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Wow, I'm only half an hour away by car as well, damn sight cheaper than Drayton too!
Thanks lad's, Will definitely have to give there a go soon!
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I live in northampton shire mate, some cracking fish in billing, I always take me kids there.
Is it a day ticket mate? If so, how much is a 24hr stint? Been there to the fair loads of times, every time I go I wish I had my rods with me, but didn't know you could fish it lol!
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Occasionally I'll use different or more complicated rigs, but only if I feel the occasion calls for it.
Can you elaborate please on the things that would make you change your rig?
Ok I'll try, I tend not to think about why I make the changes I do, I just do it instinctively I guess.
If I'm getting bites but no takes, or poor hook holds, I'll change to a bolt rig with a long hooklink, because the extra resistance on the line helps set the hook, which helps when fish aren't feeding very confidently.
If I'm struggling to bait up at a distance then I'll shorten the distance between the running lead and the hook, than add a PVA stick, this helps get bait to difficult areas (under overhanging trees etc) and goes a long way to helping eliminate tangles.
If I'm fishing over weed or amongst lillypads, then I may use a braided hooklink for the added abrasion resistance, or use a buoyant bait and small blobs of putty rather than a ledger, which will allow the bait to sit on top of the weed rather than bed into it, this only really works short distance. If I want similar effects but at greater distance I tend to use a helicopter set up.
Method of bite indication makes a difference to the type of set-up I use, When using my quivertip I like to keep it simple and use my "Default" setup for lack of a better word, then tweak it depending on the strength of the tip I'm using, wind conditions etc, but I mainly only change to a slightly heavier lead or feeder.
When using bobbins I like to use a running rig with a fairly heavy lead, because regardless of the way the fish moves off, line will always be pulled so no drop backs, I allow my bobbin to sit on the ground with very slack lines and wait for the fish to lift the bobbin considerably before striking, I also set my bait runner so I can hear line being taken if I get a take when I'm not fully concentrating, but this is only really good to use mid water, as a fish can take line and be snagged up before I've even got to my rod if fishing tight to the margins.
That's kind of all I can think of off the top of my head. As you can tell I tend to use the same old methods with slight variations depending on a certain situation, I hope this has helped Keenook.
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Yup, I do, 90% of my fishing is mono straight through, with a running ledger (as light as I can get away with) a stop shot between the lead and the hook to stop the lead running right down the rig and a hook tied to the end, If I'm using a hair rig then its nearly identical except I tie my hooklink out of mono 1lb less than the mainline I'm using, tie a bead onto the mainline just below the lead, then loop to loop the hooklink on.
Simple, easy and effective. If it aint broke, don't fix it! It's worked for me since I was 7 and is still working so why change it?
Occasionally I'll use different or more complicated rigs, but only if I feel the occasion calls for it. sometimes I REALLY like to spice it up a little and use a cage feeder instead of a lead! It's fun taking risks
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Not quite, the winning pair had 2400lb a new 48hr record. The total for all of the teams was over 9000lb , what ever way you look at it quite amazing
OR disturbing, just more evidence of how over-stocked and under fed it is...
BTW, I don't like the place
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Sorry mate your just coming off as a bit patronising but at the end of the day im not stupid, im attempting to bag a biggun off a match lake and I need some advice at the mo, and fame has nothing to do with it, the simple fact is he has caught carp to 61lb, therefore he knows his stuff, sorry for any misunderstanding
Seem's like you all ready have your mind made up mate, in which case why ask?
Nick gave you a very useful piece of advice and an effective rig for the situation you gave mate yet you seemed to completely disregard it.
If you come across with that demeanour when someone answers the question you ask with something other than what it is you want to hear no one will want to help in future.
Try taking all the advice and use it constructively, not turn a deaf ear until you hear what you want.
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Pop on Youtube and look for fox, nash, ESP and gardner pages, they all have loads of how to tie different rig videos, It'll help you a lot, many of the videos tie the same rigs just slightly different ways using their own products, so you'll get an idea of what type of product you need rather than watching a fox video and thinking "I have to buy this fox product for this to work" sort of thing.
I did add links to these videos on another thread a while back, I'll try and dig it out and send you the links mate
hope that'll help.Edit.
Can't find the post where I listed all the rigs and added a video link to it, it may have been removed but I doubt it, I can't remember which topic it was in either :/ sorry mate, but if you search Youtube for how to tie the "rig name here" rig loads will come up.
I always use the simple knotless knot on mono with a line aligner though, simple and VERY effective, you don't need complicated or fancy rigs to catch fish mate.
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I don't know the area mate, but A few general pointers for you.
check out the sticky's in the where to fish section & use the search facility on here, If it's been mentioned before that'll find them....
Failing that Google Maps is a fantastic tool for us anglers to use, put in your new postcode and pan around, you'll soon find waters around the area, then search them specifically.
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90% of my fishing I use running rig's, mostly using pendant style leads but occasionally I'll use in line.
