Norfolk Fishing Network 2004 - 2024 - Merseyside Fisheries

Fishery Name: Sefton Park Lake

Address: Aigburth Drive, Liverpool, Merseyside, L17 4JE

Entrance Grid Ref: SJ 37710 86924 Car Park Grid Ref: SJ 37697 86951

Sat Nav: L17 4JE

Phone Numbers: 01512 332008

Email Address: [email protected]

Description: The Borough Council bought 375 acres of land in 1867 from Earl of Sefton in order to develop a park with watercourses running into a 7 acre lake. It has got a little island at the bottom of the lake where fishing is out of bounds..

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