Local Fishing (Lakes Rivers Canals)

Fishing Merseyside

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There are so many wonderful lakes and rivers to fish in the UK, here at Fishing Heaven we are committed to increasing our local listings of places to fish.  Please come back as we add new rivers, lakes and canals.  If fishing is the love of YOUR life and you would like to share your favourite fishing spots, please email us and give us your views.  Also try our Fishing Holidays and Fishing DVD sections.   Good luck with your fishing.

Places to Fish in your Area

If you know of any good places to fish, rivers, canals, lakes, please let us know.

Ackers Pit (Warrington, Merseyside) 01928 716238

Birkenhead Lower Lake (Birkenhead, Merseyside) 0151 3343174

Birkenhead Upper Lake (Birkenhead, Merseyside) 0151 3343174

Burton Mere (Wirral, Merseyside) 0151 3530115

Carr Lane Pool (Prescott, Merseyside) 0151 4307151

Carr Mill Reservoir (St Helens, Merseyside) 01744 601287

Central Park & Captains Pit (Wallasey, Merseyside) 0151 3343174

Crossens Sluice (Crossens, Southport, Merseyside) 01704 232677

Eve-A-Lyn Farm (nr Morton, Merseyside) 0151 6051003

Football Pit (Ince Blundell, Merseyside) 0151 9292577

Greenbank Park Lake (Liverpool, Merseyside) 0151 7341943

Green's Lane Ponds (Lydiate, Merseyside) 07808 764374

Leeds Liverpool Canal (Green Lane, Liverpool, Merseyside) 0151 2863270

Leeds Liverpool Canal (Maghull, Merseyside) 0151 2863270

Leeds-Liverpool Canal (Lydiate, Merseyside) 0151 2863270

Mill House Fisheries (Lidiate, nr Liverpool, Merseyside) 07808 764374

Moreton Mere (Moreton, Merseyside) 0151 6457211

Poulton Recreation Field Pool (Bebington, Merseyside) 0151 3343174

Prince's Park Lake (Liverpool, Merseyside) 0151 7341943 or 0151 2608223 or 0151 4896103

River Mersey (Warrington, Merseyside) 01928 716238

Rixton Claypits and Grey Mist Mere (Warrington, Merseyside) 01928 716238

Roodee Mere (Wirral, Merseyside) 0151 3343174

Walton Hall Park (Liverpool, Merseyside) 0151 7341943

Woodhouse Fish Farm Fishery (Newton-Le-Willows, Merseyside) 01925 225200

Woodslee Pool (Bebington, Merseyside) 0151 3343174

COPING WITH DEEP HOOKED PIKE Despite your best efforts you might still occasionally hook a pike further back than you would like, you might find yourself fishing near someone who has deep hooked a pike and needs assistance, or you might land a pike which has someone else's lost trace down its throat. Even when hooks are out of sight the pike can generally be unhooked safely provided you take care and follow the guidelines outlined here.

On some occasions the act of pulling on the trace will result in the bait (which is almost always still attached to the hooks when a pike has swallowed it) simply popping out of the pike's throat - hooks and all. This is not always the case, but in any event if you can see the bait it is always a good idea to grip it with a pair of strong forceps and try to pull it out before starting to remove the hooks. Getting the bait out of the way makes it much easier to see what you are doing when operating on the hooks.

When there are two of you one opens the pike's mouth as described on the previous page while the other pulls the trace using any line attached, or if necessary gripping the swivel with another pair of forceps. The pull should be firm and sustained until the pike's stomach starts to emerge into the throat. Once the first hook on the trace becomes visible - working with the forceps either down the throat, or very carefully through the gills - it can be inverted and un-hooked. If necessary, bits can be cut off the hook in order to remove it with minimum damage to the fish. Carry on using exactly the same approach with the second hook - assuming that it is a standard snap tackle. Once the hooks are removed the stomach will normally retract itself.

