25th April 2023 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

24^th April 2023 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Fishing around our waters is definitely improving this week with Garry Whitehead having a very productive 4hour roach session at Appleton Reservoir on Wednesday evening from a peg near 'the beach'. He fished both feeder and pole tactics with groundbait and maggot, catching some cracking roach on single or double offerings. He reckons that overall, the pole won the day. After packing up however and weighing up the possibility of a brief lure session on the Bridgewater Canal he calculated that there was a usable 30minutes of light remaining…the temptation was too great.  So, he stopped off on the Bridgewater Canal at Moore on his way home as he always has his lure rod ready and waiting stashed in his car boot. The result was within 6minutes…yes 6 minutes of casting in he was into a fish and landed a superb looking pike. Now fulfilled and with dusk approaching Garry continued on home for his evening meal. 😊

Harper Walton aged 4years made her debut in my column last week when she was being was introduced to our sport by her dad Michael and her grandfather Peter; well, she is back again this week on her very first night fishing expedition. Accompanied by her dad they bivvied-up at Rixton Clay Pits, the youngster insisting on bringing everything but the kitchen sink! Despite there being lots of carp on the surface on arrival none were feeding and they ended up with half a dozen bream to around 4lbs which fell to pop-ups plus roach and a single perch caught on maggots that had been carefully selected for their colour by Harper. Happy memories for them both.

On Sunday James Howard set up two rods at Phoenix Park, one with a small maggot feeder and double maggot on the hook and the other a groundbait feeder and worm but with no sign of action he reeled in the latter and concentrated on the maggot rig. It was the right decision resulting in a very enjoyable days session because he ended up with five tench and a new PB at 5.74lbs.  

Keith Starkey one of our regular volunteers at working parties enjoyed a day off and fished Grey Mist last Thursday. He ended up with three tench caught using a hybrid feeder using 8mm Red Robin pellets. There was some interest on his carp rod offering 12mm pop-ups but none came to anything.

Mike Pritchard was back on Statham Pool again Saturday this time upping his catch to over sixty roach, two hybrids, and a small chub mainly caught on maggot and pinkie with a few better stamp fish taken on hemp and caster. The only other angler on the fishery caught a 15lbs mirror carp and a bream. The pegs were definitely more comfortable having been re-stoned by our volunteers over the weekend…I believe you can now fish in your carpet slippers😊

Jimmy Byrne enjoyed a morning session away from the match scene at Cicily Mill Pool where he reports a catch of over fifty fish, six rudd, a perch, with the rest being roach, although one tench stretched his elastic to limit before bidding farewell. All were caught on pole at 10metres on single maggot.

Our Monday Disabled & Over 60's match this week was fished on the Bridgewater Canal at Pickerings Bridge. The winner was Pete Jones with a weight of 2-1-0 made up of 25 small roach caught using bread-punch. Only an ounce separated the next three anglers with match organiser Jimmy Byrne just managing to stay ahead taking the runner-up spot with a catch of 12 roach and 4 perch for 1-10-0. Sixteen 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 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.

Please get in touch as your catch reports which are always welcome as lots of members rely on your kindly shared information for their angling visits. Email secretary@warrington-anglers.org.uk

Frank Lythgoe

Results:

Trent & Mersey Open (Saturday) Farm Road

1)      Stuart Phipps     4-6-0

2)      Dave Hodson     3-12-0

3)      Steve Brookes   3-6-0

4)      Jimmy Byrne     2-5-0 

Disabled & Over 60's (Bridgewater Canal, Pickerings Br.)

1)      Pete Jones          2-1-0

2)      Jimmy Byrne      1-10-0

3)      Bud Lea               1-9-8

4)      George Barber   1-9-0

Coming Events:

MONDAY:

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

18th April 2023 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

18^th April 2023 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

On Thursday Simon Oldfield was juggling family commitments and deciding whether or not to try to fit in an evening session on Appleton Reservoir. Well, his wife's encouraging remark that he should go as within twenty minutes he would catch decided it for him. So, a possible two-hour session was on the cards and on arrival he hurriedly set up a white pop-up over a small PVA bag of pellets. I have no doubt that you have already guessed it… within her predicted twenty minutes he was rewarded with a mirror weighing in at 17-9-0. The moral is that it sometimes pays to listen to your wife😊  

Adam Donne reports that a couple of regulars have been fishing almost daily at Cicily Mill Pool and catching bream, tench and roach. Certainly, Adam's small but select team of volunteers who have been rebuilding pegs and other bank works along with the recent stocking have more than helped to attract the interest.

