Monday 13th on the Mersey

[Blue topaz]

Chris and I cast off for a days fishing with the hope that the last spring tides had brought more cod into the river. After the winds on Sunday blowing off a lot of trips today was a different story with flat calm conditions in a 4mph wind which stayed pretty constant all day as did the cold temp.


The start was quite slow but Chris was first into the fish


the flow of fish wasn't red hot but a reasonable stream of whiting came aboard


and some ice doubles





Then came the reward we were looking for, caught an hour into the flood with a lug sausage- Mr Cod just over 6lbs my own Pb




As darkness fell and the low on the river started to really run we packed up retuning to the lock rafted up to Bad Boyz charter boat


and one final hold before watching the youtube how to fillet a cod video !!


A crackin day,thanks for your company Chris and for the supply of worm too.
P.s anybody with the Chinese hand warmers beware coz we nearly had a fire aboard as one decided to ignite into flame!!!

[Steve Duffy]

Nice one Mike.Crackin fish. Don't bother with that Chinese rubbish.Get a peacock hander warmer.Mine is on its 4th winter. A good fill has it going for 24 hours.As lads will verify you could cook your breakfast on it.

[Blue topaz]

thanks Steve and thanks for the tip- so just ordered one on fleabay- £19.49 sound about right?

[Steve Duffy]

thanks Steve and thanks for the tip- so just ordered one on fleabay- £19.49 sound about right?

Not sure Mike.I ordered a standard size one but they were out of stock so they gave me a giant sized one for the same price. I put the max 3 capfulls in and it lasts for 24 hours.

[Blue topaz]

thanks Steve and thanks for the tip- so just ordered one on fleabay- £19.49 sound about right?

Not sure Mike.I ordered a standard size one but they were out of stock so they gave me a giant sized one for the same price. I put the max 3 capfulls in and it lasts for 24 hours.

looking forwards to receiving it, even though I spend most of my days outdoors- cold fingers is an issue and can spoil it.

[Steve Duffy]

thanks Steve and thanks for the tip- so just ordered one on fleabay- £19.49 sound about right?

Not sure Mike.I ordered a standard size one but they were out of stock so they gave me a giant sized one for the same price. I put the max 3 capfulls in and it lasts for 24 hours.

looking forwards to receiving it, even though I spend most of my days outdoors- cold fingers is an issue and can spoil it.

I bought mine direct from
http://www.peacockhandwarmers.co.uk/
Hopefully the ebay ones will be the same.I find I have to replace the catylyst burner once a year.

[Blue topaz]

Not sure Mike.I ordered a standard size one but they were out of stock so they gave me a giant sized one for the same price. I put the max 3 capfulls in and it lasts for 24 hours.

looking forwards to receiving it, even though I spend most of my days outdoors- cold fingers is an issue and can spoil it.

I bought mine direct from
http://www.peacockhandwarmers.co.uk/
Hopefully the ebay ones will be the same.I find I have to replace the catylyst burner once a year.

thanks Steve yeah looks the same- I love the idea of the 22 crt version

[Godders123]

Nice fish Mike

[Blue topaz]

Thanks Godders