Ice Cold

I was rolling along in late February and early March.  The record warmth charged up the carp into a late winter feeding spree like I have never seen before. In a two week period of record warm temperatures, I was able to bank nearly 100 carp.  I just knew it was too good to be true.
Then, we had three northeasters in a row (fourth one going on right now), loads of snow and plunging temperatures.  In many small ponds, the ice returned especially in the morning hours. All that rain and snow sent the rivers to high and fast moving waters. It all put the early season carp fishing into a complete reversal and a deep freeze. Since March 6 (last warm day), I have been out about a half dozen times and have managed to catch exactly one carp and one sucker.  I've seen no activity, no mud, no movement and no jumps. Nothing. It's as if everything just vanished.
This is yet another example of how the weather has a great effect on the carp fishing. Things will surely get better as spring continues to move forward, but it is looking like the rest of March could fish very slowly as very little warm weather is in the forecast.
Good luck if you get out in the coming days....you will need it!