Tench tips

[billy brereton]

In a local lake there is a good head of tench, but i just cant catch then :mad: . i've tried every thing i can think of. ive rake it, use sweetcorn chopped worm and casters :confused: .

has anyone got any tips that may help me catch them .

 

cheers

[The Diamond Geezer]

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Originally posted by billy brereton:

In a local lake there is a good head of tench, but i just cant catch then :mad: . i've tried every thing i can think of. ive rake it, use sweetcorn chopped worm and casters has anyone got any tips that may help me catch them

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Rake the swim (if you're allowed)

DG :cool:

 

[ 13. May 2003, 01:54 PM: Message edited by: The Diamond Geezer ]

[Rob Ward]

Try a baiting campaign - it's also worth trying small baits like a single grain of Corn or Double Caster if they're getting heavily fished for.

[seph]

Billy

 

You will find Tench have certain patrol routes and favourite feeding grounds. Find these and you find the fish. Tench give themselves away when feeding, look for the bubbles of feeding fish or use a rod of about 3-4lb test curve with a large weight on it to find clearings or features like gravel bars. Spend some time watching the water rather than fishing it. Believe me it will pay off. Once you know where they feed pre bait and hopefully your problems are solved. I hope this helps

 

Seph

[scoobs11]

try covering some corn with coco powder and leaving overnight .

 

it's worked for me

[RUDD]

The best Tench or Crucian carp tip ever is to fish at the crack of dawn as the sun comes up.

This is the time of day when they have a feeding frenzy.

Best place to put bait/fish is along the marginal shelf.

[billy brereton]

Thank You RUDD and scoobs11.

 

I went on a night fishing trip tuesday night and tried the coco powder sweetcorn at first light and caught a PB 8lb 3oz tench along with 4 other tench just below 5lb.

 

Billy

[rickster]

another thing i do is get a can of sweetcorn and a couple of hand fulls of micro trout pellet (like swim stim) throw it all in a blender wizz it all up till it goes like a porridge and use that as a ground bait, works well for me also a killer for carp

[RUDD]

Nice one Billy

Good to know our advice is working.

[winky]

I know a few tench waters where the feeding totally switches off after 9/10 ish and you will be lucky to get a bite. It pays to get up early when after old tinca.