Welcome to Wirral Sea Fishing, a resource for sea fishing in the North West, North Wales, Anglesey the Lleyn Peninsula and Cumbria. Our front page is mainly given over to headlines for our sea fishing reports forum. There is lots of other sea fishing information on the site, just use the menu on the left to navigate around. If you've been fishing recently we'd like to hear how you got on, just follow the Submit Report link on the left.

Conger, Crabs & Dogs - Holyhead Breakwater After 90 miles, and a traffic jam from hell Tony arrived at the breaky with warm sunshine and a good breeze the conditions were good. Full Report Click Here

Ty Croes Dave arrived at Ty Croes with Tom at about 08.00hrs. Nice calm weather in the car park. Until they got to the rock line, it was blowing a hoolie! After getting down there, and not being able to fish the favoured mark due to the wind they moved to the right, just to get some shelter. Full Report Here

At The Very End Of The Rock Channel Neil decided a plugging session was called for with all the clear water and bait fish around so decided on the derby pool gulley as it has produced before but on arrival thought i'd head to the very end of the rock channel instead, an hour later he found water !!! Full Report Here

Fathers Day Outing.... As it was fathers day, Phil decided it was a good time to take his dad out on my boat for the first time, and thomas (his son) came too.
its been about 30 years since we had 3 generations of our family together in a boat ! Full Report Here

Alf Big Al Gets Out Fishing .... Its been a few months since Alf Big Al has done any fishing after the recent loss of his dad, so he and sue decided on a few days of camping and fishing on Anglesey. Full Report Here

Smoothies on the Beach With report of smoothies coming out of the channel I had to get out there and see if I could snare my first of the year,As Psychocabbie's report confirms, it was a perfect evening for a stroll out onto the bank and when I arrived at the Clown Roundabout , I was gobsmacked by the number of eager anglers waiting to take on the walk... Full Report Here

Mustad Deal Moreton Angling Centre has a fantastic Mustad Deal with the following items
1. Mustad Baseball Cap
2. Mustad Medium Spool Tube
3. Mustad Towel
All 3 items would normally cost £15.99 but as you can see you can get all 3 for just £7.50!! hurry as stocks are limited.

Mersey Mulleting in May With a forecast of 28 degrees there's only one place to be! Time for some Mersey mulleting.
Perfect tide as well, about 2m low at 1.30pm
Colin Got down to Dalmorton groyne in blazing sunshine Full Report Here

Ribble Estuary Well what a day, the sun beating down and the fishing was great!!
First stop was the bait shop and then the butty bar, Adie had a monster (bacon,sausage & egg) Steeley had a salad with mayo (cough cough).They where set for the days fishing, off to lytham and they met up with John after his hard morning off graft.The venue was a walk out to the channel at the back of Fairhaven lake, and yes what a longggggggggggg walk it was. Full Report Here

Alex Wall Saturday 10th April Kev decided to go in search of Rays from the Alex Wall (permit holders only allowed to fish this venue)with a flat calm sea and a lovely sunny morning the signs were perfect...... Full Report Here

The Island The Cat & The Prawn were itching to get away from local fishing spots and last weekend made the decision to take a trip to the island. The Prawn is the venues man the Cat does bait and butties! What was going to be a Sunday trip turned out to be Saturday (Masters is on Sunday and it's a tradition for the Prawn and his bro to do a bit of male bonding over a few pints with a bleary eye on the golf. Full Report Here

Anchorsholme 29/30 March Cliff Mainly went to stock up on worm on the big tides but the rain came with a vengeance, didnt bring much bait so he risked walking out, millions of casts but all mixed up, difficult to find black from blow & loads of tiny worms as well.
He managed about a 100 mixed with some very big blow amongst them & got set up for a couple of hours over high tide, wind in your face from the west & a bit of white water so it looked like a chance of a fish, 2 hours later, Zilch, Nothing, Buggerall.
Decided to have one last cast while he made a brew. Full Report Click Here

Prawn's Adventure In case you missed the story so far...
It all started on Friday night, The Prwn finished work handy and whizzed along to Seaforth Rocks to fish the high... lovely evening, squid/sandeel wraps = blank!
So, a couple of pints on the way home, an early(ish) night and after doing the red-eye shift at work on Saturday morning, I was at Perch Rock by 1pm trying again for a ray over low water Full Adventure Story Click Here

