Wizard Wild finds Cranberry source

WHAT A WHOPPER . . . local angler Danny Haynes shows off the 19lb 10oz pike landed while fishing at a canal in East Yorkshire.

ANGLING: CRANBERRY AC members found Bradshaw number four pool to their liking as the water fished really well for their latest match.

Jim Wild is always there or thereabouts in these matches and it was no surprise that he took first place with two carp and some silvers weighing 20lb.

Jim started on the pole and pellet for the silvers before switching to hair-rigged meat, netting himself the carp.

Second-placed Gideon Orr (17lb) caught plenty of silvers taken on pole, caster, meat and corn, while Rod Illing was third with another two carp and silvers which fell to pole, pellet, caster and maggot and weighed 16lb.


TODMORDEN’S silver-fish-only trophy match on Town House saw a few carp hooked, landed and put straight back in.

Winner was Tom Barlow with a creditable 12lb 2oz of ide and roach which fell to long pole, worm and caster.

Runner-up Nick Andrew used identical tactics for 8lb 8oz of ide and roach, while third place went to Tom Brownbill, who employed chopped worm and caster to tempt 6lb 8oz of silvers.

Best fish of the day prize went to Dave Williams, whose roach of just under a pound netted him £35.


PLEASE note that if you have not already bought your rod licence you need to do so now as it ran out on March 31.

There are three ways to obtain it.

First and easiest is to pop along to your local post office and pay over the counter.

Alternatively, go online at www.environmental-agency.gov.uk/rodlicence or phone 0844 800 5386.

Prices: Coarse and trout full licence £27, concessionary £18, junior £5, eight days £10 and one day £3.75.

For salmon and sea trout a full licence will cost you £72, concessionary £48, junior £5, eight days £23 and one day £8.


TRI-CAST Rochdale’s final team match took place on the Hebden Bridge lengths of the Rochdale Canal where again bread punch reigned supreme.

Individual winner was John Holdsworth (Fox Match White) with 4lb 8oz from a peg near to Hollins Mill.

Second was B Kupzyncki (Fox Match Black) with 4lb 7oz of silvers, while Walt Kearney (TRI-CAST Rochdale Red) and Bob Clark (Fox Match Black) shared third with 4lb3oz.

Top team was Fox Match Black with 38 points, beating TRI-CAST Rochdale Blue (28) into second, while league winners were Fox Match Red (163).


STEVE Hall took first place in the Bradshaw Fishery silver fish open match fished on pool three, where chopped worm, caster and maggot netted him 30lb 9oz of skimmers and roach.

Fellow local angler Mike Risby also made the frame, taking 17lb of silvers with almost identical tactics.

ANYONE with news or views on the local or national angling scene can email me at foldgr@ntlworld.com  or ring me on 0784 6456408.

Venue Guide

Woodside Farm – Fish feeding despite freezing weather conditions.

Huddersfield Narrow Canal – Day tickets on the bank. Small fish on match length at Ward Lane with some big fish on lower lengths.

Rochdale Canal – Usual baits and tactics. Roach and skimmers and a few tench starting to show.

Chadderton Mill Lodge – Pole, waggler and tip all producing carp, ide and skimmers.

Hollingworth Lake – Day ticket water. Pike anglers out in force. Spinning and deadbaits. Pegs by the cafe seem to be popular.


Diary

Sunday April 11 – Todmorden AS members-only trophy match on Croft. To book and for further details, ring John on 01706 374689 or 07543 883714.

Every Saturday – Open matches on Meermoor Fisheries.

Every Sunday – Albert Morris open matches on canals throughout the North-West. For information, contact Albert on 0161 792 2684. £11 all-in on the day.

Every other Sunday – Monarch AC members’ matches on the club water. For further details, contact Craig on 0791 6923890.