25th August 2020 Warrington Anglers Association guardian Notes.

25^th August 2020 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Anthony Rough fished our stretch of the River Wye on Sunday and Monday of this week. The first day he fished the upper field where sport was fairly slow with one barbel around 5lb, a couple of good chub and some chublets. On Monday he moved to the downstream pegs which fished better, producing two barbel to 5lb, eight chub between 2 and 3 lb, and plenty of small chub. All fish were caught on groundbait feeder, with meat or boilie hook bait. Anthony's trip to the Wye has now become an annual event, with him commenting, "It's a beautiful stretch of river, and a privilege to fish."

Michael White who is one of our bailiffs on the Bridgewater Canal shared on our Facebook page some of his stunning perch catches over his past two Sunday sessions on the venue. Inspired by this Ian Simcock was on the canal the very next day where initially not a lot was happening but a change to a classic shad lure brought a change of fortunes, although his first fish was a jack-pike. He ended his three-hour session with a brace of perch, the best he reckoned was well over 1.5lbs. There are plenty of small roach in the canal to help their growth.

Danny Carman emailed me on the 8^th May that he had seen two carp on the Bridgewater Canal between Stockton Heath and Grappenhall which he reckoned were both clear of 20lbs. This is the first he had seen carp on this stretch since a fair number died some fifteen years ago. On Friday evening it finally happened which he reckoned was a capture of a lifetime for him personally, although he has caught many carp much bigger this one is really special. Having grew up fishing the Bridgewater from the age of six he will not be forgetting his first canal carp catch of a 14lb 8oz caught using maggot and caster on an 18's hook to 2.8lbs hook-length.

The Mersey Match Series was fished this week at Victoria Park where Alan Faulkner got amongst the bream with two in the 5 to 6lbs bracket which along with skimmers and a few small roach saw him the clear winner with a weight of 16-8-0. He fished the pole for a short spell but a change to feeder tactics did the trick. Neil Buist fished the feeder to also include a bonus bream in his catch to take second place with 11-8-0. Nineteen fished.

Our Disabled & Over 60's match on Monday held on the Bridgewater Canal at Preston Brook was a close-run thing with George Hollis the winner with 4-11-12 of roach taken on pole and pinkie. George Barber was only a quarter of an ounce behind with a similar net of fish for 4-11-8 and second place.  

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street remain closed on Friday evenings until further notice. Members renewing can simply put their book or request in an envelope with their payment, a stamped addressed envelope, and post it through our HQ door where mail is collected and dealt with most days. If you need any further information please give me a call or email as below.

Please keep those catch reports coming; they are all very much appreciated by fellow members. Email frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

RESULTS:

Mersey Match Series (Victoria Park):

1)      Alan Faulkner     16-8-0

2)      Neil Buist             11-8-0

3)      Ant Higham         10-0-0

4)      Jim Gannon           8-1-0

Monday Disabled & Over 60's (Bridgewater Canal, Preston Brook).

1)      George Hollis        4-11-12

2)      George Barber     4-11-12

3)      Jimmy Byrne        4-7-12

4)      Ron Durr               4-3-12

COMING EVENTS:

SUNDAY

Mersey Match Series members only (27 pegs) MUST BOOK ON. Draw 9am Mersey Walk peg 45 up. (Please Note £5 pool or £10 all-in, no coins and exact money…no change given).

MONDAY

Disabled & Over 60's Draw 9-45am Woodshaw Reservoir. (Please Note £5 all-in, no coins, exact money….no change given.

18th August 2020 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

18^th August 2020 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Louis Robinson at the tender age of eleven years is already a mad keen angler and Saturday saw him catch a cracking PB carp weighing in at 19-4-0 from our popular Appleton Reservoir venue. A pupil of Bridgewater High School he is currently out fishing five days a week and his interest in the sport no doubt stems from his father Ashley who has fished for Warrington Anglers at national level.

Vince Edwards enjoyed a good catch of bream from Budworth Mere on Thursday where he fished a groundbait feeder and worm and caster for a net of thirteen bream (lucky for some) and a solitary roach which he reckoned was the specimen of the day as it weighed 2-4-0. The bream were all around the 3lbs pls mark like peas in a pod. Best 3-12-0. This water is definitely worth a visit if you fancy a feeder session.

