Time for Tench
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Time for Tench
Next weekend........time for tench
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Re: Time for Tench
I was thinking the same, I've got a little club water that allegedly has a good head of 2-5lb tincas so that's probably where I'll start.
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Re: Time for Tench
A bit early around here, bigger deeper waters. I'll be starting a bit of bream fishing from next week or so, the tench will begin to show up gradually.
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Re: Time for Tench
If you have shallow waters the water temp has risen enough to start fishing for them :-) The deeper waters like the gravel pits and reservoir will ahve to wait.
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Re: Time for Tench
gees your keen Jas! good luck to ya though, ill have a couple of weeks off then start giving them a go
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Re: Time for Tench
suffolk si wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15 2021 10:21 -Its beacuse the local pike waters within a reasonable distance are crap!!!!gees your keen Jas! good luck to ya though, ill have a couple of weeks off then start giving them a go
So I've not had a chance to fish much .....But I have a tench water close by and they go to a reasonable size 7lb+ ....plus there is a chance of a daft mud pig too to pull my string
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Jason Skilton wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15 2021 11:06 -Same here, Suffolk is not a great county for piking. Everywhere I go is at least 40mins drive, so lockdown's travel restrictions ended my season in December.suffolk si wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15 2021 10:21 -Its beacuse the local pike waters within a reasonable distance are crap!!!!gees your keen Jas! good luck to ya though, ill have a couple of weeks off then start giving them a go
So I've not had a chance to fish much .....But I have a tench water close by and they go to a reasonable size 7lb+ ....plus there is a chance of a daft mud pig too to pull my string
I'm looking forward to some tench fishing this year too, but not until the middle of next month at the earliest!
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Re: Time for Tench
Yes a bit early, especially with those northeasters forecast.
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Re: Time for Tench
Start my Tenching End of the Month
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my local water is on fire for tench
one guy had 18 tench to 7lb last week
they have been catching since the end of feb by all accounts
i used to fish this water when i was in my teens when there were fish over 10lbs
went to have a look today , there was over 20 cars on the car park , news soon gets out here....
i have been told its the best tench water in the northwest for sheer number and a good average size..... the biggest i have heard is 9lb plus this year.... and its only a small water maybe 4 acres in size
one guy had 18 tench to 7lb last week
they have been catching since the end of feb by all accounts
i used to fish this water when i was in my teens when there were fish over 10lbs
went to have a look today , there was over 20 cars on the car park , news soon gets out here....
i have been told its the best tench water in the northwest for sheer number and a good average size..... the biggest i have heard is 9lb plus this year.... and its only a small water maybe 4 acres in size
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Re: Time for Tench
Had my first tench of the spring last night while out for bream, nice to see.
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Re: Time for Tench
Ally wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15 2021 19:49 -Agreed - often thought it was a bit cold for tench on June 16th!Yes a bit early, especially with those northeasters forecast.
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'No Man Ever Fishes The Same River Twice, .... For It Is Not The Same River, .... And He Is Not The Same Man' Heraclitus of Ephesus
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Re: Time for Tench
davelumb wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03 2021 10:28 -
Thats because you were naughty and picked all the berries off it, now its paying you back.
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davelumb wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03 2021 10:41 -
Feed it, if nothing else pee under it every 3-4ft.
Not a joke, look how stock shelter under them.
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Mike J wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03 2021 10:48 -I'd have to climb over the fence it's behind and get stabbed to death by the thorns in the process!!
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davelumb wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03 2021 11:25 -Mike J wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03 2021 10:48 -I'd have to climb over the fence it's behind and get stabbed to death by the thorns in the process!!
Use an empty plastic bottle or milk container, add water, throw it underneath and recover with a bit of bale twine.
Nitrogen is all they need and yours comes free.
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Re: Time for Tench
Off the mark......
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Re: Time for Tench
Jason Skilton wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18 2021 09:21 -NiceOff the mark......
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I think I might give it another couple of weeks yet, but one of those in the net will be the aim.
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Re: Time for Tench
Steve Dennington wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18 2021 10:41 -It was minus 3 over night, but I think that that the fish are more active than we think at time.Jason Skilton wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18 2021 09:21 -NiceOff the mark......
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I think I might give it another couple of weeks yet, but one of those in the net will be the aim.
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Re: Time for Tench
Jason Skilton wrote: ↑Mon Apr 19 2021 09:55 -So they might be, but I like to start at dawn for tench and I don't fancy sitting there in -3. Once overnight temps get to the upper single figures I'll be up an' at 'emSteve Dennington wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18 2021 10:41 -It was minus 3 over night, but I think that that the fish are more active than we think at time.Jason Skilton wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18 2021 09:21 -NiceOff the mark......
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I think I might give it another couple of weeks yet, but one of those in the net will be the aim.
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Re: Time for Tench
Plenty of tench to be caught in the “non traditional” months.
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SmellySmelt wrote: ↑Mon Apr 19 2021 18:50 -I've caught them whilst carp fishing in -7 (the lake froze the day after), so I don't doubt that they will feed in cold water, but I'd much rather be sat there in t-shirt to be honestPlenty of tench to be caught in the “non traditional” months.
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Re: Time for Tench
Jason Skilton wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18 2021 09:21 -Cracking fishOff the mark......
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Re: Time for Tench
So re the tench what is you go to mix to get the tench in your swim and feeding.
My mix is for a day session is
My mix is for a day session is
- 1 pint of hemp
1/2 pint of caster (crushed)
1/2 pint of dead red maggot
1/2 tin of ASDA value sweetcorn
Handful 6mm coarse pellets
Plus a tbsp of Nesquik Strawberry Powder
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Jason Skilton wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22 2021 11:01 -Sensas 3000 lake(I like the dark ground bait) mixed with dynamite sweet nut liquid (watered well down as in 10 parts water to 1 nut liquid). To that, 2 mm pellets, caster, maybe a bit of pigeon conditioner, few grains of sweetcorn and some crushed up boilie, depending on the time of year. If early as in February/March then ground bait with very little 2 mm cell pellets. Sometimes I like to use a different ground bait in my feeders over the top of my bed of bait. Sonubaits and dynamite do some very good method mixes. Or I use a stick mix and make it up really smelly with sticky krill. The world is your oyster!So re the tench what is you go to mix to get the tench in your swim and feeding.
My mix is for a day session is
All mixed in a bucket with the juices from the homecooked hemp, sweetcorn and about a pint of lake water.
- 1 pint of hemp
1/2 pint of caster (crushed)
1/2 pint of dead red maggot
1/2 tin of ASDA value sweetcorn
Handful 6mm coarse pellets
Plus a tbsp of Nesquik Strawberry Powder
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Jason Skilton wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22 2021 11:01 -It's mainly a mix of pellets, 1,2,3 and 4 mm with a very light sprinkling of sixes.So re the tench what is you go to mix to get the tench in your swim and feeding.
My mix is for a day session is
All mixed in a bucket with the juices from the homecooked hemp, sweetcorn and about a pint of lake water.
- 1 pint of hemp
1/2 pint of caster (crushed)
1/2 pint of dead red maggot
1/2 tin of ASDA value sweetcorn
Handful 6mm coarse pellets
Plus a tbsp of Nesquik Strawberry Powder
Loads of dead maggots, sweetcorn, a few casters and plenty of very finely chopped worm.
I don't bother too much with flavours, the chopped worm provides a great scent trail.
Groundbait is only for plugging the feeder and it'll be whatever fishmeal groundbait is on offer at the time.