Moreton Angling Centre - Fresh Rag In Stock After the long and hard winter Fresh Ragworm will be back in stock from Friday 26th March

March Fish and Meet - Caldy 45+ Anglers turned out for the 2nd fish and meet of 2010, the fishing proved to be a little slow but for some it was the first time of seeing the venue, in a months time it will fish totally different. The next fish and meet is planned for the Hoyle Bank after Bass in late May. Images Here

Fish N Meet - Caldy 21st March The 2nd fish n meet of 2010 - this time we are going to target the Flounder at Caldy. Fishing will start from the beach but will end up from the top of the rocks. Meeting at 11am at the venue and fishing from 11.30am - Fishign 2.5hrs to high and 1.5 hrs after. Anyone not sure of the directions to the venue can meet at Moreton Angling Centre between 10am - 10.30am. Forum Link
Venue Information Here

New Brighton 7th Feb Joe went down to Perch Rock but by the time he arrived at about and hour before low it was pretty crowded. He had a quick look around then decided against setting up at one of the remaining tackle graveyard marks. Full Report Here

Perch Rock Low Water 10th Jan 2010 With the cancellation of the Fish & Meet, the Three Legged Cat and the Prawnster were at a loose end as to where to go for our regular Sunday outing, Richie and Middo were fishing the RAFA match at Perch Rock so we thought we'd tag along - more for the craic than any expectations of a fish-fest Full Report Here

Joe Just Had to Get Out !! Joe had to get out after all the festivities so he decided to head for the Mersey. After collecting bait on friday evening they set off with fresh lug, fresh crab (shore and hermit) and muscle.
First port of call was cod corner met up with mal and kev who had arrived a bit earlier and as he was setting up kev gets his first of the day. Full Report Here

Dab's Whiting and Shoes ..... This was the first outing of the year for Prawnster and The Three Legged Cat and as he had to get some shoes for work (boring) it was to be a local affair.
Bromborough was ideal... shoe shop and fishing within easy reach of each other, High water was about 12.45 and a biggish tide, we got to the wall around about 10.15 and found our way (to the right) to a space as it was already quite busy. Full Report Here

From the Sea to the Plate in 3 hours .... Spudgun managed to get out for a short 2 hour session. More info and pics here

Don't Be Left Out In The Cold This Winter...... As the Whiting and Codling start to show it is also the time that the temperatures start to drop. Rather than standing there freezing cold while fishing, now is the best time to buy your best bit of kit for the winter months. Moreton Angling Centre has just taken delivery of the brand new SAS MK6 2 piece Floatation Suits, also in stock are hats and gloves, all to keep you warm and dry as you enjoy your sport. For Full Information Click Here

Rays Rays Rays ....... Tonylfc and a few others went in search of the Rays that have been showing on the bigger tides at Perch Rock.... Full Report Here

Battle Of The Rays ..... After Bootsy catching thornies on friday Tony was not going to be outdone.... So armed with a box of Squid from Moreton Angling and some sand eel i set off to do battle. Full Report Here

Perch Rock - New Brighton 21/08/09 Bootsy decided to give Perch Rock ago with the reports of thornbacks being caught there i grabbed some sand eels out of freezer and popped to Moreton Angling for some squid i set up 2 rods opposite the bouy both rods had 4/0 pulley rigs on with a sand eel wrapped in squid Full Report Here

Cable Bay - The Return after the earlier in the week attempt at cable bay, Alf returned with a jacket and reinforcements in the shape of daz, we couldnt set up in the corner by the big rock as there were loads of anglers chucking feathers in search of Mackerel. Full Report Click Here

Mariners Warf Plastic Paddy had a couple of hours at mariners, so he could fish out the back of car, 2 bites 2 rays one the size of dinner plate the other 4 lb or so, still killed a couple of hours
Full Report Here

A North Wales Adventure..... A very last minute decision saw the prawnster picking the Three Legged Cat up at 8am on Saturday morning and us heading off down the A55 toward Pwhelli.