It is some time since we had a catch report from our Association owned stretch of the River Derwent at Darley Abbey. But Dave Smith made the ninety-minute journey from Knutsford on Saturday for his first visit to this prolific river. He set-up a light tip rod and groundbait feeder with the addition of a sprinkling of micro-pellet and red maggots. After an hour without a bite he moved pegs and casting across to a willow struck into his first bite of the day which was a chub around 2lbs. Four more chub followed, then he thought he was snagged until the fish started to move, resulting in a bream of 4.5lbs. He finished off with a few roach and will be making another visit in the near future. Don't forget with a reciprocal agreement with the local club we can fish the end lake for a change of venue or the river is in flood.

Ian Smythe enjoyed an epic roach session on the Macclesfield Canal at Astbury where he fished pole and maggot for a few roach before changing to hemp when after twenty minutes if he had hit them all it would have been a fish every cast. He still ended up with a nice net of roach to 12oz which he reckoned was at least 25lbs.

Sunday saw the 2^nd Association contest (rod only) fished on the river at Mersey Walk where a very much in form Jimmy Byrne repeated his success of the previous week with a mixed net of skimmers, roach, and perch taken on maggot feeder and bolognese for 10-2-0. Jeff Shaw took second place from the adjacent peg with 9-9-0 and a similar mix of fish. In fact, I think Alan Faulkner landed the only decent bream of the match. Twenty fished.

The Disabled & Over 60's match on Monday was held on the Trent & Mersey Canal at Billinge which saw local angler Rod Fraser capitalise on an end peg draw where he fished caster at 11 metres next to the marina wides for an impressive net of 9-9-0 made up of skimmers, hybrids to 1lb, plus roach and perch. Bas Chambers was second with exactly a hundred fish taken on maggot and pinkie for 6-13-8 of roach, perch, and gudgeon. Sixteen fished and totalled 75lbs of fish which averaged over 4.5lbs per angler.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street remain closed on Friday evenings until further notice. Members renewing can simply put their book or request in an envelope with their payment, a stamped addressed envelope, and post it through our HQ door where mail is collected and dealt with most days. If you need any further information please give me a call or email as below.

Please keep those catch reports coming; they are all very much appreciated by fellow members. Email frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

RESULTS:

Mersey: 2^nd Association Contest (rod only):

1)      Jimmy Byrne       10-2-0

2)      Jeff Shaw              9-9-0

3)      Ray Boden            8-13-0

4)      Alan Faulkner     8-1-0

Monday Disabled & Over 60's (Trent & Mersey Canal, Billinge).

1)      Rod Fraser           9-9-0

2)      Bas. Chambers    6-13-8

3)      George Hollis      6-4-4

4)      Roy Brown           6-3-12

COMING EVENTS:

SUNDAY

Mersey Match Series members only (23 pegs) MUST BOOK ON. Draw 9am Victoria Park peg 12 up. (Please Note £5 pool or £10 all-in, no coins and exact money…no change given).

MONDAY

Disabled & Over 60's Draw 9-45am. Bridgewater Canal, Preston Brook peg 1. (Please Note £5 all-in, no coins, exact money….no change given).

11th August 2020 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

11^th August 2020 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Monday saw another youngster, Jacob Harrison aged five years introduced for the very first time to our wonderful sport of angling. His grandfather, Paul Knowles chose the Bridgewater Canal at Grappenhall Trees for this taster session which I am certain has lasting memories for many of our members. Paul set him up with a rod and reel, light float with a size 18's hook and a bait-box of red maggot and Jacob was on the way to becoming an angler. His concentration was certainly impressive even with his improvised 'fishing seat' which I understand thanks to the kindness of one of our members will soon be replaced by a pucca job. Jacob's all perch catch plus a bonus 2lbs bream all caught at the bottom of the nearside shelf will be a lifetime memory.

Come-on grandads, dads, mums, uncles, aunts, big brothers, etc if you take a youngster fishing you are not only helping to save them from the 'long thumb syndrome' but introducing them to an outdoor sport that everyone can enjoy which could be a lifetime interest.

