28th February 2023 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

28th February 2023 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Jim Tate reports enjoying a three-hour winter session catching some of the newly introduced roach at Ackers Pit. He fished pole and maggot at 11metres to land a dozen chunky specimens. John Ponting also managed a few hours on the fishery and setting up a waggler caught a nice roach on his first cast followed by three more within the next 10minutes… then they simply disappeared, but that's fishing.

Keith Ellis reports catching a brace of perch, both around 1.5lbs from the Grantham's Bridge stretch of the Bridgewater Canal fishing a fat minnow sinking lure and was gutted when just before packing-up lost a double figure carp at the net, yes carp! They do eat other fish.

Our Members Mersey Series on Sunday was cancelled this week due to further damage to the temporary fix on the Howley Weir that caused unsafe low river levels. Likewise, the Warrington Rowing Club were forced to cancel their events at the weekend. I understand that a permanent fix is due this March, but it is not looking too promising to save the remaining matches before the onset of the close-season but nevertheless levels will be assessed on Friday.

The Disabled & Over 60's match this week saw a change of venue to the Trent & Mersey Canal at Farm Road. The good news is that everybody caught but the results were the lowest weights that I have seen for some time. Match organiser Jimmy Byrne fished a tiny bread punch and pinkie to catch fifteen tiny roach, perch, and gudgeon[fl1]  for a weight of 0-8-3. Roy Rogers took second place with a similar catch for 0-7-10. Seventeen Anglers fished.

Our WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street, Warrington WA1 1LT remains closed on Friday evenings but members can simply post to this address or put their membership book or request in an envelope with their payment and a stamped addressed envelope, through our HQ door at 52, Parker Street, Warrington WA1 1LT where mail is collected and dealt with most days. Alternatively, you can post to Warrington Anglers Association PO. Box 71, Warrington WA1 1LR where mail is collected weekly.

Come on folks, please get in touch as your catch reports are especially welcome at this time of the year as sport slows and not as many of you on the banks. Lots of members rely on your shared information for their angling visits. Email secretary@warrington-anglers.org.uk

Frank Lythgoe

Results:

Mersey Series- Match Cancelled due to low river levels.

 

Disabled & Over 60's (Trent & Mersey Canal

1)      Jimmy Byrne           0-8-3

2)      Roy Rogers              0-7-10

3)      George Hollis          0-6-7

4)      Steve Brookes         0-5-14

Coming Events:

SUNDAY:

Mersey Series- Mersey Walk draw 8-45am. Match is dependent on river levels which will be inspected on Friday.

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's Bridgewater Canal … Draw 9-45am Walton Church (£5 all-in, exact money only, no change given).

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21st February 2023 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

21st February 2023 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Steve Daly enjoyed his session at Grey Mist last week where he was quite happy catching roach on a waggler set-up with 2lb line, a 20's hook, and maggot. That was until other fish muscled in, the first a pike which took one of his roach just as Ste struck into a bite, in doing so he managed to hook it in the scissors, followed by two tench of 6-10-0 and 6-15-0 … and the final test, another pike. There were some anxious moments but all safely landed.

Malcolm Fairbank was enjoying his day casting a fly on the Dane last week where he reported catching four nice grayling despite losing a few. He had quite a few takes on a gold head red tag wet fly including an out of season trout. Scott Bridgen likewise enjoyed his brief two-hour session fishing the Alyn for the first time when he caught a brace of grayling and three small trout from this small but popular river.

I called at Ackers Pit last Thursday to surprise the Dynamic duo Dave Gardner and Ken Hewitt who were there in search of the roach that were recently stocked. They both caught, Dave with three quality silvers to a massive 1-12-0 with Ken also on three roach between 8oz and 12oz all caught on float-fished maggot. No golf for this pair😊

James Shimmon had a nice day on the Mount catching three carp, the biggest a beautiful common of 14lbs. Ian Rhodes also has a liking for the Mount but targeted the quality roach that this water holds reporting catching fifteen fish to 1.5lbs using a small groundbait feeder and white maggot.

Column contributor Steve Brookes won the Northwich AA winter teams open on the Weaver last Saturday, OK not a WAA water, but of real interest is that using his old faithful swing-tip rod with 4lbs mainline, 0.13mm hook-length, a 16's hook baited with a single white maggot he only went and caught a specimen mirror carp of 27-9-0 to add to his catch of roach. Well done Steve.

Our Members Mersey Series on Sunday was fished this week on the Mersey Walk stretch and with the fish in a feeding mood saw the previous weeks weights absolutely eclipsed. Match organiser Jimmy Byrne did the double with another win for a cracking winter weight of 18-6-0 from peg 59. He started off on the feeder and bread but with fifteen roach in the net the bites became finicky and hard to hit so he swapped to his previously fed pole line with red and white maggot where he caught a roach on the first cast ending up with forty roach and half a dozen perch. Eddie Frangleton took second place from the adjacent peg 58 where fishing a groundbait feeder and maggot just past mid-river he put a catch of mainly roach plus a few bonus skimmers on the scales for 11-5-0. Sixteen anglers fished.

