dannyash Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Hello everyone, I'm sure you've probably seen thousands of topics on drayton, I'm going down on the 8th of march with a group of lads who have fished it previously. Were having a little match between ourselves, what method would you chose? I know its stuffed full of fish, i just unsure of how it fished at this time of year, any tips would be appreciated. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianain Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Get there early, it gets very busy, you may struggle to park let alone find a peg. Can't help on tactics sorry, but think most will work. Are you local danny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyash Posted February 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Get there early, it gets very busy, you may struggle to park let alone find a peg. Can't help on tactics sorry, but think most will work. Are you local danny. thanks mate, any info is great, I'm coming down from stoke mate. Couple of the lads have been before, just looking to get an edge on them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianain Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 I'd phone the baliff if I was you to make sure there are no matches on it, you can also tap him up at the same time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bivvystreet Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Never fished Drayton myself but the method that I see on YouTube more than any other is spodding over zigs,hope that helps mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev1986 Posted March 7, 2017 Report Share Posted March 7, 2017 Fish a zig 3/4 depth and spod over it they come to the spod on the same area fish a bottom bait with your other rod as soon as dusk hits they hammer whats on the bottom and often move in big shoals so as soon as you have fish in the net have another rod ready clipped up and get amongst them . Theres over 7500 fish and they are starving so as long as you keep a spod going in every 20 min or after every fish and take plenty of decent bait you will do well . On average most fish about 16lb and keep it simple no fancy rigs just stripped back coated braid 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nafy118 Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 i've fished it once and was knackered by the end of the day as it's not my usual type of venue (typically prefer low stock natural venues) i found the best tactic was to fish as far as you comfortably can, with 6 - 7 foot zigs and spod over the top, the spod mix doesn't need to be complicated i used a bag of mainlines slop/zig mix and some squashed/flaked maize which was boiled until it was really soft and soupy, mixed them both together and just kept it going in all day. On that particular day red foam was the winner however like most things i'm sure it can change. kev1986 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev1986 Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 Its a good social venue to get a few runs but far from real carp fishing give me a firgotten lake with low stocking any day nafy118 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nafy118 Posted March 9, 2017 Report Share Posted March 9, 2017 agree with both the above! if i ever return it will be in the depths of winter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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