12th July 2011 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes.
Mark Howard had a good early morning tench session last Saturday on Grey Mist Mere where after starting at first light he managed to land ten of the olive green beauties ranging from 3 to 5.5lbs. Quiver tipping double red maggot his first fish that he hoped was the daddy of all tench turned out to be a carp which eventually he lost in the weed.
Around our river fisheries the Severn at Loton Park is producing a few barbel around the 7 to 8lbs mark but so far the larger fish have not shown. The Dee is fishing well for small chub, dace, and grayling with the odd barbel being caught from near the confluence with the Alyn. Locally the low water conditions do not seem to have slowed sport on the Mersey as the match weights which are a good indicator improved this week after a slow start when good nets of dace roach and perch were taken mainly on the pole using caster or maggot.
Phoenix Park Lake is worth a visit where our bailiff informs me that good roach around the 1lb mark, tench to 4lbs, and skimmer bream are being caught. Double maggot or caster is sorting out the better stamp roach along with some decent rudd to 12oz. Carp are showing but it's difficult to tempt the better specimens out of the heavy weed beds. At the Barge Pub end quality crucians are turning up in catches, being taken close in alongside the marginal weed growth.
Ian Mather reports a good mixed session on Rixton Claypits where he estimates he had well over 50lbs of tench taken alternating between corn and soft pellet. Fishing a small waggler he introduced his offerings in small balls of soft groundbait rolled in micro-pellets. He also had plenty of skimmers and a few decent roach for this water.
Well done to our junior team who fished in the first Greater Manchester County Angling Development Group organised contest held last weekend at Bradshaw Hall. Our youngsters took four sections and two section seconds to win the event.
National Fishing month starts Friday and there is a Junior & Intermediate Open Match being organised by Cheshire County Development Group at Border Fisheries ring Martin James on 07768863067 to book on.
Please keep sending me your catch reports either by phone Tel 01928 716238 or email frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk. HQ Parker Street is now open as usual between 7 & 9pm on Friday, for 2011 subscriptions, new memberships, and any queries.
Frank Lythgoe
COMING EVENTS:
SUNDAY:
River Mersey Series draw 9am Victoria Park/Weir lane
MONDAY:
Disabled & Over 60's: Draw 10-30am Stockton Heath British Legion. Contact John Dagnall at Cheshire Angling 01925 635486
Junior/Intermediate Summer Series: River Mersey draw Victoria Park 5-30pm Contact Helen Dagnall on 01925 635486
TUESDAY:
Bob Steele Trophy Match (Honorary & OAP's) Draw 11am Pickerings Bridge car park
Minnows/Beginners Summer Series: Draw 6pm on canal bank opposite Euclid Avenue. All welcome.
Woodshaw Reservoir Junior Series: Draw from 5pm onwards on bank.
WEDNESDAY:
Mersey Mid-week draw 5-30pm Allotments
RESULTS:
Mersey Series:
1) Jeff Shaw 8-1-0
2) Ray Bowden 7-4-0
3) Roy Everson 6-7-0
4) Bob Campbell 5-11-0
Minnows:
1) Callum Brown 1.11.0
2) Ethan Owen 1.1.0
3) Ben Doran 13.
4) Luke Chambers 12.0
Woodshaw Summer Series (15 – 18 years)
1) Ben Ashton 3-15-0
2) Shaun Gaskill 3-12-0
3) John Hill 2-4-0
4) Mike Rudd 2-3-0
(7 – 14 years)
1) Kieron Garside 6-2-0
2) James Brown 5-8-0
3) Josh Hughes 5-5-0
4) Liam Gaskill 4-12-0
NSF Match Rod Only:
1) Martin Griffiths 3.10.8
2) Jeff Stoll 2.4.8
3) Stuart Conroy 2.1-4
4) Billy Pickles 2.1.0
Disabled & over 60's:
1) Jimmy Byrne 13.5.14
2) Denis Bates 8.10.10
3) Alan brown 5.14.6
4) Graham Belton 4.0.0
Juniors Brookside ( Rod Only):
1) Ryan Brown 21.10.0
2) Morgan Adawee 19.2.0
3) Callum Brown 14.0.0
4) Adam Harman 12.4.0
Intermediates:
1) Nathan Rowles 34.0.0
2) Jack Bellis 22.0.0
Manchester CADG (Bradshaw)
1) Adam Harman 9-6-0
2) Jack Wightman 8-4-0
3) Ryan Brown 7-12-0
4) Tom Oliver 7-0-0
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