Anglers beat the freeze

10 brave men break the ice at Redbridge Lakes

Match results: Ten brave men at Redbridge Lakes spent three hours breaking the ice on Sunday.

They had a fun day with every catch being a perch.

Top weight went to B Elliot with 9ozs, second was Gordon Bullock with 5ozs, while Dickie Carr was third with 5ozs.

Fourth went to S Blower 4ozs 8dms, fifth J Hornsby with 3ozs, and J Hussein was sixth with 2ozs 8dms.

Match diary: For details of Saturday Opens at Tylers Common on Horseshoe Lake, ring Bobby Wager on 07970 258737. For the Opens at A12 Cuton Match Lake, ring Scott on 07946 847703 or Neil on 07958 336691 to book.

The tide table for West Mersea: today (Wednesday) 04.49 and 17.25, Thursday 05.56 and 18.36, Friday 07.30 and 20.23, Saturday 09.01 and 21.45, Sunday 10.16 and 22.48, Monday 11.14 and 23.39, Tuesday 00.00 and 12.01.

The tide difference for the following resorts: Southend +35 minutes, Clacton -10 minutes, Burnham-on-crouch +20 minutes, Maldon +35 minutes, Walton-on-naze -20 minutes, Dover -55 minutes, Tilbury +1 hour 10 minutes, London Bridge +1 hour 50 minutes, Felixstowe Pier -35 minutes, Dungeness -1 hour, Lowestoft -2 hours 35 minutes, London Bridge +1 hour 50 minutes.

Coarse, sea and fly fishing anglers can report their catches and match results on lakes, canals, beach and boat. Ring Keith Leverett on 01621 869728 or 07836 327843 or e-mail keith.leverett@btinternet.com