Following a slow start to his tench campaign, Hampshire specimen angler, Matt Fernandez, landed this beautiful 11lb 1oz fish on his last session for the species. After pre-baiting a few areas, Matt noticed fizzing on both spots when he arrived and decided to toss a coin on which swim to… Read more
Category: Tench
Gary Newman 11lb 4oz Tench
With HS2 building a railway through his favourite tench water, Korda TV Production and Project Manager, Gary Newman, had to find a new venue and settled on an 80-acre gravel pit in the home counties. Arriving for a 48-hour session, Gary got into a swim he fancied. There was thick… Read more
Chris Stothard 11lb 3oz Tench
Following a tricky spring with only a handful of fish, Chris Stothard had a fantastic session on a large southern pit, with a hit of fish topped by this 11lb 3oz cracker. Chris, who is the Tenchfishers Regional Officer for South Hants and Dorset, made the most of the warmer… Read more
Darryn Stolworthy 12lb 2oz Tench
Former Drennan Cup winner, Darryn Stolworthy has banked the biggest reported tench of the season so far with this beast at 12lb 2oz. The Norfolk specialist angler fished a Cambridgeshire pit that had produced one tench all year, and that fish had fallen to a carp angler. However, knowing the… Read more
Dai Gribble 11lb 4oz Tench
Dai Gribble proved the merits of moving swims to stay on the fish when he banked this fine 11lb 4oz tench from an East Anglian pit. It’s the first double-figure specimen the two-time Drennan Cup winner has landed this season, having caught two tench that came agonisingly close at 9lb… Read more
Cliff Taylor 11lb 4oz Tench
2 years after landing an 11lb 8oz tench at a Tenchfishers event at Norfolk’s Bawburgh Fisheries, Cliff Taylor returned for this year’s event, and landed this beautiful 11lb 4oz fish. Fishing a worm kebab rig at around 40 yards over an area baited with worm soil, chopped worm, caster and… Read more