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[philipn]

Off work getting over a flu bug last few days ive been dying are well typical man misses said. and if your fit enough to fish you can go back to work what is it with them womenanyway armed with freshly dug lug (sweated cobs there)and two boxes of squid i headed for liverpool dock wall(not alex)me own special place set up for whiting 2 hook one up one down and they didnt dissapoint me 8 in first two hours plus one flowndertry for cod now bigger baits double squid couple of lug should do the trick or so i thought nowt for next two hours little taps of the rod tip showing the whiting still there no dont think cod are there yet ok ill try down the wall double squid for conger not rearly getting me hopes up but worth a try little taps on rod after ten minutes oh s@@t im feeding the crabs again lifted rod and boom nice three half pound cod nice day as well no wind at all just me my rods and the water sniff sniff may take another day off no no she wants to go shopping im going to work

[Gordon Holian]

hi m8 was up at otterspool on monday fished from 3 till 7.30 was slow till darkness fell had 5 codling only small 5 whiting 2 insize and three rockling, would have bin nice to catch a 3 pounder allways next time. how far up do the conger go am i to fare up the river, what size hooks and bait should i use if you dont mind me asking as never had a conger before and would love to try my hand at a bit of conger dancing Gords.

[philipn]

Originally Posted by Gordon Holian

hi m8 was up at otterspool on monday fished from 3 till 7.30 was slow till darkness fell had 5 codling only small 5 whiting 2 insize and three rockling, would have bin nice to catch a 3 pounder allways next time. how far up do the conger go am i to fare up the river, what size hooks and bait should i use if you dont mind me asking as never had a conger before and would love to try my hand at a bit of conger dancing Gords.

otterspool mostly sand have caught them off the wreck you can see from there in the middle of river at low water not heard of them caught at otterspool lots of big buggers in the docks pacence needed hooks 5 0 6 0 maccy flapper or sqiid maybe whiting as bait fishing the docks is not allowed really there again im not allowed to smoke either

[Greebo]

Going up to Mariners tomorrow with my little boy - he's 6. Any idea what time would be best 2 start fishing?

Its High tide at 4.30pm, so would it be sensible to fish from around 1pm? Its a high(ish) low tide at 3.7m, so I'm assuming there'll be water to fish in most of the day.

[philipn]

Originally Posted by Greebo

Going up to Mariners tomorrow with my little boy - he's 6. Any idea what time would be best 2 start fishing?

Its High tide at 4.30pm, so would it be sensible to fish from around 1pm? Its a high(ish) low tide at 3.7m, so I'm assuming there'll be water to fish in most of the day.

yup there will be water there thats only a small tide for liverpool youlle be fine

[Greebo]

Cheers mate,

Been up there a couple of luchtimes and folk seem to be catching pretty well... lots of whiting. I just want my little lad to catch something!!!!

Do you fish there yourself?

[philipn]

Originally Posted by Greebo

Cheers mate,

Been up there a couple of luchtimes and folk seem to be catching pretty well... lots of whiting. I just want my little lad to catch something!!!!

Do you fish there yourself?

was there today two whiting blew a gale got fed up with rod nodding in wind went home

[Greebo]

Had a small codling a tiny whiting and a 1/2lb whiting.

My little lad loved it, although he found concentrating on the rod tips difficult - he was looking the other way for all 3 fish!

[philipn]

Originally Posted by Greebo

Had a small codling a tiny whiting and a 1/2lb whiting.

My little lad loved it, although he found concentrating on the rod tips difficult - he was looking the other way for all 3 fish!

lolthats what happens to all true fishermen didnt you get any

[Greebo]

When I said he had the 3 fish, what I meant was... I held the rod for him to reel in! LOL

We're not going to be there for a week or so - probably Nov 8th sunday due to the tides and other commitments, and the fact that this sunday it looks like blowing a gale.

BTW Several folk commented how well I cast the rods considering I'm a newby. Problem is though.

I'd love to pick your brains about tackle and bait stuff... fancy a session on the 8th?

Names Steve by the way.