peterbrader Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 I'm going friday 15 april. Anyone know how it's fishing & best pegs ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 here you go ===dgcarper New Member Registered: Apr 2005 Location: Posts: 11 drayton went there in feb this year had three doubles myself and my mate had a couple. the chap a couple of pegs up from us had twelve fish on the method. had all my fish on white chocolate boilies if that is any help to you , 2oo pound plus catches possible in summer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coops_northants Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 I have not been for a long while but some things will never change like the best pegs, try and get on the boards peg 34 a,b,c,d,e,f,g, as these are always the fliers and win all the matches from these. if they are taken then try to get 35-40 on the corner of the dam (boat house) The lake used to fish well from the corner opposite the dam where you have a little extra water to fish. (i think these are 89-90) up the sides are also good from 90 -100 and 25-33 but it gets shallow from 1-18 (boat club side) and 100+ so best if its warm. The dam is fairly productive all along but if your off the fish it can be hard going. This time of year i would imagine the method to be best although float fishing in close will produce of the dam (mid wall) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_whitehead2005 Posted April 18, 2005 Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 hi there, Just a question but are you refering to drayton reservior in DAVENTY? If so then iv been fishing this reservior for a few years now, ever since i was a young wipa-snapper! Its a great place to fish a to be honest you can use just about any bait and be guarenteed to catch. I have found personally that the Method feeder is the best rig to use in this water with a very short hook length, of which you can tuck just nicely into your groundbait, this method of fishing is used by a heck of a lot of people whom fish this water. I have spent a lot of days at the side of this water and never have i been there and had a bad day, I have been known to go there and pull fish out of the water one after anouther, ALL DAY. Some pegs fish better than others,but then every peg fishes well! Sometimes if its to cold then this reservior can be very hard to fish, but other than that i have had no reason to beleive that i would not catch there! In regards to the best pegs to fish, I personnaly fish any of the first set of pegs to your left or right as you enter the reservior from the opposite end to the boating house! this corner can be fantastic to fish as its deep, there is a wall around 3ft out which the carp love to feed off, enableing you to method feed around 10/15ft out or just use a float and have quite a hook length on, as the water is very deep in this area, 12ft deep so iv been told, but never plumbed it myself! ALSO GREAT FOR PIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! anyways let me know if i have the rite place as some people call it drayton reservior and others call it timken reservior! hope this has been of some interest to you. Steve......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 all i no is you come of m1 after eddie stobarts place is it the railway termanial jnct and it 10 mins from there ..... last time i went the dam wall was shut for work ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diddycarper Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 top water most baits work and its full of carp and moth methods tend to catch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterbrader Posted April 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 thanks for all replies. I fished peg 43 on friday & saturday. I caught 14 fish & 20 fish respectively. Corn on hair rig was the best on groundbait feeder, at distance & also the bagging waggler. The ducks eat the groundbait off the bottom of the float but the carp still come ! I used richworth fruity method mix with crazybait gold, party mix , 4mm pellets , ground-up bolies & hemp. The last 2 hours produced fish both days, all doubles to 18lb 4oz these fish came from the dam ledge right under the rod tip 10 foot from the edge of the platform !!! Keep loose feeding pellets after an initial four balls of groundbait. The takes are savage to say the least & bait runner reels ESSENTIAL or you will be looking for new gear ! Temperature was 3.5 at 08.00 on saturday with a good breeze into the dam wall. It felt very cool !!! I was amazed at the small number of anglers on such a prolific water, 20 max. on saturday. The boards pegs were occupied each day but did not produce. Tight lines!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 may have to pay a visit tomorrow peg 43 ?? did you say its one of the dam wall ?? and only ledger about 10ft of edge of boards ?? any good on pop up corn ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterbrader Posted April 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 yes peg 43 is on dam wall. cast about 50 yards for the majority of the day but keep feeding 10 foot off the platform & fish it from about 16.00 onwards. I just used 3 pieces of corn & popped up could work, but at the moment the fish didn't seem to be hitting the method ball, thats why I fished groundbait feeder with a 18inch hook length. I did have some fish on pineapple/banana nutrabait boilies & chocolate pop-ups on the bagging waggler but the water temperature governs this method. Hope you catch regards Peter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 watch out drayton my bagging waggler is coming to get you :D with nash white chocolate boilies cheers pete wot time did the car park open as looks like it going to be very warm tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterbrader Posted April 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 not sure on opening time ring baliff Geoff 07889 532563. Leave some for me !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 not sure on opening time ring baliff Geoff 07889 532563. Leave some for me !!!! when you up there next ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterbrader Posted April 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 not sure but after they spawn, i'll post a question the week I go ! Tell us how you got on ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carperp1 Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 as from next month they are allowing nights at Drayton Reservoir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gap Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 I can see the entry in the club book already "Drayton management have decreed it acceptable for the sun to pass below the horizon from this point forth" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinp Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 i see they are going to let you night fish at drayton ive fished there a lot in the past but not for about 5 years,how they are talking it is going to be a carp water instead of a match water just trying to think where you are going to the bivvy as it is the dam wall or on the boards cant think off any where to peg the bivvy down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_the_fisherman Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 i see they are going to let you night fish at drayton ive fished there a lot in the past but not for about 5 years,how they are talking it is going to be a carp water instead of a match water just trying to think where you are going to the bivvy as it is the dam wall or on the boards cant think off any where to peg the bivvy down I have fished it once but its not my sort of water, however i read that the match fishing their is in decline because the carp are getting too big for the match tackle - i believe they average 10lb plus now. So they are going to start night fishing there in order to hopefully attract more specimen carpers. As for the stock levels im not sure whether they are going to alter it or not. And i have no idea where you can really pitch a bivvy, from what i can remeber its all wooden platforms. Personally i think they will attract alot of people to fish their, however i doubt proper carpers will bother, too many small fish and too many with mouth damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gap Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 i see they are going to let you night fish at drayton ive fished there a lot in the past but not for about 5 years,how they are talking it is going to be a carp water instead of a match water just trying to think where you are going to the bivvy as it is the dam wall or on the boards cant think off any where to peg the bivvy down I'd imagine it'd be a cup hook job to secure the bivvy... seem to recall they had tie down rings on the platforms too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ossuss Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 they've been doing nights with limited numbers for quite a while now, since about October, I just rang the baliff and he said he'd let us fish a night, but we ended up going somewhere else in the end. I bet you wouldn't get much sleep though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igwyana Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 Hi all Just wanted to bring this back up, anyone been to drayton lately and if so how did you get on ? Thanks Iggy................................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coops_northants Posted September 18, 2008 Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 I took a guy out fishing the other week and went to drayton. we had a blinding day. It was his first time out fishing for carp so had to go somewhere for runs. We fished 42 and used zigs and soup and had 17 fish from 12 till 5pm. the first boards swim is still the hot swim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake5 Posted September 19, 2008 Report Share Posted September 19, 2008 I took a guy out fishing the other week and went to drayton. we had a blinding day. It was his first time out fishing for carp so had to go somewhere for runs. We fished 42 and used zigs and soup and had 17 fish from 12 till 5pm. the first boards swim is still the hot swim. Its quite shallow round there aswell isnt it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coops_northants Posted September 19, 2008 Report Share Posted September 19, 2008 Yeah the boards swims are a little shallower but off 43 it was 16 foot deep. made for interesting casting and landing fish on the zig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skelly23 Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 Can anyone give me a breif summary of the rules! Their site isnt that clear on rules e.g braid Manny thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh_reynolds Posted October 25, 2008 Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 No braid at all mate, not too sure about coated hooklengths though. Anyone know how it has been fishing over the last few weeks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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