More often that not though if I'm using an in line lead its a semi-fixed set up, using a tulip bead over the swivel then the lead connected to that with a bit of tubing, pushed on gently to allow the lead to slide off the line if I break off.
I always use a hooklink of a lesser breaking strain than my mainline by at lease 1lb, so if I break off, 99% of the time I break the hooklink and not my mainline anyway.
I don't see many people using tulip beads any more, it seems all about the lead clips etc. why is that? are the lead clips really that much safer? I've never used them but have never had too, if it aint broke, don't fix it and the tulip beads work well for me.
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what about Walthamstow res, north met pit and the other lea valley water's, or are they not essex water's/ syndicates? :\
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Not my part of the world, but nice to see a write up about venues, rather than questions about them
Agreed! Maybe we could start a day ticket waters across the country thread, where everyone could do a write up about the day ticket waters in their area, that way there is all the information in one place, that's easy to locate.
It might help lower the amount of "where is a good day ticket in.........." thread that pop up all the time.
Great post mate
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Its all good i know the rig. your explantaion is spot on! Is it fine to just hair rig the pop up on as i see alot of people use bait floss instead?!? whats the reasoning?
The reasoning behind it is as you pierce the pop up, you break the skin allowing it to take on water and become less buoyant over time, also if your using cork ball pop ups then there is a good chance you will push some cork through the pop up, creating a rather big tear in the skin of the pop up, which reduces the integrity of the pop up and makes it more likely to loose buoyancy.
It's only really a problem if you have the same pop up out for many hours.
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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.
Its a swings and roundabouts kind of thing, when the grand union needs water, Drayton and the country park (when the water level is high enough to reach the overflow which it hasn't reached in a few years) fill it up, but the grand union is such a vast expanse of water, lowering Drayton's water level by a few feet will only raise the canal by a few inches, so they can lower the water level when they see fit, which they did in the summer to encourage more night anglers, which in return made British Waterways more money
the reservoir then relies on rain water and road run off and snow melt to fill it back up over the winter.
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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.
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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!
Bah humbug!! I detest Christmas! Hate it with a passion!! the only good thing about Christmas is when it's over!!!
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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, 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?
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Ok that makes sense, why are they no longer used?
I for one could benefit from that, looking at your tip for a while, as the ripples lap past really does your eyes in, having something to focus on behind the tip would certainly make things a lot more comfortable, if not easier.
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I thought we was advising fantasticmrfox on fishing drayton thats why i advised the heavier tip
I too started fishing on the tip for silvers and and would think nothing of using maggot on an 18 hook with a 2ft hooklenght with my 1.5oz
And im sure if i went digging in my shed id find my old target board a bit of kit that was essential in the 80,s but forgotten about in this day and age
That's how this thread started, yes, but if it can help others by providing general knowledge then all the better!!
Some of you may have seen the catch report, but if not, I'd like to tell everyone that the advice given here gave me all that was needed to have a very productive session with my then new rod
As Cob said, I try to use the lightest tip possible for the conditions, that day I used the 2oz tip and had fish from small perch to 16lb carp and didn't miss a singe bite, It was soft enough to register the small bites from the perch, yet stiff enough to not give false bites on what was quite a windy day, so since then, as a rule of thumb, I've used the 2oz tip as a starting point then going heavier or lighter where needed (another advantage is the fact I have 4 2oz tips and only 2 of each other tip)
Without meaning to sound sarcastic, (I am genuinely interested) what is a target board and how is it used in fishing?
my initial reaction would be to shoot it
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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...
The shallow end can be very productive, just mainly in warmer weather..
like he said though, just put a baited hook in and you should catch, feeders work well..
I tend to fish the opening to the point on the left hand side and aim for the cone you see in front of you (peg 95 -96 I think)
don't neglect maggot hook bait, just use a large hook and as many maggots as you can fit on to it, as there are perch in there.. small baits work best, try 12mm boilies as a lot of the fish have really badly damaged mouths and the movement in their jaw is restricted, some of the larger fish I have caught (around the 16lb mark) have VERY small mouths for the size of the fish, and are barely able to accept 16mm boilies.
a feeder with a smelly dry ground bait cast often will create a column of attraction as the feeder drops, because the ground bait is dry it'll leak from the feeder early, then after ten or so casts make it a bit wetter so it sinks to the bottom first.
try to avoid very oily pellets as the water will be quite cold.
to be honest though most techniques work as its over stocked and underfed, there are ALWAYS hungry fish that need feeding, especially this time of year!
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Paul,
Is this any use?
https://forum.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=32598
I don't want to really get into the whole debate again as I have posted so much about it in the past, but any thread that makes anglers consider what they are doing and fish welfare is always a worthwhile thread.
My thoughts are that in most cases there is absolutely no need for a leader unless you are using it for absolute distance casting, and if there are any weed or snags, then bin it, use a safe mainline straight through, and accept that you can't fish as far out.
