30th October 2018 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes
Neil Plunkett had a silver fish day at Grey Mist on Wednesday despite having his swim attacked by a pair of cormorants on two occasions the day leaving Neil to find where the fish had gone each time and get them back on his feed. He was fishing both waggler and groundbait feeder with maggot and caught 30 roach and a perch on his last cast. The best roach was a splendid 1.5 lbs and most were 6-8 oz fish in lovely condition. Apart from the cormorants keeping him on his toes, an eager pike rushed so fast into the shallows striking at a fish that Neil was retuning that it actually beached itself and soaked him as it flapped its way out with the free meal. An eventful and enjoyable days sport also shared with two carp anglers, one having landed a 21lb mirror and the other a mid-double, both caught from the margins.
With the recent cold weather sport on some waters has plummeted. Both Dave Gardner and his fishing pal Ken Hewitt blanked this past week at Rixton Claypits but spared themselves another duck on the Bridgewater at Preston Brook. Fishing near the tunnel that connects this canal to the Trent & Mersey Ken had two roach one over a pound, and a perch of 8oz whilst Dave had three roach around 6-8 ounces. Both fished on pole and maggot. I must admit this is the very first report I have ever had from these tunnel swims in over thirty years of writing this column. It certainly looks very tasty but the towpath is quite narrow.
Saturdays Mersey Match Series fished for some weeks now at Kingsway Allotments was won by Martin Lenihan with 10-6-0 of roach and perch taken on pole and maggot. Jimmy Byrne was in second place and probably only a fish behind with 10-3-0.
Match organiser Ray Boden was the clear winner of our Sunday Mersey Series fished at Mersey Walk with 15-10-8 made up of eight perch with the rest being roach caught on Ray's favourite method of pole and maggot. The current Mersey match record holder Derek Bibby was the runner-up with a brace of 8oz skimmers and the rest roach for 13-3-0.
Sport was effected by the heavy frosts on our Monday Disabled & Over 60's match fished this week on the Trent & Mersey Canal at Farm Road. There was only an ounce separating the first two anglers but Jimmy Byrne just kept ahead with a net of small roach and perch for 2-11-2 followed in second place by George Barber 2-10-2.
Many thanks to the Environment Agency Fisheries Team who boosted depleted stocks in the Bridgewater Canal on Monday by introducing some 5000 mixed, roach, rudd, perch, and gudgeon.
Please don't forget to send me your catch reports which are extremely useful to let follow members know how waters are fishing. Please email frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.
WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between (please note winter times) 7 & 8-30pm for 2018 night permits/membership renewals, new members, subscriptions, and any queries.
Frank Lythgoe
RESULTS:
Saturday Mersey Series
1) Martin Lenihan 10-6-0
2) Jimmy Byrne 10-3-0
3) John Green 9-9-0
4) Ray Boden 9-2-0
Sunday Mersey Series
1) Ray Boden 15-10-8
2) Derek Bibby 13-3-0
3) Jimmy Byrne 11-14-0
4) Neil Buist 9-15-0
Monday Disabled & Over 60's
1) Jimmy Byrne 2-11-2
2) George Barber 2-10-2
3) Lenny Dutton 2-8-6
4) Pip Woodier 2-2-9
COMING EVENTS:
SATURDAY:
Mersey Series draw 9am Kingsway Allotments
SUNDAY:
Mersey Series draw 9am Victoria Park
MONDAY:
Disabled & Over 60's Draw 10am Woodshaw Reservoir
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