A couple of pit stops along the way... first one for Mcbreakfast and diesel, then the hell that is Pwhelli Asda - never again, a visit to the local tackle shop to stock up on bait and rigs and the most important one... a couple of meat a potato pies for lunch

The rest of our tourist party arrived duly, Flanagan and Jeff (and Mrs Jeff) and soon there were five of us all fishing in a row. Between us, nobody had thought to check a tide table, but we guessed that it must be about high water as there wasn't a great deal of beach behind us! Full Report Click Here

2009 Winter League - Registration The success of the WSF / MAC Winter over the past few years again means that this year will be a Pre Registered Event, limited to 40 Anglers Who will then be placed into a "Blind Team". The League takes and early start this year with the first match on Sunday September 20th fishing at Caldy then moving round into the Mersey for the Winter fishing. As the event is so popular preference will be given to active WSF site users and customers of Moreton Angling Centre. Once 40 names are registered then the registration will close, for those that think it maybe to serious for them, believe us when we say it is the most relaxed FUN league in the North West. Rules of the League Click Here
There is full information in the forum under the section header "2009 Winter League"Team Registration Click Here

Whitebeach 4th July 2009 Alf had a late afternoon drive to Whitebeach with his caravan neighbour darren, neither of them had fished this mark before so step one was finding it
believe me its not an easy place to find but well worth the effort if you go there. Full Report Here
Welsh Venue Directions Here

Aid's First Ray Having seen Mossy's post in the week Aid thought it was high time he got myself a Ray and so after getting some sound advice from Spudgun set off to Derby Pool to fish the low this morning.
Arrived about 8.30 and set off on the walk to the water Full Report Here

RNLI MATCH 2009 18 out of the expected numbers turned up at formby for the RNLI charity match arranged by Jaygo. Full Report Here

Kayaking the Rock Channel Due to injury Karl K Hadn't been fishing since last September so he decided it was time to get out and give it a try, plus I wanted to try out a kayak I got last year but hadn't launched yet. Full Report Here

Prawnster&The Cat On the Bank Three Legged Cat and Prawnster headed off to New Brighton for the 8.30pm walk/wade... the Cat's getting a little braver now (with some gentle persuasion) and we managed to get through the gutter - the Cat on tip-toes - pretty early in the ebb of the tide and marched back toward Sunday's groundbaited mark Full Report Click Here

Sparky Found a Friend Who was brave enought to go fishing with him after his near death trip a few months ago, he was kept on a tight lease at all times ...
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Caldy 8th June 2009 Tony Had bait left over from the River Alt the previous day so decided to go and catch tea.
Had peeler, suey and fresh blow. Arrived 3 hrs before high and walked out to meet water and fish the flood.
Full Report Here

Hangovers and Spots...... Prawnster & the 3 legged cat intended to fish over high at New Brighton, get some grub and then do The Bank at low,but I had to go into work this morning and The Cat was nursing a category 5 hangover so that put paid to that plan.

The Bank it was then, arrived at the raised walkway at just the right time today, by the time we'd dressed appropriately and got the gear ready, the other lads on parade were making their way down to the waters edge, ready for the march... Full Report Here

Pensarn 06/05/09 took the leisurely 5 minute drive to pensarn beach for a try at high water. the wind was still blowing a hooley along the shore from left to right, so i headed for the shelter of the rocks on the far end of the beach facing castle cove caravan site .... Report Here

Dawn Raid - Perch Rock 26th April 09 Shaun and Simon met up at Perch Rock for 5am hoping the breaking light may improve our chances ! Hopes were high for a ray but all they got were it's little cousins...... Full Report Here

Ty Croes 24th April 2009 Terrier headed down to the mark after getting advice and directions from the users of the website, the sea was a bit lumpy at times but he was soon set up and in the water. Full Report Here

Formby 22/04/09 Hobbit got to the beach 1hr before low to pump some blacks and started fishing about 1 hour after the low Full Report Here

Low Water Derby Pool 18th April 2009 Moan it Mid and Jackanory Jeff gave Deby Pool a go over Low Water Full Report Here

Hoyle Bank 18th April 2009 Spudgun ended up at the Hoyle Bsnk after checking out Thurstaston the tide was to low for many of the normsl venues Full Report Here

