Ice Fishing!

Three Perch, one about a pound, and a skimmer Bream graced my landing net on 9 February on a sunny, chilly, windy afternoon at Willington, where temperatures reached about 6°C.

On 17 February I was back at Willington; it had been -4°C overnight, and when I arrived there was ice on the water, and although the sun was shining, it was only a few degrees above freezing with a slight breeze. My first cast landed on the ice, but the temperatures reached about 7°C by early afternoon. Unfortunately, I only managed one Perch. I did hook into fish but didn’t land them. I fished opposite a turning space for boats, thinking it would be fairly quiet, but several boats turned in front of me, and the very low temperatures the night before didn’t help.