Tench Fishing

[Bishop]

Hi,

A couple of the fisheries for my club that I have just joined have opened and have tench in them. Would really like to catch one but am a little in experienced. Has anyone got any advice about baits and tactics to use?

[madcaravanner]

Originally Posted by Bishop

Hi,

A couple of the fisheries for my club that I have just joined have opened and have tench in them. Would really like to catch one but am a little in experienced. Has anyone got any advice about baits and tactics to use?

Most sweet baits can work but Tench seem to love Sweetcorn and worm
they also seem to like carp or Halibut micro pellets as ground feed around here

As for tactics
The older way is a simple running ledger
or light weight float (even older is the lift float method pic here )

A Margin pole can be deadly when they really have their heads down - my son took 60lb in 3 hours at a local lake to us

the mani nthing is that you have to have your hook on the bottom layed on maybe an inch then as long as they find your feed they'll hover up the rest too -- the only real problem may be the Carp love the same baits so you'll liable to get one or two of those too

[Bishop]

Cheers mate,

Hey, I'm cool to get some carp as well, but really appreciate the advice on the Tench. Have never caught one so will give it a go over the next week or so.

Thanks again.

[asoftuk]

I always find when i'm after tench that a maggot feeder does the damage. 2 red maggots on a hook and a feeder full of maggots gets them feeding really well.

[JaySmith]

I caught a tench last weekend using single maggot:



Nasty scar along it's side must be from spawning up against something sharp. Typical yobs chucking in cans which is very dangerous and fatal for fish.

[fozzie]

does anyone bother to rake the bottom these days? i read two schools of thought on it, one that most people believe the raking 'stirs' up the bottom which attracts the tench.

To me this doesn't make too much sense and I prefer the other thought, that the raking simply clears the bottom so that your bait is more visible.

I'm off next week for some really REALLY early morning tench missions, any more bait suggestions? at the moment it's looking like maggot and perhaps sweetcorn for visibility. a feeder rig sounds like the best idea.

[bigbadwolf]

Fozzie,

Raking on certain waters can work wonders. On lakes with deep silt bottoms, raking stirs up the red worms that live in the deep silt, which are the natural food for tench in these waters.

[scawski2k8]

My tactic is a feeder tactic
here wat i use

a 8 ft feeder rod
a omnix d shakespear reel loaded with 14lbs braking strain line
2kg of g.bait 1kg of amino black 1kg of strawberry
3 half pint bags of maggots
1 bag of strwberry pellts (must be the hard ones)
1 bottle of lucozade to soak the pellets in

my rig

a open ended cage feeder
stopped by a bead
put on a snap swivel and open it put a barbles hook to nylon and clip it on (size10-12)

how i feed the swim

i shoot 4 lots of maggots pellets and 2 balls of g.bait in a area



bait presentation

i cats out my feeder about 4 foot from me and let it empty and pull the hook in tho the losse feed my bait is 2 pellets 2 maggots

tight lines with this tactic thanks for reading

[JakeHall]

hi i fished napton reservoir in warwickshire for tench on sunday, i got there at 6 and baited up with g/bait balls with plenty of corn and hemp on 1 rod i used corn and on the other red maggot. i also tempted a 13lb (very rare carp anglers cant even catch them lol) and 3 bream over 5lb

[i love fishing]

I fish @ kingfisher pool in warwick which they stock with perch,tench,bream,roach and rudd.

I find that pole is most effective with 6lb line, size 16 hooks and an insert waggler with a cocktail of red and white maggots as bait.

I have caught many tench and bream on this rig.