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First Post Posted on: 01-04-10 08:09 PM next post first post
Happy new year folks, here in east lancashire all still waters are unfishable. -10deg c last night. Are the Furness Club Waters ice free??? G.
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Reply #: 1 Posted on: 01-05-10 09:55 AM next post previous post
i was down ponds other day, all frozen exept rita
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Reply #: 2 Posted on: 01-05-10 06:10 PM next post previous post
never actually known rita to freeze! although could be wrong. Always be able to wet a line in there
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Reply #: 3 Posted on: 01-06-10 03:00 PM next post previous post
whats the rez like ports?
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Reply #: 4 Posted on: 01-06-10 06:04 PM next post previous post
frozen jack, not thick stuff, mainly cat-ice!
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Reply #: 5 Posted on: 01-09-10 07:56 AM next post previous post
REMEMBER BOYS AND GIRLS ITS NOT BIG AND ITS NOT CLEVER TO GO ON TO ANY FROZEN PONDS DESPITE HOW THICK ITS FROZEN OR HOW HARD THE ICE IS TO BRAKE!!!!!! JUST REMEMBER THAT THE MAJORITY OF OUR WATERS ARE EXTREAMLY DEEP AROUND THE EDGES AND DO REALLY TAKE A LOT TO FREEZE THEM SOLID. ALL WAYS TELL YOUR MUMMY WHERE YOUR GOING TO JUST IN CASE YOU HAVE AN ACCIDENT!!
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Reply #: 6 Posted on: 01-09-10 02:10 PM next post previous post

It must have thickened up since Ports last seen it!!

There are plenty of idiots who have thrown stuff onto the ice to try and break it. Part of the broken bench from the cottages, broken kids toy, lots of bricks, one to the wooden benches near the top and as you can see the obligatory supermarket trolley.

There was also a f***king idiot throwing a ball onto the ice for his dog to chase!!!!!
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Reply #: 7 Posted on: 01-10-10 08:37 AM next post previous post
Thanks for your replies. It has not been above 30 degs F here since I did the start of this post. I do not expect to wet a line around here now until Feb if I am lucky. I caught tail end of talksport angling yesterday and heard keith arthur say that its best if we have a slow thaw but missed the reason why? G.
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Reply #: 8 Posted on: 01-10-10 09:08 AM next post previous post
i was at burnhole for a look yesterday ,managed to break some ice on roadside it was about 2 or 3 inch thick in the edge!!!!! so it could well be a while before it thaws out. there was no ice at all on rita, there was a couple of people just packing bivvys away down the bottom end, wonder if they caught??? funny how rita dont freeze though i heard its because its that deep the earths core keeps it warm!!!!! LOL
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Reply #: 9 Posted on: 01-11-10 06:47 PM next post previous post
it doesnt freeze because the winds always on it.
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Reply #: 10 Posted on: 01-11-10 07:11 PM next post previous post
"it doesnt freeze because the winds always on it." One thing you notice about the Artic and Antarctic is that its very windy there and also frozen lol.
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Reply #: 11 Posted on: 01-12-10 07:09 AM next post previous post
could be wrong then scott lol, have you ever known rita to freeze over completely?
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Reply #: 12 Posted on: 01-12-10 05:23 PM next post previous post
Its because of its depth the docks the windiest place around here and the res and they both have froze
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Reply #: 13 Posted on: 01-12-10 06:33 PM next post previous post
Late 80's i remember seeing Rita about 75% frozen but it was only very thin ice no more than 6mm, quite easy to break and i caught a few fish. Ive no idea why it never fully freezes, perhaps because its so low in the ground, perhaps because its fed with natural water from the water table and as such slightly warmer, no real ideas just guessing.
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Reply #: 14 Posted on: 01-13-10 05:33 AM next post previous post
probably all the antifreeze from the cars in there!!! lol , very strange though why is struggles to freeze over, no doubt mr grainger will know why, does anyone actually know how deep it is?
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Reply #: 15 Posted on: 01-13-10 07:41 AM next post previous post
whack a lead out in the middle and see, its deep, really deep.. ha
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Reply #: 16 Posted on: 01-13-10 10:34 PM next post previous post
Many years ago when it was being Eel netted, it was a friend of mine that was doing the netting, i went with him one day to pull up the traps we went round Rita in his inflatable dinghy, i couldnt resist the temptation to take my fish finder with me, we never went out into the middle but did go far enough from the bank to see it showing 75ft, i would think its possibly 90ft in the deepest parts as the slope had started leveling out at the points we went over.
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Reply #: 17 Posted on: 01-14-10 10:07 AM next post previous post
thats really deep, does any one know if fish can swim that deep?? my grandad said rita froze over when he was a lad.
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Reply #: 18 Posted on: 01-14-10 06:02 PM next post previous post
Get your wagler rod out and wagler and plumet the depth with a plumet like PD would on the island. NO WADING GET OFF THE ISLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reply #: 19 Posted on: 01-14-10 06:45 PM next post previous post
Jack, i've caught Eeel's on there in 50ft of water. I've had Pike at 40-50ft deep on Windermere and caught Char at 60ft deep on Coniston, so yes fish will go down that deep.
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Reply #: 20 Posted on: 01-15-10 10:23 PM next post previous post
Hi, 11 days after I started this post and there is still snow outside. Still waters here are still unfishable. But the thaw has finally started. My first fishing match of 2010 is, hopefully, first thurs of feb at Rosemary Wood, weather and ice permitting. Anyone attempted to get that trolley off the lake b4 it sinks and becomes a swearable snag???? cheers, G.
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Reply #: 21 Posted on: 01-16-10 08:18 AM next post previous post
i thought about getting the trolley off, but then thought again, even though the ice LOOKED thick enough!!!!
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Reply #: 22 Posted on: 01-16-10 08:39 PM next post previous post
I wasn't advocating that someone go out and get it by walking on ice or maybe now it is water but throwing a crude grab ouut to it and pulling it in. Oh and the snow has finally gone. G.
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Reply #: 23 Posted on: 01-19-10 05:45 PM next post previous post
hi guys was up the ponds on sunday n they still frozen any1 bin up there since and is there any sign of high pond thawing yet as need to do a nite ses!
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Reply #: 24 Posted on: 01-19-10 06:03 PM next post previous post
water inlet is always fishable, i went down last night and its melted loads already, probely all defrosted by end of week! hope so anyway :)
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Reply #: 25 Posted on: 01-19-10 08:35 PM next post previous post
yeh me 2 jack wanna du it sat nite jack so mite c ya on there
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Reply #: 26 Posted on: 01-31-10 10:15 PM next post previous post
ARE we frozen again after this weekends frost?
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Reply #: 27 Posted on: 02-01-10 07:38 AM next post previous post
high pond was frozen yesterday! about 10ml thick all over
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Reply #: 28 Posted on: 02-01-10 12:51 PM next post previous post
I walked around today at 12ish, High Pond is totaly frozen so is Burnhole, Low pond has a few ice free pegs 18-24, Moorfoot was 3/4 frozen Ray Henry was fishing in the ice free part but hadnt had a bite in the first hour or so. Rita is ice free as normal. And the Res is about 3/4 frozen. The ice isnt that thick it could be broken fairly easy if you really wanted to fish but if its very cold again tonight it will get thicker.
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Reply #: 29 Posted on: 02-01-10 01:07 PM next post previous post
Cheers. 3 days off together for a change and cant fish!!!
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Reply #: 30 Posted on: 02-01-10 04:57 PM last post previous post
I know how you feel Jamie, i've got a week off so went up today for a look then thought i'll pick up some bait on the way home and get out tomorrow!!!
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