tench groundbait

[edd]

i know of a lake that hasnt been fished for years at that time the average tench coming out of there was 4-5lb.wot do u reckomend 2 use as groundbait and hook bait

[Cartman]

Van Den Eynde Expo is a good reliable groundbait

for Tench (the red one).Use it neat,or mix 50/50

with brown crumb.As for hook baits,I don't think

you need to get too technical here.Good old plain

sweetcorn,bread and worm or maggots should be all

you need if the fish haven't seen any angling

pressure for a while.

Best of luck , and keep us posted.

[edd]

thx will do. theres only room on it 4 bout 2 ppl the rest u cant get 2 and from the bank its bout 14ft deep its approx 2 acres in size.theres also pike and roach in there.im going 2 feeder fish it.if any1 has got anything i could try let me know plz as i got a feeling theres some big fish in there

[kleinboet]

Cartman, What would you use on a heavily fished water?

[Cartman]

Would suggest pellets or God forbid,b**ies!

It depends on wether the water contains carp.

There is no easy answer to your question kleinbot

as waters vary so much.

[badexcuseforanangler]

I used to fish a small water with tench in of a similar depth. One of the best methods there was to floatfish the margin and keep very quiet. As for baits it varys from water to water so much. I'd start off with lob worm, bread, corn, casters

[Dick Dastardly]

For many years I would have reccomended traditional baits but recent years have seen me using trout pellet paste over pellets for tench on both lightly and heavily fished waters.Seems to work every where for me and is very easy.

[rickster]

for bait have alook around the edge of the water look for natural baits like berrys, etc give them a try, if theres been no pressure from anglers they proberbly havent seen a pellet or anything like that so keep it natural as for ground bait id use crumb and chopped worms, ,nothing else

[peterthefisherman]

How do you make trout pellet paste ??

[rickster]

get some pellet in a bait tub cover with boiling water (add a little at a time) kneed into a paste once soft enough, or goto the tackle shop buy some ground pellet and mix with egg