27th October 2015 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

27^th October, 2015 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Member, Jim Poulter dusted off his pike gear for the first of his winter sessions. He visited the Bridgewater Canal around Lymm and banked two and lost two fish. Nothing large but nevertheless a good start and it definitely beats a blank. He fished smelt using sink and draw tactics.

Last week Derek Bibby stole the show by winning on the Mersey on three consecutive days but it proves that even the best need half a decent peg to have a chance of success as the best he could manage this week was a third place. However it was good news for other anglers, particularly Jimmy Byrnes who easily walked away with our Saturday event with a cracking net of twenty skimmer bream for 17-10-0 caught on maggot and groundbait feeder tactics. Match organiser Ray Boden claimed second place with an all roach catch of 8-15-0 taken on pole and maggot.  

I mentioned in my last week's column that the larger bream on the river usually go off the feed and it was good news to see decent weights from silver fish however I didn't count on Neil Buist (aka 'The Engine') for following his holiday to exotic places for he steamed to victory in our regular Mersey Sunday Series with a stunning weight of 37-10-0 made up of just seven bream, the best a nice specimen of 8lbs. Again groundbait feeder and maggot did the damage. Bob Clough could only manage four bream and a few small roach but his 16-4-0 was good enough to take the runner-up spot albeit normally it may have taken the winner's purse. Third placed Paul Hitchen must be mentioned because he caught his 15-14-0 on feeder and punched bread.

A return from the Mersey to the Bridgewater Canal at Stage Lane this week for our Disabled & Over 60's match saw Lenny Dutton take first place in a close run thing with Jimmy Byrne. At the weigh-in Lenny kept ahead with a narrow margin of 2ozs when he put his catch on the scales for 7-6-4 against Jimmy's 7-4-4. Both caught bream and pristine roach on pole and punch. All other backing weights were roach.

Please email me your catch reports to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or you can ring me on 01928 716238. Our headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open on Friday between 7 & 9pm for subscriptions, new memberships/night permits, and any queries.           

Frank Lythgoe  

RESULTS:

Mersey Saturday Series:

1)      Jimmy Byrnes                     17-10-0

2)      Ray Boden                             8-15-0   

3)      Derek Bibby                          6-12-0

4)      Alan Morris                           2-13-0 

                        

Mersey Sunday Series

1)      Neil Buist                            37-10-0

2)      Keith Dentith                     16-4-0

3)      Paul Hitchen                       15-14-0

4)      Stu Hardman                        6-15-0

 

Disabled & Over 60's (Mersey):

1)      Lenny Dutton                      7-6-4

2)      Derek Bibby                         7-4-4

3)      Jimmy Byrne                        3-14-10

4)      John Dagnall                        3-2-0

COMING EVENTS:

SATURDAY

Mersey Saturday Series draw 9am Victoria Park

SUNDAY

Mersey Sunday Series draw 9am Mersey Walk 

MONDAY

Disabled & Over 60's (Trent & Mersey) Draw 10am on bank Farm Road

20th October 2015 Warrington Anglers Guardian Notes

20th October, 2015 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes. 

A big thank you this week to two members John Wedgewood and his mate Lee Southerberry who both took a day off work to clear up bags of weed aka skunk or cannabis plant which had been dumped into Appleton Reservoir following the 'harvesting' of a crop. Now I am not preaching either in support of this illegal activity nor against it but quite simply to say if they are dumping their crap on our waters it makes it our business and whatever it takes it must be stopped. If any members see this or anything being dumped on our fisheries please note down any vehicle numbers and ring the police immediately.

Chris Venes and his brother Tim sampled a couple of sessions on the Dee at Worthenbury last week with mixed results. Chris spent the days salmon fishing before the end of season and wasn't surprised in the least when he blanked whilst Tim chose to trot down with maggots to catch a few grayling, trout, and dace on the first day and a similar catch the next but with the addition of a chub around the 4lbs mark.

Our Saturday Mersey match this past week saw Derek Bibby catch a decent weight of roach taken on pole and maggot tactics for exactly 9lbs. He was well clear of second placed Alan Birchall with a net of roach and perch for 5-10-0. One thing for certain with all the roach, perch, and increasing numbers of chub featuring in catches it bodes well for winter fishing as the bream go off the feed during the colder months.

 Derek Bibby was on a roll last weekend when following his win on the river the previous day he again took the money in our Sunday Mersey Match with a weight of 8-14-0 followed by match organiser Ray Boden in second place with 6-7-0. Again weights were quite good for the time of the year and what is really good is that any method can take the money.

Some anglers really have cracked it on the Mersey and regularly feature in match results but veteran angler and really nice guy Derek Bibby has really set the bar higher with his third win on this river in as many days when he took the main prize money in our Disabled & Over 60's match held on this venue on Monday. Yes, weights were down slightly but with 6-0-6 of small roach it gave him the treble. Weights were quite close and Keith Dentith (spelling correct this week) wasn't too far behind with 5-14-0 to take the runner-up spot.

Please email me your catch reports to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or you can ring me on 01928 716238. Our headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open on Friday between 7 & 9pm for subscriptions, new memberships/night permits, and any queries.           

Frank Lythgoe  

RESULTS:

Mersey Saturday Series:

 

1)      Derek Bibby                        9-0-0

2)      Alan Birchall                       5-10-0   

3)      Jimmy Byrnes                     5-6-0

4)      Jim Gannon                         5-0-0 

                        

Mersey Sunday Series

1)      Derek Bibby                        8-14-0

2)      Ray Boden                           6-7-0

3)      Keith Dentith                      5-15-0

4)      Paul Hitchen                       5-13-0

Disabled & Over 60's (Mersey):

 

1)      Derek Bibby                       6-0-6

2)      Keith Dentith                     5-14-0

3)      Jim Gannon                        4-3-2

4)      Graham Belton                  4-11-0

COMING EVENTS:

SATURDAY

Mersey Saturday Series draw 9am Mersey Walk 

SUNDAY

Mersey Sunday Series draw 9am Victoria Park

MONDAY

Disabled & Over 60's  Draw 10am on bank Bridgewater Canal Stage Lane