2009/2010 Winter League

Winter League

October
3rd Saturday
Llandudno North shore
H/W 2215 9.2m
Meet at the paddling pool at 1800
Fish 1900 – 2300

November
15th Sunday
Bromborough dock
H/W 2220 9.2m
Meet bottom of dock road south at 1730
Fish 1830 – 2230
Make sure you bring a good lamp/light source

December
27th Sunday
Alex dock wall
H/W 1905 7.8m
Meet at the wall parking at 1500
Fish 1600 – 2000

January
17th Sunday
Perch Rock
L/W 1911 1.46m
Meet at Fort Perch car park at 1530
Fish 1630 – 2030

February
13th Saturday
Talacre
L/W 1730 1.52m
Meet in the car park on the beach at 1300
This is a bit early but we have a good but easy walk to the water
Fish 1430 – 1830

March
21st Sunday
River Alt
H/W 1400 8.55m
Meet usual place at 1030 and don’t block any ones drives please
Fish 1130 - 1530

Lets hope we have a good winter league and hopefully some cod would be nice this year
My new number is
Home 0151 201 3585
Mobile: 07963546709

nice mixture of venues should be good hope we get the turn out all your hard work deserves

Those venues will see big numbers of fish coming in mate Talacre in feb will need LOADS of fish to win it . I see you have picked venues
where worm fish and squid produce which should keep people happy. Here's my take on them.

Llandudno- Plenty of whiting and dogs to sandeel and mackerel. Distance can be an advantage
Bromborough- The only venue where crab can be an advantage but not always. Codling, whiting dabs flounder to lug, rag fish and squid
Dock wall - easy fishing plenty of whiting dabs and codling to lug squid and mackerel
Perch Rock- my favourite venue on the mersey Loads of whiting and dabs to all baits at any distance
Talacre - Dab city snotty lug and mackerel
The Alt. Dont know anywhere else that fishes as good in March. Flounders close in on Rag razor mackerel and blow lug. Long, light snoods

Lets hope you get the numbers mate. I'll give you fair notice now though, i dont think i will be able to do all of them due to family commitments, and other fishing commitments. It would be nice to see a few more members having a go.

mark well picked,looking foreward to it.i agree with dave lets hope we get the turnouts we should have,and thanks for the info steve.

Winter League- Llandudno,Talacre,----- clubs Fur n Feather ---- erm--- HOME

yes matty
the members voted home for the fur and feather,
we need an easy venue that will catch fish (hopefully)
have picked Bromborough dock wall at the moment
22nd November
H/W 1430 8.4m
Meet dock rd south at 1000
Fish 1100 - 1500
what do you think

The club matches dont need to be so dependant on this.
have still got the Angelsey shore cup to come yet, where would you like to fish
some ideas would be nice from the members, dont forget i need dates and times of any venues you would like to fish mate

Hi Mark,
I told you my preference,Chesil Beach .but seriously,I just find it a bit ironic that some people are prepared to go and fish LLandudno and walk some distance to fish at Talacre for a Winter league match,yet, when it comes to the clubs annual Fur N Feather match,which is open to all the sections of the club,they don't want to travel outside of the Liverpool area.

Just baffles me.

Or maybe they don't like coaches

I agree mate
personally a coach for the fur and feather isnt great
1. we would poss need 2 coaches for the members and if the weathers bad they may not show
2. the likes of arnside which i think is a worse walk than talacre.
3. if the weather is bad it will make fishing very uncomfortable, at least when its local you can go home
4. most of the away venues are too weather dependant i.e arnside, if it rains the week before there will be no fish here.
5. if the fishing is ok in the river why go somewhere else for whiting?

If the members want a coach to arnside next year the new beach captain can sort it for then.
Chesil beach --- dont know anything about the place, if you want to get a date and time sorted we can have a look at it.
was thinking of maybe getting a coach over to the east coast around the moggs eye area when the smoothies are in next year

i dont think they like fishing

Got to admit, i am suprised that the members voted for home. I abstained as i wont be doing much fishing this winter and dont know if will be able to do it. The fishing on the last 2 coaches hasnt lived up to expectations but thats always will be a problem going to away venues.

i did notice that there were a few members who didnt vote.
as with steve i was surprised that we are fishing local

i think on the count there where 13 abstentions ,but only 10 votes for an away match,i know the last 2 coach trips have been disapointing fish wise but dont forget the idea of the coach trips was to try and bring the club together as one body in stead of the problems we where having,in fact we got this site moving for mutch the same reason,so with that in mind i think the coach trips where a great thing,the web site could be a lot better if more members used it but it is working and there is never the abuse you see on other web sites, i know that ronnie and myself as administrators have had to do very little and never had to delete anything . all in all i think the club is on a strong footing and will get even better,if the majority want to fish local so be it i would have liked an away day but majority rules, what we should do now is decide on coach trips for next year as the last one was well attended and the next one should be even better

Thanks Dave for your comments which I heartily agree with.
Firstly we should stop the moaning about numbers involved with both actual fishing and use of website.
I am sure lots of members log onto the site to view both comments and fishing reports without adding their comments. Statistics prove that our website is one of the most visited. OK perhaps it would help if more members posted their comments but it is not essential to try and badger people to use the site.
Secondly, as regards fishing, those who attend matches enjoy the cameraderie as well as the fishing. Some members have lives outside of fishing and to them it is JUST a hobby. Lets be realistic the club is well suppported, has matches enjoyed by those who attend and therefore those who dont are missing out. As you are aware Mark has been doing a great job on the Beach front and myself,Dave and Ronnie have attended most of the matches recently although we are committed small boat users, perhaps we should be encouraging more members to come and join us and see what they are missing.
Thirdly, I would have preferred a coach trip to somewhere different for the Fur & Feather but majority rules. I hope we get a good turnout especially by all those who voted for a local match.
Finally lets not forget we are trying to encourage a more positive out look and participation by our members so please drop the negative attitudes. We are a successful, well supported and attended club who encourage members to speak their minds and have their own opinions. Lets not stifle that.

Well said that man
Next thing:-
Winter league, as you have noticed most of the matches are going to be Whiting, dabs poss codling(dogs from Llandudno) so bait selection will be easy, its safe to say this winter league will be NO CRAB
this wont deter from the fishing, it just means everybody is in the same boat/beach as everyone else.

I agree with everything Steve said , the website is great ,how many clubs have one ?
i check it almost everyday for news from members and put my own input when i feel it is necessary , i go charter fishing ,small boat and beach as and when i can and weather permitting ,so it suits me being part of a club that fulfills all of my requirements when available and also a great bunch of lads to boot ...keep it up ...barny

just for interest ive put this weeks stats on "help us to develope this website page" as i think this is the wrong page for this ongoing discussion have a look it amasing

Who woke Steve B, up

daba wrote:

Winter League- Llandudno,Talacre,----- clubs Fur n Feather ---- erm--- HOME

hi mark, sorry i will have to miss the match on saturday,i have family comitments

thats ok Dave
thanks for letting me know.
what about steve bates?