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Tench
Tench are one of the most abundant
freshwater fish in Europe. There are two varieties, the dark green common Tench and
the much less common albino variety which
are actually beautiful golden fish and very
easy to spot.Feed the area that you are targeting with bread, boilies, sweetcorn, hemp, chopped worms or maggots to encourage the Tench to start feeding there. You may want
to feed the area and then leave it for half an
hour
at which point when you return, they'll be desperate for more. An ideal bait for your hook is a boilie or worm bait. Your tackle needs to
be similar to that of Carp fishing. Around 8lb main line with a 5lb hook trace. A simple running ledger with size 10 hook. Use a
strong rod and reel combination because
once hooked they fight hard!
Optimum feeding times and position
Tench are particularly known as summer fish although they are still catchable during the winter months but it probably needs to be a
mild winter. Anything from late March until
late September would be my chosen Tench fishing period. Fish early in the morning for
best results when they are not quite so afraid
to feed in open water. Otherwise, fish close to weed beds, the thicker the better.
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Best time of day -
Pretty much any time of day or night but early morning or dusk are the best feeding times for Tench. |
Best marks -
Gravel pits are the best but they inhabit any piece of slow moving water especially if it has dense weed cover and a thick muddy bottom. |
Best baits -
Artificial - not an ideal method but if you want to you can use a Mepps Spinner but you're more likely to catch something else.
Fresh baits - maggots, hemp, sweetcorn, bread flake, luncheon meat, prawns, worms and boilies.
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Always fish on the bottom in the silt.
You can usually spot an area where Tench are feeding because of the small bubbles rising to the surface where they are disturbing the bottom.
Gravel pits are the classic Tench fishing ground and some of the larger specimens are found in these locations. However, Tench will inhabitat just about any slow flowing or still piece of water. They don't like fast flow at all so you'd be wasting your time fishing for Tench in those conditions.
Anything from 5lb upwards is a specimen Tench.
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