Caldy 7th April 09 Both on nites Bootsy & Tony lfc met up at 07.20 to fish a couple of hours on the flood with fresh blow and smelly suey. High tide being about half ten.
Both walked out to water and set up, not too muddy either ..... Full Report Here

Greenfields Jags decided it was time to have a go at greenfields for those early plaice,he picked up eddie, pete and macca and of they went.
Full Report Here

Jag's Took a Trip To Hall Road A Morning Session At Hall Road for Jags After a Baron Session the Night Before Report Here

Blackpool & Layton Angling Society - Presentation Night BLAS and WSF go back along long way and treat each other as cousins, BLAS run a winter League that runs along side the WSF one and they run a seperate Summer League, they have plenty of Silver up for grabs each year and you can become a member for just £10.00. Presentation Night
Take a look at the BLAS website for yourself BLAS Website Here

5 Bar Gate / Fairhaven Muzz hadn't been out in weeks and was starting to get the shakes
His youngest daughter Abigail has been pestering him so he thought sod it lets go in the morning. Had a look at the tides and it needed an early start so left the house at 06.30.
The plan was to fish from low to high at 5 bar gate getting a few worms whilst there.

Full Report Here

Caldy With such a nice day, and a good tide, Dave thought Caldy would be a good venue. He got there 90 mins before high. Full Report Here

River Alt After much research in our quest for a Flounder for the species hunt the Alt sounded like our best bet. The 3 Legged Cat managed to arm us with some fresh black and one of Sainbury's finest mackerel (with a pack of frozen black for backup).

Off we set, full of anticipation having read reports of mega bags of plump Flounder and clutching some scribbled directions. Full Report Here

Rhoscolyn Big Kev,Clive,Shaun,Sven,Simon and Shaun arrived at Rhoscolyn around 2.30pm and surveyed the scenery
Full Report Here

ATTACK !!!! .... Codnchips Returned to Llandudno - Watch Out for Seagulls Cod n Chips took a half day today and mrs codnchips gave him permission to go off for a couple of hours fishing (she's a lovely lady )
He got to Llandudno for a shade before 3:30pm (high was at 4:20ish) and set up. THe sun was warm and the view very pleasant
Full Report Here

Spudgun Proves He Can Catch........... After blanking in the Winter League Spudgun went on a solo mission to prove he can catch fish. Dressed in his new Anyfish suit from Moreton Angling Centre he went to do battle at Mark X. Full Report Here

Mark X 29th Jan 09 Jaygo met up with the others at 4.30pm, the going was tough and Jaygo was loosing rigs............ But they got a result read more

They Say East is Least........ Not in this case..... the East Coast of the country has produced what the Mersey has not - COD.
Click the links to read the 2 reports below Withernsea 24th Jan
Holderness on Form

Winter League - Final Round It was an early start for the final of the WSF Winter League, the fishing continued to be slow but with Bacon Butty's and Tea served before the off and a few pints afterwards the banter was as ever fantastic. Full Report Here

Winter League Round 7 Update With the forecast of strong winds and showers Kev decided to sack Otterspool and fish the match in the shelter at Brom...if you`re gunna have a grueller you might as well do it in comfort..... Full Report Here

Winter League Round 6 Update Well what can be said, a winter league first .....
There is not alot that can be said regarding a report as no team had an insize fish.
The League returns to the mersey for the next match and expectations are high.

Winter League Round 5 Update Town Hall Steps was the venue for the 38 anglers, high expectations as this is a popular fishing venue during the winter months. A cold sunny morning greeted the lads as they stretched out along the match section Full Report Here

Winter League Round 4 Update The prom at Vale Park was the venue for round 4 in the Winter League,and going on past experience we anticipated a grueller.... we were not disappointed
The far right end usually produces the winning fish,so Big Kev went to the far left instead,hoping for a flounder in the mud Full Report

Winter League Round 3 - Update After the harsh conditions for the Blackpool match,it was back to the easy stuff on Brom ......the easterlies did`nt bode well for the catch rate,but at least the rain would stay off.
After a couple of bacon barms,served up by our chef Sven,we made our way to the sea front.....
Clive Easton and his mate came along to fish with us, and we welcome any angler who wants to come along and fish alongside us, you dont have to be in the league to do so. Full Report Here

