Tench

[paulus 26]

Just a few of this summers fish

[Nicepix 5,650]

Lovely!

Can't beat a spot of tenching. Unfortunately I can't find any locally. 

 

[paulus 26]

21 minutes ago, Nicepix said:

Lovely!

Can't beat a spot of tenching. Unfortunately I can't find any locally. 

 

Even better when most were caught on a traditional lift method set up, Actually beat my PB of 8 years the other week with a clonking 8LB 12oz fish,

 

[Borr 4,504]

29 minutes ago, paulus said:

Even better when most were caught on a traditional lift method set up, Actually beat my PB of 8 years the other week with a clonking 8LB 12oz fish,

 

Some cracking fish, tench was our summer fish, many happy memories as a kid, at burghfield , fishing bread flake at my feet and wellington county park on maggot and feeder. Great fun

[Borr 4,504]

A lot of good tench waters have been taken over by the carp syndicates that I remember at least

[Nicepix 5,650]

33 minutes ago, paulus said:

Even better when most were caught on a traditional lift method set up, Actually beat my PB of 8 years the other week with a clonking 8LB 12oz fish,

 

Agreed! I could not bring myself to ledger for tench. It's just not right.

[paulus 26]

22 minutes ago, Borr said:

A lot of good tench waters have been taken over by the carp syndicates that I remember at least

Lots of waters succumbed to the Mud Pig Brigade. This appears to be showing signs of turning again, Silver fish waters appear to be becoming more popular, The Carp world is a perfect storm Big egos' and greed form the owners and tackle producers selling loads of over priced gear that the angler does not really need, Just like pigeon shooters   

[paulus 26]

23 minutes ago, Nicepix said:

Agreed! I could not bring myself to ledger for tench. It's just not right.

I do catch them on ledger gear but accidental when targeting other species. 

[Nicepix 5,650]

Yes, so have I. But this new method of fishing a 60g lead and 2" hook link for tench and crucians isn't for me. To quote H.T. Sherringham; "A float tip is pleasing in its appearance and is even more pleasing in its disappearance."

[Borr 4,504]

20 minutes ago, paulus said:

Lots of waters succumbed to the Mud Pig Brigade. This appears to be showing signs of turning again, Silver fish waters appear to be becoming more popular, The Carp world is a perfect storm Big egos' and greed form the owners and tackle producers selling loads of over priced gear that the angler does not really need, Just like pigeon shooters   

It can certainly spoil it end up deciding whether to fish absurdly heavy or get snapped off regularly, I've started kids off on a whip and landed 8lb carp whilst letting them bag up on tiddlers, but I don't know where I'd take them for tench tbh, bit young for the river but will find then a carp free water next year , they're having a taster on the fly fishing atm...but I'm not spunking £300 on them until they beg to go, rather play football most days lol, 

[paulus 26]

7 minutes ago, Borr said:

It can certainly spoil it end up deciding whether to fish absurdly heavy or get snapped off regularly, I've started kids off on a whip and landed 8lb carp whilst letting them bag up on tiddlers, but I don't know where I'd take them for tench tbh, bit young for the river but will find then a carp free water next year , they're having a taster on the fly fishing atm...but I'm not spunking £300 on them until they beg to go, rather play football most days lol, 

I use to fish a water where 100lb of tench was not uncommon in a day session, the water is roughly 3 acres with a depth of up to 18 meters {old clay pit) there were around a dozen big carp in there but that was it, Later when a carp fishery closed down  eighty carp to 30lb were added. fast forward 10 years and if you catch 3 tench a season its a good result. they do not mix. 

 

[Borr 4,504]

1 minute ago, paulus said:

I use to fish a water where 100lb of tench was not uncommon in a day session, the water is roughly 3 acres with a depth of up to 18 meters {old clay pit) there were around a dozen big carp in there but that was it, Later when a carp fishery closed down   carp to 30lb were added. fast forward 10 years and if you catch 3 tench a season its a good result. they do not mix. 

 

We used to catch 4/5 tench from 3/5 lb at Wellington cp, £3 for a day ticket , as we left the Thames valley they'd just stocked the 40 acre lake with 2000 2lb carp I think, last I heard it was full of 30/40s and £1500 to join syndicate. Sad really when you think how many youngsters could've fished the place. The burghfield gravel pits were £1.50 I think and we could fish all night if we wanted and we had enough autan mosquito repellant, old lady used to collect. Again a carp water possibly a syndicate.

[Daniel cain 42,903]

we have a few old estate lakes we rent that have no carp other than crucian in them,just silvers and tench.I used to fish quite a bit for tench as a youngster at Caerphilly castle,then got into carp fishing ...had a few double figure tench by accident over the years while carp fishing ,my best was 2 oz shy of 12 lb..all from the same swim on the same lake..that place  is carp only these days,syndicate netted everything else and sold them off

[paulus 26]

sadly managing a carp fishery now means all other fish are a nuisance and cost money by eating food intended for carp, i have been told of thousands of pounds of silvers put on the muck heap after annual netting, I am not knocking carp fishing in its entirety but rather the commercialising of it over recent years. When i first started fishing catching big carp was seen as an impossibility, nowadays if you have the cash in your pocket its as easy as shelling peas, 

[Lenmcharristar 9,183]

Some nice fish there, a fish ive never caught, or carp either, some nice pics