So I gave it a go yesterday for a few hours. Parked up at Duke Street Bridge, and spent most of the time mooching around there, but also had a quick play at the east end, near the hydraulic tower / engine house.
Pleasantly surprised at the water clarity / quality in the main East/West float area. Walls encrusted with mussels were a bit of an issue, and had to make sure my jigs didn't dart or glide inwards towards the wall, which usually resulted in a snag or snapped braid. Otherwise, it was the ideal location for vertical jigging.
I was getting rattles and nibbles right from the first drop in. Needed to add a tiny drilled bullet or a couple of split shot to my rig, as the 2g freshwater jigheads I normally use were not right for the depth (30+ feet drops in places).
I was struggling to hook them, so gave it a try right down to the bottom. After a few seconds to jigging about on the deck, I got a positive bite which resulted in my Merseyside LRF saltwater species...
Not a fish though, but a gungy -looking snail thing.
Back up to mid-water, and I was getting rattles again. After a bit of trial and error with my striking, I managed to land one. A tiny whiting.
As I quickly discovered, all the bites seemed to be from tiny whiting. I landed half a dozen, and had twice as many drop off during the next hour or so.
I explored a few likely-looking spots, following the wind to where debris had blown into corners where something different might be lurking. Still only managed to catch more whiting though.
All in all, I enjoyed my first Merseyside LRF adventure. I'll defo be going back and trying some different tactics to try and tempt a different species or two. Thanks to the guys above for the advice.
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