Frozen Carp

'Carp Under The Ice' video footage to amaze...

Over the past few weeks, I don't think there's been a day go past when I haven't seen a news report or forum post referring to frozen fishing lakes in the UK. It's true, putting a lid on a lake does make it difficult for anglers!

We seem to have been very fortunate here in East Anglia, as the weather has been fairly mild in comparison to much of the country.

However, I don't think our friends in the frozen north can claim to have experienced anything quite as drastic as this short clip below, which shows a LOT of carp sitting under what is said to be 18” of thick ice. Given that the area is carpeted in carp, and is said to be the size of a football field, we can only guess that there must be thousands of carp waiting under the ice there.

I should point out that you should NEVER attempt to walk on ice in our country. Every year, people lose their lives as a result.

I'm not entirely sure where this lake is, but judging by the sheer volume of carp and the fact that no food will have fallen from the sky for them for quite some time, I reckon even MY bite alarms might scream into action if I got to fish it after a thaw!

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Tight lines,

Elton