US Tench

[Newt]

Thought you folks might get a chuckle out of this bit of mis-information. The fish are real but the information about them is - somewhat wrong.

 

http://www.anr.state.vt.us/champ/nuissum.htm#tench

[Jeff S]

Nuisance and bait buckets? Or food fish?

[J.K]

hmm ...

 

1) I have never eaten a tench lol

2) Cant see how they are a nuisance

2) Cloud up water hey ... better tell that to the gin clear gravel pits they come out of somthing is wrong

 

Joel

[Leon Roskilly]

There's a lake I've fished in Kent near a village where the local lads help themselves to a couple of tench for their tea.

 

Lads from the village have been doing it for generations, along with the occasional visit from 'travellers', even so the tench fishing is still prolific.

 

TL - leon

[Nutshell]

Urgh! Have you seen the Sea Lamprey attatched to that fish further up the page?

 

Horrible. ghost

[A Worm OOE]

Intersting to see that its not only over here that live baiting is blamed for all allien fish movements.

[tommo666]

When I worked in Poland, tench was on most menus.

[HOPPY4]

Newt, how many other species of fish have you heard of that are in the USA that were thought to be only in Europe? Crazy question I know, but this has me wondering!

 

HOPPY4

[captain cojones]

i know of a tench eating fiesta that is in extremadura, spain. it lasts the best part of a week, and thousands of kilos are deep fried and eaten. there are many fish farms in this region that specialize in growing tench on for stocking, in some cases, or more frequently, for consumption.

cheers dave.