Anthony Rough enjoyed his visit to Worthenbury Brook on Sunday and fishing a stick-float and maggot had a bite every run down his swim catching dace solidly for two hours. He decided that a return to his van for a cup of tea was in order only to find that seemingly every cow in the district had surrounded his peg. The joys of fishing. The following day after first after sorting out some swimmers at The Mount he managed to slot in a short two-hour session. Anthony fished up in the water loose-feeding maggot and caught steadily with mostly roach and the odd perch.

Bill Banks fishing a small groundbait feeder with sweetcorn and red maggot on Arley Reservoir, one of the three Worthington Lakes enjoyed a nice catch of eighteen bream to 3.5lbs plus a few decent roach over a pound. He had fish on both corn and double maggot and lost a hard-fighting carp that slipped the hook at the net.

Ian Swain fancied some river fishing and decided a visit to our stretch of the River Severn at Bicton was in order. He agreed with me that it was indeed wild fishing with no manicured pegs as he had to bash his way through the bankside vegetation before he started fishing. But it was definitely worth the effort as fishing two rods, one a feeder with meat and corn and the other close in with stick-float and maggot his inside swim produced dace, roach, and small chub throughout. As it was time to call it a day his tip rod registered his first bite of the day, a chub of around 4lbs, so as you would he had a 'last cast' while he tackled down his other rod. The result was three more chub and a good days fishing.

Thanks to our working party volunteers who were out on the Mount this weekend repairing steps down to the pegs and the team at Woodshaw Reservoir who aside from mowing/strimming have hatched a plan to re-proof the leaking roof of their container. Volunteers are always welcome.

A number of members were caught by our bailiffs in the past week with alcohol and tins in their possession. All I will say is that ignorance of the rules is no excuse so read your membership book and adhere to the rules and conditions that you signed up to on joining or risk losing your membership.

The Sunday Mersey Match (Challenge Shield) was fished this week at Victoria Park and was won by Jimmy Byrne who made the most of an end-peg draw with an all pole caught net of perch and roach on maggot for a weight of 13-11-0.  Ray Boden also fished pole and maggot to take second place with 8-13-0. Numbers taking part were down this week to fourteen due to holidays .

The Bridgewater Canal at Pickerings Bridge was the venue for our Disabled and Over 60's match this week. On form Ray Boden who fished the pole and pinkie was the winner with a net of roach and perch for a weight of 4-8-8. George Hollis was the runner-up with 3-6-0. Nineteen fished.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street remain closed on Friday evenings until further notice. Members renewing can simply put their book or request in an envelope with their payment, a stamped addressed envelope, and post it through our HQ door where mail is collected and dealt with most days. If you need any further information please give me a call or email as below.

Please keep those catch reports coming; they are all very much appreciated by fellow members. Email frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

RESULTS:

Mersey Sunday Series:

1)      Jimmy Byrne       13-11-0

2)      Ray Boden            8-13-0

3)      Jeff Shaw              7-11-0

4)      Derek Bibby         6-9-0

Monday Disabled & Over 60's (Woodshaw Reservoir).

1)      Ray Boden           4-8-8

2)      George Hollis      3-6-0

3)      Rod Fraser           3-1-0

4)      Ron Durr              3-0-2

COMING EVENTS:

SUNDAY

Mersey Match Series members only (28 pegs) MUST BOOK ON. Draw 9am Mersey Walk (Please Note £5 pool or £10 all-in, no coins and exact money…no change given).

MONDAY

Disabled & Over 60's Draw 9-45am. Trent & Mersey Canal, Billinge. (Please Note £5 all-in, no coins, exact money….no change given).

4th August 2020 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

4^th August 2020 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

On Friday Tom Fahey visited Ackers Pit with his youngest in tow, Alfie aged 7, and elder brother Ryan to spectate. Tom set Alfie up with a whip and half a pint of mixed maggot and he was away, eventually losing count of how many fish he had caught but numbers didn't matter as he was absolutely over the moon with his angling experience on his second visit to this pocket-sized fishery. Tom reckoned that there was nothing over 4oz in the mixed bag of roach, rudd and perch. As a bonus he also managed to squeeze in five minutes himself and landed a lovely mirror around 8lbs on float fished curried meat. He had spotted a load of Carp mooching and grubbing around in the margin and literally dropped his bait on their heads and it was fish-on. Alfie named it "Big Bad Barry" after the fish from his favourite Ben and Holly cartoon!  For Tom It was a nice way to christen his new John Wilson Avon travel rod, and a memorable couple of hours on the bank with his boys.

