After photographing a distinguishable one-eyed tench a few years back, Norfolk angler Stephen Gibbons has had his sights on the fish. Well 2 years later, Stephen it at an impressive 11lb 4oz, with the fish measuring 26 inches in length. The specimen resides in a syndicate water in Stephen’s home… Read more

It seems that the tench have really started to wake up, as Kevin Durman found in spectacular style after landing eight fish topped by this 11lb 4oz specimen. Targetting a Medway Valley Gravel pit, Kevin caught several tench over two mornings with lobworms fished on a worm kebab being his… Read more

It’s been a slow start to the season on the tench front, with many believing that’s down to the cold spring we’ve endured. But with the weather finally improving the species appears to be waking up, as Tom Lane found in style with this 10lb 10oz tench. He was fishing… Read more

A trip to Norfolk’s Bawburgh Lakes proved fruitful for Bruce Ruscoe, who landed half a dozen tench topped by this 10lb 15oz specimen. The session continues a fine run of form for Bruce, as he won the National Tench Championships at Linear Fisheries earlier this year. On this trip though,… Read more

Theres certainly been no shortage of big tench reported over recent weeks, but none larger than this 12lb 8oz beauty, landed by Lee Snow. He was fishing a large southern gravel pit and spent two hours waking the lake prior to tackling up, looking for fish rolling. Eventually, he found… Read more

In an era where many anglers follow tactical trends, it’s great to see that doing something slightly different can still produce the goods, as Gary Newman proved when he caught this stunning 12lb 3oz tench. The Buckinghamshire angler banked the superb spring tinca alongside other heavyweight specimens scaling 10lb 5oz… Read more