26th June 2018 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

26^th June, 2018 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Darren Grant decided this year to target our river stretches and the first on the list was the Dee at Worthenbury. The bumpy journey along the rough track was soon forgotten when he reached the river as from the very first peg it looks so fishy. He returned home happy as he was rewarded with a chub well over 5lbs and a few grayling, however his car needed a polish after its adventure.

Appleton Reservoir is producing plenty of carp action but the only downside is that our volunteers whilst strimming the access points and banksides found empty bacon packets stuffed into the undergrowth. Those who leave their rubbish are not true anglers and we certainly do not want them in our club, anyone caught will lose their membership.

The levels on the River Mersey were well down last week almost to a trickle, however by Sunday they were suddenly back up and the river was fishable. Pegged at Kingsway Allotments our Saturday Series match saw Ray Boden and Arthur Plumb tie for joint first with 8-5-0. Arthur caught roach and perch to 8oz whilst Ray only had one roach but backed it up with perch to 4oz. Both fished pole and maggot.

The Sunday Series match held on the Mersey at Victoria Park was won by Barry Chambers who fished the pole alternating between maggot and caster for a weight of 9-15-0 made up of quality roach and perch to 8oz. Hot on his heels was match organiser Ray Boden who if he had put one more fish in his net the results would have been reversed. Ray fished the same method for 9-13-0 and included chub in his catch of roach and perch. If there had been a prize for 'fish of the day' then third placed Martin Kettle would have won easily after he landed a bream touching 6lbs after a tussle on light tackle. Many thanks to our small but hardy volunteers (you know who you are) for making the pegs fishable.

This week our Monday Disabled & Over 60's match was fished on the Bridgewater Canal at Keckwick Bridge on what was officially the hottest day of the year so far. Match veteran Jimmy Byrne took the honours with a net of small roach, perch, and gudgeon for 3-6-2 taken on pole and pinkie. George Barber had a few fish on both pinkie and bread punch for 2-13-6 and it could have been so different as he lost a big bream at the net, but that fishing.

Snippets: Quality bream to 8.5lbs being caught at Worthington Reservoirs. Small Sandiway is 'fishing its head off' also thanks to the working party volunteers for rebuilding pegs on both lakes.

Your catch reports are always welcome, but more important, it is nice to let follow members know how waters are fishing. Please email frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 9pm for 2018 night permits/membership renewals, new members, subscriptions, and any queries.

Frank Lythgoe

RESULTS:

Saturday Mersey Series

1)      Arthur Plumb/              

Ray Boden               8-5-0

3)      Alan Birchall            7-0-0

4)      Dave Brooks            6-6-0

 

Sunday Mersey Series

1)      Barry Chambers      9-15-0

2)      Ray Boden                9-13-0

3)      Martin Kettle           8-6-0

4)      Pete Jones/

Neil Davies               4-6-0

Monday Disabled & Over 60's

1)      Jimmy Byrne              3-6-2

2)      George Barber           2-13-6

3)      Lennie Dutton           2-10-0

4)      Geoff Brooks             2-9-8

 

COMING EVENTS:

SATURAY:

Mersey Series draw 9am. Kingsway Allotments

SUNDAY:

Mersey, Sid Jones Open, draw 9am. Mersey Walk.

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's Draw 10am Woodshaw Reservoir, Aspull.

19th June 2018 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

19^th June, 2018 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Committee member Ade Green and myself had a trip to the River Severn at Loton Park on Tuesday mainly to assess the vehicle access situation. I must admit although some work has been carried out by the agents it only gives vehicle access to one field and there is 4 miles of fishing! We really need members who visit to give their views and catch reports. Please email me direct. From there we travelled to our Warrington Anglers owned stretch of the river at Bicton where access was very good and some kind person had even strimmed the carpark. After a walk to the river we checked another member who was fishing and set about beating down the vegetation to our chosen swims. I have to say that Ade had twenty dace and small chub on stick-float and maggot over hemp whilst I only managed four fish. The other member fishing was Colin Stott who first tried the feeder but soon changed to stick-float and ended his session with thirty chub and dace taken on maggot and caster.

Working party volunteer Rod Walker fished Offa's Dyke Fisheries last week and reports a good catch of roach, hybrids, perch, and rudd taken on maggot. This fishery is ideal for introducing a youngster to the sport of angling, and a reminder that an adult member can take a non-member youngster aged twelve years and under on a one to one basis to this fishery for free.

Mike Pritchard fished the River Mersey on opening day at Victoria Park where he fished a waggler and maggot although he tried caster but only had one bite.  Mike ended his four hour session with a tally of ten roach, a hybrid, perch, and eight small chub ranging in size from 6oz to a pound. The chub are definitely a very welcome sign that they are breeding successfully.

The first Mersey Match of this current river season was drawn at Mersey Walk on Sunday where winner John Green targeted the skimmer bream which made up the bulk of his weight of 8lbs taken on groundbait feeder and maggot. Not far behind match organiser Ray Boden was the runner-up fishing his favourite pole and maggot tactics for a mixed net of skimmers, roach, and perch for 7-13-0.

This week our Monday Disabled & Over 60's match was fished on the Trent & Mersey Canal at Billinge where George Hollis fishing bread punch and pinkie put together a net of small roach for a winning weight of 3-10-4. Lennie Dutton was in second place with a similar net for 3-8-4.  

Your catch reports are always welcome, but more important, it is nice to let follow members know how waters are fishing. Please email frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 9pm for 2018 night permits/membership renewals, new members, subscriptions, and any queries.

