Carping at Drayton Reservoir Feb / March 2008

[FrankSidney]

drayton,is not every ones cup of tea,but i hunt big fish through out the year and this place is one of them places you need to visit to get that delkim roasting.then back to the task in hand the two 40 lb commons.......................­........tyke

[matthewcolegate]

another great video =)

[minibluebear]

i was fishing there once!! great place!! 12lb

[HxXFromFirstToLastXx]

dont you just love drayton resi haha

[kingpinAJ]

fishing there tomorrow lol

[cuntybollos1]

i fished of the boards had a great day best bit of fishing for years nothin below 12 pound its a must do

[cuntybollos1]

first two i lost under the boards soon lernt my lesson

[darran047]

thanks for your comments dude, pleased you had your string pulled :-).

[adam198210]

hi mate hope your putting them delks to good use certainly looks like it keep it up

[darran047]

Hey up Adam, yeah those delks are working great mate thanks, our kids well chuffed with them.

Talk soon.

Daz

[mkcarper2]

nice fishing m8 i was just wondering how big was the fish in the second pic i fish drayton alot and my biggest is 10lb going soon so hope to beat it and the dam wall is realy god thats where i usualy fish any way happy carping m8

[darran047]

Hi mate, I have to be honest and say I can't remember exactly the weight of that fish, but I know it was my first 20lber from Drayton, I've only ever had 3 over 20lb from there.

I'm surprised you say your biggest in only 10lb from there, we only fish the other side of the res and the average size has got to be around 13lb.

My son has had loads around 16 - 18lb, two at 19lb 8oz, but he's yet to managed a 20lber.

Tight lines.

[016MAC]

Congratulations Darran !! Woow - what a great fishes ... I also go fishing sometimes - but I am a beginner in this hobby ,so I hope, maybe in the future - similar trophy :-) best regards -MaC

[darran047]

Hi Mac, I did not know you are also nterested in fishing.

I'm sure our friend Waldi will advise you, he's been catching some monster fish :-).

Tnx for comments Mac.

Speak soon de Darran 047

[o0CraftyCarper0o]

often down drayton but have allways fished off the damn had some crakin fish

ill have to try down on the boards looks like your just of the boathouse eh?

tight lines =]

[darran047]

thats it mate, just go past the boathouse and get on the first few pegs there.

We keep meaning to try the damn wall.

t/l

[o0CraftyCarper0o]

thanks mate ill give it a go

found it best to fish around 60yards of the dam the fish seem to holdup ther. alot of hatch around that spot and the bouys in the summer aswell

tight lines =]

[icrawford100]

just had a match there and came third with 3 fish for 38 IB one must of been near 20 ib

[seanmcl09]

ere m8 int that lad in the magazine 13lb carp first carp well in nice1

[bagaspuds]

nice one mate i went on sunday and only got one out but thats how it go's from time to time

[boldersbfc]

some nice fish there mate

[spunkmonkey5000]

fishing this place next weekend, cant wait

[431972]

Im not really a carp fisherman but decided to try this place i went on peg 35 and from the momment i cast in i couldn`t stop catching ,i think the smallest fish was around 7 pound...amazing place!!!

[piketamer]

oh yes nice video, its 5 stars from me.

[MCraigC]

Very nice, would you mind telling me how far you were fishing and what hookbaits you used please. Any info would be good as I am going tomorrow.

Thanks

[darran047]

hope you had a good day mate.

We were fishing off the boards about 80yards out.

Hook baits were mainly 1 piece of real maize sandwiched between 2 rubber / fake buoyant corn hair-rigged on a size 8 longshank hook. The slightly large hook perfectly balances the rig.

These were fished over a couple of Kgs of spodded Hemp with a sprinkling of maize.