The Disabled & Over 60's match this week was fished on the Bridgewater Canal at Walton and saw no change in the winner or runner-up from the previous week. Stu Patterson pegged opposite the rhododendrons clocked up another win putting together a net of roach plus a skimmer for a weight of 7-14-0. George Barber aka The Breadman secured his second place with an all roach catch (no clues for the bait used) for 6-12-0. Sixteen Anglers fished.

All the membership booklets have now been posted out for renewal. Please don't forget to insert a signed passport sized photo under the self-stick window adjacent to the address label (not applicable to junior members).

Our WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street, Warrington WA1 1LT remains closed on Friday evenings but members can simply post to this address or put their membership book or request in an envelope with their payment and a stamped addressed envelope, through our HQ door at 52, Parker Street, Warrington WA1 1LT where mail is collected and dealt with most days. Alternatively, you can post to Warrington Anglers Association PO. Box 71, Warrington WA1 1LR where mail is collected weekly.

Come on folks, please get in touch as your catch reports are especially welcome at this time of the year as sport slows and not as many of you on the banks. Lots of members rely on your shared information for their angling visits. Email secretary@warrington-anglers.org.uk

Frank Lythgoe

Results:

Mersey Series

1)      Jimmy Byrne          18-6-0

2)      Eddie Frangleton  11-5-0

3)      Neil Buist               11 -2-0

4)      Bob Campbell         9-5-0

 

Disabled & Over 60's

1)      Stu Patterson         7-14-0

2)      George Barber       6-12-0

3)      Alan Brown             5-5-0

4)      Al Faulkner              5-4-6

Coming Events:

SUNDAY:

Members Mersey Series Match – draw 8-45am Mersey Walk.

MONDAY:

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

14th February 2023 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

14^th February 2023 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

We followed up last weeks stocking of Cicily Mill with another stocking on Sunday, this time at Ackers Pit when introduced over 500lbs of mainly quality roach plus a number of bream and perch. If you can't catch now I would suggest that you buy some golf clubs😊 Anyway, catch reports please. From there the team then drove to Rixton Claypits where ten carp were stocked plus a couple of containers of roach and perch. Thanks to everyone involved with special thanks to 8year old Rowan Brodie who delightedly released some of the carp.

Still a few pike being reported… Stuart Repon after enduring silent alarms for three hours switch to a wobbled trout which resulted in a pike and saved him a blank. Jonny Hughes after a quiet few hours at Moore Quarry changed his venue to the Bridgewater at Preston Brook which ended up with him catching a nice 9lb PB.

Jim Holt reports a catch of roach from Wide Hole at Poynton last week where he fished maggot on both waggler and a small groundbait feeder. He ended up with a dozen roach and a single skimmer. Our volunteers are looking to re-stone our carpark area soon which will hopefully encourage more usage of this fishery.  

Our Members Mersey Series Match on Sunday was fished this week on the Victoria Park stretch where fish were scarce the last time it was fished, no doubt due in some part at that time by the work on Howley Weir. Match organiser Jimmy Byrne was the winner from peg 18 where he started off on bread but with half a dozen fish in his keepnet he swapped to groundbait feeder and red maggot to end up with eighteen roach and an 8oz skimmer for a weight of 4-13-0. Andy Hoyle took second place from the adjacent peg fishing the same method to end up probably a fish light of reversing the positions with 4-7-0. Eighteen anglers fished. Back at Mersey Walk next Sunday.

The Disabled & Over 60's match this week was fished on the Bridgewater at Moore and saw Stu Patterson the clear winner with double the weight of the nearest angler from a peg in the middle of the moored narrow-boats on Warrington side the bridge. He started off on bread but with nothing happening he changed to pinky which saw him end up with six skimmers in his net for 5-11-0. George Barber (aka The Breadman, reportedly a major shareholder in Warburtons) was the runner-up with small roach for 2-8-0. Eighteen Anglers fished.

Lots of work went on around our fisheries this past week thanks to our member volunteers improving pegs at Sandiway, Rixton Claypits, Grey Mist, and Cicily Mill. Anyone who wishes to help have a look at our Facebook Volunteers Page or watch this space.

Our WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street, Warrington WA1 1LT remains closed on Friday evenings but members can simply post to this address or put their membership book or request in an envelope with their payment and a stamped addressed envelope, through our HQ door at 52, Parker Street, Warrington WA1 1LT where mail is collected and dealt with most days. Alternatively, you can post to Warrington Anglers Association PO. Box 71, Warrington WA1 1LR where mail is collected weekly.

