A decisive switch to a Feederbomb lead to a string of quality tench for Ian Brooker, topped by this 8lb 7oz specimen. I have fished this particular gravel pit for a few seasons now, it’s a lovely overgrown lake with crystal clear water, gravel bars, huge weedbeds and a good head of… Read more
Justin Grapes knows a thing or two about catching big tench and he was also celebrating after a weekend to remember at the popular Bawburgh Lakes on the outskirts of Norwich, Norfolk. After introducing four kilos of spod mix that was made from casters, maggots, pellets and chopped worms, he… Read more
Tench fanatic Dean Taylor doesn’t let the 500-mile round trip from his Cheshire home to a gravel pit in Kent get in the way of his passion for tench. His efforts were rewarded when he banked a total of 24 fish, which included four ‘doubles’ with two fishing weighing 11lb… Read more
Ryan Hayden caught this lovely female tench at the weekend after preparing the swim for over an hour prior to fishing. The keen specialist angler revisited a small gravel pit at the weekend to fish for tench and was greeted with masses of weed covering the majority of the lake. He selected… Read more
Ian Brooker had a successful session targeting tench on a local gravel pit using the new Specialist Distance Tench & Bream Mk2 rods. “I was fishing to the front of gravel bar which was surrounded by dense walls of weed at 60 yards. All of the fish came to an In-line Flat… Read more
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
