Sunday 15th Jan 2012 open / league Lookout  -6 at start!
 
Conditions: – overnight low of –7 , frozen fog, and white out ground as well as frozen lakes, ice had to be broken, ambient temp at start –6, partly cloudy, wind calm, barometer 1024.4mb, moon phase waning gibbous, water temp 2.3 deg under the ice, ph 7.45, Do 6.7 under the ice, mv 26
 
All caught and Roach was the fish catching today John Foster taking first place on peg 25,
The end ambient temperature was 1 deg and still lots of white frost everywhere.
Some very hardy anglers though the day was glorious just bitter cold..
 
  
Wed 11th Jan 2012 open Bowes
Mostly cloudy, ambient temp 10 deg, humidity 82%, wind W 11mph, barometer 1027.9 mb high, moon phase waning gibbous, water temp 3.9 deg, DO 8.1, PH 7.91, mv 58
 
1st Graham Skirrey 99lb ALL CARP on peg 4 not a silver for Graham this is a first almost a ton of carp!!!!!!
 
2nd Alan Mc Guire 33lb 8oz peg 4 and he had to leave at 1pm!!!!
 
3rd Jonny Trainer 25lb 5oz all carp peg 22
 
4th Dave Shallon 9lb 3oz his first match peg 34
 
rest DNW
 
 
We have had some very cold nights and days as well, lakes froze over but where ice free spaces are there are fish to be caught, best baits are maggot, sweetcorn, pellet,
 
Graham Skirrey who is primarily a silver angler caught 99lb of carp on peg 24 on Wed by casting through the gap between the islands and used double sweet corn.