Ackers Pit Stocking

Ackers Pit was stocked with approx 200 small carp this week. The young carp average 2-3lbs, and so should be 'cormorant-proof'.

 

The new fish are to replace the carp lost to an unknown disease, which affected the pit in 2006 before the desilting works took place.

 

Work continues at Ackers Pit to improve the habitat for fish and wildlife, and prevent bank erosion. Regular working parties will be held on sundays. If you would like to lend a hand for a couple of hours, please contact Martin James.

25th January 2011. WAA Weekly Report

 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes.

What a difference a frost or two makes to the match scene as weights plummeted from the previous week. On Sunday the Macclesfield Canal at Congleton produced the better results with Gary Mannion taking top spot in the spring league with 4-8-0 of roach followed by Bob Campbell on 3-8-0. Alan Brown needed only 2-0-0 on the Bridgewater to secure a win in our local Disabled & Over 60's match and most anglers really struggled for a bite.

This wasn't the case for Steve Daley who after seeing vast shoals of small fish leaping out of the water at Lymm in their efforts to evade marauding pike decided it was time to dust off the predator gear which hadn't seen any action since October. His session on Thursday produced seven pike with the best three weighing in at 15-4-0, 13-3-0, and 12-12-0. He fished a simple float rig alternating between sardine and smelt.

Sport on the River Mersey is poor and the Dee is just starting to return to its winter form with catches of dace and roach reported. The Dane at Holmes Chapel really needs some fresh water as it is really low at present however members are catching a few grayling and chub on maggot or bread.  

In an effort to control the heavy algal infestation that has plagued Ackers Pit we are stocking some small carp on Friday. The original idea was to leave carp out of the equation but the alternative of chemical control is really not an option. The high number of ducks does not help the poor water quality problem it being enriched further by their droppings.

Work continues on Sunday at both Grey Mist Mere (pegs and pathways) and at Ackers Pit (habitat improvement). If you fancy helping at either please give me a ring or drop me an email.

Please keep sending in your catch reports whatever they are, good, bad, or indifferent, as they are invaluable. Contact me either by phone Tel 01928 716238 or email frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk.

HQ Parker Street is now open as usual between 7 & 8.30pm on Friday, for 2011 night permits and new memberships. The latter can still also be purchased from Baileys Tackle, Cheshire Angling, and Challinors Sports in Warrington or at our other depots as listed on our website, or online at www.warrington-anglers.org.uk.

Frank Lythgoe

COMING EVENTS:

SATURDAY: Warrington Local Winter League draw 9am McDonalds, Congleton

MONDAY:  Disabled & Over 60's Prize Match (ticket only) draw 9-30am Stockton Heath British Legion. Contact John Dagnall 01925 635486

RESULTS:

Spring League

1)      Gary Mannion     4-8-0

2)      Bob Campbell     3-8-0

3)      Phil Matthews     3-7-0

4)      Craig Richie        3-0-0

Disabled & Over 60's

1)      Alan Brown        2-0-0

2)      John Sharp          1-6-12

3)      Lenny Dutton      0-6-8

4)      Chris Grehan       0-6-0

18th Jan 2011. WAA Weekly Report

Neil Buist topped the match weights this week with an impressive win in our Warrington Local Winter League event on the Bridgewater Canal at Statham. Fishing for Cheshire Angling he put 16-8-0 on the scales consisting of twenty skimmers and forty roach, a good days sport by any standards. He was almost 11lbs clear of second placed Bob Campbell on 5-8-4. Bread punch and caster accounted for most catches. The team league table to date shows Cheshire Angling and Warrington Red tying on 76 points.

Our Sunday practice event for the spring league on the Trent & Mersey Canal saw Tony Derbyshire take the top honours with a cracking roach net of 11-7-0 followed in second place by Ross Wightman on 9-15-0. The top five anglers had a collective catch of over 47lbs.

The Disabled and over 60's event back after an enforced break saw regular, John Sharp take the top spot with 4-1-8 of small roach. The weights then dropped somewhat to George Barber on 2-12-8 but without doubt this group of hardy anglers enjoy the craic as much as the fishing.

Woodshaw Reservoir is producing good catches of chub and roach but no other fish are feeding. They are being caught using a small maggot feeder.

Our website has now been speeded up and re-vamped with new members now able to join on line using Paypal. Our Webmaster Martin James is looking for pictures of our fisheries and your catch shots to use on our gallery. Pictures mean prizes so get sending and net yourself a prize.

Our volunteers are out this weekend at both Grey Mist Mere and Ackers Pit where work carries on whatever the weather. At the Mist pegs and pathways are ongoing in this volunteer led project to improve your fishery. At Ackers Pit the present project is habitat improvement and marginal planting. If you fancy helping please give me a ring.

Please keep sending in your catch reports whatever they are, good, bad, or indifferent, as they are invaluable. Contact me either by phone Tel 01928 716238 or email frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk.

HQ Parker Street is now open as usual between 7 & 8.30pm on Friday, for 2011 night permits and new memberships. The latter can still also be purchased from Baileys Tackle, Cheshire Angling, and Challinors Sports in Warrington or at our other depots as listed on our website, or online at www.warrington-anglers.org.uk.

Frank Lythgoe

COMING EVENTS:

MONDAY:  Disabled & Over 60's draw 10-30am Stockton Heath British Legion.

