30th May 2023 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

29th May 2023 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Neil Plunkettt with Neil Buck enjoyed a nice day's fishing at Woodshaw Reservoir last week following helpful advice from one of our local bailiff team they went from small silvers to crucians catching thirteen between them, some to well over 2lbs.

Neil Plunkett followed this up with a visit to Grey Mist, originally aiming for the silvers but thinking he might possibly hit a tench took his heavier test curve rods just in case. Luckily, he did as he hooked and landed his PB mirror carp of 24lbs which fell for an 8mm wafter intended for tench. Neil was also appreciative for the kind assistance of another angler from the adjacent peg… all in all definitely a red-letter day.

Josh Bamber's trip last week to Ackers Pit for the first time in three years using a float rod rather than carp tackle for a change resulted in fifteen fish, roach, rudd, a perch, and two eels. Josh will definitely be back for more. Ken Hewitt (half of the Dynamic Duo) was also at the venue this past week and fishing waggler and red maggots he ended up with nine roach ranging 4 to 10oz and an unexpected mirror carp around 8 to 10lbs. The carp came after Ken cast in, setting his rod with the reel on bait runner, or so he thought, when reaching for his flask he looked up just in time to see his rod sliding off his rests. Thankfully knowing the water well his lightening reaction saved the day, but not the drive home wearing wet boots and trousers😊

Following a 4am start Gary Chadwick fished the Trent & Mersey Canal at Little Leigh where he set up on the stick-ups. He enjoyed a cracking mornings fishing catching big perch, skimmers, and lovely rudd on worm and red maggot. For those members that tend not to fish our canal systems there are some really excellent and picturesque spots.

Our Monday Disabled & Over 60's match this week was fished on Woodshaw Reservoir where match veteran Jeff Stoll won the day with a weight of 5-9-8. His winning net was made up of roach, perch, and crucians caught on both worm and two dead red maggots. Dave Blears was the runner-up with 3-15-4.  Nineteen 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) Red Lion, Barnton

1)      Kevin Simpson      6-9-4

2)      Jeff Stoll                 5-10-0

3)      Graham Sixsmith 4-2-0

4)      Jimmy Byrne         3-11-12 

Disabled & Over 60's (Woodshaw Reservoir)

1)      Jeff Stoll              5-9-8

2)      Dave Blears        3-15-14

3)      Jimmy Byrne      3-15-12

4)      Ron Durr             3-12-0

Coming Events:

MONDAY:

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

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23rd May, 2023 Warrington Anglers association Guardian Notes

23rd May 2023 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Nigel Jones and his son Logan aged 15 enjoyed their four-hour session on Sunday especially as it their first time out this year and also their first visit to the Mount at Buckley. Logan set up using a size 10 chod rig with a Scopex squid boilie and a small amount of particle mix over the top…result a new PB 10-8-0 common. His dad followed with a nine-pounder making it an all-round pleasant day for them both.

The ink was hardly dry on new member Wayne Murphy's membership card when this weekend he was very happy to land a stunning mirror carp from Sandiway Small Lake which weighed in at exactly 27lbs.

The Dynamic Duo (Ken Hewitt & Dave Gardner) were out and about again on Friday after Dave's enforced sabbatical due to hip problems. This time it was High Legh Fishery they chose for their hopefully productive session, actually Ken reckoned that it was really to use up some old maggots!  Well, after a slow-start things turned out well in the end with Ken ending up with about thirty mainly small roach and perch on waggler and Dave despite losing two carp had some better stamp roach and a surprise bream around the 3lbs mark. He alternated between waggler and feeder using the ancient maggots.

Garry Whitehead also managed to fit in a couple of hours at High Legh Fishery on Monday which ended up a two-all draw as he landed two mirrors and two threw the hook. Garry remarked, "Such a beautiful place for a couple of hours to relax." Sometimes size does not matter😊

With the better weather fish are starting to spawn around our fisheries and bailiffs already have taped off areas where fishing is not allowed during this time. Under no circumstances must anglers target spawning fish…if caught they will more than likely cease to be members.

The Mersey levels will start to be slowly lowered on Friday 26^th May as the repair works are starting on Howley Weir on Tuesday 30^th with hopefully the weir back up and working normally by the 1^st June. Thanks to all concerned.