Winter League Round 2 - Update 27 intrepid anglers fished the second round of the league series,on a venue which was new to most of them.....on inspection at low water we could see steep sandbanks to the left,while to the right gave a nice stoney channel to target,with a few close depressions which would hopefully bring the fish in . Cadet Base Report
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WSF Winter League Gets Underway After what seemed like an age for many of the Teams the Wirral Sea Fishing Winter League finally got underway, this year the league is fully sponsored by Moreton Angling Centre and is being ran as a pairs league, with 2 of the matches being held in Blackpool this years event is expected to better than ever. Brombourgh Result Here

Jaygo Gives Mariners One Last Try For Rays Jaygo decided to have one last go at the thornbacks,and to also see if any whiting and coddos were about...first things first he got himself down to hall road to get some blow lugg and after an hour i had about 40 plump worms some of them were masssssssssssssive........ More Here

Uwchmynydd - 27/28 Sept Gmonkman Saw the weather and headed down to the Lleyn for some camping and fishing with Pez (other 'alf). Stayed at the great campsite. Stay was as pleasant as always and would of enjoyed it even without the fishing! See how they got on

Parky gets ready for the winter After not fishing for most of the summer, parky1991 promised himself a session before the winter fishing gets under way, he headed down to Perch Rock Here's how he got on

"Ding A Ling" and Friends Went Hunting Rays With rays being hunted, Kev (Ding a Ling) arranged a meet at Perch ROck New Brighton, and then on to Mariners Wharf on the Liverpool side of the River. Here's How They Got On.....

Gimlet Rock Neil headed down to pwllheli at the weekend and wanted a black bream as he has never caught one before so he decided to use a rig with size 4 hook's and another with size 2 sakumas both carrying crab baits and first cast resulted in a first for him ...... See how he got on...

Mr Mikey - Mission Accomplished Mr Mikey Set his alarm for 4 am and got to a rock mark to the left of Ravens Point on Treaddur Bay for around 6 am. The weather was awful and the wind so bad that I couldnt fish the mark he wanted. More Here

Llandwyn Island 26/7/08 Mike took his son and dad out for the day fishing, Mike was first into the fish, but was soon followed by the others. More Here

Sven - Tope Hunter ..... Sven set out to try out his new boat and target Tope for the first time this year.... More Here

Wet Wet Wet ..... Moan it Mid and a few of the lads went aboard the Charter Boat My Way out of Hollyhead in search of Tope... More Here

Supreme 7th June 2008 Brockster's alarm clock went off at exactly one hour before silly O'clock,
three spoons of coffee, and two sugars later !! he set off to meet steve and his new boat at 0340. More Here

WSF Fish 'n' Meet 1st June 2008 Organised by Big Kev this was the oppertunity for a few anglers to try out a new venue in search of Smoothies, Kev lead 20 anglers out on to the bank, it's important that you go out to this mark with someone that knows the area as the gullies can be dangerous....... More Here

Smooth Operators Dave Got a Surpise call from Gaz and Lee couple fishing mates aint seen for a year..they were asking if there where any Smoothies around, told em 7 came out last sunday at the fish n'meet.
Anyway that was enough too convince Gaz who hasn't been out for a ages.

More Here

They did it their way - Aboard My Way ...... Best days fishing the lads have had .... Click Here

Jags hits the rays....... It was such a nice evening, Jags decided to finish work early and met up with Jim and Eddie on the Alex wall. He took the bbq and fed the lads on burgers, hot dogs and ribs More Here

Pwllheli Harbour,Penmon Point & Sea Zoo Steve started off at Pwllheli harbour entrance on Sunday night, it was still pretty busy with boats coming back in, so he didn't try too hard. He got some sleep in the camper till 04.00 then fished frozen peeler under a bubble float close in on the breakwater rocks. More Here

Llandudno Pier Steve arrived at the Pier at around 11am and fished till 6pm, although he says he caught some fish it looks like he was out fished by his missus ... More Here

