THE arrival of warmer weather has coincided with some fabulous action on Lymm Angling Club waters over the past week.

Member John Weedon enjoyed electric action on New Pool, landing a haul estimated at 65lbs, which was made up of skimmers, bream, rudd and roach. His most successful baits were worm and caster.

The catch of the week was enjoyed by James Ashall, who landed 10 carp on Belmont Pool to give him a combined catch weight of just less than 15lbs.

That Belmont form has been enjoyed by several members throughout the week, with reports of three members breaking their personal best records.

But it was Shakerley Mere that produced the week's biggest reported carp, which went to member Gary York.

He landed a whopper of 28lbs on his son's rod, much to the lad's consternation on his return from his leg-stretching walk.

The fish of the week came to our catfinder general, Steve Addison, who hooked and landed a fearsome feline of 30lbs 14ozs 0drms in the awesome shape of a Wells Catfish on Founders Pool.

Steve e-mailed me some photos and the expression on his face appeared to be one of residual shock, which is not surprising when you see the expression on the fish's face.

Steve and his angling companion Pete Sawer have the gift of being able to catch catfish wherever they exist and have done so on several waters including Lymmvale.

It is on that water that they appear to be able to catch the species at will, when others using the same tactics have tried for years without success.

Village Pool is yet again the club's star performer with blistering action enjoyed by many members.

One such member, Mark Webster, enjoyed hectic action when he landed all species, including carp, at a fast and furious rate.

Mark, who was using pole tactics, caught most of his fish just below the surface using bread flake and punched bread on his hook.

Action on Whitley Pool has been good.

The close season only has a week to go, meaning that all waters are set to open to all members because the end of the season coincides with the end of the overstamp period.

Also it means that the rivers open to course fishing, which heralds the start of 'proper' fishing for many of our members.

The pitting of wits and skills with truly wild fish is a challenge that river anglers take up with relish, and the rewards can be extremely satisfying.

Barbel, chub and dace are the most quoted target species, although river roach, pike, perch and even carp give a scrap that is so different to their still-water cousins.

I can be contacted on 411774 but be prepared to leave a message.

Neil Jupp