30th May, 2017 Warrinngton Anglers Association Guardian Column

30th May, 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes[f1] 

It's not very often that we have any game reports but May Bank Holiday Monday was the exception when Chris Brookes who was fly-fishing on our stretch of the River Dee at Worthenbury landed a salmon weighing 13lbs. This was Chris's second Dee salmon of the season and sport should get better following a few good downpours as forecast.   

Aside from committee and bailiffs there was a disappointing turn out of volunteers for our working party at Appleton Reservoir on Saturday 27^th May. After all the Facebook comments regarding reinstating night fishing only two of our younger members turned up to help, you know who you are so many thanks. We do not have obligatory working parties but as a member's club, run by the member, for the members I really would have expected better. If you are interested we have reinstated night fishing on a trial basis and whether or not it remains open is down to you….any litter yours or not take it home.

I visited Statham pool over the Bank Holiday and I have to say it looked stunning and as a bonus there has also been some decent catches reported. Last week Alan Morris certainly enjoyed his four hour fishing session on this pocket-sized water. Fishing the waggler and loose-feeding maggots he caught between 80-100 fish mostly small roach, some nice skimmer bream, plus bonus fish of a 3lb chub, 4lb bream, and finished off with 6lb common carp that really put a bend in his rod. Oh, and for the record I picked up several crisp packets on my visit….not mine because I hate 'salt & vinegar' but nevertheless as a responsible member I took it home to dispose of it……this is every member responsibility, not solely your committee and bailiffs.

The hot weather has put fish on many of our waters in the spawning mood and pegs where they were in action over the weekend were closed to fishing by bailiffs on site. It appears they were mainly carp, but no matter what the species anglers should not use pegs where fish are spawning, closed or not. It has been suggested that we shut fisheries completely but as species do not spawn in unison waters would be closed for a considerable period.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 9pm for new members, subscriptions, night permit renewals, and any queries. Please email catch details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

COMING EVENTS:

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's !0am Draw, Trent & Mersey Canal, Billinge.

 

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23rd May 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

23rd May, 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes[f1] 

Grace Rigby at the tender age of ten made an impression on her dad Dave following her first introduction to angling at Statham Pool. She started off with a cracking tench and some small roach taken on the pole and red maggot at 5metres. Changing over to a method feeder Dave was kept busy casting for her but by the end of the session Grace had got the hang of it. She caught carp and bream on both banded pellet and dead red maggots on the hook. Dave and Grace are already planning their next trip…..watch this space I am certain we will hear more of this young lady.

Jay Simmonds last fished Woodshaw Reservoir about six years ago having heard it contained very good crucians and caught a dozen or so fish, but was disappointed that although he had some sizeable fish, none looked like proper crucians.  He returned to the venue last week for a short session and float-fished fairly close in where he found the fish in a good feeding mood. Jay ended up with about sixteen 'crucians' plus a few bream, but again reckoned there were a lot of goldfish hybrids up to a couple of pounds or so but the good news was that six were 100% crucian carp.  

 Eric J Smith was on Grey Mist on Sunday with his grandson Callum and Fishless Fletcher and it would be an understatement to say it wasn't the most productive of days. Eric and Co. spent around seven hours waiting for a bite and when it came Eric hit into what he thought would be a good tench. As Callum rushed to set up his camera Eric cringed as Fishless grabbed the landing net just as the head of a rather large Eel broke surface. Having only ever caught one eel of a decent size in the whole of his angling career this one looked either to be a PB or the second largest he had ever caught. When the line parted after Fishless had made at least half a dozen attempts with the net, commenting, 'that wasn't my fault, it kept swimming out of the net.' I'm afraid he rest of the report was unprintable.

Our Disabled & Over 60's match on Monday was fished this week on the Bridgewater Canal at Keckwick where our Vice President Geoff Brooks was the winner with 4-15-0. He fished pole and pinkie to catch a brace of bonus bream plus some roach and almost doubled the weight of second placed George Barber who fished bread punch for 2-8-12 made up of small roach. Please note there is no match on the 29^th May bank holiday.

