Nar Valley Fisheries saw the initial stocking of trout into their Hobbs Lake on Friday, ready for the start of the season on March 1.
There were a few codling around east Norfolk this last week, the north westerly wind helping no end with some proper rough seas and the fish in for a feed on the back of them.
The snow has melted, the lakes, Broads and boatyard lagoons are thawing out and the immediate future for hardy rod men and women hoping for winter sport during the final four weeks of the coarse season is shining considerably brighter.
With ice covering almost all of the commercials fishing has been concentrated around the rivers.