24th April 2012 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

It is with sadness that I report the death of well known Warrington Anglers member Bill Worrall whom many of you will have met at either Cicily Mill Pool or Grey Mist Mere. I have known Bill for many years and he seems to have always been on the fishing and shooting scene for as long as I can remember. He will be missed and our sympathy goes to his family at this sad time. I understand the arrangements are 12noon 28^th April at Walton Crematorium.

Rixton Claypits are producing good catches of roach and skimmers on maggot to both pole and waggler tactics. A few tench are also starting to show but the best catch this week was by Andrew Walmsley who endured a night of torrential rain to be rewarded at 1-15am with a cracking mirror carp of 19lbs. The fish took fifteen minutes to come to the net and fell to a Rod Hutchinson boilie.

Tench sport at Grey Mist gets better by the day as Paul Floyd reports yet another good session on this popular urban fishery. He fished corn on one rod but it was his hair rigged double 8mm pellet on the other that saw all the action. He had half a dozen tench with the best at 6-13-0 plus one of the original carp at 14-14-0 and one of the new mirrors at 17-5-0. This latter fish went off  like a rocket and size for size Paul reckons it was one of the best scraps he'd had in twenty years on his trusty 1.75lbs test curve rod. Michael Simpson also got amongst the tench with fish to 4lbs.

Our weekly Disabled & Over 60's match chased the fish, or at least that was the general idea when they fished the event on Monday at Hilltop where we released a thousand or so roach a few weeks previous. However things didn't go quite according to plan because Derek Bibby found only big bream in his swim for a 10-9-8 winning net closely followed by Jimmy Byrne, again all bream for 9-13-0. The next few weights were also decent sized bream coupled with reports of large fish lost at the net. The roach, well your guess is as good as mine but with over 20 miles of canal they can roam at will. Pole fished caster and bread accounted for most catches.


Warrington AA juniors entered the first round of the Cheshire Spring League on Sunday. The match was hosted by Northwich Anglers on the Trent & Mersey Canal at Rudheath.


Our lads had a good match, and finished 2nd on the day, only a point adrift of Northwich. Ryan Brown was the top WAA performer, weighing 3lb 4oz of roach and skimmers, good enough for a section win and 2nd Individual top weight. The match was won by Tom Bunby (Northwich) with 3lb 8oz.


Good luck to the team for the next round which is on our home water, the Bridgewater Canal, on Sunday at Preston Brook. Full results at http://cheshireadg.blogspot.co.uk/p/match-results.html

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Another reminder if you have not yet received your 2012 membership through the post don't delay contact me ASAP.

Don't forget let me have any catch reports either by phone Tel 01928 716238 or email frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk. HQ 52, Parker Street is now open as usual between 7 & 9pm every Friday, for subscriptions, new memberships/night permits, or any queries.

Frank Lythgoe

COMING EVENTS

MONDAY:

Sid Jones Open: Draw 10am Star Inn, Statham. Contact John Dagnall at Cheshire Angling 01925 635486

RESULTS

Disabled & Over 60's (Bridgewater Canal)

1)      Derek Bibby            10-9-8

2)      Jimmy Byrne             9-13-0

3)      Alf Seddon                5-1-10

4)      Barry Owen               4-13-6

17th April 2012 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

17^th April 2012 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes.

 

The Disabled & Over 60's match held at Stage Lane saw Jeff Clare take the main prize money with an all skimmer catch weighing 4-14-12. Jeff pole fished bread at 12metres. After a fair old length of time out of the prizes match organiser John Dagnall came in second with another all skimmer catch taken on the pole alternating between bread and caster. Third and fourth had more fish but strangely theirs were all roach catches.

 

Paul Floyd was having a lean spell at Grey Mist Mere when following a sudden ten minute shower of hailstones the fish just switched on. The guy on a near peg started the ball rolling with a 17-6-0 mirror that Paul followed with another mirror of 22-4-0 and added a few tench to his catch. He used pellet filled PVA bags and 8mm pellet on the hook. Josh Turner reports catching his first Mist mirror which weighed in at 21-9-0 plus three decent sized tench. The tench at this fishery are now getting their heads down to some serious feeding and there are reports of some members having double figure catches with good numbers of fish over 6lbs.

 

Good catches of roach, rudd, and chub reported from Fosters Pools with the larger D fishery producing the best results. Jim Swale was kept busy during his afternoon session when he fished pole and maggot for over fifty fish to 10ozs. He lost a decent carp at the net that had stretched his 4's elastic to the opposite bank on a number of occasions and eventually straightened his 20's hook just as the words 'you're mine' entered his thoughts.

 

Buckley is still the place to visit if you are looking for some early season sport, and not only for carp as the roach and tench now need to compete for food against their larger rivals or go hungry. John Dutton fished a method feeder and 6mm soft pellet for a mixed bag of small carp, tench, and quality roach to 1.5lbs. Don't forget if you are targeting carp you must be in possession of an unhooking mat, and really the same should apply to tench. They are only cheap to buy and easily pack into your net bag.

 

Another reminder if you have not yet received your 2012 membership through the post contact me immediately.

 

Don't forget let me have any catch reports either by phone Tel 01928 716238 or email frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk. HQ 52, Parker Street is now open as usual between 7 & 9pm every Friday, for subscriptions, new memberships/night permits, or any queries.

 

Frank Lythgoe

COMING EVENTS

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's Match: Draw 10am Star Inn, Statham. Contact John Dagnall at Cheshire Angling 01925 635486

 

RESULTS

Disabled & Over 60's (Bridgewater Canal)

1)      Jeff Clare                 4-14-12

2)      John Dagnall            3-11-3

3)      John Sharp               2-14-10

4)      Alan Brown             2-11-10

10th April 2012 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

10^th April 2012 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes.

