Tuesday 6 January 2015

6th January 2015 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

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6th January 2015 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes.

Jim Gannon certainly started off the New Year well by winning both the Mersey Saturday Sweepstake and Mersey Sunday Series matches. He fished groundbait feeder and maggot on both occasions taking his first win of 2015 with 3-13-0 made up of a bonus 13oz chub plus small roach and followed this the next day with a skimmer and roach catch of 4-12-0. Catches are slowly improving from those dire results before the Christmas holiday.

The River Mersey is producing steady sport with skimmers and roach although the larger bream are definitely off the feed. Jamie Timmis reports a good catch of roach, skimmers, and hybrids from the early pegs behind Grey Mist on feeder tactics and maggot which seems to be producing the best results for both match and pleasure anglers at the moment.

Last week the Disabled & Over 60's match had a low turnout but decent results as the canal was frozen for the most part so they paper pegged some generally little fished but ice free pegs at Preston Brook. George Barber took first place with a weight of 6-3-0 followed by Bud Lee with 4-4-0.

Our Disabled & Over 60's match on Monday was again by popular request fished at Preston Brook and won by Lennie Dutton. I don't know how he does it but Lennie managed yet another end peg draw to put 5-4-0 of bream and roach on the scales which gave him a comfortable margin over second placed Ron Durr on 3-8-6.

Reasonable numbers of unseasonal tench are still being caught from Grey Mist Mere along with a few carp. Roach sport is poor due to cormorant predation.

On Saturday 17th January a diving club is coming to do an exercise on Moore Quarry and have offered to investigate any areas that cause issues or where there are 'snag pits'. The dive leader is a longstanding member and would like as much information and input from members as possible so they can map their dive plan. If time permits they may be able to remove snags and take some underwater camera footage if water clarity is sufficient.

Please email me your catch reports to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or you can ring me on 01928 716238. Our headquarters at 52, Parker Street are closed on Boxing Day but open as usual the following Friday between 7 & 8-30pm for subscriptions, new memberships/night permits, and any queries.

               

Frank Lythgoe

 

RESULTS:
Mersey Saturday Sweepstake

  1. Jim Gannon     3-13-0

  2. Jimmy Byrnes  3-3-0

  3. Derek Bibby     2-12-0

  4. Ray Boden        1-10-0

Mersey Sunday Series

  1. Jim Gannon     4-12-0

  2. Ray Boden       4-1-0

  3. Jimmy Byrnes  4-0-0

  4. Derek Bibby     3-1-0

Disabled & Over 60's

  1. Lennie Dutton  5-4-0

  2. Ron Durr            3-8-6

  3. George Barber  3-2-0

  4. Stu Patterson    2-12-4

COMING EVENTS:

SATURDAY

Mersey Saturday Sweepstake draw 9am through gates at Mersey Walk

SUNDAY

Mersey Sunday Series draw 9am Victoria Park Allotments

MONDAY

Disabled & Over 60's Draw 10am at Walton Gun Club. Contact John Dagnall at Cheshire Angling 01925 635486.

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