Fishamaniac wrote:If you can get a big fish bait out there, there is also the chance of a big Conger. I had a big one spit out a big whiting that I had hooked last year. The eel was virtually on the beach when it decided to open its mouth and spit the fish out. I was gutted
I'll definitely have another go when the wind is blowing from behind to help get the bait out there
Sorry Don't know your first name.
But yes the likes of perch is capable of throwing up all sorts of different fish up at various times of the year and in all honesty ? I think we are all ignorant on venues such as Perch and the rest of Mersey low water venues as we never get to see exactly what we are all fishing over so don't have any understanding of the ground and makeup of the sea bed ?????
Their is defiantly more fish than we all think possible at such venues? and you don't always need to cast a million miles out either .
Tope and ray's other than thornbacks / I myself have been bitten off on a few occasions because I was not fishing with heavy line or wire as I was not expecting to hook into anything other than thornbacks/dogfish/whiting .
Richard steel had a very good sized conger from perch during the Autumn period when he was fishing for thornback rays ? others have also had good size bull huss / Autumn also sees a big influx of dogfish presumably following the whiting and sprat sholes in. but the cod are thin from that area compared to the likes of Seaforth and further down river
shoals of decent bass if you know where and when is just another example??? / Mullet around the ends of the groynes
I don't know if others have seen them but the seals always visit the Perch rock area at times when we get the influx of changing species coming in .
Just like they follow the plaice in the old rock channel during February and march
So they are very tuned into different fish movements
Another thing is ?
Just like we all experience the snags that suddenly seem to appear at venues with people saying could be lost rigs / carpets or building materials /
lost or discarded fishing nets ??? But I would think the likes of Perch must have some sort of natural bed rock material that keeps all that sand built up and prevents it from just getting washed away with the tides coming in and out .
Or at some time many years ago when the fort was built they used large sandstone to keep that channel open and clear / They built the training wall to keep the many sandbanks from blocking or clogging up the shipping channel ??? Who knows we don't get the luxury of seeing anything.
But I do know the likes of that training wall made from sandstone and the vast sandbanks support big shoals of bass just like the wind turbines do now and in the future any structure will hold and build up fish stocks well.
Fish behaviour is another big part of our fishing knowledge / this would seem to be all over the place along with the weather and SO CALLED SEASONS our years are made up of.
Especially the likes of smooth hounds haven't got a clue as why they just seem to disappear from one tide and are gone for a day or weeks ???
The likes of Bass and Ray's which are probably our main beach target fish we can better our chances by judging the best days to fish by looking at the tides and weather conditions.
Cheers Brian.
you will get a lot of Tope anglers going OHHHH yer .