Tench !!

[Mat Hillman]

So,

 

Anyone caught a tench yet this year? seen any signs of them?

 

Just wondering as I've got a few hours free on thursday, and I'm trying to decide if I should have a serious go for a tinca on one of the easier waters, or just take a few maggots and fish for bites ;-)

 

Mat

[j_s]

My brother caught a 5 and a half pound tench at about 11 pm on Friday night Caught from a rod length out very near some snags, he went on to catch a 14lb common carp from the same spot a few hours later. I caught nothing all night

Both were new PBs for him so he was ecstatic (he's 15 years old).

 

[ 21. March 2005, 12:07 PM: Message edited by: j_s ]

[Vagabond]

Nice tench, j-s minor ! ...and a nice carp too.

[j_s]

Indeed both fish looked in perfect condition which is great considering the hammering the lake gets and the stories i've heard and the splashes i've heard after someone brings in a fish (I assume they chucked them back in rather than placing the fish in the water ) The carp even had a leech attached to it, the first time i've ever seen a leech up close in my life

It started off a warm evening but the temperature plummeted, me being stupid decided to leave the front off my brolly system and I had very cold feet during the night.

[Jonah13]

I hope you saved the leech or catfish bait

[j_s]

It was tiny Jonah, would have had trouble hooking it

[RUDD]

A few Tench are have come out of Ladywood but not many. Bream have gone mad but roach and perch still dominating catches with the occassional crucian carp.

[darrreng]

I had 4 fish this weekend, lost a further 3.

 

They were moving more in the night, and when the air pressure was falling

[Russell Fitzpatrick]

on the tench already matt!

 

they have been caught throughout the winter on the part of the lea i fish.

 

not seen or heard any stillwater fish out tho.

[Mat Hillman]

Yup Russ, this mild spell has got me thinking of the tench already, and as a few others seem to be catching I think I'll give it a go, only got time for a short session, but one bite is all I need ;-)