What a fish. This Common Carp set the new world record, caught in Germany just before Christmas

An still I have this undescribable joy in me…… and a muscular strain in the arms, which I did not feel ever before….
It was a beautiful sunny Sunday noon, and although on the calendar were only 7 days to Christmas, the temperature had all other as a winter character.
Because I had some problems at home, I decided shortly to escape, in order to visit my, for 2007 planned “goal waters”.
I decided myself, to use the last 4 hours for fishing at those the sun still shines from the sky.

Read about the new Carp record here