Just to let all the members know that Milkhope is open to fishing, The groundbait rule has been changed. You are allowed to use 1 kilo (dry weight) of groundbait.

And while on the subject of Milkhope, there is a work party there this Saturday. Anybody wanting to come along will be welcome.

Meet at Milkhope at 10 am.

Below are a couple of photo's of the stocking that took place today at Milkhope, Brenkley and Horton grange.
 

Details are :-
 

Brenkley.   108 Tench. 6-8" 200 Carp 4-6" 200 Crucian Carp 6-8"    ..

Milkhope.   10 Ghost Carp. 10-12" 300 Tench. 6-8" 200 Crucian Carp. 6-8" 100 Carp 4-6" 100 Ide 6-8" 200 Ide. 4-6"

Horton Grange.   100 Bream 8-10" 150 Ide 6-8"

Some information from our membership secretary. As of today, the 16th of January, the membership total for the club stands at 181

A work party is to take place on Saturday 22nd January. Meet at Milkhope at 10 am. Any member that can come along will be welcome, even if you can only make it for an hour or two.
The main intention with all the bad weather lately is to clear fallen tree's, so if anybody that is coming has any Trimmers or Saws that they could bring it would be helpful.

Memberships are now being taken for 2005. Application and renewal forms can be downloaded from the menu on the left, or you can join by coming to one of the clubs monthly meetings held on the first Wednesday of every month ( the next one is 2nd February ) at the Cramlington Ciu Club in Cramlington village, start time is 7.30 pm.

Despite what can only be described as horrendous weather conditions the work party that was scheduled for today went ahead with the intention of placing fish havens into Horton Grange. Two types of havens were placed into Horton consisting of Plastic pipes and Wire mesh cages.

It has come to the clubs attention that a few members are trying to gain access to the QEII from the museum end. Please be aware that this is out of bounds until all the work has been completed. All access to the QEII must be from the hotel end of the lake.

Four members of the Committee turned out on Saturday morning at John Malones house to construct some fish havens with the intention of placing these into Horton Grange as soon as possible.
 

Gary K fished the QEII the other night and had a mixed bag of fish to show for his efforts, and then this turned up. This is the Hybrid that he caught, and it was 4lb 6oz.


 

An up to date events sheet is now available and uploaded for 2005. It is in the usual place. (menu on the left).
 

The new application forms for 2005 are now available, but please be aware that when filling out any of the forms, they must be fully completed.
They are available from the menu on the left.
 

Below are a couple of photo's taken today which show the repairs to the Dam at Milkhope. There is still some work to be carried out on the inlet, and as soon as i have any info i will put the details on here asap.

Gary Kislingbury with a QEII Common Carp of 15lb 4oz caught at the QEII on 31st October. This is the biggest Carp out of the QEII this year.
 

Thousands of small fish have been found dead in Killingworth lake this afternoon. The EA are looking into it. This water is CLOSED until further notice. The fish deaths have been estimated at between 2 to 3000 small roach and a few skimmer Bream.. Investigations are underway to find out what has entered the lake causing these fish deaths.

This photo was taken after a lot of the fish were removed from the drain and it is estimated by the EA that the fish loss could be between 7500 and 10000.
Some of the fish that were found dead included small numbers of Perch and Carp as well as Roach.

Update - The Ea have blocked off some of the pipes with sandbags and it is expected that when they remove them that more dead fish will be washed out. The EA are asking members of the public not to phone them telling them that there is more dead fish, they are expecting this and they are visiting the lake every morning to monitor the situation.
 

Some photo's of the completed pipes that are going into Horton Grange for fish protection.
If anybody has got anymore pipes like these can you please drop them off in the car park at Horton Grange.
 

In addition to the normal club rules (Please read them) for the QEII please read the following which will be strictly enforced by a new team of water watchers that the club have appointed.

1 - All general club rules must be adhered to as well as rules listed below when night fishing the QEII lake.
2 - No day ticket holders will be allowed to fish after dusk or before dawn.
3 - As in the general rules there will be no fires allowed with the exception of petrol or gas cooking stoves.
4 - No radios, stereos or TVs to be used without personal earphones.
5 - No vehicular access (Unless disabled blue badge holders / key holders) and blue badges must be displayed.
6 - Disabled car drivers parking on the service road must ensure they leave enough room for service vehicles to pass.
7 - All anglers must be off the water one hour before any competitions of any kind starts.
8 - No visitors to the bank sides between the hours of 11pm to 7am unless of necessity.
9 - No vehicle movement between 11 pm - 7 am.
10 - While it has been agreed that members may fish the hotel bank during the day on the condition that they would have to move if requested by any other water users who might want to use the launching facilities, it is in the interest of the privacy of the hotel that there will be no night fishing involving the use of sounders from the fence to the east side of the big wheel to the 2nd disabled peg down the ash path.
11 - No rods to be left unattended (anglers must be within 8 yards of their rods at all times).
12 -  A strict speed limit of 5mph will be enforced.
13 - No minding of pegs i.e. if a member is absent from his peg for more than two hours he must vacate the right of the peg he was fishing.
14 - Noise must be kept to a minimum. Please adjust sounder volume so as not to cause undue annoyance to persons nearby.
15 - Any rule breaking of any kind could result in the offending member being expelled from the club.
16 - If there is litter on the peg you are fishing "IT IS YOURS".
17 - Pegs will be considered to be 15 yards apart giving each angler 7 1/2 yards either side to fish.
18 - When night fishing, junior anglers must be accompanied by a senior member.
19 - An angler may not occupy the same peg for more than 2 nights in a row.

Please read all of the rules thoroughly as the saying " i did not know" will be no excuse.