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I fished the smaller lake a few years ago and only had small carp of 3 or 4lb no bream in sight, never bothered with the bigger lake, was just a social there for us for the day
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I drove past it today and there is not alot of water in there.
The water level has been dropping rapidly over the last few weeks and it looks more like a beach than a reservoir.
Not good to hear, I know over the summer they lowered the level to make it possible for more night anglers to put up their bivvys, it would seem the level hasn't recovered as they had anticipated.
IMO It has been going downhill quite rapidly recently, but as it is the closest place to my house and is accessible by public transport, I'm not left with much option...
If I'm honest, I doubt I'll be fishing again until I can go further afield and join a syndicate.
They reason the water level is low is because that reservoir is used to feed the grand (union?) canal. So when the canal is low they use the reservoir to fill it back up, but I'm unsure how the ressy fills back up, the water level goes down every year and then will get back up eventually.
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Sorry to dig up an old thread, but thought it better to resurrect this one that start another.....
Has anyone been recently?
Does anyone know If Drayton has changed the ticket prices for the winter?
Have they made the day ticket cheaper as the day's are shorter, or is it still £8 per rod?
£8 per rod? i think i went it was a £12 for 2 rods which was like 2 months ago i guess. maybe cheaper now, since the days are shorter, but many peopole still doing 24 hours on there i think.
Yeah, i think it is 8 quid for 1 rod, which isnt avoidable becuase the baliffs are nearly always there
it is expensive, but if he wants a few runs will be worth the money, if he dosnt mind dodgy mouths etc...Christmas can be a good time of year if your careful and, if youve won the lottery
Yeah, sorry about that, I meant £8 for one rod lol.
I was enquiring because I was going to treat a mate who is popping up to a day session, but we'd leave when the sun went. Can't afford £16 plus his rod licence & bait for a few hours, not with the EVIL holiday approaching :/
Damn I hate this time of year, not much fishing, dodgy roads and pointless holidays, not to mention I become a year older!!
ROLL ON THE SPRING!!! It can't come quick enough!
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Sorry to dig up an old thread, but thought it better to resurrect this one that start another.....
Has anyone been recently?
Does anyone know If Drayton has changed the ticket prices for the winter?
Have they made the day ticket cheaper as the day's are shorter, or is it still £8 per rod?
£8 per rod? i think i went it was a £12 for 2 rods which was like 2 months ago i guess. maybe cheaper now, since the days are shorter, but many peopole still doing 24 hours on there i think.
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Sorry guys, you lost me, I'm too young to have listened to napalm death etc, let alone see them live.
Best gig I've being to is Zebrahead. Don't no of you've heard of them, but they are mint! Proper ska punk I guess?
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Agreed- was Idaho the second album? Not so good- I didn't buy any more after that.
Wait and Bleed is still on my gym playlist- awesome tune.
Wait and bleed, best song they ever done!
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Slipknot?
only the first album.
After the first album, there music went downhill, rapidly I thought.
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Slipknot?
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Google.
Or even better, try our search facility?
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I will watch CC, Im off to utube right now, theres a post on here that has upset my mrs and thinking about more made me very angry.
No disrespect but your movies alway make us smile.
I hope you catch some of those big roach again (crucian); MY WIFES FAVOURITE FISH:
She going balistic over a post and wants to sign up.....she would lastz about 3 seconds I think.
Why is that disrespectful? job well done if i can put a smile of someones face
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Cob, I fished it 2 weeks ago, up in peg 91 end of the road side. Had 18 carp in 24 hours. 4 where doubles, biggest being 16lb. Had a couple of F1 though.
I also filmed my session, if you want to watch, just type in carefulcarping into YouTube and its episode 10.
Tight lines.
Ross.
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Thought u said to joe that tubing was pointless and doesnt work which your using in ur rig
He said its pointless as in the sense of that mainline is incredibly well hidden, on this thread Nick states he uses it for anti tangle purposes and not to camouflage his mainline.
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https://forum.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=8852
Any use?
Just put a hook in the water and you'll catch, just don't fish up the shallow end...
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Good info, but I think he is already in Australia. The post was made 2 and a 1/2 years ago
Who the hell resurrects a 2+ year old post!!!
The person who commented before you, he has only made 3 posts in total, just a small error on his part, trying to be helpful.
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A1 pits, pit 2, 3 or 4. Fish to over 30 in 3 and 4, lots of other species too, 15 pegs on each. Not a runs water in the Southern sense of teh word but not úber hard either.
But won't be easy in late march, still a lot of frost and it's been known to snow then too.