Our netting team were out at an unusual venue this past week for a fish rescue exercise at National Grid Partington LNG. This gas plant is being decommissioned and the cooling water pond was teeming with fish. The company kindly donated the expense involved for the fish health check which showed them to be perfectly healthy. The first batch of approximately a thousand roach have been introduced into the Bridgewater Canal at Grappenhall where they will spread in both directions. More are intended for High Legh and Grey Mist Mere.

 

On Tuesday two of us were out again in a joint exercise at Winsford Angler's Ocean Pool with both theirs and Lymm AC netting team members. The result was that we released a further sixty three mirror carp into Appleton Reservoir to join the eighty or so introduced in November last year. This fishery that once held one of the fastest growing strains of roach in the country has been ravaged by cormorants, so much so that it is a complete waste of time and money introducing any 'bite sized' fish until these avian predators can be legally controlled.

 

Fishing at the Mount at Buckley is still proving a hit as it would appear that our heavy stocking with carp at the end of last year has really stirred up the original resident fish population. Good catches of roach have been reported with Paul Nicholls taking specimens up to 2lbs along with a 20lbs common carp for good measure. Local rod Paul Ellert had one of the original mirrors at 25.5lbs. Neil Plunkett was there after the Bank Holiday and caught sixteen carp to 10lbs.

 

If any member has not yet received their new 2012 membership book please contact me immediately. It may be an address or postal problem, but in any case your 2011 membership acts as your receipt and indicates where and the date it was paid so there is no cause for concern. Simply give me a ring or an email.

 

I would remind members that the consumption of alcohol on our fisheries is banned, there are no excuses if caught and you will have your membership withdrawn. We have held back for many years from following the example of other clubs in the vain hope that all members would take a responsible attitude to drinking whilst fishing but this has just not worked. Two members recently caught and had their memberships withdrawn for 3 months by the committee on Tuesday. Fish welfare and members safety is paramount hence the rule.

 

Don't forget let me have any catch reports either by phone Tel 01928 716238 or email frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk. HQ 52, Parker Street is now open as usual between 7 & 9pm every Friday, for subscriptions, new memberships/night permits, or any queries.

 

Frank Lythgoe

 

COMING EVENTS

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's Match, draw 10am Star Inn, Statham. Contact John Dagnall at Cheshire Angling 01925 635486

4th April 2012 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

3^rd April 2012 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes.

Tench are starting to feed at Grey Mist Mere with good numbers of quality fish reported, but alas not too many carp. Corn, both the real deal and fake seems to be the best bait. One of the original carp dating from the sixties died last week from old age and related problems but the new stock is going from strength to strength and piling on weight. Reports of an eel just over 5lbs being caught on Tuesday, but no other details.

 

Still good reports coming from Rixton but mainly skimmers and roach plus a few tench, no carp action reported. Neil Plunkett has certainly got the bit between his teeth, a taste of freedom from our working party yoke and there is no stopping him. He reports taking ten bream 1.5 to 2.5lbs along with some nice roach to over a pound.

 

I had a trip up to The Mount at Buckley over the weekend and was given the guided tour by our resident bailiffs. They had cut out and constructed several really tasty looking new pegs at the top end where it is deeper with less weed. The water has definitely coloured up no doubt due to feeding carp and tench. Daz Jones had eighteen tench and carp to 14lbs on a method feeder and imitation corn. New member Martin Price and John Hopkinson fished adjacent to our car park and had several carp to 8lbs that included a one-eyed fish. I would lay any money on its nick-name. They also had a mixed catch of perch, roach, and bream taken mainly on red maggot and sweetcorn.

 

With only one match remaining in our Local Winter League it looks as though Warrington Red are virtually untouchable with a thirteen point lead over Cheshire Anglers Gold who just happen to be also thirteen ahead of Black Claggers. Mind you I have seen disasters happen in the past, but the best of luck to all teams.

 

Our 1^st Association Contest on Monday saw Bud Lea put 5-4-2 on the scales for a well deserved win.  Dave Blease was second with 3-2-0. Again pole fished bread and caster sorted out the better fish but some anglers struggled for a few fish.

 

It's not a moan but don't forget if you are using a bait boat and are opposite another angler the unwritten halfway rule applies. That means it is not the done thing to send a boat to the far side of a fishery to drop your bait adjacent to a fellow angler. Also while I am on the subject it is also not responsible angling practice to drop baited tackle in areas full of snags where more fish are lost than landed.

 

Don't forget let me have any catch reports either by phone Tel 01928 716238 or email frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk. HQ 52, Parker Street is now open as usual between 7 & 9pm every Friday, for subscriptions, new memberships/night permits, or any queries.

 

Frank Lythgoe

COMING EVENTS

MONDAY: No match on Easter Monday

 

RESULTS

Disabled & Over 60's (Bridgewater Canal)

1)      Bud Lea                  5-4-2

2)      Dave Blease            3-2-0

3)      Lennie Dutton       3-0-5

4)      Jeff Clare              2-14-6   

Warrington AA Local Winter League:

Individuals:

1)      Graham Barber      8-7-10

2)      Jimmy Byrne         5-4-13

3)      Ross Wightman     5-4-9

Teams: Black Claggers 21 points, Assi 20.

Overall League: Warrington Red 180points, Cheshire Gold 167, Black Claggers 154, Bob's Lot 150, Assi 139, Inters 118, Woolston Piscatorials 93