28th May 2019 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

28th May 2019 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Mike Pryer and Steve Draper fished The Mount at Buckley on the last two Sundays and the roach fishing was brilliant. They fished a 6metre margin pole catching roach to over 1lb and plenty of small bream, plus bonus tench and carp up-to 8lb but a few carp didn't quite make to the net. Successful method was red maggot over a bed of groundbait. Mike recommends that if members give the silvers a try, they will not be disappointed.

Dave Spencer enjoyed a good evenings fishing at Ackers Pit on Friday considering that he went on the spur of the moment and only took a couple of rounds of bread for bait. He fished a waggler with bread flake and had a small roach before being pulled all over the pit by a mirror carp that tipped the scales at 9.5 lbs. It was in great condition and is the best fish he'd had out of Ackers Pit during the 60 years that he has been fishing the water. Dave also had another mirror of 7.5 lbs and as he said, "Not a bad two hours!"

Craig Stubbs decided after four decades of carp fishing to turn the clock back to how it all started when he was a youngster. The result was a lovely days fishing at Rixton Claypits catching roach, rudd, a few hybrids, and some perch. Craig's still into his carp fishing but just fancied a nostalgic trip.

Mark Akery finally managed to catch his first carp from Little Sandiway, a 20lbs common that fought like a demon. And the action continued throughout the night with a nice low double mirror and a linear of 19-8-0 and a final tally of five fish. His mate Carl Jones caught a 19-12-0 linear and a 13-10-0 common.

Our Monday Disabled & Over 60's match this week was on our Woodshaw Reservoir Fishery at Wigan which is in pristine condition thanks to our team of volunteers. Local rod Tim Dwerryhouse was well ahead of the rest of the field with a weight of 13-4-0 made up of nine crucians caught using the pole at 10 meters on double red maggot with a small ball of ground bait every put-in. The runner-up was Alan Brown with 4-8-0 of small skimmers and roach.

Members who take the trouble to send in catch reports earn the appreciation of fellow members as it helps them to know how waters are fishing and plan their outings. Equally important, they give me something to write about! 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. New members are welcome to call in and join, current ones can renew their subscription, or night permit. 

Frank Lythgoe

RESULTS:          

Disabled & Over 60's Woodshaw Reservoir, Wigan

1)      Tim Dwerryhouse 13-4-0

2)      Alan Brown              4-8-0

3)      Johnny Johnson      3-12-0

4)      Graham Belton       3-2-0

COMING EVENTS:

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's draw 10am Delph Lane, Keckwick.

21st May 2019 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

21st May 2019 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

The funeral of longstanding member Ernie Hutchinson took place on Tuesday, 21^st May 2019. Ernie in the past had taken on all sorts of volunteer jobs for Warrington Anglers Association including a bailiff role. He was a keen match angler and represented WAA on our National Squad all over the country. He used to give me regular catch reports from around our waters usually accompanied by his fishing mate Dickie Wernham, I christened the pair 'The Dynamic Duo.' Ernie was also the first angler to catch on Sandiway large lake when after six years continuous stocking as the club had ideas of it being a match water, he changed everything on the opening day with a catch of big bream taken on slider tactics. It sealed its fate as a specimen fishery. Condolences to his family.

Graham Tuck and Mick Kenyon decided on a trip to Worthington Reservoirs this week and set up their tackle on Worthington (No. 1) but from 7-30am to 12 noon with nothing but a single perch it didn't take much discussion to make the move to the adjacent Arley Reservoir. It turned out to be the right decision as by the time to leave at 4-30pm they had both had a cracking days fishing with about 20lbs or so of fish each. Graham fished a whip and maggot for a mix of roach and perch to 8oz whilst Mick was on a waggler for a similar mix including a few chunky specimens.

On Saturday Martin James took his daughter Amber aged four years on her first ever fishing trip at her own request. The chosen venue was Ackers Pit where they had the place to themselves having a really pleasant few hours. Martin set up his pole top kit for Amber where she caught a small roach on her first cast and it was all smiles from thereon. The youngster ended up catching eight roach to 14oz plus a couple of rudd. Her dad even managed to fit in a few casts for himself with sweetcorn at about 5metres over a handful of micro-pellets and snared a bream 3-4lbs plus a hybridised crucian. Congratulations Amber, I'm certain that you will never forget this your first outing 😊

For member Kevin Bell it was a 2.5hour trip to our Offa's Dyke fisheries where he set up his tackle on the middle pool and fished a waggler with bread flake on the hook over a bed of groundbait. He was hoping for a tench but was pleasantly surprised with five decent sized chub, the best 4-6-0 plus a small carp. Kevin reckons that it was worth the long drive for lovely simple fishing for hard fighting fish in beautiful surroundings. He hasn't given up on the tench and I can confirm that we stocked them along with carp and thousands of roach, rudd, and hybrids.

Our Disabled & Over 60's match was on the Trent & Mersey Canal at Billinge on Monday and saw local rod veteran Rod Fraser the winner with a net of pole caught small roach for a weight of 4-14-0. The runner-up spot was taken by Phil Andrews with 4-9-0.

Members who take the trouble to send in catch reports earn the appreciation of fellow members as it helps them to know how waters are fishing and plan their outings. Equally important, they give me something to write about! 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. New members are welcome to call in and join, current ones can renew their subscription, or night permit. 

