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 morning with a single tench of 7lb 14oz to my name, but a hectic couple of hours followed, in which I landed three more fish of 5lb 11oz, 8lb 4oz, plus my PB. “The big one fell to a small cube of bacon grill, which I hair rigged and presented over a baited area 42 yards out. That fish sealed not only the individual championship, but the Specimen Tench award too!”
Well done Mike!