Declan Rourke has been giving Grey Mist some attention this year but, on his visit, last week he found that he was rather short on bait so fed sparingly with a handful of pellets. It turned out he needn't have worried as a mirror carp weighing in at 18-11-0 took a liking to his Vital Baits 18mm boilie. Happy days.

It is always uplifting to see three generations of a family involved in our wonderful sport of angling…on this occasion the venue was Statham Pool where despite conditions being rather muddy and bites few and far between it didn't deter the Walton family who were fishing the venue for the first time. Harper Walton aged 4years was also being introduced to the sport by her father Michael and her grandfather Peter, maggots didn't deter this youngster! Best fish went to gramps, a common carp of 8 to 9lbs.

Mike Pritchard fished on the field side of the pool and reports catching around twenty roach, two perch, and a tiny chub which had obviously come from the feeder stream. He caught on maggot and pinkie mainly plus a couple on caster.

Ian Doyle spent a few hours on the river Alyn just over a week ago and caught some small but very welcome brownies along with a number of grayling. The latter hadn't obviously grasped the concept of the coarse fish closed season😊 All fell to Ian's small home-tied gold headed hairs ear.

Our Monday Disabled & Over 60's match this week was fished on the Bridgewater Canal at Preston Brook and definitely fished much better than the previous week with The Breadman (George Barber) being the winner from peg 10. Its obviously no secret what bait he used, although rumour has it that he has lately been using a different baker's product to tempt his net of roach and a small skimmer for a weight 4-4-0. The runner-up Alan Brown was the second angler to weigh his catch and looked like the favourite when his similar catch hit the scales at 4-0-8. Alan also tried pinkie but bread won the day. Seventeen anglers fished.

Warrington Tackle & Guns closure announcement last week has now been reversed with a new owners now taking over this week. I am sure that you all wish them every success.

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 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.

Please get in touch as your catch reports which are always welcome as lots of members rely on your kindly shared information for their angling visits. Email secretary@warrington-anglers.org.uk

Frank Lythgoe

Results:

Trent & Mersey Open (Saturday) Farm Road

1)      Steve Brookes    0-13-0

2)      Jimmy Byrne      0-7-12

3)      Tony Carr            0-6-12

Disabled & Over 60's (Bridgewater Canal)

1)      George Barber   4-4-0

2)      Alan Brown        4-0-8

3)      Al Faulkener      3-6-0

4)      Neil Buist           3-5-5

Coming Events:

MONDAY:

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

11th April 2023 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

11^th April 2023 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Good Friday on Grey Mist was an enjoyable session for John Hamilton, the weather was quite agreeable and he even surprisingly ended up with a touch of suntan; but to get to the nitty gritty, the best part was when he landed a nice mirror carp weighing in at 24-3-0 taken on sticky Krill.

James Howard managed to fit in a couple of hours at Phoenix Park on Thursday, fishing on the venue for the first time he set-up a feeder with red maggot on the hook. He was almost caught unawares as suddenly his rod lurched forward but his lightening reaction soon saw him playing a decent fish which turned out to be a nice-looking tench, just a smidgen under 5lbs at 4.98. James hooked into another decent sized fish but the fish shed the hook at the net.

Gary Chadwick had suffered two recent blanks but this week on the Bridgewater he reports having a decent afternoon's fishing at Agden. He ended up with thirty bits and a bream. Ian McIntyre also was quite pleased with his short session on the canal at Lymm Village where although there were quite a few boats the fish were still feeding. He fished pole and pinkie for a net of small roach and two bonus perch of well over a pound which both stretched his elastic when he offered double pinkie.

Ackers Pit has been fishing well producing some decent catches of roach since our recent stocking introduction of roach, perch and a few bream. However, I had asked regular contributor to this column Mike Pritchard to ditch his weekly Bridgewater Canal Saturday session and try his homemade waggler tactics out on Ackers. Well, he won't be listening to me again anytime soon as evidently only days before his session the colour had suddenly dropped out of the water making it crystal clear…not the best conditions on such shallow fishery.  Mike tried two swims, the first produced a perch and a roach, the second a solitary roach! He did speak to another member who was intending to fish who told him that he had caught fifty roach on Thursday but seeing how clear the water had turned in two days coupled with Mike's result had decided to give it a miss.

