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Cod Expedition – Saturday Night, Crosby, Merseyside.

Stu — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 19:49:00 +0000

We’d planned to go up to Rossall, Fleetwood last weekend but the wind direction and strength played havoc with our plans so I arranged to meet a few friends at the venue known as Hall Road which is basically the sea front at Crosby, Liverpool.

This venue can throw up some good fish but needs an onshore wind so with the wind blowing up to 20 miles per hour left to right (Southerly) our chances weren’t good but we managed to find a space and launched our lugworm baited rigs into the night. We soon found that the Cod were not in and all either myself or Wendy could manage were a few tiny Whiting of about 6″ long. We heard that a larger fish had been ‘lost’ while bringing it over the promenade railings but no-one we know saw it.

So not a very good start to the winters Cod fishing but we’re still waiting for a major drop in temperature. That should bring the Cod and the larger Whiting in. Good to be out though and like they say, “If you haven’t got a line in the water, you’ll never catch a fish”.

Southport Beach, Merseyside and a Few Links

Stu — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 18:30:00 +0000

Southport Beach

This week we’ve not been sea fishing or walking at all as we’ve been replenishing our supplies of gear that has either been used up or lost over the past few months.

We did manage to get out to Southport yesterday where we bought a new pair of binoculars from Waddington Photographic small enough to stuff into a rucksack so that we can take them wherever we go.

As the weather has been so grim over the past week I’ve been doing a lot of ‘surfing’ so below are a few websites or articles that I came across.

RSPB purchase 170 hectares in wetland project
This is great news for the area and is only a 10 minute cycle ride from my house, an RSPB reserve at Hesketh Out Marsh, on our doorstep, fantastic!

A couple of websites for the avid bird watcher in the North West;
Dee Estuary Birding
A great resource for all things avian around the River Dee (between North Wales and the Wirral)
Another Place…Birding the South Sefton coast
All the birding news from the South Sefton Coast

Henry Gilbey – Worldwide Fishing Pictures
Henry is a sea fishing addict and a great photographer- the images on his website are amazing. Henry can also frequently be seen in action on Discovery Reel Time.

A Few Links – Walking, Birding and a Rescue

Stu — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 20:18:00 +0000

I’ve had a little time on my hands today so I’ve gathered together a few links to websites that support some of the previous articles.

Visit Lancashire The rambling section of Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board with many interesting walks.

Bird blog A blog about birdwatching on Merseyside and the Lancashire shoreline..

Wirral Globe Rescue Story Last weekend a brother and sister were rescued by the RNLI from Crosby beach – less than 10 miles from where we fished!

The RNLI With care you should never have to call these guys out but it’s nice to know they’re there…