Christmas Day. We'd had our family get-togethers a little early, so not much else going on for me on a drizzly late December day. Could have sought out some stocker trout somewhere in the St Louis metro area. I've learned that Koi are also often willing to bite in the colder months, as long as there's no ice on the water... so I chose to try for some. They fight well and can be very colorful, with sometimes interesting fin and scale patterns as well.
It started out very slow, with the water more stained than during my previous visit, and no fish visible at the start. It picked up as the afternoon progressed. I ended up landing 16 Koi and 3 Goldfish. Below are some of them.