CHOOSING the Warrington Anglers’ Association ‘Catch of the Month’ at our committee meeting on Monday was a difficult task due to the high calibre of entries.

The junior prize went to 10-year-old Luke Banks who won £50 of BaitTech products plus a Korda carp care kit with a cracking common carp of 18lbs 4ozs 0drms from Arley Reservoir on our Worthington complex.

This month we gave a special runner up prize to new junior member Adam Thorndell who, on his first angling trip and his first cast, landed a tench of 6-1-0 from the Mist.

A tench won the seniors’ prize, weighing in at 8-10-0, taken from Grey Mist Mere by Alan Weaver. Alan legered sweetcorn over a bed of corn and pellet to tempt his specimen that netted him over £100 of BaitTech products plus a carp care kit.

Committee member Ian Clutterbuck reports tench ranging from 6lbs to 8lbs and bream to 10lbs are being caught from the small lake at Sandiway. He had a brace of these bronze beauties just over 10lbs apiece.

A few of the carp we stocked recently are showing, with fish to 18lbs falling to a variety of baits.

Marc Dack reckons that Association-owned Woodshaw Reservoir alone is worth the full hit of his £40 membership fee.

With fishing mate Andy Leicester, he visited the fishery for the first time last Thursday. Getting lost on the way did not leave much time for fishing but they still managed nine crucian carp to 2.5lbs, plus tench.

Saturday saw Marc return and, starting with a small waggler in the margin, he soon had two crucians before being ‘pestered by bits’. A change to a leger set-up saw a change of fortunes with another 10 crucians and scores of quality roach, with four well over 1lb. He had, at a conservative estimate, at least 30lbs of fish.

Our Sunday Match Fund Open on the Trent and Mersey Canal at Middlewich saw Martin Lenihan win with an impressive roach catch of just over 10lbs taken on pole and caster.

We stocked the River Alyn on Monday with brown trout, mainly small fish with some just below takeable size, to prevent the annual slaughter of past times.

Let me have your catch reports on 01928 716238, fax 01928 713898 or e-mail frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk HQ Parker Street will be open as usual tomorrow, Friday, between 7pm and 9.30pm for subscriptions and new memberships.


Results:

Juniors: 1, Nigel Hankey 4-14-0; 2, Nathan Rowles 3-13-4; 3, Jack Swindells 2-3-0.

Trent and Mersey Open: 1, Martin Lenihan 10-3-0; 2, Lee Clark 7-7-8; 3, Jim Byrne 6-1-0; 4, Tony Derbyshire 5-10-0.

Disabled and Over 60s: 1, John Sharp 4-9-0; 2, Brian Pilkington 2-12-3; 3, Geoff Brooks 2-9-5; 4, Harry Morris 2-9-4.


Forthcoming events:

Saturday: Centenary Open Bridgewater Canal, draw 9am on bank (pegs 610-720).

Monday: Disabled and Over 60s, draw 10.30am at Stockton Heath British Legion (contact John Dagnall on 635486).

Tuesday: Junior Summer Series. Draw 6pm on the bank at Euclid Avenue.