Our Monday Disabled & Over 60's match this week was fished on the Bridgewater Canal at Daresbury Labs where the winner John Ashwin drew his regular pleasure session peg opposite the stick-ups on the short length. Putting his local knowledge to good use he was the clear winner with a bonus 3lbs tench, three half-pound perch, and small roach for a weight of 6-5-0. It was good to see our Vice President Geoff Brooks back in the frame taking the runner-up spot with 3-8-0 of roach and perch caught on pinkie and squat close-in. Fourteen 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) Billinge

1)      Alex Clegg            5-10-4

2)      Nigel Grindley     5-7-0

3)      Jimmy Byrne       4-13-12

4)      Mark Richards    4-2-12 

Disabled & Over 60's (Bridgewater, Stage Lane)

1)      John Ashwin        6-5-0

2)      Geoff Brooks       3-8-0

3)      Al Faulkner          3-7-0

4)      Roy Hollis            2-6-0

Coming Events:

MONDAY:

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

16th May 2023 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

16th May 2023 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Chris Roberts was out at Grey Mist on Saturday accompanied by his daughter Mila aged 9years who is a mad keen angler with four years fishing experience under her belt.  She started off on waggler feeding sparingly but a change to a white fishmeal bait fished leger style tight against the lily pads saw her hook into a decent fish. She managed to play it through the weed no problem resulting in a cracking looking tench in the landing net. Mila was absolutely ecstatic to claim a new PB when it weighed in at 5-4-0 especially when it beating her dads current PB. Congratulations young lady I am sure we will be hearing about more angling exploits before long.  

And another youngster in the spotlight this week, dedicated angler James Whitehead aged 15years who has been putting some time in at Appleton Reservoir, well, it really paid off big-time on Saturday. After an early morning start, he had only been fishing for ten minutes when his pineapple N-Butyric pop-up boilie was snapped up by what he initially thought was a tench but that soon changed when the fish which seemed to be coming in easy snapped off at the net. Thankfully fellow angler Phil Brown was on hand and scooped the fish into the landing net. James was absolutely over the moon when the mirror carp weighed in at 26lbs on the dot resulting in him blitzing his previous PB of 7lbs. He was so excited he rang his mum at 7am with the good news…she was naturally pleased😊 Well done James I'm sure that this is just the start of your angling adventure.

Martin and Steve Cockroft also had an early Saturday morning start at Woodshaw Reservoir and having the place to themselves had the choice of pegs. The brothers had a cracking day, and despite some fish getting ready for spawning they persevered and Steve ended up with five crucians up to 2lbs, a 2lb bream, and small roach. Martin had a brace of crucians and around forty small roach. Not as many fish as their visit last years, but as they commented, "It was a lovely day so any fish is a bonus!"

I managed a few hours at Cicily Mill Pool on Sunday using light gear on short pole I started catching small roach every put-in and then the occasional net fish on red maggots that were past their best. Then Dave Lamb turned up for his evening session and stood on the platform behind me… yes it went dead! He decided to set up and fish waggler loose-feeding maggots from the next peg and began bagging up with small roach and the odd perch. With a bit of banter going back and forth he eventually took pity on me and brought me some fresh maggots…they didn't change things much as he won the numbers game but I was happy to catch some of the clonking roach that we recently stocked😊  

Mike Pritchard was at Statham Pool on Saturday where he reckoned that some fish were spawning but he still ended up with thirty small roach and a small chub. All were caught alternating between maggot and pinkie.

Our Monday Disabled & Over 60's match this week was fished on the Bridgewater Canal at Stage Lane which saw Mike Worley clock-up his first win of the year. He drew in the wood at Oughtrington and fished bread-punch throughout ending up with over a dozen roach and a bonus bream around the 4lbs mark for a total of 4-7-0. Jimmy Byrne was the runner-up from the opposite end of the match but his catch was mainly on pinkie and also included a bonus bream which added to his twenty or so small roach weighed in at 3-15-0. Nineteen 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) Billinge

1)      Jimmy Byrne       6-8-8

2)      Jeff Stoll               5-1-4

3)      Nigel Grindley    4-9-8

4)      Rod Fraser          3-8-8 

Disabled & Over 60's (Bridgewater, Stage Lane)

1)      Mike Worley       4-7-0

2)      Jimmy Byrne       3-15-0

3)      Pete Jones           1-12-0

4)      Al Faulkner         1-11-0

Coming Events:

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's Bridgewater Canal, Daresbury Labs at peg 144 … Draw 9-45am (£5 all-in, exact money only, no change given).

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9th May 2023 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

9th May 2023 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

John Manley took his daughter Sophia aged 4 years for her very first outing on one of our waters on Saturday, choosing The Mount at Buckley. They had a very enjoyable session, well at least Sophia did when she beat her dad with two carp to his 'lost one at the net' 😊. Her first after only an hour was a common weighing in at 11lb followed by a cracking mirror of 15-4-0 despite her falling into one of the flooded bankside puddles. The successful bait was a 10mm Mainline pop-up which having the initial choice of either pink or white she went for white which proved to be the winner and John chose pink. Well done young lady.

Al Faulkner and Carl Brooks were quite happy last week with their roach session on Appleton Reservoir. Al started off on the pole and had bites from the first put-in with roach in the 4 to 10oz range but after an hour it completely switched off. The rest of the day he spent on the tip picking up odd fish. Carl had a slow start after which he had bites all day using floating maggots on a helicopter rig set-up accounting for some fair-sized roach, best 1-11-0.

