Specialist angler Paul Elt has had a lot of success with tench this year using scaled down carp tactics. On his last session Paul located a large gravel hump at 40 yards and fished at the bottom of the slope where he felt the natural food would gather. “The tench on this… Read more
This was the impressive result for Steve Clarke after a few hours spent feeder fishing for tench. The Swindon angler tackled Mouldon Hill AC’s popular club water with a Drennan In-Line Flat Method Feeder loaded with Hinders G-Force feeder mix. Casting just off the island with a 6mm Plum Boosted Pellet… Read more
Two 15 year olds have banked the biggest catfish of the year from Messingham Sands Fishery. The huge 44lb catfish caught was taken from the North Day Ticket Lake at the Scunthorpe venue by Ryan Elviss and Harry Poole. The fish was caught during the daytime, fishing close in with a snowman… Read more
There couldn’t be a better time to catch a big tench and a simple maggot feeder rig was the key to the capture of this 10lb 12oz specimen for Nate Green. It was banked an hour after first light on an area 41 yards from the banks of a southern… Read more
Dave Harman is regarded as one of the finest tench anglers in the UK and the capture of a huge 10lb 12oz specimen proves exactly why. The Addlestone, Surrey-based specialist has now banked 28 double-figure tench with a dozen of those coming from different venues and he worked his magic… Read more
Hair-rigged worms were the secret to the capture of this huge 11lb 9oz tench for Rob Knapp. It’s the second-biggest tench reported to Angling Times so far in 2017 and it was banked by Tenchfishers member from Surrey Rob Knapp, who smashed his personal best for the species three times… Read more