On Wednesday head bailiff James Makin and his friend Trevor Royle who was accompanied by his son Zack aged eight enjoyed an overnight session on Grey Mist. James managed a brace of tench and a 16lbs mirror but young Zack outshone the pair of them when he added another PB to his collection. He already has a recent PB mirror of 22-5-0 under his belt to which he added a PB common of 20-3-0. All fish were caught using a Korda KD- rig with krill wafter over a bed of boilies.

This week Graham Ryan, a longstanding member and septuagenarian decided that he needed a change from his favourite Ackers Pit where apparently at the moment younger anglers seem more successful. He chose the River Mersey near the allotments for his first visit to the river where he fished a waggler and maggot to catch a dozen big perch and roach between 12oz to 1lb. Happy with his catch he will soon be revisiting this newly 'discovered' fishery.

On Thursday whilst on one of my visits around our waters I bumped into one of our ex-junior match squad members, Jason Best, (that was some years ago) at Appleton Reservoir. He was just starting to tackle down after an enjoyable four-hour session. Jason had started off on the tip with a groundbait feeder and maggot but soon sussed out that a waggler with loose-fed maggot would work just as well. The result which I witnessed was a net of quality roach caught on his first ever visit to 'The Res' but it definitely won't be his last. Carp sport has been slower this week but I have heard rumours of a 27lb fish.

The Sunday Mersey Match Series fished this week at Mersey Walk was won this week by Ray Boden who fished pole and maggot for a weight of 14-5-0 made up of mainly roach and perch. Derek Bibby was in second place with 11-1-0 where after starting on the tip he caught a couple of roach but soon changed over to the pole and maggot at 11 metres where he had virtually a fish every put-in made up of roach and perch. He struck into one fish which he thought was a pike that had grabbed his roach that immediately headed for the centre of the river stretching his elastic to the limit. When it surfaced Derek realised it wasn't a pike and eventually slipped his landing net under a cracking 2.5lbs perch which was followed by a few further quality stripeys and roach. Quite a few pike were hooked after grabbing a hooked roach, in fact Bas Chambers holds the record with seven and Ade Green close behind with four. Unfortunately landed or not pike don't count. Twenty-four fished.

Association owned Woodshaw Reservoir was the venue for our Disabled and Over 60's match this week. Alan Brown fished the pole alternating between maggot and caster to win with exactly 9lbs made up of roach, perch, small skimmers plus two bonus crucians. Match organiser Jimmy Byrne was the runner-up with 8-11-6 of mainly small skimmers plus a few roach taken on pole and red maggot at 11metres.

This is vitally important to all members that they object to the Outline Planning Application Number 20/00337/OUTEIA which has been submitted to Halton Council for residential development at Daresbury. This includes a proposed closure of Red Brow Lane, Daresbury, which has been used for decades by our members for access by motor vehicle to fish the Bridgewater Canal at Red Brow Underbridge. Save your fishing…you have until the 20/8/2020 deadline so get your objection in now.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street remain closed on Friday evenings until further notice. Members renewing can simply put their book or request in an envelope with their payment, a stamped addressed envelope, and post it through our HQ door where mail is collected and dealt with most days. If you need any further information please give me a call or email as below.

Please keep those catch reports coming they are all very much appreciated by fellow members. Email frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

RESULTS:

Mersey Sunday Series:

1)      Ray Boden         14-5-0

2)      Derek Bibby      11-1-0

3)      Ant Higham         9-0-0

4)      Martin Lenihan   8-9-0

Monday Disabled & Over 60's (Woodshaw Reservoir).

1)      Alan Brown         9-0-0

2)      Jimmy Byrne       8-11-6

3)      Ron Durr             7-10-8

4)      Joe Garry            7-6-10

COMING EVENTS:

SUNDAY

Mersey Match Series members only (23 pegs) MUST BOOK ON. Draw 9am Victoria Park. (Please Note £5 pool or £10 all-in, no coins and exact money…no change given).

MONDAY

Disabled & Over 60's Draw 9-45am. Bridgewater Canal Pickerings Bridge. (Please Note £5 all-in, no coins, exact money….no change given).