There is a working party at Appleton Reservoir starting at 10am on Saturday 27^th May as it is the intention to reinstate night fishing on a trial basis. It will go ahead if enough turn up to help in a clean-up and peg tidy with hopefully a number of the old pegs brought back into use. Only those volunteers attending the working party will be allowed to fish that night.

Last chance…..Still looking for a member who is a surveyor that is willing to help our club by producing a couple of drawings relating to the access dispute on our stretch of the River Wye. Anybody out there please get in touch.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 9pm for new members, subscriptions, night permit renewals, and any queries. Please email catch details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

MATCH RESULTS:

Disabled & Over 60's

1)      Geoff Brooks        4-15-0

2)      George Barber      2-8-12

3)      Roy Rogers            2-1-2

4)      Graham Belton     1-12-0

 

COMING EVENTS:

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's Please note no match this week.

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16th May 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

16th May, 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes[f1] 

It was forty-eight years since re-joining member John Greenall fished Grey Mist Mere, in fact as he stated he hardly recognised the place with all the trees that are now present. He still has a photo of his last visit all those years ago with his son on his knee in addition to an 8lbs carp! This veteran seventy-eight years young (as he insists sounds much better than 'old') angler float-fished feeding hemp and ground bait with caster on the hook. Fishing the second peg on the carpark he sat for three hours without a bite and commented that two other anglers nearby outgunned him rod-wise four to one and had fared no better. That alone didn't make him feel any better but a change to double red maggot did in the shape of a personal best tench that was just knocking on 5lbs.

Regular contributor to this column Eric J Smith informed this week that his old partner in crime and one of my favourite angling characters, Fishless Fletcher is back on the scene. Fishless who is recovering from surgery on his neck has renewed his WAA membership and put in an appearance on the bank at Woodshaw Reservoir over the weekend. Contrary to his nick-name he caught a hybrid of around 2.5lbs, the first fish he has caught since last September when he managed to land a couple of roach from the Mount. Eric commented that it was really good to have him back on the bank with the proviso that at least he makes a good brew. Anyway, I wish him a speedy recovery to full fitness and look forward to reporting his angling exploits.

Neil Plunkett managed another pass from 'she who must be obeyed' on Sunday so a trip to Cicily Mill Pool was planned but on arrival at 7-30am the carpark was full, no doubt due to members taking full advantage of the good weather. However, he found a tasty looking swim on the right bank and ended up by mid-afternoon with nine large bream, four crucians, and a solitary roach taken on feeder tactics fished tight against the far bank.

The local volunteers have been hard at work for some time at Rixton Claypits and have cleared a fair number of pegs so there is plenty of room for everyone. Our bailiffs removed four poachers over the weekend who clearly thought that our club membership did not apply to them. They were told in no uncertain terms that if it happened again they would be liable to prosecution for 'theft of fishing rights'. Oh, I really do love this bit of legislation that has added some real teeth to our armoury.

 Our Disabled & Over 60's match on Monday was fished this week at our Woodshaw Reservoir fishery at Wigan. Local rod, John Garry made full use of his knowledge of the water using meat on the hook to take a comfortable win with a net of crucian carp and a brace of bream for a combined weight of 9-2-0. Committee member Graham Belton was second with 5-12-0 made up of a couple of small bream plus roach using pole and caster.   

I am still urgently looking for a member who is a surveyor that is willing to help our club by producing a couple of drawings relating to the access dispute on our stretch of the River Wye. Anybody out there please get in touch.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 9pm for new members, subscriptions, night permit renewals, and any queries. Please email catch details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

MATCH RESULTS:

Disabled & Over 60's

1)      John Garry           9-2-0

2)      Graham Belton   5-12-0

3)      Jimmy Byrne       4-12-0

4)      Alan Brown         4-0-0

 

COMING EVENTS:

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's Draw 10am Bridgewater Canal, Delph Lane peg 101.