The Monday Disabled & Over 60's match this week was fished on our Woodshaw Reservoir Fishery and with bites being rather scarce Jeff Stoll who drew peg one was the easy winner with 5-3-2 made up of three crucians plus roach, all caught on pole and maggot. He almost doubled the weight of second placed Mike Worley who weighed a net of small roach plus a bonus crucian, all on pinkie for a weight of 2-9-12. Fifteen anglers fished.

Warrington Tackle & Guns has announced on Facebook this week that they have made the decision to close the shop down and will be running a 'closing down sale' over the next 2-3 weeks. After looking after angler's tackle and bait needs in Warrington for the past 21 years they will definitely be sorely missed. Our grateful thanks for all their support to WAA and our members over that time and best wishes to Andy, Bernard, Helen, and Stu.

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 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.

Please get in touch as your catch reports which are always welcome as lots of members rely on your kindly shared information for their angling visits. Email secretary@warrington-anglers.org.uk

Frank Lythgoe

Results:

Trent & Mersey Open (Saturday) Billinge

1)      Stuart Phipps     3-13-12

2)      Steve Brookes    3-11-0

3)      Jimmy Byrne      2-12-12

4)      Martin Kettle     2-8-12

Disabled & Over 60's (Bridgewater Canal)

1)      Jeff Stoll             5-3-2

2)      Mike Worley     2-9-12

3)      George Hillis     1-14-6

4)      Ron Durr           1-13-6

Coming Events:

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's Bridgewater Canal, Preston Brook. Park under motorway bridge … Draw 9-45am   (£5 all-in, exact money only, no change given).

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4th April 2023 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian notes

4^th April 2023 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Chris Roberts along with his fishing mate Lee Prydderch fished a two-night session on Rixton Claypits last weekend but after nothing to show for their efforts on Friday night they decided to move to the other side of the fishery. Result was an old warrior of a mirror carp of 20lbs for Chris who was on only his second visit to a WAA fishery since joining, having first of all enjoyed a great carp session on The Mount at Buckley. The mirror took a fancy to his 'Sent from Hell' 15mm pop-up boilie on which he hooked three more carp, landing two commons and losing the other. Lee missed out on the carp, after losing one in the weed, but six bream to around the 4lbs mark saved him from a dry net.

John Manley on his second session on our Association owned Small Sandiway Lake managed a 21lbs mirror to save him from a blank. The fish took a Mainline Hi-Viz clockwork orange boilie over a bed of particles. There are quite a few fish showing and hopefully will be getting their heads down feeding as the weather improves.

Nice to see Phil Brown (on my phone contacts as 'the Tench Specialist') back on Grey Mist last week for another session targeting the tincas. Result was no tench but he was more than happy to land a 16.5lbs mirror carp on a method feeder rig. See you soon at the skateboard park Phil 😊

Mike Pritchard was out on the Bridgewater for his regular weekly Saturday session but bites were very few and far between. He ended up with a total of fifteen roach, best 6oz and the smallest perch that he had ever caught. He fished a homemade waggler using pinkie. Ackers Pit next week Mike?

The Monday Disabled & Over 60's match this week was fished on the Bridgewater Canal at Beech Road, Stockton Heath which was in the canal match heyday a go-to length for some good catches…well not so this week. Pete Jones drew to the right of the famous Pear Tree peg and ended up the winner with thirty small roach for a weight of 2-10-0 all caught on bread.  Jeff Stoll took the runner-up spot with 1-13-0. 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.

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

Frank Lythgoe

Results:

Trent & Mersey Open (Saturday) Farm Road

1)      Jimmy Byrne      2-8-0

2)      Steve Brookes   1-10-8

3)      Wendy Locker   1-6-12

4)      Darren Mulheir 1-6-8

Disabled & Over 60's (Bridgewater Canal)

1)      Peter Jones       2-10-0

2)      Jeff Stoll            1-13-0

3)      Bud Lea             1-7-12

4)      Bob Fitzpatrick 1-7-0

Coming Events:

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's Woodshaw Reservoir … Draw 9-45am on carpark (£5 all-in, exact money only, no change given).

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