Taverham Mill Fishery

[stuviper]

Hi

 

looking at getting a season ticket on a good water in suffolk or norfolk and have been told about taverham mill. Does anyone have any bits of info on this water ?????? Thanks

[screaming]

fished taverham a few times and it isnt an easy water,but with a bit of thought the rewards are there to be had.Theres loads of tench in there aswell and they do take almost anything you put out there.

Ive seen chick peas used with good success so think outside the box abit and theres every chance you will have a few out.They can be had on floaters in the right conditions so always take a bag with you incase,stalking em with a light float set up is also a good way to avoid the dreaded tench,good luck.

[salokcinnodrog]

Hi

 

looking at getting a season ticket on a good water in suffolk or norfolk and have been told about taverham mill. Does anyone have any bits of info on this water ?????? Thanks

 

Taverham Mills used to have some cracking fish in from singles up to 30lbs, although I know that at least one of the 30's got ottered

 

Never forget your floaters in summer, in certain areas during the day or early evening they are extremely confident in taking them.

Stalking can work well in certain swims as well.

 

The lake has plenty of gravel bars, weed, lilies, silty patches for long and short range fishing.

 

DON'T ignore the margins.

 

Working from Peg1 round to the left.

Peg1-3 itself, in between the trees and past the small islands, not a particularly good area in summer for some reason, the fish move past it, but don't feed confidently, yet in winter is one of the best areas on the lake.

 

Peg 4/5 an area where the fish would cruise around the islands and in the island bay.

 

Road Bank, plenty of gravel in front of you, and a couple of islands. If you cast to the islands around pegs9-10 be very careful, the branches come along way away from the island underwater, fish have been tethered by idiots casting or boating baits too close.

 

The last swim on the road bank in the bay has a deep hole in which I'm pretty positive has a nice inlet spring in.

 

The Point, between the 2 islands, can produce, but is patchy.

 

From the next bay with the pipe connecting to Costessey, an area where the fish can hole up, but fishes best when water is beng pumped in.

 

All the pegs along the bank can produce down to what is number 29 or 30, the last before an area we called "The Backwaters", and all have plenty of gravel or island features in front of them as well as loads of weed.

 

The Backwaters themselves are good for stalking and floater fishing. By being really quiet, you can sneak up on the fish, and they do come in close, but when I say quiet, I mean silent, no vibration whatsoever

 

Onto the Plateau Point, the swim to the right of the main Plateau swim has long produced fish from the far bank corner to the right or under the overhanging tree in front.

 

The Plateau swim, a BIG double swim, but although the fish do go over the plateau, it can be difficult, and if the water level is low, you will be fishing in water which may only just cover your ankles.

 

Carrying on round you have what are known as "The Tench Swims", the 3 or 4 swims with the last in the corner.

The 2nd and 3rd from that corner have the remains of a WW2 Bomber in, so can be a bit snaggy as well as having loads of lilies in front.

 

Onto the Cowtail you have the swims on the island, the fish actually are catchable between the island and the main bank, and towards the Plateau is a very big silt patch, that used to hold LARGE bream to over Double figures.

Round the Cowtail you have the same water as the Back Bank, and is a shorter walk is worthwhile if no-one is fishing the back bank.

 

Cowtail corner, to the tree in the water along the island to the left. To the right you have a large gravel bank along the island, but it doesn't produce much. The left side of the swim is the better option.

To the left the next 3 swims all face to the island, as does CowTail point down the slope, but the point also has water to the left. All will produce at times.

The other swim down the slope to the left of the point has a number of nice features.

 

Round into the bay, a couple of swims on the high bank, don't ignore them and fish the margins. Hidden in that bay is a large rock standing proud of the lakebed, it will take a lot of finding (unless you can get a rowing boat out and actually see it).

 

The swim at the back of the bay, margins and fallen tree to the right, lily pad in front.

Swim in the corner is pretty much a cut-off.

 

Round onto the meadow swims, all produce fish, and there is plenty of weed.

 

I don't know the lake at all, not much anyway

 

I used to fish (live on) there, but I haven't been back for 8years as I feel it couldn't live up to how I learnt to fish it.

