Norfolk Fishing Network 2004 - 2024 - Merseyside Fisheries

Fishery Name: Carr Mill Dam

Address: Carr Mill Road, St Helens, Merseyside, WA11 7NE

Entrance Grid Ref: SJ 52382 98614 Car Park Grid Ref: SJ 52382 98614

Sat Nav: WA11 7NE

Phone Numbers: 01744 601287 or 07729 638222

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Description: Originally created in the early 1800's as a top up for the canal system of St Helens, consisting of a lower dam, and then the upper or northern end was created divided by a wall and later opened up to one water. Carr Mill Dam is our largest water consisting of 55acres in size and 160 pegs, well known to the angling world due to the open matches held each year. Some of the countries Biggest matches have been held on this water, Whitbread UK, McPherson's Paints UK, and the Kamasan final to name a few. Fished by some of the country's greatest anglers Bob Nudd, Alan Scotthorn, Tom Pickering, Jan Porter, Will Raison, Ivan Marks, Kevin Ashurst, Bill Makin jnr and snr, and a regular visitor and member the England Manager Mark Addy. Situated 2 miles from junction 23 of the M6 just off the A580 heading for Liverpool, turn right at the 3rd set of traffic lights and the lake is on your right. Carr Mill holds a very large head of fish bream, perch, roach, skimmers, pike, tench, gudgeon, mirror carp, common carp, and some good size eel's show from time to time. Silver fish can be caught on most methods, pole, waggler, or feeder, But the most common method used is feeder for the bream. This water has recently had a lot of work undertaken by the Angling Association who has replaced all fishing platforms with new plastic staging most of these are situated a few feet from the bank so please come prepared.

Fish Species: Barbel Bitterling Bleak Bream Common Bream Silver Bullhead Carp Common Carp Crucian Carp F1 Carp Carp Ghost Carp Grass Carp Leather Carp Koi Carp Mirror Catfish Wels Chub Crayfish Dace Eel Goldfish Goldfish Brown Grayling Gudgeon Minnow Orfe/Ide Blue Orfe/Ide Golden Orfe/Ide Silver Perch Pike Pumpkin seed Roach Rudd Rudd Golden Ruffe Schelly Stickle back Stone Loach Sturgeon Tench Tench Golden Walleye Zander

Fishery Rules: Angling permits Before using any park lakes in Liverpool, you must obtain a permit from the council. This is to help promote good angling and conserve the quality of the lakes. Once registered, it allows us to contact anglers about any issues affecting the lakes, as well as giving us a better idea as to how our parks are used. Summary of the Anglers'Code of Conduct. 1. All Anglers aged 12 years or over must be in possession of an Environment Agency National Rod Licence, purchasable from any main Post Office. 2. Anglers may only fish from angling stations where they are provided or from areas otherwise designated. 3. Except by prior consent, fishing at night (between the hours of dusk and dawn) on all park lakes is prohibited. 4. The movement of fish stocks from water body to water body is prohibited. 5. Except by prior consent anglers are restricted to the use of 1 x Rod or 1 x Pole per person. 6. All litter and fishing line to be removed from the immediate vicinity after each fishing session. 7. Except by prior consent, tents and bivouacs are prohibited within the park and lake area. 8. Vehicles are prohibited from the park and lake area. 9. General Good Behaviour. 10. Good Manners and Good Citizenship.

Facilities: ? Car Park ?