After a long Holiday break away from fishing and not being unable to sneak away to hunt for a Christmas carp, i was drawn to head out in the pouring rain that following Sunday. Wasn't sure how hot the fishing would be after the previous night dropped below freezing and the water beginning to crisp over with thin ice. After waiting a long four hours in the downpour I finally had a screaming run from my left hand rod. Surprisingly the carp put up a great fight making a few hard runs for being in such cold water. As soon as the decent size, very gold common was in the net my second alarm started screaming! Absolutely nothing more thrilling than having a double, thankfully one fish was already sitting safely in my net underwater so i didn't have to battle two fish at once! Both fish fell victim to artificial baits, a white popup with a yellow fake corn topper dipped in a homemade vanilla glug fished over method. The first fish weighing in just over 20lbs and the second weighing 18.6 lbs. Really hope the fishing stays hot with this weather, holding off the snow as long as possible. I would highly suggest getting out as much as possible taking advantage of the rare opportunity to catch fish at this time of the year. The fight for the first January carp is about to begin!
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