[stuviper]

thank you

[salokcinnodrog]

Oh, and when the lake is really crowded, don't even bother unless there are swims available that you can try the floaters or stalking.

 

When it is like that it usually switches off

[screaming]

You aint gona get a better load of tips than that anywhere,ime impressed

[stuviper]

so am I !!!!!

[salokcinnodrog]

 

 

HELLO.

 

Ive just joined this site today.

 

I took a look around taverham mill yesterday with view to a few days/week fishing in a months time.

I noticed someone had already given some great advice but just wanted to know if anyone else had any tips on bait selection/rigs

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi Ya i rekon you are better off trying different things and see what works for you.. their was some great advice given in the thread i posted the other day... Im no expert but i would start simple and see how you get on.. Bait wise i would use a good bait such as most of the mainline / cc moore or even tails up baits. Good luck

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hello.

 

Thanks for the advice.

Bait wise i think ill tinker abit.

 

It says on the website about not using your own particles.

Do you have to buy from the shop

 

Baitwise Taverham used to be very fishmeal orientated, but I ended up using Nutrabaits Biollix to be different as they could get a bit wary. Because it is now so many different anglers coming from so far afield, no one bait holds the roost anymore, although they aren't that keen on Hi-attract overflavoured hi-viz pop-ups. My suggestion is stick to a good food source bait.

If you want something different Enervite or Enervite Gold did catch fish (low level flavour with an essential oil).

 

 

YES they did insist you buy from the shop or have UNOPENED ready prepped particles. At times they really did go mad for hemp, and I mean loads (10kilos loads) would work overnight.

 

Eventually after a few years the fish stopped coming straight over particles until they had been in the lake for a couple of days.

 

Fishing over pellets also used to work, but again, when everyone is doing the same...

 

Rigwise, don't over complicate yourself, stick to standard line aligned or knotless knotted rigs, and try to avoid semi-fixed leads unless fishing in the weed, in which case I would go back to zipp shaped inlines.

Occasionally I would go to a D-rig, usually when I was fishing a pop-up or snowman, but in most cases I had got the carp so comfortable over my bait that I didn't need to play around.

 

My standard rigs were 15cms of Merlin braid to a Carp-R-Us Nailer or Centurion hook, the available equivalent is probably the Gardner Muggas, before that I was using Drennan Super Specialists with no problems.

 

If you can get into the backwaters, at times it is possible to actually watch the fish feeding in water that is only about 30centimetres deep.

[punch]

THANKS VERY MUCH FOR THE INFO.

Most welcome.

[salokcinnodrog]

AFTERNOON.

 

Thanks for the info and for the welcome chaps.

I would be interested in what to use rigwise and the makeup of the lakebottom at taverham.

 

I liked the look of peg27 (Woodys?)

 

Its not Woody's, I built it

Facing up to the back of the islands, the little island on the left, and the big island on the right. A very pressured swim, but the fish do move through the channel between the bank and the island, usually close to the island

 

Rigwise, like I said, KEEP IT SIMPLE, standard hair rig, line aligned, inline or pendant, dependant on where you fish, or whether you prefer to use pop-ups or bottom baits.

 

 

There is Gravel, silt, weed, lily beds, rocks and tree roots.

The main gravel bars are not always the best places to put a bait

[punch]

Evening.

 

Thanks very much for the info.

Much appreciated.

 

[matty28]

i live 10mins from taverham mills, done a couple of seasons on there myself, had fish up for 25.4 it can get busy in the summer yet the fish never seemed to really turn off, choddy with a single pop-up with few bottom baits over the top always worked for me, after losing a few fish due to the otter and a flood they did put some more fish in, last winter 100 carp of an average of 10lb and this winter added another 30 mostly commons. There is no dout there is still carp over 30lb in there. Do your own thing always have a look around before setting up, never turn your nose up at the margins, dropping a bit of bait in the margins sitting back and waiting is always a good option and like the other lads said keep your rigs simple.

[salokcinnodrog]

common28 Posted: 27th Jan 2013 17:04 Post subject: Taverham Mill Lake

 

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Hi All Has anyone been fishing Taverham Mill this season. What is the stocking level and catch rate like now after all the otter stories and a new fence erected.

[starman]

also if you haven't already been told, hope you dont mind a nice stroll to your peg