Good info, but I think he is already in Australia. The post was made 2 and a 1/2 years ago
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Haha. I can only imagine how tiring the journey must of being, but how big where the carp you caught?
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well, only a quick summary as I am in an internet cafe because my laptops up the creek!
Went Tuesday morning, until mid morning Wednesday..
Turned up at 8 after the mother of all nightmare journeys, had to take the bus as I have no car and the walk to and from the bus stops near killed me.
Didn't get a rod out until 9 as the first thing I wanted was a cuppa and a chill out, and to have a look around the lake.
Decided to fish facing the wind on the north bank, swim 4 i believe.
chose not to fish to the usual features, island, pump and lillies right out in front of me as i thought they would be the most pressured areas, instead i decided to bait up a small area in front of my swim around 10 - 15 ft out to about 35-40 ft out, and set my quivertip and one ledger on that, one close to the bank on the front of my patch and the other at the back of the patch.
baited up with hemp, halibut pellets and a few loose boilies of different sizes colours and flavours... with pineapple single on one rod and pinapple with pop up on the other.
not bites at all until around 5, i brought my quivertip in and changed to spicy spam and had my first fish landed after about 45 minutes, so i changed both rods to spam in the last of the daylight hours and had 3 more fish out.
as night fell I packed the quivertip away and set up my second ledger for the night, changed both rods back to pineapple snowman with pop up and retired to the tent for some sleep, 45 minutes later and I was woken by a screamer, pulled in another carp, cast that rod back out and before i had even finished setting my alarm it went off again, as soon as that was landed and returned my second rod went! after that fish I decided to pull both rods in and get some much needed kip.
woke again at 5 and sent the rods back out, all was dead until about 30mins before i started packing up, where i caught the worlds smallest bream, but my first ever
on luncheon meat..all in all a great trip, beautiful fishery but wont be going again until i have a car, as the journey was a nightmare!!
How big where the carp? Should of left one rod out on mean incase a catfish came along
Also, don't you do night fishing to fish and not sleep? You can sleep when you get home
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kryston all the way for me
Definitely the best. Stood the test of time, so I see no reason to change. I have never had a Kryston braid or coated braid give way on me, and their putty is also the best
Only just started using putty, and got the kryston stuff, it's ace!
Seem like a great company, looks like the kryston braid is a winner on this thread
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Only used ESP strip teaze coated braid, done me well this year, but have never used coated braid before so cant compare with any other braid.
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anyone fished drayton in the last week or going to fish it this coming weekend ,are the water levels back up is it feeding well
The water level is still fairly low, so I've being told. Covering the legs of the boards but still a few feet low
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If the coating cracks you are adding an extra hinge point to the rig negating the stiffness of the coated braid at that point. Now on some rigs that might be an advantage but on others you want the hooklink to remain stiffish and not to have that hinge point.
Oh I see, cheers for clearing that up.
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I use Strip Teaze coated braid, I think it's ESP but don't hold me to it.
Never noticed it cracking at knot, and I use the palarama knot? Or how ever it's spelt and pronounced.
Also, does it matter if the coating cracks? Asking as the main braid itself isn't damaged?
Ross
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Used to fish for carp on the pole, the one thing I will say is match your pole and your elastic to the size of the fish you are after.
An example is,I once caught a 12lb+ carp on a number 3 elastic Iwas actually fishing for Crusian carp at the time.It took me 45 minutes to land and to be honest it was'nt much fun...
That is pretty epic, how you didn't get you elastic snapped il never know haha.
I fish coarse pools for mainly small carp an tench, biggest carp I've caught is 7.5 lb so not massive, I quite enjoy it, it's what me and my dad love to do together, then I go off on my own with my rods for bigger carp.
It's fun, but wouldn't advise catching monsters on a pole
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cheers for the tip!. the forum that just keeps on giving!
Anytime, we are all here to help
Ross
it is expensive, but if he wants a few runs will be worth the money, if he dosnt mind dodgy mouths etc...
on luncheon meat..
Hooks, Hooks & More Hooks
in UK Rig Tying
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Can i add another question into this post? What company of hooks do you prefer to use?
I am guilty of using the korda wide gapes this season, as this was my first season of carp fishing, i seen an episode of thinking tackle, thought they look great, and used them all season, ive had quite a good season on them but how many fish have i not hooked up due to the bluntness off the hooks, which i have only recently read about.
So, i want to go into the 2012 season, with a new hook which i will be more confident in, as i will be fishing a more challenging water and cant afford to not hook up due to a blunt hook. So what company should i go with? people mention the fox arma points? the fang twisters? i hear gardner make good hooks?
Please help?
Thanks in advance,
Ross