If the problem trace is not yours it is unlikely you'll have a clue where the hooks are if none are visible but you should still try the above procedure. If the trace has already been cut pull the cut end with forceps. If this is not possible, cut and remove as much of the hooks/trace as you can and release the fish. It is reasonable to conclude that hooks left in a pike will eventually disintegrate by a combination of digestion and rusting (assuming that stainless steel hooks have not been used and for this reason they should not be). Whenever possible attempts should be made to remove any and all hooks.

Should you be fishing alone, pull the line or braid with your teeth to raise the hooks up. If there is no line attached to the trace then a piece of leather, or a pad of other material, can be attached to the swivel by means of something resembling a paper clip and this again pulled using your teeth. Be ready for any sudden movement of the fish though!

Do not forget that you are dealing with a living creature and time is of the essence. It may even pay to interrupt proceedings by putting the pike in the margins to re-charge it's batteries before continuing. The fish should not be out of the water for longer than two or three minutes at a stretch.

To summarise, the best way to avoid deephooking pike is to use good bite detection, to pay attention to it and to strike as soon as you can. Placing the hooks towards the rear of the bait will further reduce the chances of a pike swallowing them. The use of barbless or semi-barbless hooks will make unhooking much easier should this happen. However, barbless hooks should not be used as an excuse for leaving pike to swallow baits. You might also like to consider using double hooks rather than trebles, especially when fishing with deadbaits. Always carry adequate unhooking gear - two pairs of forceps and a pair of wire cutters. Try wherever possible to remove all hooks - but don't over stress the fish in the process.

Fishing Merseyside

Freshwater Fishing - Trout Secrets

When do you know it’s time to change flies?
Palmerton: For nymph fishing, the biggest variables are depth and presentation. I’ll tinker with both of those things before I switch patterns.
Gunn: I try to stick to a proven pattern and not randomly switch flies. That said, I’m always open to trying a new pattern that a customer might have in his box.
Whitley: After six good drifts over fish I can see, I change. With dry flies, I’ll drop down in size before I switch the pattern altogether.

Fishing Merseyside

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Fishing Merseyside

Aigburth

Ainsdale

Aintree

Allerton

Anfield

Barnston

Bebington

Belle Vale

Bidston

Billinge

Birkenhead

Blundellsands

Bold Heath

Bootle

Bowring Park

Brighton le Sands

Brimstage

Broadgreen

Bromborough

Caldy

Chadwick Green

Childwall

Churchtown

Clock Face

Clubmoor

Crank

Cronton

Crossens

Croxteth

Dentons Green

Dingle

Dovecot

Earlestown

Eastham

Eccleston

Ecclestone Park

Edge Hill

Fairfield

Fazakerley

Formby

Frankby

Freshfield

Garston

Gateacre

Gayton

Grange

Grassendale Park

Greasby

Halewood

Halewood

Haydock

Heswall

Higher Bebington

Hightown

Hoylake

Hunt's Cross

Huyton

Ince Blundell

Irby

Kensington

Kirkby

Kirkdale

Knotty Ash

Knowsley

Litherland

Liverpool

Low Hill

Lunt

Lydiate

Maghull

Marshside

Melling

Meols

Moreton

Moss Bank

Mossley Hill

Netherley

New Brighton

New Ferry

Newton le Willows

Norris Green

Old Roan

Old Swan

Orrell Park

Page Moss

Parr

Pensby

Port Sunlight

Prenton

Prescot

Princes Park

Raby

Rainford

Rainhill

Roby

Rock Ferry

Sandfield Park

Saughall Massie

Seacombe

Seaforth

Sefton

Sefton Park

Simonswood

Southport

Speke

Spital

St Helens

Stanley

Stockbridge Village

Stoneycroft

Storeton

Sutton

Sutton Leach

Sutton Manor

Tarbock

Tarbock Green

Thatto Heath

The Burrows

Thingwall

Thornton

Thornton Hough

Thurstaston

Toxteth

Tranmere

Tuebrook

Upton

Wallasey

Walton

Waterloo

Wavertree

West Derby

West Kirby

Whiston

Fishing Merseyside

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