Chris Roberts first visit to Moore Quarry was spent sussing out the fishery but on his next armed with knowledge gained he was rewarded with a lovely scaled mirror of 23lbs. He will definitely be back soon to try for more.

Bill Hewitt managed to slot in a couple of hours fishing on the Bridgewater Canal last Thursday float fishing using Coronation maggots (blue and red) he was rewarded with only one fish, a cracking bream, a real old warrior. The same day Gary Chadwick fished the canal at Thelwall Steps from the crack of dawn choosing the old cow drink peg for his dads memories of the Bridgy where he bagged-up with three slabs plus forty perch, all taken down the track on worm.

Phil Dawson enjoyed a nice couple of hours on Statham Pool over the Bank Holiday weekend reporting that 'the place is busting with life at the minute.' Fishing the float and double maggot he caught roach and skimmers having to steer them past a small pike that was stalking his peg. He also had a surprise bonus of a small eel that had obviously come a fair journey from the sea as an elver to end up there. Regular column contributor Mike Pritchard was also there on Saturday when he caught around thirty roach, perch, and a hybrid using waggler and maggot tactics.

Our Monday Disabled & Over 60's match this week was fished again on our Woodshaw Reservoir fishery which certainly fished better than the previous Bank Holiday. Local rod, Joe Garry was the winner from peg 3 with a catch of three crucians plus roach and perch taken on the pole alternating between maggot and caster for a weight of 9-3-0. Another local rod, Jonny Johnson on peg 5 fished the same method to take second place with a net of seventy roach, a small skimmer, plus one crucian for 7-1-0. 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 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)      Dave Hodson       9-15-8

2)      Martin Kettle       9-14-8

3)      Jimmy Byrne        4-7-0

4)      Wendy Locker      4-4-0 

Disabled & Over 60's (Woodshaw Reservoir)

1)      Joe Garry            9-3-0

2)      Jonny Johnson   7-1-0

3)      Al Faulkner         6-10-0

4)      Bob Fitzpatrick  6-5-0

Coming Events:

MONDAY:

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

 

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2nd May 2023 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

2^nd May 2023 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Ian Brodie and his 9-year-old son Rowan are more often than not found with our team of volunteers peg building or tidying up around Rixton Claypits but it was a lovely day on Sunday and they rightly deserved a day-off so the youngster joined his dad there for a carp fishing session. Rowan was fishing a 16mm sticky bright pink pop-up and his experienced dad some secret concoction to hopefully, as dads hope, show his lad 'how it was done' …. well, the only one that was done was Rowan's dad who blanked as the mad keen youngster pipped his dad yet again by landing one of the newly stocked commons which nudged the scales just over 17lbs.

Last Thursday Neil Plunkett had Rixton Claypits to himself and with the fishery looking great it was also one of those days when everything goes right. He soon located the bream and setup a method feeder with ground bait and micros offering meat or corn on a short hook-length. Neil ended up with a bonus tench around 3lbs, three nice sized roach, and called it quits when the thirtieth bream graced his landing net.

Last week Phil Dawson managed to fit in a brief two-hour session at Grey Mist where fishing a waggler and feeding maggot and caster he ended up with three tench which gave him a few anxious moments on his light tackle. It is not an every-day method nowadays on this fishery but the float and double maggot did the business.

Ian Swain, a new member, and already one of our volunteers at Cicily Mill Pool enjoyed a couple of hours there on Monday where fishing the pole at 11metres and regularly catapulting in maggot with a few casters he caught about fifty roach. He had tried chopped worm but his reward of a cracking tench fell for his double maggot offering just before he packed up for the day. But although that was the end of his fishing session there was still some weeding to be done…. thanks Ian. P.S Lots of small tench in weed that is being removed which is good news for the future.

Jimmy Byrne enjoyed yet another session at this same fishery where he reports catching lots of small roach for the first three hours then a better stamp suddenly out of nowhere latched on to his double red maggot offering with a run of fish 12oz to a pound.

Our Monday Disabled & Over 60's match this week was fished on our Woodshaw Reservoir fishery where bites weren't as frequent as expected. Match organiser Jimmy Byrne was drawn on popular peg 1 where with the wind on his back went on to win with a catch of two crucians, twenty roach, plus a few perch taken on the pole using red maggot or pinkie for a weight of 4-14-0. Next door on peg 2 Alan Clarke ended up with a similar catch but only one skimmer for 3-4-0 to take second place. Eighteen 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) Billinge

1)      Wendy Locker      5-14-0

2)      Rod Fraser            4-10-0

3)      Jimmy Byrne        4-3-0

4)      Graham Sixsmith 3-12-0 

Disabled & Over 60's (Woodshaw Reservoir)

1)      Jimmy Byrne      4-14-0

2)      Alan Clarke         3-4-0

3)      Alan Birchall       3-1-0

4)      Dave Blears        2-13-0

Coming Events:

MONDAY:

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

 

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