 Contact John Dagnall 01925 635486

RESULTS:

Warrington Local Winter League: (Bridgewater Canal)

Individuals:

1)      Neil Buist         16-8-0

2)      Bob Campbell    5-8-4

3)      Ros Wightman   5-5-8

4)      Jimmy Byrne     4-12-0

Teams: Warrington Red 16points, Cheshire Angling 14, Assi & Black Claggers 13

League Overall: Cheshire Angling & Warrington Red 76points, Black Claggers 57

Disabled & Over 60's: (Bridgewater Canal)

1)      John Sharp       4-1-8

2)      George Barber 2-12-8

3)      Alan Brown     2-12-4

4)      Geoff Clare      1-5-8

Spring League Practice (Trent & Mersey Canal)

1)      Tony Derbyshire   11-7-0

2)      Ros Wightman        9-15-0

3)      Craig Richie            9-14-0

4)      Doug Derbyshire    8-11-0

11 Jan 2011. WAA Weekly Report

Following the longest period of waters being covered with a thick layer of ice it is a pleasant change to report some good news from the Trent & Mersey Canal where our Warrington Local Winter League was fished last Sunday. The individual results saw match regular Bob Clough put 14-13-8 of plump roach on the scales for an impressive win and over 4lbs clear of runner up Rick Taylor on 10-2-10.

Bob was pegged near the road bridge and started by feeding liquidised bread but eventually after a few fish on punch he swapped to caster and caught fish steadily. Rick stuck to bread and had an all skimmer bream catch as did third placed Graham Stokes on 10-1-8.

New member Paul Davies only joined Warrington Anglers for our impressive variety of river fisheries and on his first visit to our stretch of the Ribble was not to be disappointed. With ice in the margins he had three chub, two of which he weighed at 5-2-0 and 5-4-0 plus three grayling to over 1.5lbs having lost four big fish at the net when they shed the hook. The successful method was legered bronze maggot using a partially taped up maggot feeder to just trickle out a few occasional offerings and at the business end a 20's hook tied to 1.5lbs hook length.

Nothing much is happening on the River Mersey but a few roach are being caught on the Bridgewater Canal from Hough's Bridge area to punch bread.

As a result of a £500 Brighter Boroughs Grant from Wigan Metro the roadway leading up to Woodshaw Reservoir has now been re-surfaced. No more broken exhaust pipes! The bad news is that all the Wigan fisheries are still covered in a layer of ice and are unfishable.

Good news for members is that the barrier is now in place effectively closing off the centre track at Sandiway Lakes, save for those who like our members have legitimate access. Thanks to local residents and both the Parish and County Councils for making this possible.

Please keep sending in your catch reports whatever they are, good, bad, or indifferent, as they are invaluable. Contact me either by phone Tel 01928 716238 or email frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk.

HQ Parker Street is now open as usual between 7 & 8.30pm on Friday, for 2011 night permits and new memberships. The latter can still also be purchased from Baileys Tackle, Cheshire Angling, and Challinors Sports in Warrington or at our other depots as listed on our website www.warrington-anglers.org.uk.

Frank Lythgoe

COMING EVENTS:

MONDAY:  Disabled & Over 60's draw 10-30am Stockton Heath British Legion.

 Contact John Dagnall 01925 635486

RESULTS:

Warrington Local Winter League:

Individuals:

1)      Bob Clough      14-13-8

2)      Rick Taylor      10-2-10

3)      Graham Stokes 10-1-8

4)      Geoff Stoll         4-1-0

Teams: Cheshire Angling 16 points, Black Claggers 14, Woolston Admirals 11

League Overall: Cheshire Angling 62points, Warrington Red 60, Black Claggers 45

4 Jan 2011. WAA Weekly Report

Good news for 2011 for all you devotees of Woodshaw Reservoir, the extremely popular Warrington Anglers owned fishery in Wigan, is that at long last the deeply rutted and pot-holed approach lane is going to be resurfaced.  This has come about through the outstanding efforts of our local fishery team who successfully approached Wigan Metro for a £500 grant towards the necessary work. This fishery produces outstanding catches of crucians, tench, bream, roach, and rudd.

Ten anglers braved the cold conditions to fish our regular Sunday match fixture on the River Mersey; the only problem was that with the exception of Dave Howard who had a 6lbs pike nobody else had a bite. Despite playing and landing the pike on light match tackle unfortunately they do not count in this series so it resulted in the inevitable draw for the prizes. As luck would have it some semblance of justice prevailed and Dave was first out of the draw bag.

Ron Williams our bailiff on the River Dane reports that last Wednesday was the first time that he has ever seen the river totally covered in ice. Despite this it did not deter about eighteen anglers from fishing the river on Saturday which by this time had thawed. Two or three grayling seemed the average taken mainly on red maggot.

It seems that in the freeze-up cormorants are now even attacking the smaller rivers in the search for food.  A member reported last week that one came up in his swim on the tiny river Perry, because of this where normally he catches half a dozen or so plump grayling he only managed a single fish.

Thankfully the Angling Trust has now taken action and written to Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon MP asking him to cut the red tape that is involved in applying for a licence to protect fisheries from these birds.

Please keep sending in your catch reports whatever they are, good, bad, or indifferent, as they are invaluable. Contact me either by phone Tel 01928 716238 or email frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk.

HQ Parker Street is now open as usual between 7 & 8.30pm on Friday, for 2011 night permits and new memberships. The latter can still also be purchased from Baileys Tackle, Cheshire Angling, and Challinors Sports in Warrington or at our other depots as listed on our website www.warrington-anglers.org.uk.

Frank Lythgoe