ONE OF Hampshire s best-known politicians has quit public life after more than half a century. Roy Perry, a member and former leader of Hampshire County Council, did not defend his Romsey Rural seat in this week s local elections. Mr Perry, 78, became a councillor in 1970, when he joined Eastleigh Borough Council as a member for Chandler s Ford. After he and his family moved to West Wellow he was elected to the local parish council and also joined Test Valley Borough Council in 1979. He served on the authority for 16 years and was leader from 1985 to 1994, overseeing the provision of the Romsey Rapids complex.
Even with the warmup, there is plenty of ice for this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report; as well as Braidwood Lake reopening Monday and coho reports building on southern Lake Michigan. suntimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from suntimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Despite the lengthy frigid and snowy weather, there is a good amount of ice fishing going on around Chicago area on building ice, including some deep-water action for whitefish on Green Bay, for this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.
I know more than a few of us wondered if deep-water fishing for whitefish on Green Bay would even happen this year, especially after the dramatic rescue of anglers from an ice floe the wind broke off last week. The answer, with the extended cold snap, is yes.
Fraser Semple messaged this (a fuller report and a photo are in the Green Bay section):
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And it is a sprawling report, much more than I expected.
Adrian Medina messaged the photo at the top and this (more in the CHAIN O’LAKES report):
Hey dale ! Just finished fishing threw the storm bite was really good for only fishing 4hrs ( 5pm-9pm) we fished the chain , not one other single person out here tonight
ICE FISHING DERBY
The Island Lake Lions Ice Fishing Derby is Saturday, Feb. 6, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. It is headquartered at Eastway Park. Entry is $15 for adults, $5 for 15 and younger.
LAKEFRONT PERCH
Weather limited/stopped effort. Security varies in its dealings with fishing on the private property areas around the South Side slips, but in general be prepared to not be allowed to fish the private property areas. The small piece of Steelworkers Park at the eastern end of 87th is public land.
Mike Norris
Big Green Lake – Big Green is transitioning from soft water to ice right now with skim ice forming across a great deal of the lake. Having said that it looks like lake trout and cisco fishing will continue remain on hold until safer ice forms. This week’s forecast calls for nighttime temps to drop into the single digits by mid-week. But daytime temps will climb back above the freeze mark this weekend and into next week.
Fox Lake – There are plenty of anglers venturing out into Fox Lake now with reports of seven inches of ice across most of the lake. The exception is the two open cracks running from Maple Point to the tip of Keno Trail. The Wisconsin Elite Series Ice Fishing Team Tournament held a one-day event on Fox Lake last Saturday. Under the Elite Series format, Teams can weigh in their single best caught gamefish and best two panfish. These three fish are then measured and the team with the longest combined number of inches wins the tournament. Tyle