River cray

ginty · Jan 25, 2015

I normally fish the river medway in eat peckham kent. I wanted to find somewhere a bit more local so i went just for a stroll around the river cray in dartford.
Anybody ever fished here or is it a waste of time? It was quite deep in places so im assuming there must be fish there surely??
Can people tell me some local places for fishing. i live in lee south east london. Im also new to the hobby.

john step · Jan 26, 2015

ginty said:
I normally fish the river medway in eat peckham kent. I wanted to find somewhere a bit more local so i went just for a stroll around the river cray in dartford.
Anybody ever fished here or is it a waste of time? It was quite deep in places so im assuming there must be fish there surely??
Can people tell me some local places for fishing. i live in lee south east london. Im also new to the hobby.

I reckon there must be fish there. Try wandering along with minimal tackle and some worms where you can get access.
Have a look on utube under URBAN FISHING for encouragement.

ginty · Jan 28, 2015

do you know the river cray John?

Hugh Bailey · Jan 28, 2015

There was this thread on the Anglers Forum recently - not sure if it may help?

Orpington

ginty · Jan 28, 2015

Thanks. Im going to have a look. Might go with maggots and do a bit of trotting down stream.
What do you think?

rubio · Jan 28, 2015

ginty said:
Thanks. Im going to have a look. Might go with maggots and do a bit of trotting down stream.
What do you think?

Gotta be worth popping a few slices of bread in ya pocket when you're exploring a river. I won't always use it on the hook, and sometimes just drift a bit of crust downstream. Even this time of year a chub will sound an encouraging plop as it grabs a gobfull of bread.

law · Jan 29, 2015

Ive fished a bit up the Orpington end.
You have to hack away at the undergrowth to get anywhere decent, but Ive had chub to 3lb, pike to 16 and assorted silvers.

ginty · Jan 29, 2015

Anyone been along this stretch? Dropped pin

http://goo.gl/maps/CCKTu

ginty · Jan 29, 2015

If so is it any good?

chub_on_the_block · Jan 29, 2015

The Darent should also be in your locality?. This is a cleaner chalk river that probably suffers from low flows due to over abstraction, but i seem to remember somewhere on here some memories of chub and dace fishing on it towards its lower reaches at Dartford and that not everything was as hopeless as you might expect..

That map location - probably semi-tidal there?

ginty · Jan 30, 2015

The darent is probably the same distance as the medway.
Im going to give it ago on the cray. The only thin is, i saw a few ducks when i went so bread on the top is a no no?

Advise on setup please and what to use. Bare in mind im new to the hobby as ive only been doing it 7months.

binka · Jan 30, 2015

ginty said:
Im going to give it ago on the cray. The only thin is, i saw a few ducks when i went so bread on the top is a no no?

Just a generalisation but if the water is urban and there are ducks then definitely give bread a go on or near the bottom as the fish will likely be used to it from the offerings thrown in for the waterfowl, either a piece of flake or crust but if using crust just nip a small shot on a couple of inches from the hook, big enough to anchor the buoyant crust down.

Good luck with it.

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