Tench

[stooby]

Hi all,

 

I know people say that Spring through to summer is the best time to fish for Tench, but out of curiosity when will your first outing for Tench be?... I have heard that people catch them all different times of year so I wondered if anyone specifically targeted them outside of the usual season?

 

Cheers,

 

Stu...

[Anderoo]

Hi all,

 

I know people say that Spring through to summer is the best time to fish for Tench, but out of curiosity when will your first outing for Tench be?... I have heard that people catch them all different times of year so I wondered if anyone specifically targeted them outside of the usual season?

 

Cheers,

 

Stu...

 

The best time to get into the tench is usually some time in April - as soon as you get that first warm spell, they usually really switch on. You can catch them before that though, apparently it's the increasing light levels that initially wake them up. So you can start catching them from Feb/March, but that first warm April weather will be the key time

[Dick Dastardly]

Hi Stu,I suppose I will start my tench fishing around the end of March depending on how quick it warms up.

[SpecimenSean]

although there was, im sure, an artical in a recent IYCF about winter tench!

[Steve Walker]

Couldn't avoid the bloody things when I was fishing for perch last winter!

 

I love tench, but they have a time and place!

[tony tinca]

Hi all,

 

I know people say that Spring through to summer is the best time to fish for Tench, but out of curiosity when will your first outing for Tench be?... I have heard that people catch them all different times of year so I wondered if anyone specifically targeted them outside of the usual season?

 

Cheers,

 

Stu...

 

 

They do turn up fairly often in matches in winter , last week i had a couple around 2lb each , but ive found the proper sizes start coming out around march april time in bigger numbers.

Edited January 21, 2011 by tony tinca

[John Weddup]

Hi

 

returned to my winter stillwater roach campaign last weekend now its defrosted. The river was in flood so ideal time to try.

 

I did catch 2 nice roach but a carp angler leaving had a tench overnight. I then had 2 tench and lost a 3rd and a friend fishing near me also had a tench.

 

This is not a water that holds lots of tench and you only get the odd one in spring/smmer so it was quite a surprise. The water temp on sunday was 7.9c whereas the previous sunday was 4.4c I can only assume the sudden rise awoke them.

 

John

[Mat Hillman]

Last year I had my first one of the year, just over 5lb at the end of Febuary, on a lobworm that was intended for a perch!

 

Mat

[Thecarpdude]

I'm going for them in the spring start of summer. Never had one before so fingers crossed

[Andy Macfarlane]

I plan to start fishing for them around July/August, when it defrosts up here and then it'll be over again by September, when it snows again.

 

You can tell when when the tench are ready to feed when the Polar bears head North and Moose start to appear. Have to watch though. The Mammoths can be a bit noisy too.