wallasey dock

Munkyboy · Post by **Munkyboy** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 8:44 pm

i've been looking over old reports for wallasey docks and though there aren't that many, but from the ones that there are it seems to produce lots of cod and whiting and other assorted stuff. seems odd people don't fish or post reports on it more often. is it still a venue that's ok to try, might give it a go, anyone have any tips on where and how to go about it? cheers.

davinski · Post by **davinski** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:55 pm

A long time gone

Used to fish with 2 rods. One one the ledger for flatties, and the other float fishing, couple of inches (5cm) above the bottom. This was to stop the crabs from stealing the bait. Only ever used coarse gear as that was my fad in them days. Get a 1/2lb flattie on 8lb line size 12 hook, and its great sport. Used to use harbour rag (Maddies). from the Marine Lake, dug in West Kirby.
When they banned the fishing at the Marine Lake, and at the same time the 5 metre pole arrived. I stopped going

The info I have just given you however is 30 yrs old, Hope it helps

Shaun1118 · Post by **Shaun1118** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:16 pm

Itd be boss fishing there on the pole with maddie tipped with squid

Image if you hooked a thornie though

mossy the blue · Post by **mossy the blue** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 11:39 pm

my office overlooks Egerton dock, last week paul who also works there saw a cod about 6lb hit the surface,

A lot of lads fish by duke st bridge mostly catching whiting but i have seen huge flounders sunbathing in the corners on the steps. I tried to spear one but no good.

There are loads of fish in there but i dont think i would like to eat them

gmonkman · Post by **gmonkman** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:18 am

Agree, wouldnt touch any resident species from the mersey. Unless you like your fish seasoned with a dash of cadmium and mercury.

luckypaul · Post by **luckypaul** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:00 am

fish from the mersey are fine as the mersey is now one of the cleanest rivers of its type in the country which is why it now attracts such a variety of fish

gmonkman · Post by **gmonkman** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:50 pm

luckypaul wrote: fish from the mersey are fine as the mersey is now one of the cleanest rivers of its type in the country which is why it now attracts such a variety of fish

Thats in the water, unfortunately there are still elevated levels of heavy metals in the muds. Elevated levels of these metals have been found in resident fish, there are some research papers out there about it.

Dare say a couple now and again wouldnt do you any harm, wouldnt eat em regularly over a life time though.

davinski · Post by **davinski** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:06 pm

Did munkyboy say anything about eating

Bead moment coming on

Munkyboy · Post by **Munkyboy** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:51 am

thanks for the advice. probably would eat it if i pulled a decent sized cod out but i'm not much of a one for keeping flatties. sounds like there's plenty of fish in there anyway. might give it a go, sounds like somewhere you could scale the tackle right back and presumably can fish comfortably at any state of the tide. ta.

gmonkman · Post by **gmonkman** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:46 am

Where do you stand on beads by the way Munky?

Munkyboy · Post by **Munkyboy** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:48 pm

up there with 'flounder spoons' for usefulness!