I knew this would be coming after last winters fish kills and i would be surprised if it is a shock to anyone. When the ice gets as thick as it has done it is very hard to break, also i have heard that the very act of breaking the ice can effect fish in a bad way?? vibration?? so i suppose you are buggered if you do and buggered if you dont
Why after last winters problems have clubs and fishery owners not took steps to combat the problem. Build up of silt on shallow venues was cited as a problem so if this was the case why where de-silting procedures not put into place on these venues?
I suppose all that we can do now is cross our fingers and wait and see what happens next.
Luckily Mother nature has a knack of coming good out of disasters such as this. Last winter a local pond lost all of its small carp and as a result many anglers ignored the small water. I hadn't fished the venue for years however a mate had a dabble and caught some stunning crucians up too 3Ib. It seemed to me that as the crucians can tolerate very poor levels of oxygen they had survived the freeze up. With all the larger carp dead the amount of food available to the crucians must have doubled providing an ideal environment for them to thrive. Nature always has a way, i know where i will be fishing this coming summer