hotties section, St Helens ?

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liamangler

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can some one tell me the good baits, rigs etc to use on the hotties section please.
 
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The Monk

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I thought the hotties section was no longer, or are you just refering to its names?
 
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liamangler

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no, i went there yesterday and there where plenty of other anglers. i was just wondering for some hints and tips.
 
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liamangler

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tut tut baz thought bloodworm was banned on the hotties! u been up to no good.
 
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Iv'e never fished it mate, since any club took it over anyway. I was talking of when I were nowt but a nipper wi twopence halfpenny in me pocket an a snake belt ter hang me catapult from.
Only seems like yesterday. (o

Up near the Mucky Mountains, or are they gone now?
 
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ED (The ORIGINAL and REAL one)

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I too thought the 'hotties' were no longer hot and that the cichlids etc.had all disappeared
I believe they fish for the carp in there now
 
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ED (The ORIGINAL and REAL one)

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I know a bloke who,years ago,when we were fishing there caught this strange looking pink coloured fish with blue spots which ,when he unhooked it and was putting it in his net it jumped out of his hands and 'ran' up the bank using its pectoral fins like legs!!
It was reported in The Liverpool Echo and it turned out to be a type of fish called a mud hopper which originates in Taiwan....
 
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liamangler

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Yea ed. According to my dad because of all the warm water pouring into it there once was exotic fish in it.I would love to see that article about the 'mud hopper'.
 
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The Monk

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The mudhopper story I heard was a south American white catfish, the angler put it down on the banks and it ran through his legs, off down the banks, he chased it for a while and it eventually dived back into the canal.

I have an old article in Freeline magazine somewhere, that was the NASGs magazine, it was written by me old mate Ron Pendleton of the St Helens Freshwater Study Group and is about the Hotties and the Chillids, ca 1975
 
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Does anyone know if its on something like a archive on the net? i'd love to read it!.
 
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The Monk

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Doubt it Liam it was pre-computer days mate, your more than welcome to come and try to find it in my attic though, its needs a good clear out haha
 
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haha. could it be possible to be in the archive libary if there is such a thing?.
 
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I dont think there is one mate, Ron wrote in the old freeline magazine which was the publication of the National Association of Specimen Groups, it changed into the Nationsal Association of Specilaist Anglers around 1980 and relaunched the publication under the name of the Specialist Angler (and that too has regrouped under SAA as the new Specialist Angler. I do have a full collection of Freeline in the attic, I take a note of your details and see if I can find the one with the piece in it, it was largely about St Helens Chilids
 
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