sad news indeed. Lets just hope its not any worse.

50 or 60 carp~sick HOW BIG IS YOUR POND~think The thing people forget to do in this weather is to lift there pumps up from the bottom and put them mid water~naughty If you have a bottom drain then its best to add a pump also to keep the water moving and to put a bit of heat in it from the pumps motor.Unfortunately we learn the hard way.But any dead fish is a sad sight,hope you get it sorted and that you still have fish left.

dont think hes on about a garden pond mate but a fishery

@gotgaz wrote:

dont think hes on about a garden pond mate but a fishery

Ahhhhh right im thick lol (note to self,read things properly in future)

i think some effort should be made to keep an area of the ponds clear to allow the harmfull gases to escape , keeping the fish healthy!.
from what im told no efforts have been made!!
and i know its not nice to kick someone while they are down,but what does he expect?? he should have cleared holes or atleast tried to,,
it would seem the man doesnt give a dam for fish welfare !
a lesson to be learned i think !

After last years performance owners would have to be barking not to have broken the ice this year everyone was aware of the consequences.

Sadly I think this is going to be a common theme over the next few days. Frimley 2, which was a cracking specimen carp water, has by all accounts suffered badly and indications are has lost most / all of its stock. Would imagine a lot of shallow heavily stpcked commercial waters will be affected.

I’ve made some time in the last couple of weeks to visit a local still water close to home to keep a check on it and also clear some ice.So far things look okay ,I am going again tomorrow. The owners have also made some effort to break and clear the ice.My point is do we expect too much for our £5 day ticket (or what ever it costs).Why not, if your circumstance’s allow put a bit of effort in yourself to ensure the future of our fishing.

@badger wrote:

I’ve made some time in the last couple of weeks to visit a local still water close to home to keep a check on it and also clear some ice.So far things look okay ,I am going again tomorrow. The owners have also made some effort to break and clear the ice.My point is do we expect too much for our £5 day ticket (or what ever it costs).Why not, if your circumstance’s allow put a bit of effort in yourself to ensure the future of our fishing.

good effort fella!
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You got a new ice breaker then Badger ? I know what your saying but some owners want to break it and some owners are anal about breaking ice and shocking fish, place your on about is well looked after and he has a baliff and Two other full time staff on hand some of these venues havent touched the ice and its 10 inch thick !

Me and my dad went and broke the ice on 1 of our clubs waters the other day it was at least 5ins thick. I have been down again today now that the snow has all gone and i walked round the whole lake and only saw 6 dead carp between 12oz and 3lb so it looks like we have got through the worst with minimal fish loss

I was up their yesterday and its the same on the carp lake id guess theres no fish living in their now. Ive also took a couple of pictures and put them on m.f.s. its aa total disgrace.I for one will never fish their again.

Yes mate a new ice breaker,state of art it is, worth more than me pole,and it still wont break the ice.Used a pick and some elbow grease,as far as expecting fisheries staff to do all the work,I reckon its a bit too much to expect a 65 year old o.a.p. on less than minimum wage and a part time shop assistent to do all the work on their own.Can you see where I’m coming from,if a fishery owner dont want ice breaking thats fair enough,but it does no harm to ask.
Yiddo it looks like your efforts might have been done just in time well done mate.

aint heard about no dead fish at kjs aston but that may be due to it being spring fed so theres a constant flow of fresh water! and apparently, the 3 or 4 pegs that are fishable on the new snake lake are fishing really well

Badger I will start coming down and helping I didn’t envisage the ice been that thick and hard to break I haven’t been down since last match purely because working in retail and christmas spells out very limited time off but you have a valid point that crust of ice needs breaking

Ant no problem mate,gonna try me new ice breaker tomorrow will give it an hour it weighs 7lb with 2 metres of galvanised chain attached plus rope,lets hope its clear for next week.

latham is the same 4 lakes frozen dead fish everyware sad