 

 

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9th May 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

9th May, 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes[f1] 

At our management committee meeting on Monday it was decided to reinstate night fishing at Appleton Reservoir on a trial basis commencing after a clean-up and bank clearance commencing 10am on Saturday 27^th May, 2017. Only those volunteers attending the working party will be allowed to fish that night.

Neil Plunkett enjoyed his two sessions on Warrington Anglers waters last week starting at The Mount where armed with his favourite boilies, PVA bags, and bite alarms he landed two carp, a mirror and a common, both upper doubles. The next day saw Neil at Woodshaw Reservoir where he caught sixteen crucians on the tip using a method feeder plus half a dozen roach and a bream taken later on the float. Some of the crucians were well over 2lbs.

Ben Stringer fished a method feeder at Rixton Claypits last Thursday with dead maggot on the hook and caught eleven bream and seven tench both species ranging around the two to three pound mark. He lost a fair sized carp at the net after playing it for twenty minutes.

 Our Disabled & Over 60's match on Monday was won by Bud Legh with 6-6-0 that included a bonus bream of around 3lbs to boost his net of small roach. Peter Davies was second and also included a bonus bream that was weighed at 3.5lbs added to his roach catch of over a pound. Bread and pinkie accounted for most catches.

I am urgently looking for a member who is a surveyor that is willing to help our club by producing several drawings relating to the access dispute on our stretch of the River Wye.  Hopefully if acceptable to all parties it may offer a potential access solution. Anybody out there please get in touch.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 9pm for new members, subscriptions, night permit renewals, and any queries. Please email catch details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

MATCH RESULTS:

Disabled & Over 60's

1)      Bud Legh          6-6-0

2)      Peter Davies    4-14-4

3)      Roy Rogers       3-10-4

4)      George Barber 3-7-12

 

COMING EVENTS:

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's Draw 10am Woodshaw Reservoir

 

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2nd May 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

2^nd May, 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes[f1] 

A surprise catch this week by member Graham Lesley from the small pool at the Mount of an eel weighing 3-8-0. Bailiff Brian Jones informed me that generally carp are being caught but silvers and tench sport is sporadic.  I am led to believe that committee member Ade Green also caught a massive eel from Grey Mist this past week but did not put it on the scales, it certainly looked a specimen weight.

Nick Roberts took his son Sam ages ten years to Cicely Pool a couple of weeks ago and Sam fancied fishing a quiver tip for the bigger fish whilst his dad opted for pole tactics. Both were fishing with red maggot but Sam was soon into a fish and after a short fight a crucian around the 2lbs mark lay in his landing net and dad hadn't yet wet a line. Nick was also soon into a bite every put in but couldn't get past the 3inch roach whereas his young protégé was catching less but of a better stamp. Then Sam's tip went round and he was into a decent fish and eventually the biggest perch either of them had ever seen lay in the landing net. The scales went round to 3-10-0 but even with scale discrepancies it was a wonderful specimen which I am certain Sam will never forget.

Appleton Reservoir is producing some decent roach catches and this weekend Ian Rogers fishing a maggot feeder hit into a shoal of quality silvers with the majority 8ozs and the best around 1.5lbs. Also, some good-sized carp are being reported in spite of the night fishing ban still in place. Please keep the car park locked at all times.

I know the Bridgewater Canal isn't getting much attention nowadays but the water that Warrington Anglers Association have controlled for close on a century still holds decent fish and is always worth a visit. John Spiers enjoyed a session on the pole at Moore this weekend fishing against the 'stick-ups' feeding micro- pellet plus a few grains of hemp with a 4mm offering on the hook saw him catch some quality roach plus seven bream around the 3lbs mark.

Just a brief heads-up that after issues raised by members the new rules on night fishing I reported last week have been shelved for the time being. The committee will  be  having a fresh look at the issues bearing in mind some constructive emails from members.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 9pm for new members, subscriptions, night permit renewals, and any queries. Please email catch details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

COMING EVENTS:

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's Bridgewater Canal, draw 10am Walton Church

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