7th August 2012 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes.
Woodshaw Reservoir is producing some phenomenal sport with crucians, tench, bream, and plenty of roach and rudd. The youngsters in the Woodshaw Series matches have produced some amazing weights throughout. This week the match was shortened to 90minutes and it still produced three weights over 5lbs! The series ended on Monday evening with a barbeque for the youngsters, parents, and helpers and saw Liam Gaskell win overall with 13 points. He was closely followed by Kieran Garside on 14 points. Every angler went away with a bag of goodies and a prize. Well deserved thanks to our local bailiff team, coaches, and all who made this popular event possible. If you have never as yet visited this gem of a fishery you are definitely missing out big time.
Neil Plunkett paid a successful visit to Grey Mist Mere this past week and in a short afternoon session started the ball rolling with one of the new mirrors at 10lbs. Neil confounded my recent Guardian report that the tench sport was slowing down as he promptly followed this with seven of the olive green tincas all between 4 and 6lbs. A few irresponsible anglers have been leaving our security barrier open on this fishery. Is it really worth losing your membership for the minute it takes to turn a key?
The River Mersey is producing more small fish this season and now the majority of weights are taken on pole tactics whereas last year match records tumbled when members were tip fishing for large bream and skimmers. Whilst a few have been caught approaching 8lbs they are not present in any numbers, similarly the skimmers have done the same vanishing trick. The Mersey match was won this week by Bob Clough who after being outsmarted on his previous match by a 5lbs bream that escaped from the weigh basket he managed on this occasion to get all his fish to the scales for 5-4-4 taken alternating between pole and feeder.
Despite the fact that we heavily stocked The Mount Fishery at Buckley with carp it is the other species that are grabbing member's attention. This week Geoff Tyrell had a cracking rudd of 2.5lbs on float-fished sweetcorn, Andy Hughes 15 tench to 5lbs plus a 2.5lbs perch that took a liking to his corn steeped in his homemade liquid caster sugar bait dip. This 'pastie' water also produced a 19lbs PB common for Mark Doyle and a common of 16lbs upped Royce Keenan's PB.
On Monday we held the annual Halton Council/Warrington Anglers coaching day on our Phoenix Park fishery. Norton Priory organised some really interesting pond dipping, and we even had a team carrying out individual checks. In all we coached eighty youngsters plus a few parents who all caught fish. Each received a National Fishing Month Certificate of Merit. Thanks to all who helped to make the day a resounding success.
Many thanks to those members who take the trouble to send me their catch report, please keep them coming. Contact me 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:
SATURDAY:
SUNDAY:
Mersey Series draw 9am Victoria Park car park £10 all in.
MONDAY:
Disabled & Over 60's Draw 10am Star Inn, Statham. Contact John Dagnall at Cheshire Angling 01925 635486
Intermediates/Juniors, River Mersey, draw 6pm.
TUESDAY:
Minnows (beginners) Summer Series (Bridgewater Canal) Draw 6pm on bank opposite Euclid Avenue Contact Helen Dagnall for further details Tel 01925 635486
RESULTS:
Mersey Sunday Series
1) Bob Clough 5-4-4
2) Peter Jones 4-8-0
3) Martin Lenihan 4-4-0
4) Gary Mannion 4-1-0
Disabled & Over 60's (Mersey)
1) Bud Lee 6-2-2
2) Jeff Clare 5-13-4
3) Lenny Dutton 4-11-3
4) Dennis Bates 4-0-12
Woodshaw Series
1) George Winstanley 5-9-0
2) Alex Ainscough 5-6-0
3) Josh Dawber 5-4-0
4) Matthew Dawber
Final Series Results (On points)
1) Liam Gaskell 13 points 44-6-0
2) Kieran Garside 14 points 40-6-0
3) Mike Rudd 15 points 49-5-0
4) George Winstanley 15 points 42-8-0
5) James Brown 17 points 30-12-0
Juniors
1) Morgan Adawee 4-2-0
2) Adam Harman 2-6-6
3) Shaun Wright 1-14-4
Intermediate Summer Series
1) Jon Andrews 9-7-0
2) Ryan Brown 7-13-0
Minnows
1) Chelsea Dukes 1-7-0
2) Lewis James 1-6-8
3) Nathan Kirk 1-5-0
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