24th November 2009 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

 

The River Mersey understandably fished hard on Sunday with all the extra water coming down from swollen feeder streams so understandably only a few hardy souls attended. Mersey devotee Jimmy Gannon took the honors with 3-1-0 taken on feeder and maggot.

 

However the Disabled and over 60's match where 22 members braved the wind and rain were well rewarded for their efforts with excellent catches. George Barber put 7-1-0 on the scales for another win to add to his collection in this popular event. All but four anglers weighed in with John Dagnall having the lowest weight of 1lb 14oz!  The venue was Beech Road which has been below par throughout the summer but has now suddenly come into its own despite the appalling weather.

 

There have been some decent pike showing on the canal with reports of the fish plundering the tightly shoaled roach. This was the case on our local winter league as the majority of weights came from within a few pegs with pike attacking the shoals throughout the match. I was after these toothy predators I would definitely be having a chuck in the Dunham area.

 

Junior member Tim Poulter had the first pike of his fishing career after picking up some hot tips at our joint PAC event on the Bridgewater just over a week ago. A subsequent visit to the Bridgewater accompanied by his brother and Dad Gary saw him take the single figure fish on dead bait. Gary puts his sons success down to all the help and information received from the pike anglers at the teach-in event. Gary says Tim has not stopped smiling since and advises any one interested in pike fishing to contact the PAC for guidance.

 

Our bailiffs' reports from the Wigan waters and are mixed but Woodshaw Reservoir is still fishing reasonably well with cruciens putting in an appearance from some pegs. At Worthington Lakes there are still some fair bream and roach catches to be had on small feeder and maggot from Arley and a the odd decent carp from Adlington. Worthington is very patchy and hard the water is now obviously very high and therefore access is limited to some pegs.

 

 Forster's lodges are a mixed bag, but loads of fish are moving on both the carp pool and Mowpin so it's a shame that more members don't explore these small fisheries. However the nearby D&C are still being well visited with anglers having nice catches of silver fish and the occasional carp.  Johnson's pool patchy but only a few members fishing it, however there's plenty of fish movement.

 

For members who would like to take part the Mersey Fur & Feather tickets are on sale at Cheshire Angling on production of your membership card. Price £8 all in.

 

Many thanks to those members who take the time to send in their catch reports as they are really useful to both other members and your management committee in their continuous fishery evaluation. Tel. 01928 716238 FAX 01928713898 or e-mail frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk.

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

 

Frank Lythgoe

 

 

Results:

 

Warrington Local League

1. Dave Caddick 8-13-0

2. Neil Buist 8-0-2

3. Gary Mannion 6-10-0

 

Teams on the day

1. Black Claggers 27pts

2. Warrington Red 21pts

3. Cheshire Angling Gold 20pts

 

 Current overall position

1. Warrington Red

2. Black Claggers

3. Cheshire Angling Gold

 

Mersey Series

1) Jimmy Gannon 3-1-0

2) Paul Harding 2-13-3

3) Jeff Shaw 1-10-12

 

Disabled & over 6o's

1) George Barber 7-1-0

2) Barry Owen 6-13-6

3) Dave Blears 6-1-2

4) Ron Durr 5-7-2

 

Coming Events:

SUNDAY

Mersey Series draw 9a m Weir Lane

MONDAY

Disabled & Over 60's Draw 10-30am Stockton Heath British Legion

(Contact John Dagnall 01925 635486)