Thomas Barnacle’s Fishing Diary - Mirror Carp Fishing at Drayton Reservoir, Daventry (Northamptonshire, East Midlands)

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Description

Find more Mirror Carp from England16lbs 0oz Mirror Carp

Thomas Barnacle

16lbs 0oz

Info foundDrayton Reservoir, Daventry (Northamptonshire, East Midlands), England

Thomas Barnacle from Stafford (Staffordshire, West Midlands) reported this 16lbs 0oz Mirror Carp from Drayton Reservoir, Daventry (Northamptonshire, East Midlands) on Monday 29th June 2009 at 4:00 PM.

Pedigree Chum (Dog biscuit). We spodded 7k of biscuits over 10 hours fishing.

Captor’s Comments:

Had a great day out with my Uncle (Fish Captures boss) at Drayton. It was scorching hot so we had most of our fish off the top. The number of fish in Drayton never stops amazing me. We had well over 30 fish between us on floaters. We were exhausted by the end as we could have spodded dog biscuits ALL DAY! THey just coud not get enough!

We lost loads of fish as well. We had a crazy number of hook pulls, probably due to the barbless rule and the way fish get hooked when you are surface fishing. Another factor may be due to the sometimes poor condition of the fish mouths.

Highly reccomend a day at Drayton if you need to get a bend iin your rod, but don't bother taking a newspaper - you won't get time to read it!

Thanks for a great day out Kie, but can we go fishing somewhere harder next time?

Conditions:

  • air temp
    Air temperature: 30°C (86°F)
    30°C
  • water temp
    Water temperature unknown
    Unknown
  • water depth
    Water depth unknown
    Unknown
  • water clarity
    Water clarity: Low clarity (Some light penetration - visibility up to a foot)
    Low clarity
  • wind speed
    Wind speed: Beaufort 3 / 10 knots / 12-19kph / 8-12mph. (Leaves and twigs in constant motion; wind extends light flags)
    Gentle Breeze
  • wind dir
    Wind direction unknown or not applicable
    Unknown
  • weather
    Weather: Sunny (A lot of sunshine)
    Sunny
  • air pressure
    Air pressure unknown
    Unknown
  • moon phase
    Moon phase: Quarter Moon
    Quarter Moon

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