foxdropper 17,092 Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Well what can i say ,red letter day .The pic dosnt do the catch justice really as theres 48 fish there lol honest .Our local lake has an inlet bay which was the only coloured part of nearly 100 acres of water so i decided on the end platform near the deep water .Set a small wagler and balled in 3 tennis ball size of groundbait which was made of one of the bream /carp type things in red and cut with crumb to bulk it up .Added sweet corn and maggots ,plumbed the depth at 41/2 ft in the parch of clear unweeded area i baited and sat on it for an hour .First bite hit was a 61/2 tench and went from there with bouts of bream then tench all day from 11am to 4.30. Had a massive pike take the tench across the body ,estimated 30- 35lb i guess ,fecking huge .Played it for 20 minutes on 4lb line before it let go and i reeled in a half dead tench .Released him in the shallows and he went but slowly .At 4lb estimated a fish thats 192lb so call it 200 for luck to allow for the bigger tench and im happy .Hook bait was sweetcorn and maggots ,as many as i could get on a size 8 mustad barbless . 14 Quote Link to post
foxdropper 17,092 Posted June 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Added to say apologies for the treatment of the fish ,i was very quick and wetted the ground with a bucket of water but just had to get a pic . 7 Quote Link to post
tomburras 2,721 Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Wow what a day! All look a nice size too. 1 Quote Link to post
foxdropper 17,092 Posted June 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Bream were all 4 lb plus,smallest tench 5 and biggest weighed sperately at 8.2 lb. Quote Link to post
neil cooney 10,415 Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 You wont do that to often. Nice. Quote Link to post
air gun ant 1,666 Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 now that's a good days tench fishing Quote Link to post
billybaltic 308 Posted June 26, 2015 Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 Excellent tench catch, i haven't had a tench this year but haven't fished for them, mainly lure fished this year, i think i will put the lures away for a month and have a go for a few other species. Quote Link to post
shellfish 63 Posted June 26, 2015 Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 nice catch bud Quote Link to post
green lurchers 16,368 Posted June 26, 2015 Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 that's a great days fishing with some very nice tench Quote Link to post
foxdropper 17,092 Posted June 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 Off there again tomorrow but i have a feeling the stages will be packed lol. Quote Link to post
skinner 348 Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 what a good day very well done Quote Link to post
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