off' plenty of roach, skimmer bream and again some really good perch on maggot and caster.

After a long absence from fishing, she used to fish with her Granddad when she was a child, new member Jenny Carter  ventured on to Cecily Mill pool to get back into the swing of things. Fishing a whip close in to the reeds and feeding red maggot and hemp Jenny had a good catch of roach to 8-10oz and three nice crucian carp to 2lb.

Statham pool provided a surprise catch for Steve Gray at the weekend fishing pole and red maggot at eight meters he had been catching roach and skimmers happily for a few hours when a better fish on which he thought was a chub took his bait. After a good scrap he netted an eel which was two foot long this was followed shortly after by another of almost identical size again giving a good account of itself and a bit of a challenge to his light tackle. We have been trying to find a table of eel weight to length ratio's and nearest we can come up with is that it was probably about 1.5lb if anyone knows of a definitive table for eels we would be interested in getting a copy.

There are decent catches of tench most in the 5-6lb range from Rixton but the carp are proving to be elusive the story is much the same at Grey Mist. The Forsters pools D&C are doing well plenty of small fish on pole and maggot with odd bigger carp showing.

The river Wye looked to be in less than top form to Alan Bashford recently and he was doubtful that he would catch at all however  despite it being very low he still managed ten chub and two small barbel. I am guessing by now the river level will be somewhat higher!

The there has been a pollution incident on the river Trent at Alrewas apparently a problem at a sewage works in the vicinity, we are still waiting to hear if or how badly our stretch has been affected.

The Mersey was in flood on Sunday so the match was quickly moved to Spike Island on the Sankey canal at Widnes. This turned out to be a pretty good choice and winner Mike Thornbury put 15lb 4oz of rudd, roach and one eel on the scales. The majority were caught on waggler. In contrast the junior festival match was dire and the juniors struggled for bites Luke Boden took the honors with 11oz of roach.

Don't forget to let us have your Catch of the Month entries for July and keep the catch reports coming please on 01928 716238 FAX 01928713898 or e-mail frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk.

HQ Parker Street will be open on Friday evening as usual between 7 & 9-30pm for subscriptions, new members, etc.

 

Lynda Lythgoe

 

Results:

Woodsahw  Junior Series

1) shaun Gaskell 6-15-0

2) Josh Kinley 6-1-0

3) Liam Gaskell 4-8-0

4) John Hill 3-1-0

 

 Disabled & Over 60's

1) W Pilkington 11-6-4

2) L Dutton 5-0-0

2) J Dagnall 5-0-0

4) D.Walker 3-10-0

 

 Minnows

1) Jordan Traynor 1-7-5

2) William Fisher 1-6-5

3) Emma Bellis 1-3-0

4) Daniel Barton 1-2-10

 

Juniors Festival Match Ackers Pit

1) Luke Boden 11-0

2) Connor Higham 5-8

3) Will Oliver 4-0

4) Ryan Brown 3-14

 

Mersey Series (fished on Spike Island)

1) Mike Thornbury 15-4-0

2) Lee Clarke 9-10-0

3) Eddie Frangleton 5-3-3

Coming Events:

THURSDAY

National Squad Fund Series draw 5.30 on Bank

Pegs 1-50 Preston Brook

 

SUNDAY

Mersey Series draw 9am Weir Lane

 

MONDAY

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

Woodshaw Reservoir Junior Series Draw 5-30 on bank

 

TUESDAY

Junior / Minnows Summer Series Draw 6pm on bank Bridgewater Canal (opposite Euclid Avenue) Grappenhall

 

WEDNESDAY

Mersey Series draw 5pm for details Bob Campbell 07702323370

7^th July 2009 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

The rivers for the most part have been low and quiet for the last while but that looks set top change in a big way judging by the thunder storm which is raging and the torrential downpour accompanying it as I write. The Dane has been notably quiet, with Andy Leech having the best catch last week of four chub two at 4lb and some grayling. However the rain there yesterday should have already have improved things dramatically.

Steve Plant's recent a red letter day when he achieved his new personal best tench on feeder fished red maggot, just netted him another in the shape of the Bait Tech ` Catch of the month' prize of £100 worth of quality bait and a Korda Fish care kit. The 9lb tench which was part of a trio of tench narrowly scraped in when our committee discussed the merits of the various entries. Commiserations to the other entrants but don't forget there is now another prize for July up for grabs.

We are running a junior open match on Saturday at Ackers pit to coincide with the Stockton Heath Festival. Consequently the fishery will be closed to members until 4pm. The match is open to young anglers age fifteen and under. Entry will be by ticket because the number of pegs is limited to twenty six. Tickets are available from Cheshire Angling, Thelwall Lane, Latchford price £2 the entry fee will all be paid out in prizes for the winners. Please note anglers must be competent to fish unaided as it is a competition and not a coaching session.

Our junior and intermediate teams were out last weekend representing us in the Angling Trust National championships at Cudmore, the fishing was not great and there were no trophies heading back to Warrington this time but they all did their best, enjoyed the experience and were a credit to the Association which is exactly what it's all about!

One of our members had a nasty experience at Sandiway last week he was enjoying the peace quietly watching the family of swans sedately swimming around in the sun when all hell broke loose. The three black Labradors and a golden retriever plunged into the lake next to his bivvy. The swans in their panic become entangled in his rods and line and eventually caused it to snap which left the female dragging line behind her much to the anglers' distress.

He shouted to the offending dog owner to control her dogs which of course should have been on leads on the public footpath anyway and not marauding around on our property.

Needless to say she didn't hang around but disappeared at speed without even a word of apology leaving him to try his best to free the swan alone. The line has since been removed and the swans are un-injured. Anglers would usually get the blame for such a scenario, and sadly not the stupid, irresponsible dog owner who has no regard for other people or wildlife.

There will be a work party at Bicton this weekend to upgrade the fencing and trim the car park and replace the gate so if anyone is interested in helping out please let me know. There are more planned for some of the other welsh waters too in the near future and we will be calling on our local volunteers to get involved.

Don't forget to let us have your Catch of the Month entries for July and keep the catch reports coming please.

Please let me have your catch reports on 01928 716238 FAX 01928713898 or e-mail frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk.

HQ Parker Street will be open on Friday evening as usual between 7 & 9-30pm for subscriptions, new members, etc.

Frank Lythgoe

Results:

Summer Series Juniors

1) Jon Andrews 3-12-8

2) Nigel Hankey 1-6-0

3)James Postlethwaite 1-2-11

Disabled & over 60's

1) Barry Owen 5-0-6

2) Dennis Bates 3-15-2

3) Bud Leigh 3-15-0

4) Brian Pilkington 3-13-12

Woodshaw Junior series

1) Liam Gaskell 5-5-0

2) Michael Rimmer 3-9-0

3) Josh Kinley 2-11-0

4) Sean Gaskell 2-7-0

Mersey Series

1) Jeff Shaw 3-12-5

2) Ray Boden 3-7-8

3) Neil Buist 2-13-0

Coming Events:

THURSDAY

National Squad Fund Series draw 5.30 on Bank

Pegs 1-50 Preston Brook

Saturday Stockton Heath Festival junior Open Match

Ackers Pits 12noon Ticket only

MONDAY

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

Woodshaw Reservoir Junior Series Draw 5-30 on bank

TUESDAY

Junior / Minnows Summer Series Draw 6pm on bank Bridgewater Canal (opposite Euclid Avenue) Grappenhall

WEDNESDAY

Mersey Series draw 5pm for details Bob Campbell 07702323370