Frank Lythgoe

RESULTS:

Sunday Mersey Series

1)      John Green                8-0-0

2)      Ray Boden                 7-13-0

3)      Bob Clough                7-8-0

4)      Jimmy Byrne             6-6-0

Monday Disabled & Over 60's

1)      George Hollis            3-10-4

2)      Lennie Dutton           3-8-4

3)      Bernie Lea                  3-5-4

4)      Graham Belton          1-14-10

COMING EVENTS:

SATURAY:

Mersey Series draw 9am. Kingsway Allotments

SUNDAY:

Mersey Series draw 9am. Victoria Park.

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's Draw 10am Bridgewater Canal Keckwick Bridge.

12th June 2018 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

12^th June, 2018 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Matty Carter has been catching well from the dam end at Appleton Reservoir and reports eleven carp on Saturday and losing nine. I chatted to him at the Res on Sunday when he caught ten fish with the best weighing 18lbs. All fish are landed and weighed or photographed safely at the bottom of the wall. Matty is taking advantage of the fact that ducks are fed by members of the public from this area and naturally that's where a good number of carp hang out. He keeps it simple, floater fishing using mixer biscuits and with the layout on the fishery the method does not interfere with other members bottom fishing from other areas of the reservoir. Tom O Connell fishing nearby only had one carp but the consensus was that it was the best looking fish, although all the fish we introduced from The Ocean have really come on leaps and bounds. One note of warning that members must park sensibly in the carpark provided and not on the road.

We are keeping a close watch on the Sankey St Helens Canal at Carterhouse that is presently covered on duckweed due to interruption in flow by the Runcorn/Widnes bridge works. Halton Council are very supportive but its ironic that there has been precisely zero reaction from the 'bridge management' who assured me at the outset that there would not be any detriment to what was an excellent fishery, now a shadow of its former self. 

With Saturday 16^th June heralding the start of the river coarse fishing season the first Mersey match takes place, draw 9am at Mersey Walk. I have no doubt that members will be visiting a number of our river venues so I would really appreciate some catch report info. I never miss an opportunity to put out the word that this ninety day closure is now outdated and an absolute waste of time and effort by both club and Environment Agency bailiffs who are already overstretched. Members fishing help to deter the poachers.

This week our Monday Disabled & Over 60's match was fished on the Bridgewater Canal at Pickerings Bridge and Jimmy Byrne who picked up some coin at the Irish Angling Festivals last week added to it with a win on his return with a weight of 4-11-0 of small roach taken on the pole alternating between punch bread and pinkie. Vice President Geoff Brooks was in the frame again in second place with 3-6-10.

Your catch reports are always welcome, but more important, it is nice to let follow members know how waters are fishing. Please email frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 9pm for 2018 night permits/membership renewals, new members, subscriptions, and any queries.

Frank Lythgoe

RESULTS:

Monday Disabled & Over 60's

1)      Jimmy Byrne            4-11-0

2)      Geoff Brooks            3-6-10

3)      Ron Durr                   3-1-0

4)      Graham Belton        2-15-8

COMING EVENTS:

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's Draw 10am Trent & Mersey Canal, Billinge.

5th July 2015 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

5^th June, 2018 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

A late report from Philip Brown who fished the big lake last Monday targeting the big tench that this water holds. On his tench gear feeding sweetcorn and using it on the hook he missed out on the tincas but ended his session with two mirror carp at 17 and 24lbs. Our bailiff Andrew Hewson reports that good numbers of carp are coming out of Small Sandiway, he caught four and lost one on pineapple pop-up boilies plus two bream. Reports of large tench being caught on Big Sandiway.

Mike Pritchard on his first trip out following a shoulder operation headed for one of his favourite venues, Ackers Pit. Now I know some members who are targeting the carp are struggling but the fish will no doubt have only recently spawned. Anyway, Mike was after anything that swims and fishing a light waggler and feeding caster over hemp he had a good 10lbs of fish made up of a solitary rudd, a skimmer (yes they are in there coming in as fry from the Bridgewater via the supply brook), a hybrid, and the rest were roach with the exception of a terrapin. A couple of the roach were around 12oz to 1lb.

This week our Monday Disabled & Over 60's match was fished on the Bridgewater Canal at Hilltop and although weights were generally low the winner by a clear margin was John Dagnall. He caught three bream that added nicely to his 14oz of roach and perch for a total weight of 6-14-0. Lennie Dutton was in second place with an all roach catch for 1-14-0.

Snippets:- Fish are still spawning on some waters so please respect the swim closures in the interests of fish welfare. A swan managed to get tangled in an angler's line on Sandiway and if that wasn't bad enough this anonymous member never thought to report it either to our bailiffs or myself so we could effect a rescue. Still on the same water members should be aware that there are no public footpaths around the perimeter of the lake. This is members land so you are quite within your rights to tell people they are trespassing. If they cause any trouble call the police and log the incident number for our records.

Your catch reports are always welcome, but more important, it is nice to let follow members know how waters are fishing. Please email frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 9pm for 2018 night permits/membership renewals, new members, subscriptions, and any queries.

Frank Lythgoe

RESULTS:

Monday Disabled & Over 60's

1)      John Dagnall           6-14-0

2)      Lenny Dutton          1-14-0

3)      George Barber        1-12-12

4)      Geoff Brooks           1-9-6

COMING EVENTS:

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's Draw 10am Bridgewater Canal Pickerings Bridge