Cable Bay Lee Got to cable bay this for around 04:30am and got tackled up ready for his ray hunt. Arrived at the rock as it was just getting light weather looked perfect no wind and sunshine.
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New Brighton 23/04/08 Managed to escape from work early so Nick and I were on the beach at New Brighton about 6pm. Low water was at about 8 so the sand was still soft and heavy-going, much to Nick's annoyance when he realised he'd left the bait in the car...
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Caldy 17th April Tonylfc Met bootsy straight off nights to fish the incoming tide. Planned to walk out and fish the hour and half of flood. They had frozen suey and a bit of rag. More Here

Morecambe, Low water 15th April 2008 Rushy and a tribe fished low water with some left over Ragworm More Here

Cable Bay Kev headed down to Cable Bay in search of a decent Ray, he was greeted with blue skies and a few anglers had already set up. More

Perch Rock - Low Water Moan it in Mid, Tony and Paul agreed to fish Perch Rock in the hope of a Thornie .... More Here

Fun in the Mud - Morecambe Pester power finally got Rushy out fishing, his youngest lad Dom kept badgering him to take him fishing, whist his older brother and his nephew were at Army cadet camp
The day got off to a bad start when we realised my lad must've had a growing spurt....there was no way those wellies were gonna fit!! More Here

River Alt Plastic Paddy and Tony went get the first Flounder of the year at the Alt, they arrived at 11am and where into fish from the off. More Here

Harrison Drive - T Groyne Paul M and Moan it Mid decided to give the T Groyne a shot over low water, starfish played a big part in the days catch, until Moan it in mid could moan no more.... More Here

Venue Information Do you want to try out new venues, or have you ever wondered how to get to some of the venues that are reported on? The WSF forum has a mass of information on venues covering the whole of the North West and Wales. Easy Access Venues Here
More Venue Information Here

Collecting Your Own Bait Have you ever wanted to collect your own bait but just not sure on how to go about it?, in the "Learning Zone" section of the site we have a bait collection feature that may just help you on your way .... Bait Collection Here
Pumping for black lug video here

Angelsey Tour Mossy met up with Mal+ Pete and decided on somewhere different.They ended up down a dirt track by valley where the jets take off, they had the best of bait, fresh rag, suey, blow lug, razor fish plus frozen prawns. More Here

Mersey Boat Report A 7am start aboard Tusker on the River Mersey had Plastic Paddy and friends full of high hopes for a good days fishing. More Here

Interactive Report Maps for the Region Have you visited the interactive report maps withnin the site? with over 5 years of data to browse through giving you a head start when looking for a venue, you can also enter your reports via the links and they will be added to the database, helping other anglers in the area. Report Maps
Enter your Report Here

Uwchmynydd Sven,Graham & Pezz take the long walk round frog rock and to the point in search of the conger. More Here

Cable Bay Klumpy, Wando, Big Roy and 'The Blanker' fished at cable bay. All sorts of baits went in searching for rays More

Cable Bay Plastic Paddy, Billy & Cath, visted friends on Angelesy but did some fishing first before waking them up. More

Ty Croes Kev Sven Pez and Graham had a session on the rocks at Ty Croes More

Holyhead Breakwater Mark, Heather, Simon, Mikey and Shawn had a long session on the breakwater. After a quick look on the rocks below and getting plenty of lost leads it was down to more serious fishing. More ...

Maddock Slip Karl decided to fish Maddock slip with a couple of workmates. After going round in circles in Liscard they eventually got set up for 10:30 More ...

Perch Rock and Presentation Night The final round of the winter league took place at Perch Rock on Sunday 20th January 2008. After the match we had our presentation night, with Paul Tucker almost making a clean sweep More...

Eastham With forecast strong westerly winds Plasticpaddy and Billy The Lug decided to give Eastham go, They arrived about 4 hours before high More...

Bromborough Dock Bromborough dock wall seems to have been the place to be recently, offering relativly sheltered fishing in the recent high winds. Reports from Kev, Kev again, Muzz

Waterloo Dock The Liverpool side of the River Mersey is throwing up some nice Cod with the Waterloo Dock being a favoured mark, Reports from Wando, Evang, Mikey.

Osprey An high noon start had Paul and lads aboard the Osprey. A quick trip into the choppy river had them ready to start fishing More...