Dave Owen recently enjoyed an eventful yet frustrating session on a midlands gravel pit, where, after losing two tench, he managed a new PB of 11lb 4oz. He arrived to find the venue busier than expected, so settled in an area he’s caught from before, but where a stiff breeze… Read more

Most specimen tench are caught on feeder tactics, but in the right scenario, the float can still produce the very largest of fish, as Chris Netto found when he landed this 12lb 11oz tinca on the waggler! The Tenchfishers member had volunteered as a steward at the group’s National Tench… Read more

Would you be allowed to go fishing on your wedding anniversary? Andy Pulley felt he was lucky to be on the bank during his but was rewarded with this superb 12lb 3oz tench. It was caught from a large southern stillwater where the High Wycombe angler was initially fishing three… Read more

During the National Tench Championships, hosted by the Tenchfishers on Oxlease Lake of Oxfordshire’s Linear fisheries, Mike Simpson not only won the event outright, but landed a superb PB in the shape of this 10lb 15oz fish, and what a photo to match! Mike told us “I went into Sunday… Read more

Norfolk based angler Stephen Gibbons has continued his spectacular run of form from last season with a brace of tench, weighing 11lb 13oz and 11lb 3oz. They were caught from a water in Kent, where Stephen targeted a spot 40 yards out to the right of a shallow bar, where… Read more

Matthew Clayton got off to a flying start on a recent tench session where he landing this stunning 11lb 15oz specimen. Targeting a midlands pit, Matthew found a slight plateau at around 80 yards with a light bed of weed so opted for a worm kebab rig with scalded pellets… Read more