Following a few gruelling sessions on our waters Neil Plunkett decided to take my advice and try Rixton Claypits. Well thank goodness he could not go wrong! He caught thirty seven bream with half a dozen or so easily over 3lbs, in fact he weighed one rather than guess which sent the scales round to 4lbs so he was underestimating. He also included a tench between 3and 4lbs before he ran out of bait. All were caught on the feeder, moistened micro-pellets flavoured with chocolate and hookbaits were luncheon meat, pellets, or pepperoni hair-rigged on a 4inch hook length. New member Kev Hendry also chose Rixton as his debut fishery and wasn't disappointed. In his four hour session he caught continuously bream, tench, and roach alternating between sweetcorn, maggots, and bread.
New member Tom Young visited Cicily Mill Pool for the first time and was impressed with the excellent condition of the fish and indeed the water as a whole. It is nice to get that feedback from members on first visits. Using a method feeder loaded with pellets a fake corm on a fine fluorocarbon hooklink he had six bream.
The beauty of fishing on a canal is partly the never knowing what you are going to hook into next. On Sunday Julian Lowe was fishing on the Bridgewater just up from Watersmeet on the Kraft Arm feeding pellet and fishing over it with both maggot and caster. Fishing the pole with maggot on the hook the first fish he caught was a pike about 6lbs neatly hooked in the scissors. This was followed by an eel around 2.5lbs which fought like a tiger; a change to double caster resulted in half a dozen bream. Then he hooked into something that shot off like a train causing him to sprint along the towpath pole in hand to keep in touch with the fish. After a tussle with elastic at full stretch he slid his net under a common carp of about 12lbs.
I really cannot believe following all the warnings and publicity regarding the dangers of fishing beneath overhead power cables that we still have anglers putting their lives at risk. A young angler was reported last week blithely fishing directly beneath the high voltage cables on Grey Mist despite our clear enough ruling: - "Fishing is not allowed beneath or within 30metres distance either side of overhead power cables."
Your catch reports are invaluable to this column and fellow members. Either ring me on 01928 716238 or email frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk. HQ 52, Parker Street is open as usual between 7 & 9-00pm on Friday, for subscriptions, new memberships/night permits, or any queries.
Frank Lythgoe
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