Frank Lythgoe

RESULTS:          

Disabled & Over 60's Woodshaw Reservoir, Wigan

1)      Rod Fraser              4-14-0

2)      Phil Anderson        4-9-0

3)      Ron Durr                 3-3-0

4)      George Hollis         2-14-4

COMING EVENTS:

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's draw 10am Woodshaw Reservoir.

Virus-free. www.avg.com

14th May 2019 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

13^th May 2019 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Kyle Tilbury quite literally fished under the stars at Grey Mist on his Monday overnight session bravely leaving his bivvie at home, but thankfully both the weather and the fish were kind to him.  There were plenty of carp showing and within two hours he landed his first fish, a 19-3-0 mirror. Kyle caught three further mirrors during the session weighing in at 14-14-0, 21- 12-0, and 24-4-0. All fish fell to a simple multi-rig and a light scattering of boilies with a top up after each fish. This was his first session with no shelter this year and the best since re-joining Warrington Anglers back in February.

Committee member Ade Green decided on a rare trip to the Bridgewater Canal at Pickerings Bridge on Sunday where just as he was setting up a familiar voice whispered from behind a well-known Anglo Saxon greeting and lo and behold there standing behind him was fellow committee member Mike Dench who by sheer fluke had also chosen the same venue.  Anyway, the upshot was that Ade fished the pole at 13metres loose-feeding pinkie for five hours for about forty-five fish, mainly roach, a couple of perch, and a skimmer that turned out to be the biggest fish at about 0-8-0. Mike fished pinkie and caster at 14metres catching a dozen or of the same mix.

Generally around the fisheries bream and tench and a few small carp from Rixton Claypits; plenty of silvers, skimmer, plus small carp from Statham Pool; The Mount for roach sport with some decent specimens showing along with tench, bream, and carp; and although carp sport has slackened off at Appleton Reservoir regular contributor Phillip Brown still managed a new PB on Wednesday weighing 25-2-0.

Our Disabled & Over 60's match was on the Bridgewater Canal at Stage Lane on Monday and saw George Barber, the 'Breadman', take another win with the help of a bonus 3lbs bream to which he added 2lbs of roach for a total weight of 5-1-8. Fishing the pole at 11 metres his recipe for the win was, "Two slices in the blender and two in the microwave." All the first three anglers were in adjacent pegs and all enjoyed the advantage of a bonus slab with Mike Worley taking the runner-up spot with 4-9-0.

A word of caution that a member was banned by the management committee this week when he was caught with alcohol on one of our fisheries. There are no excuses, 'I didn't know' just does not wash, simply read the rules which apply to everyone.

Members who take the trouble to send in catch reports earn the appreciation of fellow members as it helps them to know how waters are fishing and plan their outings. Equally important, they give me something to write about! 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. New members are welcome to call in and join, current ones can renew their subscription, or night permit. 

Frank Lythgoe

RESULTS:          

Disabled & Over 60's Woodshaw Reservoir, Wigan

1)      George Barber       5-1-8

2)      Mike Worley          4-9-0

3)      Ron Durr                 4-1-8

4)      Jimmy Byrne          2-6-8

COMING EVENTS:

MONDAY:

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

7th May 2019 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Column Notes

^7th May 2019 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Ian Millington reckons that the Mount at Buckley is a brilliant place to fish, no doubt borne out by his morning session on Friday when he had a mixed catch of silvers, a bream, and a tench, losing a better one when it snagged-up. All fell to either corn or red maggot. He was back again on Sunday but tried the smaller back lake where he included a decent bream and a small carp in his catch. Thanks to those members who are openly sharing their experiences with fellow anglers to help make both existing members and newcomers fishing experiences more productive.

Phil Brown had a busy day session at Appleton Reservoir on Thursday fishing with his mate Jess Steele catching eight carp that included three twenties, but Jess landed the biggest at 25lbs. A few nice carp reported from Grey Mist and Appleton Reservoir over the Bank Holiday weekend with also a fair amount of tench action from the Mist. Ian Simpkin had eight in a session with the best a 7lbs 12ozs specimen caught on double red maggot using a small groundbait feeder.

I finally managed to get out on Monday fully intending to fish with the 'over the hill mob' at Woodshaw but I got absolutely soaked whilst loading the car and being a weather wimp took it as a sign and went to Cicely Mill Pool instead after I had changed. There was only one other angler on the fishery who had been there since early morning targeting carp but he hadn't seen any signs of one. Perhaps I should have taken this as an omen but carried on regardless. Fishing pole and maggot, I missed a bite, hit one that shot off and slipped the hook; that was it. Need to get out more.

Our Disabled & Over 60's match at Woodshaw Reservoir on Monday was won by local rod Alan Pendlebury with a catch of crucians and roach for a weight of 9-4-0. They were all caught on the pole at 10metres alternating between caster and pellet. Jimmy Byrne took second place with a similar catch of 7-4-0 taken on red maggot.

Thanks to those members who send catch reports as they help follow members to weigh up how waters are fishing to plan their outings. And equally important they give me something to write about! 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. New members are welcome to call in and join, current ones can renew their subscription, or night permit. 

Frank Lythgoe

RESULTS:           

Disabled & Over 60's Woodshaw Reservoir, Wigan

1)      Alan Pendlebury   9-4-0 

2)      Jimmy Byrne          7-4-0

3)      Alan Birchall           7-2-0

4)      Ralph Seddon         6-0-0

COMING EVENTS:

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's draw 10am Bridgewater Canal, Stage Lane, Lymm.