I did start a thread last week about line visibility, so I have a funny feeling that much of what is purported to be true in reducing the visibility of end tackle may actually be a bit of a myth
Nick, I value your help and advice on here above many others, as from reading through many of your posts you always have valid points to your discussions as well as doing plenty of research and tests to find facts to back them up...
recently I have been drawn towards the leadcore leader for its pinning properties,. however for many reasons I'd prefer to keep away from it, one being that I like my hooklink to be the weaker link than the mainline so if in the event of a lost fish, it'll only be trailing maximum of 18" of line and no lead (all though I do use running rigs mostly and semi fixed rigs using tulip beads when method feeding etc so they're safe regardless of where the line breaks.)
I would like my hooklink, line and rig to be as inconspicuous as possible and yet pinned to the bottom as well as possible to stop spooking fish, so I'm guessing that a flurocarbon hooklink would be best?
would I benefit from using a flurocarbon leader for the duration my line would trail through the baited area to help keep it as hidden as possible, or benifit more from having a flourocarbon mainline all the way through to reduce the number of knots in my line?
how would be best to pin this to the bottom whilst remaining safe? as bits of putty up the line at intervals would prevent the lead coming free wouldn't it?
the world of leaders is new to me as I tend to fish nylon mainline through to a nylon hook link, and all though I have had results on this, I'm hoping to target bigger fish through the winter and into next spring and want to do everything I can to aid in hooking the more cautious lumps.
so my question to someone who is of far greater experience than myself is, do you have any advice on how I can create an inconspicuous, strong rig that will pin nicely to the bottom yet remain safe? are there any mainline and/or hooklink materials you have found better than most for this you could advise me on?
I am asking because I have recently been fishing with whatever I've had knocking around in my dads old tackle box, but I am hoping to join a syndicate next season, and will be getting a new tacklebox and filling it all with new tackle, and as I've been out of the loop so to speak for a fair while what is on the market now is quite daunting and confusing and the mags don't really portray anything safe, and are mainly one large, continuous advert!!
I'm asking you because I know you value fish safety above all else and have tried and tested many items out there, and the main reason is you are unbiased!
Sorry if this is a long post
I'm just a bit lost with it all and thought you the best person I know of to ask -
I hadn't thought of that, I was going to watch the tip as I span the second rod, bite alarm would be much easier!i have never caught a carp on the canal before but i know there are carp where i fished the canal!!!! they keep evading me!however there typical canal fish and will be found in most of the canal, i cant see any reason why the pike wont be in the same swim as the roach, perch since the pike will eat them so its natural food for them.
i dont see many fish showing on the canal, i generally fish in one place if im using ground bait but you could be moving up the canal and look for bubbles ect coming up and spend 20 or 30 mins fishing on spot.
using two rods i cant see being a problem unless your getting a fair amount of bites on one. i personally would set up the feeder rod with a cage feeder with a bait alarm and wait 10 mins and see what happens before putting the pike rod in.
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Well after doing some extensive research on-line I have found that this stretch of canal holds Carp, Bream, Perch, Pike and Roach...
Oh how nice it would be to catch my first ever canal carp, or a nice pike!
How often are these species in the same areas of a canal? could I feeder fish for carp and spin for pike and perch from the same swim? or would I be better off going with a 1 rod approach and casting to showing fish, choosing to target pike or perch, carp and bream?
I was hoping to feeder fish for perch, roach, carp and bream, as these will all take a maggot hookbait, and then spin for pike with a second rod to cover all my bases, but if these species tend to stay away from one another then I guess I would be better off taking one rod and choosing to ignore the pike.
How do you guys go about fishing canals? do you find a swim that hold fish and stay there or walk up and down picking off fish you spot as you go?
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well as for locating the fish, over hanging trees or brambles are great, stay away from locks as it is annoying having to bring your rod out of the water for periods of time while people use the lock.
in your bit of canal i will presume there will be bream, roach, perch, gudgeon and most likely carp aswell.
i find fishing a stick float with maggot works great for roach or with a lob worm for perch
and ground bait is good aswell a standard match mix is good enough but if you want to make your own, then heres what i use on the canal if i dont use a pre maid match mix.brown bread crumb mixed with red bread crumb with hemp sead mixed in
works great on my bit of the canal. also chopped worm work great for perch AWESOME! I've got some chocolate groundbait left over from a session a few months back, been using it every time I've been fishing and it just won't run out lol, so I'll be using that, but I'll also dry and blitz a loaf of bread and mix it up with some corn or maggot and put this in a wire feeder
thanks for the advice!
hope that'll help.
it is expensive, but if he wants a few runs will be worth the money, if he dosnt mind dodgy mouths etc...
cutting rods down to make stalking rods
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I have a 2 12ft banshee feeders and a marker a spod, they're great, especially for the price, I think they were 2 for £60 when I got them.
The only problem I had was one of the eyes on one of the quivertips was blocked, I emailed them, and got 2 replacements (one for each rod) the very next day.
That was from fishtec all though I ordered from the TFG website.
TFG does get a slating at times, but these I cannot fault and the companies I dealt with were awesome