18th October 2011 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes.
Member J Hall had a cracking brace of pike from the Dee at Almere Ferry with fish of 21lbs and 25lbs both taken using dead bait. I have no further details at present but our local bailiff has promised me pictures which will be posted on our website. I have been telling members of the pike potential on this river for years, pity they don't grow so big on a diet of cormorants. Anglers are enjoying excellent sport with roach and grayling taken on caster and maggot although if this rain keeps up that will change.
As the Dee salmon season closed on Monday of this week it appears from reports that it was a pretty uneventful end to a good season with only one fish of 5lbs taken off our beats. I usually get to know more in a week or so when a few conscientious members send me their angling logs. It is a pity that this behaviour doesn't 'catch on' with more of our members as how else do we put a 'value' on a fishery be it coarse or game, certainly not solely on aesthetics. Some of you will have heard me recount on past occasions when after no reports for some considerable time we relinquished a lease on a stretch of river only to be inundated with complaints from irate members that the committee were out of touch. How true ... if only they had given us a clue!
After a spell of something approaching 15 matches without touching any prize money other than to pay it out to others, at long last things came together on Monday at Beech Road for our disabled and over 60's match organiser John Dagnall, (I understand with some rigs and coaching from one of the regular 'winners') with a well deserved section win of 2-7-0. Although match winner Barry Owen almost trebled that with a net of bread punch and caster caught roach of 6-8-0.
There were no bream caught in the Mersey Series match this week but winner Geoff Shaw put a nice net of feeder caught roach on the scales for 7-13-0 and a decisive win over runner up Jimmy Byrne who was exactly 4lbs light on 3-13-0.
Sport has improved at Rixton Claypits with members enjoying some good catches of roach and skimmers. Method feeder tactics with two red maggots at the business end is giving the best results.
You can now log onto the new Angling Trust Northwest Forum website at www.anglingtrustnorthwest.net . You can use this for feeding back or gaining information from around our region. A really important feature is the running log on cormorant sightings where already 4500 anglers have given this vital information. This facility is open to all anglers, AT members or not, as the subsequent findings will benefit our sport across the board.
Please keep sending me your catch reports either by phone Tel 01928 716238 or email frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk. HQ Parker Street is now open as usual between 7 & 9pm on Friday, for 2011 subscriptions, new memberships, and any queries.
Frank Lythgoe
COMING EVENTS:
SATURDAY:
Warrington Anglers Local Winter League (Ditchfield Br to Lymm Br)
SUNDAY:
Mersey Series (members only) draw 10am Victoria Park
MONDAY:
Disabled & Over 60's Draw 10-30am Stockton Heath British Legion. Contact John Dagnall at Cheshire Angling 01925 635486
RESULTS:
Disabled & Over 60's
1) Barry Owen 6-8-0
2) Pete Critchley 5-4-0
3) Jimmy Byrne 4-0-8
4) Alf Seddon 3-6-12
Mersey Series:
1) Geoff Shaw 7-13-0
2) Jimmy Byrne 3-13-0
3) Paul Hitchen 1-14-0
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