Come on folks, please get in touch as your catch reports are especially welcome at this time of the year as sport slows and not as many of you on the banks. Lots of members rely on your shared information for their angling visits. Email secretary@warrington-anglers.org.uk

Frank Lythgoe

Results:

Mersey Series

1)      Jimmy Byrne          4-13-0

2)      Andy Hoyle             4-7-0

3)      Chris Wray              3-6-0

4)      Kevin Hall               3-4-0

 

Disabled & Over 60's

1)      Stu Patterson         6-11-0

2)      George Barber       2-8-0

3)      Al Faulkner             2-6-0

4)      Terry Dunn             1-12-0

Coming Events:

SUNDAY:

Members Mersey Series Match – draw 8-45am Mersey Walk.

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's Bridgewater Canal … Draw 9-45am Walton Church (£5 all-in, exact money only, no change given).

7th February 2023 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

7^th February 2023 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

On Monday we introduced 417lbs of beautiful conditioned roach and a handful of small perch neither of which had ever seen a hook to the resident stock at Cicily Mill Pool. They were in fantastic condition and around 4 to 8oz plus. There is also more work taking place to improve pegs. Thanks to the volunteers involved.

Ken Hewitt and Dave Gardner aka the Dynamic Duo were out again this week with High Legh Pools as their choice of venue. Unfortunately, Ken failed to catch today, but Dave managed to tempt two carp, a mirror 10lbs and a common just over 12lbs[fl1] . To quote Dave, 'the common fought like stink smashing his landing net'.  There were no signs of any roach or perch, but an enjoyable day on the method feeder and red robin 6mm pellet.

Mike Pritchard was out and about again enjoying his Saturday session on the Bridgewater Canal on the dead length at Walton. It was slow going but he persevered fishing red pinkie to end up with twenty roach and a solitary perch.  

I have spotted a number of pike striking on the Bridgewater canal at Preston Brook this past week, one was a decent size, looked like a mid-double. Worth a visit.

Our Members Mersey Series Match on Sunday was again fished on the Mersey Walk stretch where fish seem to feed in greater numbers at this time of the year. Ade Green was the clear winner with a with a cracking net of fish for 12-6-0 beating the previous week's top weight by over 4lbs. Drawing peg 59 he fished the pole and maggot. Jimmy Byrne drew peg 65 to take second place with a weight of 10-14-0 (again beating the previous weeks winning weight by over 2.5lbs). Jimmy fished the feeder catching some roach on maggot plus thirty silver bream on bread-punch. Thirteen anglers fished. Due to a rowing event the match this coming Sunday will be on the Victoria Park stretch.

Our Disabled & Over 60's was fished on the Bridgewater at Walton and saw weights drop slightly from those of the previous week. Alan Clarke was the winner from the peg where match stalwart Graham Belton's ashes were scattered. Alan fished the pole and bread-punch for a net of small roach for 2-8-0. Second placed Alan Brown who also fished bread and was more than happy to settle for the runners-up spot again with an all roach catch for 2-5-0. Fourteen Anglers fished.

There will be two working parties on Sunday 12^th February. One at Little Sandiway where the advice is to bring waders. The planned schedule is clearing snags and swim rebuild. Also, another is taking place at Rixton Claypits 9am start. Any help would be greatly appreciated at both.  

A reminder that our rules do not permit the use on of single use bottles, cans, tins, or plastic packaging on any of our fisheries. Reusable containers are so cheap to buy for transporting food, drinks, bait, etc which should ensure that no litter is accidently left on site. Also, under no circumstances must anything be disposed of in public litter bins… TAKE IT HOME. Otherwise, some will lose their membership!

Our WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street, Warrington WA1 1LT remains closed on Friday evenings but members can simply post to this address or put their membership book or request in an envelope with their payment and a stamped addressed envelope, through our HQ door at 52, Parker Street, Warrington WA1 1LT where mail is collected and dealt with most days. Alternatively, you can post to Warrington Anglers Association PO. Box 71, Warrington WA1 1LR where mail is collected weekly.

Come on folks, please get in touch as your catch reports are especially welcome at this time of the year as sport slows and not as many of you on the banks. Lots of members rely on your shared information for their angling visits. Email secretary@warrington-anglers.org.uk

Frank Lythgoe

Results:

Mersey Series

1)      Ade Green            12-6-0

2)      Jimmy Byrne        10-14-0

3)      Al Faulkner             6-11-0

4)      Ant Higham            6-9-0

 

Disabled & Over 60's

1)      Alan Clarke             2-8-0

2)      Alan Brown            2-5-0

3)      Jeff Stoll                  2-0-0

4)      Bob Fitzpatrick      1-15-0

Coming Events:

SUNDAY:

Members Mersey Series Match – draw 8-45am Victoria Park.

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's Bridgewater Canal … Draw 9-45am Tramps Grave, Moore Village (£5 all-in, exact money only, no change given).

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