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Bridgewater Canal Dane Road / Watersmeet / Kraft Arm to Old Trafford

Dates , every sunday , May 1st through to June 19th

£11 all in .

£20 section paid every 10 pegs

First match Moss Road Stretford / Trafford Park

Book on with Albert Morris 0161 792 2684

First match this sunday ...... anyone interested in fishing book on with Albert no later than thursday night

Result from today sunday may 1st

16 fished , Watersmeet to Kelloggs Trafford Park Manchester

Weather conditions gale force almost unfishable !


1st John Marnie Trafford Angling 3.12.0
2nd Roger Gardom Ted Carter Southport 1.13.0
3rd Dave Colbourn Dont Know 1.2.0


Plus side ......no cars were broken into

Plus side ......no cars were broken into

They were all nicked

Anyone looking for a match this sunday 9 am draw Moseley Road (kelloggs bridge) Trafford Park.

Roach weights won last week

Sunday May 15th   Kelloggs , Trafford Park , 17 fished

A bit better with more roach showing but bridgy remains a shadow of its former self .



1st   Tony Cummings     Tri Cast Highfield     3.6.0.  1 bream and a few bits   worm / caster

2nd  Roger Gardom       Ted Carter Southport 3.5.8.   roach on squatt

3rd  Tony Crolla             Trafford Angling        3.1.8.  1 bream and bits   worm / caster


More fish showing showing than in previous years ..... can only be a good thing despite loads of cormorants 

Hi Dodge, just got back from ireland a week or so ago and was with a few lad from your neck of the woods (Frank Simson, Ken Dooley, Paul Mccarthey, Andy Molinuex)do you know any of them. We fish a Fred Moss momorial match when wer there, he was a big fan of Banagher, the town were we stay

Hiya fin, Paul McCarthy fishes with our team i have fished against Andy Molineux loads of times on the canal circuit , andy owns Mescar Fisheries i think ?

Yeah that right now you mention it, only got to know Andy a bit this year & he's a nice quiet lad, I see Macca also in September in Ireland, if you mention me(rich pulford)he'll know me, he might even say that i'm a rite yellow stream-head,lol.

Anyone looking for a canal match this sunday 29th may 9 am draw scrapyard Old Trafford / Castlefields , Manchester

Anyone looking for a canal match this sunday 29th may  9 am draw scrapyard Old Trafford / Castlefields , Manchester   

Todays Result....  21 fished

1  Roger Gardom      Ted Carter Southport     5.2.0  Roach 14.5 mtr  squatt g/b
2  Tony Crolla           Trafford Angling              2.10.8
3  Eddie Cunningham Lower Kersal AC            1.12.0
4  Robert Kerr           Lower Kersal AC            1.7.0
5  Paul Hughes          Saints                            1.5.0


Bridgy canal was given the last rites by many 12 months or so ago .....proper made up with 5 lb of roach (and 1 dace) today , only a small match but it means a lot to win with an all roach net from my local canal , maybe just maybe the bridgy is showing a slight recovery 



Next sunday 5th june .... draw at bottom of Moss Road (Trafford Angling) Stretford  9.00 am , fishing behind Kelloggs 

well done dodge a wins a win it makes you feel better

packington yesterday drew bang on 45 plus it was the £200 bonus peg bob greenbury on 46 the best peg on the lake and another lad on 42 you'd of thought one of us would of framed well it happened to be the worest set of results to come from the place i see why they call it moody molands 35lb won the match he never fed anything just cast a 8mm pellet around the far bank i think i fed tomuch in the first 3 casts i'l never get the hang ofthis commercial fishing
they tell me it will be better next week its on big gearsys better for who

Warrington AA/Lower Kersal AC, Bridgewater Canal, Old Trafford, Manchester, Sun. 21. Roger ‘Blue Moon’ Gardom (Ted Carter, Southport) 5-2-0, all roach, poled squatt over groundbait; Tony Crolla (Trafford Angling) 2-10-8; Eddie Cunningham (Lower Kersal AC) 1-12-0; Robert Kerr (Lower Kersal AC) 1-7-0; Paul Hughes (Saints) 1-5-0.

Result sunday june 5th    Bridgewater Canal Kelloggs Trafford Park 20 fished


1 Tony Crolla                Trafford Angling      16.4.0 
2 Keith Rustage            Railway AC               7.14.0
3 John O`Mahony         Trafford Angling        5.4.8
4 Roger Gardom           Ted Carter Southport 4.14.8



Tony drew the famous "hump" next to kelloggs basin and landed 5 bream at 13 mtrs fishing double and treble red maggot over groundbait. Lots of 3s and 4lb backing weights made up of roach and perch and some big tench were hooked and lost, Keith Rustage managed to get one out , it weighed 4.15.0 

Well done on another brown envelope Dodge

Nice to see the Bidgy producing some weights again Dodge. The hump peg brings back some memories, often drawn within 100 yds of it but never quite on it!! :( :( :(

Nice to see the Bidgy producing some weights again Dodge. The hump peg brings back some memories, often drawn within 100 yds of it but never quite on it!! :( :( :(

Lol tudes only drawn it once meself in 20 odd years ! . The inside basin is heaving with big bream , very wise fish .... still some massive carp there aswell. I almost forgot how deep the bridgy is at Trafford Park & Old Trafford , 7ft from 4mtrs to around 12mtrs on the not so wide bits with 4 ft up the shelf @ 14 mtrs.

Last match in the series this sunday 19 th june

Draw is at the bottom of Moss Road (Trafford Angling) 9.00am fishing the Kelloggs length again


Bweeeeeeem

Result of todays match sunday 19th june

Yet again the weather was unkind to say the least .... blew a flamin hoolie for the last 4hrs of the match , flat calm at the all in and you have to fish 13 / 14.5 mtrs on bridgy at trafford park  weights would have been a lot higher but for the wind but hey ho yet again ! One angler even caught a pristine brown trout which he had to put back as they arent allowed to be weighed in.


1st   Keith Rustage        Railway AC    8.3.0
2nd  Joe Gallimore        Lower Kersal AC 4.9.0
3rd  Dougie Darbyshire  Railway AC     4.6.0
4th Roger Gardom        Ted Carter Southport 4.2.0



Keith got stuck in more trees than bill yards has ever done apparently but managed to snare 2 big bream on his last rig he had in his box plus a few perch on chopped worm and caster at 14.5 mtrs   

Really enjoyed fishing my local canal again this spring and to catch a few fish again in Manchester has been very special , the roach are proper dumpys 

Well done organiser Albert Morris and his helpers if you are looking in ..... hopefully more anglers will have a chuck next spring 

Nice one Dodge