It’s been a brilliant week for tench anglers across the UK with no less than five double figure specimens reported to the Angling Times News Desk – topped by the biggest so far this season at 12lb 14oz. The season’s best to date fell to Bolton based rod Mark Rogers,… Read more

Daniel Woolcott continued his incredible big fish form this week too, taking a remarkable 20lb-plus brace of tench weighing 10lb 12oz and 11lb 11oz. The astonishing pair came from a 28-acre water with only handful of tench present. Daniel said: “I must have the fishing gods watching over me at… Read more

Korum-backed ace Rob Thompson was the next angler to enjoy tench success when this pristine 10lb 15oz example (inset) devoured his fake maggot hookbait. The Leicestershire-based specimen hunter spent a day targeting a big Midlands pit and lightly baited a spot with a dozen medium Spombs of groundbait, Sonubaits F1… Read more

Simon Aldred’s 11lb 11oz tench with a lovely photo to match! I had planned on being at the lake by 5.00 but as is all too usual now, work delayed my plans. I eventually arrived at 7.45 so the race was on!! Aware it was going to be dark very… Read more

Tench have well and truly woken up, and anglers up and down the country have enjoyed a spot of tinca action – but perhaps none more so than Si Llewellyn, who has landed what is potentially the biggest tench of the season. Tench have well and truly woken up, and… Read more