Christmas Fish In 2018

We are holding our annual Christmas Fish In / social event on Saturday 29th December 2018 and would be delighted if you decide to come down and fish, or just come say hello for a drink and a chat.

Venue – Old River Irwell – Ferry Road, Irlam M44 6DN – free parking in the Boathouse Pub car park.

Most anglers will be trying to catch some of the superb pike which live in the Old River – but a couple of others including club chairman Mike Duddy will be trying to build a net of silver fish on bread punch.

The day will start at first light – and finish when it goes dark (or we get fed up and go to warm up in the pub)

We will have a lovely bottle of Cognac to share, and help make the conversations flow.

Please come and join us – and be a part of our Friendly Society.

Old River Irlam Pike Fish In

Salford Friendly Chat Juice

Old river Pike fishing is great – we always manage to catch a few

Salford Friendly Christmas Social

Salford Friendly Christmas Fish In Social

Old River Irwell Pike

Old River Irwell Pike

 

 

North West Street Lure Festival 2016 – Result

27 anglers took part – on a sunshine bathed Salford Quays

Nearly everyone caught fish – with the winner being decided on the total length of fish caught

1st place Steven Wilson 553 cm (18ft 2 inches)

Winner - Steven Wilson 553cm - great bit of fishing

Winner – Steven Wilson 553cm – great bit of fishing

 

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2nd place Matus Strohner 470 cm (15ft 5 inches)

3rd place Cosmin Antonie 420 cm (13ft 9 inches)

4th place Dragos Dumitrescu 283 cm (9 ft 3 inches)

5th place Craig Evans 280 cm (9 ft 2 inches)

6th place Branislav Kosak 197 cm (6ft 6 inches)

7th place Alexander Takacs 194 cm (6ft 4 inches)

7th place Maciej Szuchmilski 194 cm (6ft 4 inches)

9th place Mindaugas Petrikas 187 cm (6ft 2 inches)

10th place Craig Gilbert 180 cm (6 ft ) – awesome thats SIX FEET of fish !! as tall as me in perch – well done Craig !!

10th place Gregorz Pawlak 180 cm (6ft )

A great effort from everyone concerned – and a great social event both before and after the competition

Many thanks to our event sponsors www.favorite-fishing.com 

I will add more photos below as people send them in to me

pre match

pre match

pre match

pre match

pre match - discussing tactics

pre match – discussing tactics

getting ready

getting ready

ready for the off

ready for the off

Fish Of The Year 2015

Congratulations to Kaden McCarthy – aged 12 from Salford. Winner of Salford Friendly Anglers fish of the year competition 2015

Manchester Pike

Not only did young Kaden manage to capture this magnificent 22lb pike from a canal in the City Centre of Manchester, he went out a week later and caught another slightly bigger but less photogenic fish from a different part of the same canal.

Castlefield Bream

 

Add bream from the Castlefield Basin, and some great carp from Moss Farm Fishery into the mix then you end up with a very deserving young winner, who has been out in all weathers catching fish that would make any senior member proud to catch.

So Kaden was invited to our recent Christmas meeting where instead of receiving the usual bottle of Cognac for winning, we presented our young winner with a Spro Drop Shooting rod and reel. Presented by local angling legend Ant Glascoe Jnr – predator fisherman extraordinaire – who generously brought along a goodie bag of items from his own personal stash of gear.

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Top of the range Costa Sunglasses, loads of the latest Savage Gear lures – our young champ was highly delighted with his haul of goodies on the evening.

Maybe best of all, Ant Glascoe Jnr has promised to take him out fishing on a couple of local venues next Spring.

We done Kaden McCarthy – fish of the year winner 2015 !!

fish of the year 2015 winner

 

The to cap off a fine night for the young man, he won first prize in our raffle, a new 12ft barbel rod……. this fella has luck and skill, a great combination.

Kaden – back home with his prizes.

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