Fishery Reports

By DAVE HOUGHTON

RIVER DANE

Chub are dominating sport and being caught on legered baits such as luncheon meat and floatfished caster. Holmes Chapel and Swettenham have been consistent.

RIVER DEE

Improved water levels will produce good catches of roach at Farndon.

RIVER RIBBLE River levels are back to normal and chub have been showing at Clitheroe and Ribchester.

RIVER WEAVER Brilliant bream and roach fishing in Winsford Town and on the Red Lion with fish being caught both on float and feeder with worm and maggot the best baits. Northwich Town waters are also reliable with a mix of chub, roach and bream.

BRIDGEWATER CANAL Roach, skimmers and perch, appearing on most sections. Chopped worm is proving effective for perch.

LEEDS-LIVERPOOL CANAL A pocket of bream at Hall Lane provided the top three weights from adjacent swims, but there is a better spread of roach coming to punch bread.

SANKEY-ST HELENS CANAL The Upper Pound is fishing well and the low peg numbers are producing lots of roach and skimmer bream.

SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL Clearer water following recent frosts will affect catch returns but anglers with caster or bloodworm should get some nice roach and skiSmmers.

BANNISTER FARM, Southport 01704 821474

Chub, bream and small carp, are feeding on all lakes.

BLUNDELL’S, Warrington 01925 752366

Last week weights were down but prospects are much brighter and the better catches can be expected on Oak Pool and East Lodge.

BROOKSIDE, Stretton 01925 730893

Match fishermen have not been very well but anglers on Willow Pool and Mallard Lake have been catching plenty of carp to 5lb.

BURTON MERE, South Wirral 0151 353 0115

Slower than usual and any decent catches have been smaller fish on maggot and caster.

CARR MILL DAM, St Helens 01744 602037 Skimmers and roach are showing on most pegs but the better sport is coming from the bottom bank (pegs 1 to 12) and along the sunshine sections (pegs 80-90).

CHESHIRE FISHING, Tattenhall 01829 770041

Caster, corn and maggots, are good baits at the moment for small carp and silver fish.

GREEN’S LANE PONDS, Lydi-ate 07808 764374 Small carp keeping the pleasure anglers happy.

HAMPTON SPRINGS, Malpas 01948 820789

Rock Pool continues to be productive with carp and barbel on legered corn, while Alice Pool is giving lively sport with a mix of silver fish and carp..

HAYDOCK PARK FARM 01925 229074

Roach, rudd and perch, are on the move

LINGMERE, Moreton 0780 3002412

Plenty of action from both lakes but Ling Mere provides that little extra shelter in bad weather and produced decent catches of chub and carp.

MEADOW VIEW, Lymm 01925 757985

Whenever there’s a nip in the air the best tactic is a loaded waggler and red maggot for carp on all three lakes.

VULCAN RESERVOIR, Newton 01925 221801

Frosty conditions have made catching fish difficult but small baits are sorting the roach and skimmers out.

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